Who wants to see my haul from today?

stracci2000 · Jun 18, 2019

Hey guys! I'm over here keeping the haul thread going

@StephanieLynn , the pink sapphire is awesome! So vibrant!
And I like the old box. Boxes are mysterious. You can keep jewelry, money, weed

, or other secret things in there! You gotta love 'em.
Anyway, I went to a few sales on Friday, and I found these two lovely head vases. They had netting and flowers in them, so charming!

And at another sale, I picked up this old baby doll carriage.
It is 18" high.

YadaYadaYada · Jun 18, 2019

Weed......

I am too straight for my own good but I wouldn't store weed in a velvet box, then it would smell like my dog that just got skunked!

I love your heads especially that girl with the major eyelash game going on, obviously she is a young'
Now you just need some dolls for that baby carriage.

LondonGal · Jun 19, 2019

stracci2000 said:
They are similar in size to a large chicken egg.
I wasn't sure what they were at first, and after a little research, I saw similar ones online that were named as salt cellars. But maybe you are right! I will check into spoon warmers!

I'm not completely sure they'd be spoon warmers at that size. The ones I saw were a little bigger. It's worth checking out, though. I've seen a few described as sorbet spoon warmers, too.

It seems that every antique store I see them in they're described as anything from salt cellars to spoon warmers. I've only started to take notice of them recently, but I'll definitely look out for them now as they're rather nice.

LondonGal · Jun 19, 2019

StephanieLynn said:
You guys, DH thinks I am crazy for buying this old box, surely someone else sees the charm?

I love any kind of box. For me, it's always about what they might hold.

stracci2000 · Jun 22, 2019

For some reason, I couldn't find many garage sales this weekend. But I did score another set of sterling candle stick holders from my favorite thrift store, $4.00

lyra · Jun 23, 2019

What's going on with sterling being so low now? The very few items I bought are probably less than half the price I paid for them. Those are beautiful @stracci2000. I can't believe how little you paid.

stracci2000 · Jun 23, 2019

lyra said:
What's going on with sterling being so low now? The very few items I bought are probably less than half the price I paid for them. Those are beautiful @stracci2000. I can't believe how little you paid.

The thrift store had no idea that these were sterling.
This is about the 5th time I found solid sterling pieces at this location.
They are priced as plate, and displayed amongst the plated stuff. I guess nobody there is reading the marks on the bottom, except me!

YadaYadaYada · Jun 23, 2019

Wow $4 for sterling candlesticks is pretty awesome, they are pretty l.

CHRISTY-DANIELLE · Jun 23, 2019

We went to some antique/ junk shops today. I'm always crossing my fingers that I'll get lucky and find some amazing deal on an under valued art deco jewel....but no luck today.
But I was so stoked to find this Mucha poster of Sarah Bernhardt. I love the Mucha posters and had never seen this one before.

stracci2000 · Jun 23, 2019

CHRISTY-DANIELLE said:
We went to some antique/ junk shops today. I'm always crossing my fingers that I'll get lucky and find some amazing deal on an under valued art deco jewel....but no luck today.
But I was so stoked to find this Mucha poster of Sarah Bernhardt. I love the Mucha posters and had never seen this one before.

Nice find! Art Nouveau stuff is so cool!
Yes, it's hard to come by fine antique jewelry in the thrift/pawn/vintage shops. But I keep looking!

Rubymal · Jun 25, 2019

I went to a fantastic antiques show this past weekend. A lot of beautiful and authentic jewelry.

My first purchase was this Fenton glass opalescent dog, figured it would go well with my Avon glass dogs. I looked up the history of Fenton but couldn't find which time period they produced the dogs.

There was a silent auction benefitting a nonprofit farm in the area. I won this set of vintage horse bridle rosettes.

There was a vendor selling a lot of antique and vintage prints. This one caught my eye. It was from a 1909 issue of Ladies Home Magazine. The column on the right keeps talking about biscuits.

And my most prized piece just yet! A victorian glass jewelry box from late 18th century/early 1910. It is missing a piece of one of the legs, I plan on doing some light restoration work on it this weekend to get it standing back up in it's full glory.

Rubymal · Jun 25, 2019

And here are some photos of treasures I didnt bring home, but had a wonderful time admiring.

Sterling silver jewelry box, I think the label said from the 20's.

Art Nouveau gold and pearl pendant.

Sterling silver, monogrammed hand mirror.

14k white gold Camphor glass pendant.

A massive and completely filled antique French ledger!

Random ol' knick knacks.

YadaYadaYada · Jun 25, 2019

Wow such great finds lately!

@CHRISTY-DANIELLE, I adore that poster, so romantic

@Rubymal that Fenton dog is adorable as is the poster and I've never seen a glass jewelry box like that before, beautiful!

YadaYadaYada · Jun 25, 2019

Today's stuff:

Sterling and Tiger's Eye Pendant

Sterling and Blue Topaz Pendant

Reproduction Camphor Glass Pendant

I think this was originally an earring

Limoges Handpainted Brooch

Two celluloid ring boxes and a green velvet necklace box. The velvet box is from Hartford (where I was born) and one of the celluloid is from Waterbury (another CT city!)

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natasha-cupcake · Jun 25, 2019

Cool jewelry boxes! I was born in Waterbury, although I don't think I've ever heard of Ciarlone Jewelers. I do remember Savitt Jewelers. They were huge here in CT. "Peace of Mind Guaranteed!" (POMG) I can still hear the old guy's gravely voice calling out that slogan on the radio/TV ads.

YadaYadaYada · Jun 25, 2019

natasha-cupcake said:
Cool jewelry boxes! I was born in Waterbury, although I don't think I've ever heard of Ciarlone Jewelers. I do remember Savitt Jewelers. They were huge here in CT. "Peace of Mind Guaranteed!" (POMG) I can still hear the old guy's gravely voice calling out that slogan on the radio/TV ads.

You check out that velvet color? We had appliances that color growing up

stracci2000 · Jun 25, 2019

Rubymal said:
I went to a fantastic antiques show this past weekend. A lot of beautiful and authentic jewelry.

My first purchase was this Fenton glass opalescent dog, figured it would go well with my Avon glass dogs. I looked up the history of Fenton but couldn't find which time period they produced the dogs.

There was a silent auction benefitting a nonprofit farm in the area. I won this set of vintage horse bridle rosettes.

There was a vendor selling a lot of antique and vintage prints. This one caught my eye. It was from a 1909 issue of Ladies Home Magazine. The column on the right keeps talking about biscuits.

And my most prized piece just yet! A victorian glass jewelry box from late 18th century/early 1910. It is missing a piece of one of the legs, I plan on doing some light restoration work on it this weekend to get it standing back up in it's full glory.

I love this stuff!
Fenton-yes!
And that "ormolu jewelry casket" is awesome! I have 3 of them, but yours is older than mine. Great finds!!

stracci2000 · Jun 25, 2019

StephanieLynn said:
Today's stuff:

Sterling and Tiger's Eye Pendant

Sterling and Blue Topaz Pendant

Reproduction Camphor Glass Pendant

I think this was originally an earring

Limoges Handpainted Brooch

Two celluloid ring boxes and a green velvet necklace box. The velvet box is from Hartford (where I was born) and one of the celluloid is from Waterbury (another CT city!)
M

Cool finds, Steph! The pendants and pin are so sweet, especially the two sterling pieces. Love that tiger eye! However, the celluloid boxes are my favorite! I have yet to see celluloid jewelry boxes at a yard sale, but I'm looking!
It's interesting how you and @Rubymal are both are showing camphor glass today!

YadaYadaYada · Jun 25, 2019

@stracci2000 yeah except hers is the real deal, I found out mine is a cz report that was sold on HSN!

The celluloid boxes were in with boxes that the Cheers lady gives people who buy jewelry and of course I had to have them. Asked her if they were for sale, everything is for sale for a price lol! I paid $10 for all three boxes.

CHRISTY-DANIELLE · Jun 25, 2019

@Rubymal - that sterling silver jewelry box would have come home with me! I would love to have one!

YadaYadaYada · Jun 25, 2019

@CHRISTY-DANIELLE, can we just talk about these rings in your avatar for a minute? Like that is pretty fabulous girlfriend.

CHRISTY-DANIELLE · Jun 25, 2019

@StephanieLynn aww, thank you! Only the eternity is genuine antique though

YadaYadaYada · Jun 25, 2019

CHRISTY-DANIELLE said:
@StephanieLynn aww, thank you! Only the eternity is genuine antique though

Doesn't matter, they all look fabulous

YadaYadaYada · Jun 26, 2019

Before Toys R' Us went out of business DH bought a couple of the shopping baskets (yes I thought he was crazy). This is actually one of the older ones from the 80's and I came into the livingroom to find my youngest in it

lambskin · Jun 26, 2019

lyra said:
What's going on with sterling being so low now? The very few items I bought are probably less than half the price I paid for them. Those are beautiful @stracci2000. I can't believe how little you paid.

Sterling, silver plate and crystal items are now selling super cheap on Ebay and at flea markets. I have a pair of Waterford candlesticks I got as a wedding present that were $300 in 1988. I saw them on an Ebay site a while back for under $100. The younger folks are not interested in fine china, crystal and silver anymore. Lalique and Baccarat still hold value.

stracci2000 · Jun 28, 2019

More sterling! A covered butter dish mixed in with all the plated pieces at an estate sale. I paid $8.00. The estate sale people apparently didn't know this one was not plated.

At the same sale, I found a Wedgwood dish, dating between 1908- 1929

YadaYadaYada · Jun 28, 2019

@stracci2000 you have a gift for the sterling, I always find the plated stuff. There are some people who bring sterling into Cheers, they literally come in with all this cut up scrap, can only imagine how beautiful some of this pieces were

Love your Wedgewood, would look great in your cabinet!

stracci2000 · Jun 28, 2019

StephanieLynn said:
Before Toys R' Us went out of business DH bought a couple of the shopping baskets (yes I thought he was crazy). This is actually one of the older ones from the 80's and I came into the livingroom to find my youngest in it

I want to compliment you on this incredibly gorgeous little boy!
OMG, so handsome! And I'm sure he's clever and witty, just like you

YadaYadaYada · Jun 28, 2019

Ah thanks @stracci2000, he is a ham (I know you totally can't tell that by the picture). One of my favorite things he has ever done was when we were sitting down to eat dinner and he was dancing in front of his chair and I asked him what he was doing. He said he was dancing to get the cat to move out of his chair

Any other kid would have just pushed the cat or picked it up but not this kid. He will be five in 10 days!

YadaYadaYada · Jun 29, 2019

Today's hauls from my outing with @natasha-cupcake.

Musical Egg plays "Here Comes the Sun". I unfortunately dropped this and chipped it at the bottom but could have been worse.