this 'n that

Sorry to have been away.  The flu, the holiday, the fact that I have a new kitten who I must cuddle for hours a day, etc. etc. etc.

Anyway, here's some new (OLD) stuff, submitted for your approval:

more stuff from last Sunday

Note, boys and girls, that there will probably been an 'Even MORE stuff from Sunday, 12/4' post some time this week. 

That's if I get rid of what appears to be a burgeoning head cold.

Anyway, here's the jewelry I got last Sunday: 

Pink lucite necklace

White lucite necklace

aquamarine Swank cufflinks and tie tack

BIG mother-of-pearl cufflinks depicting not-quite human swell tippling from a bottle.

Sunday's finds

Last Sunday the hubs and I only hit ONE flea market instead of the usual two.  (And yet we still managed to be late for church.)  

But oh the things we found... including:

for Christmas, a vintage Virginia Zito hankie

a NOS Parisian Prints linen dish towel

a 1950's souvenir of Hawaii scarf

a super-unique throw or wall hanging, with a design featuring a dancer and a lady musician

a Mid-Century Modern glass basket-style bowl

A pair of vintage ladies driving gloves, fleur de lis print

All of the above came from one vendor.

And the total cost?

Are you ready?

REALLY ready??

.....

$3.00

a'thriftin' and a'antiquin' down South

Last week me and the boy drove down to Alabama to spend Thanksgiving with his bro and SIL.

Naturally, my interest in turkey and family and football takes a back seat to my Old Stuff Obsession, and I was very excited to find some thrift shops and antiques stores, and find  some finds therein, to wit:

a Roseville dahlrose pattern vase:

a set of five lacquerware trays decorated with crawfish:

a set of five lacquerware trays decorated with winged bugs:

a Hazel-Atlas (I think) cobalt ice bucket decorated with dogs:

a handmade, homemade deco bell-hop figure:

six pieces of Syracuse restaurant china, Jubilee pattern:

a Nantucket basket in pendant form:

A very old metal kitty tray thingey:

Plus a few things I haven't gotten to photograph yet.

watch this

Lovely Caravelle watch, probably from the 1960's.

I always sell wind-up watches, which this one is, practically immediately after I find them.  Some people, myself included, don't want to have to shlep their watches to the local jeweler once a year or so, and pay $5 for a battery.

This one came from the same guy I bought the big folk painting from.  It was similarly cheap, even though a) it works, and b) it's got a little gold content.


Enjoy.

Chiefly speaking

How completely gorgeous is the circa 1915 item above?

It began life as a lid.  I'd give my right kidney to find the thing it covered.

We interrupt this blog...

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Just go to Wikipedia's home page.  The link is right there.

A lazy summer afternoon

circa 1890.

 The boy and I were doing our regular early Sunday morning flea market shopping when we came upon this... this... 

Sorry,  I'm plumb out of adjectives.  'Awesome' won't do it.  'Fantastic' - pfft.  'Marvelous' isn't even close.   None of the foregoing will do justice to this BIG folk painting.
(81 inches x 37 inches big.)

 Second to how MAGNIFAWESOTERRIFIBEAUTIGEOUS the painting is,

 is how surprised I was to get an incredible deal on it.

The vendor is somebody I see at just about all the local flea markets, and his stuff -- while usually cool and interesting -- is almost always priced at more than I'm willing to pay.

So either he was in a good mood, or didn't have much sleep, or decided that I'm deserving of special consideration, because...

when my hubs asked the price, the vendor answered 'Fifteen dollars.'

Although I was ready to faint, I'm still a businesslady, so I asked 'Is that your best?'

We got it for $10.

A new member of our furry fambly

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, meet our newest addition,

the charming, the precious, the ever-purring

Starlin.

She hails originally from a friend's neighbor's backyard.  My original intention was to foster her, but my husband, touched in his rough, guido-ificent soul by the hopeful look in her eyes, decreed that a) we're keeping her, and b) her name shall be Starlin.

How he came up with that I have no idea.

In a matter of weeks, she has morphed from being a very frightened little kitten who would not come out from under the furniture to becoming the sweetest, cuddliest little kitten one could imagine.

The rest of the crew is still negotiating the ground rules with her, but she seems to be catching on.

last weekend's finds

I found so much last weekend that it's taken me until today to show (some of) them to you.  

So, in no particular order:

art nouveau bronze letter or napkin holder.  This is the REAL 100+ year old deal.

A BIG box full of boxed Christmas cards from the 1940's.  Below are just two of the 10 or so designs.  (Dig this if you can: the vendor says he'll have more cards this weekend, and different designs.  SQUEE!!!)

A bunch of jewelry, including but not limited to a 1970's wind-up watch with transparent back, which allows you to see the works working.  And some cute pins.  And 1960's drop sequin earrings (think 1965 glamor girl dressed for the evening).

A pair of older Heissner gnomes:

A Princess Diana paperdoll book:

An old souvenir scarf from Paris:

As I plow through the rest of the stuff, I'll show you that, too.

Weeeee are the

Champions.

A great relic of 1950's winning season.

Good Day Sunshine

The view from my porch at around 6:30 this morning: 

 Unretouched!

and copyrighted by moi.

Announcing ANOTHER Donnybrook deco coat

YAY!!

 Got it from the same place I got the first one (read the post from October 2010) and, believe it or don't, it was on half-price day, and the coat was half-price.  

Enjoy!