Vintage Goodness

New Goodness At Auction On eBay This Week!

Mitzi June 27, 2015 No Comments

I did a bit better getting auctions up this week – I wouldn’t go so far as to say congratulations are in order, but maybe a pat on the back would be appropriate? ;)

Vintage Mexican Pottery Owl Jorge Wilmot

Vintage Mexico Pottery Tonala Owl Bird Figurine Lot

Vintage Mexican Pottery Tonala Ceramic Bird Figurine

Vintage Tonala Mexican Pottery Bird Figurine Lot

Mrs. Grossman’s Sticker Keeper Box By The Yard Rolls

Vintage Scheurich Rumtopf Rum Pot Crock In Box

Vintage Marushka Rocking Horse Framed Print

Vintage Marushka Victorian Haunted Houses Print

Vintage Marushka Orange Ducks Framed Print

Vintage Marushka Still Life Vases Framed Print

Vintage Sears Neil The Frog Hanging Planter Japan 1976

Vintage Brass Gazelle Deer Figurine Mid Century Modern

Vintage Syroco Flowers Roses Vases Wall Plaque Set

Vintage Rainbow Striped Suspenders West Germany

Vintage Brass Cat Figurine 7″ Mid Century Modern

Disney Mary Poppins Movie Mug In Box Japan

Dansk Silhouette Stainless Steak Knife Set

New goodness at auction on eBay this week!

Mitzi June 20, 2015 No Comments

My listing is still going very, very slowly – besides the Macrame I posted about the other day, I only managed to get a handful of other stuff up at auction, plus I listed a set of school posters in my Etsy shop, that will be getting their own post later this week (yes, they are that cool!). So not a total fail, but not a total win of a week either…. Here’s hoping I’ve got more to show off next weekend! :)

Vintage Red Task Desk Lamp In Box

Vintage Drunk Eyes Woman Seeing Double Framed Photo

Vintage Cast Iron Boot Jack Bug Insect Wall Hanging

Vintage Hazel Atlas Frosted Shot Glasses Set

Vintage Faribo Wool Fringed Throw Blanket In Box

Vintage Emenee Toy Trombone In Box 1950’s

Vintage Sears Gingham Girls Napkin Holder 1978

Vintage Dakin Hugging Mice Plush Aloha Hawaii 1976

Vintage Barbie Dallas Horse In Box Mattel 1982

Vintage Ouija Board Parker Brothers 1992 In Box

Featured Collectible – Vintage Macrame – 70’s Craft Series #2

Mitzi June 17, 2015 4 Comments

If you have followed me for a while you know that over the last couple of years I’ve developed a bit of a macrame obsession. So you can imagine the internal cartwheels I was doing when I found the holy grail of all vintage macrame scores a couple of weeks ago:

Vintage Macrame Hanging Planter Holder Side Table

Yep, that’s a nearly 8′ tall hanging plant holder / side table and it is GORGEOUS. SO hard to part with – but it is up at auction on eBay right now!

Luckily, macrame was a really popular craft in the 70’s – that means there is still quite a bit of it floating around out there, waiting to be reclaimed. Not all of it is done well though, so it is especially fun to find pieces like the one I found, that were made by someone who had some skill, and took extra care to make their projects turn out nicely…

I actually have another hanging plant holder in my eBay store that has butterfly beads on it, with a matching ceramic planter – I’m kind of surprised it hasn’t sold yet!

Vintage Macrame Hanging Butterfly Planter Holder

Plant holders seem to be the most popular macrame craft, but they were not the only thing that people made – let’s take a look at what else is out there:

Vintage Macrame Wall Hanging Art

Vintage Macrame Swag Lamp Hanging Light

Vintage Macrame Bead Necklace

Vintage Macrame Magazine Rack

Vintage Macrame Frog Towel Holder Rack

Vintage Brown Macrame Purse Handbag

Vintage Orange Macrame Footstool

Vintage Macrame Owls Wall Hanging Art

Vintage Mushroom Macrame Towel Holder Rack Set

Vintage Women’s Macrame Belt

I could literally make this post go on for days and days… So I’ll make myself stop here. Long live the macrame love! ;)

Thrift Haul – Junking Karma In Effect!

Mitzi June 15, 2015 No Comments

This weekend of picking was an interesting one – I ended up at a garage sale at a house that looked very familiar. As I started looking at the items, they also looked familiar – including the 4 Marushka prints in the photo above. The lady told me she had a few more that had sold earlier in the morning – and it hit me. I’d been to an estate sale at that house a few weeks ago!

Actually, that sale is the one that almost inspired a rant post about estate sale prices (I might write it yet!) – not just that sale, but the Marushkas in particular. See, I got to that sale a couple hours after 2nd day, half off pricing started – and really, REALLY wanted the 7 or 8 Marushkas that were hanging on the wall. Unfortunately, the prices on them were still too high, even at half off.

I found the lady running the sale (it was a professional estate sale company running it) and made her an offer on all of them. She wouldn’t even consider it – and I left knowing that they would probably end up going unsold.

Turns out I was right! The family was selling all the unsolds from the estate sale at a garage sale – and I walked away with the Marushkas for about 1/5 of the price I offered the estate sale lady. Junking karma in effect – the universe wanted me to have them, apparently! Well, part of them – I wish I would have gotten there sooner and been able to grab the entire lot…

I picked up a few other things at a community yard sale as well – so while not a huge haul this time around, it was a pretty satisfying one!

3 Bucilla Christmas Craft Kits
Scheurich Rum-Topf Jar
Syroco Wall Plaques Set
Ceramic Baby Planter
Novelty Drinking Glass
Corning Ware Teapot
Neil The Frog Hanging Planter
Mexican Pottery Owl

New Goodness At Auction On eBay This Week!

Mitzi June 13, 2015 No Comments

I am still woefully behind on my listing – you know you have too much stuff waiting to be done when you have to spend an evening organizing it all just so you can walk through the room, like I did this week! I did get a few things up though – hopefully with MUCH more to come soon!

Vintage Revere Ware Tea Kettle In Box