Selling for a Friend

Look what my friend has me selling on eBay.... I'm having a blast!

Things I'm Keeping....

Some recent acquisitions that I am hanging onto for the moment.

Finally, a sale!

Wooden block puzzle in a wood box.

It has been a while.... (or so I hear from people who check in)... and now I can update with some fresh photos. I felt pretty good at today's sale. I love the guy who holds these sales, his stuff is good, the prices are fair, and you can't beat the way he writes his classified ads....

"Weller, McCoy, & Siamese Art
Ranch Mink Coat Looking Smart
Harrison Fisher's Pretty Girl
Old Egg Beater Give it a Whirl
Mexican Sterling it Does Gleam
Rare Decanters from Jim Beam
30's Chrome Cocktail Shaker
60's Glass Briard the Maker
Over 200 Butter Knives
For Your Classy Gourmet Lives
19th C. Japanese Wood Block
Commercial Store Sign & Clock
Beautiful Brooches Very Nice
You Will Want to Go Thru Twice
Fab Flow Blue & Murano Glass
Lilli Ann With Style & Sass
Antique Basket of Woven Oak
James Avery's a Talented Bloke
Butter Pats for Your Collection
Paper Weight, Glass Confection
Velvet Postcards Very Camp
Ceramic Tiger T.V. Lamp
Sleepy Eye He's White & Blue
Arts & Crafts Desk Just for You
Ladies' Hats & Collins Purse
Pickard China Ends This Verse

And this is some of what I found (tomorrow, the stuff I'm tempted to keep for myself!):

Girl Scout Collapsible Metal Cup

Funky Eames Era Wall Light Fixture

A Little More...

Two other recent finds....

Catching Up

It's been hard to continue my eBay/estate sale work now that I have REAL work competing for my time. But today, during this nice long weekend, there was an estate sale just a few blocks (toward the nice side) of my neighborhood. I headed over and stood outside before 9 with all the people who are starting to look familiar to me.

We are all people who would rather be pawing through someone else's moldy old belongings than at any store on "Black Friday". Happily I did no other shopping other than two estate sales. (Don't worry family, you won't get old stuff for Christmas -- unless I think it's perfect for you!)

Poodle Dog Trash Can. It's kind of dingy because it needs a good cleaning. But I'm just not interested in cleaning stuff!

For some reason, I keep finding these Dymo label makers lately.
I found one in its original box today.

Very pretty Ohio Art click gun. Joey has fallen for this big time.

Oh yeah.

OK the best part of the many gift boxes I got today (besides the fact that I can remember receiving gifts in very similar ones when I was a kid...) is the photo to the right. The item is a huge gift bag. I don't know which one of that couple is the receiver, but if I got a huge big package like that and it contained a wooden stool, I would not be a good subject for a Hallmark photo shoot! Plus the stool is about 1/3 the size of that bag....WTF?

Not too many photogenic finds lately. I found a bunch of golf balls at a big old rich person house, so am selling those. I bought some Crane's stationary paper there too.

I got the Coors Hat last weekend when I went to an estate sale with Dad --- why don't you move down Dad? Think of all the fun we'd have EVERY Saturday morning going hunting for goodies!! I also got ET bedsheets at the sale, but surprisingly, they aren't that valuable on eBay... go figure!

This Week's Goodies...

Vintage Salt and Pepper Shakers

1920s Playbill for "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" at the Selwyn Theatre in Chicago

Crib Mobile that is just like the one I had as a baby!

Vintage Plush Toy named "Worry Wart" with Missouri embroidered on his side. Is that the Missouri state motto?

These are my "sellin' purchases" next post I'll brag on some of the "keepin' purchases" I've made lately.

This weekend's three sales included a nicely packed house in an upscale neighborhood, a faux Estate Sale which made me very mad--(Just putting your classified ad in the Estate Sale section of the paper vs. the Garage Sale section where it belongs will not make you my friend!), and the last sale was out at the lake. It was a Mega-McMansion hanging out over the lake (next door to the Oasis restaurant!). It was a divorce sale, so no vintage stuff, but I got great kids' stuff for pennies on the dollar. Including a Chia Pet for Emma, Keen Sandals, and something I'll post next time that I am keeping!