Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

[ScarlettTurner]

This is definitely vintage. A 1944 slide viewer. Belongs to my hubby.

 

[Rick S.]

MaryDeluxe,

WOW!

You, have made some great finds. Love, your 50s Deco den! :eusa_clap

rick

 

[MaryDeluxe]

Scarlett... that is way neato!

 

[imoldfashioned]

I love your room MaryDeluxe! The mirror and the tv are especially great and that's a perfect 50s blue on the wall. Congrats on your fabulous coffee table!

 

[MaryDeluxe]

I love your room MaryDeluxe! The mirror and the tv are especially great and that's a perfect 50s blue on the wall. Congrats on your fabulous coffee table!

Thank you!

 

[Quigley Brown]

Golly Mary, your place looks just like apartment of a woman I used to go with...lots of vintage pink and Heywake.

 

[Starius]

That table stand you have on the far right...
The last auction I was at had 7 or 8 of those. I was hoping to pick one up for a decent price. But one guy got the first choice bid at $60 and he bought all of them for that price. I later heard that he saw them go for $250 on ebay so thats why he scooped them all up. I still wish I had bid higher or something. I just wanted one!

 

[MaryDeluxe]

That table stand you have on the far right...
The last auction I was at had 7 or 8 of those. I was hoping to pick one up for a decent price. But one guy got the first choice bid at $60 and he bought all of them for that price. I later heard that he saw them go for $250 on ebay so thats why he scooped them all up. I still wish I had bid higher or something. I just wanted one!

$60 OMG! What a good deal for first picks! No wonder he took all of them. That's what happens with dealers, they know what they can make in profit from something if they get it cheap enough. When bidding against a dealer you know there will be a point that they have to stop bidding because they know they can't make a profit from it. Next time hang in there if you can because in the end you will still get it cheaper at auction then buying at an antique shop. If it makes you feel better, here's a picture of the rest of the Heywake furniture that I didn't get. I didn't even bother bidding but it was sure fun to watch the dealers go at it! Sold for $3,400 all the dining room pieces plus a desk! What a deal!! They sold everything as a set

 

[MaryDeluxe]

Golly Mary, your place looks just like apartment of a woman I used to go with...lots of vintage pink and Heywake.

What can I say, some women just have excellent taste!

 

[PA Dancer]

Do any of you know what kind of wood that is in the pic of the brown furniture? It looks a lot like my dresser.

 

[Starius]

Though not quite the same, I do have some library furniture from around the same era:

I thought the filing cabinet would make a nice little table. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the matching card catalog that went with it.


I'm still not totally sure what I'll do with this one. But I know I'll come up with something.

 

[texasgirl]

Bottom piece

We have one of those at work in the library. We use it for maps and atlases?!?!

 

[MaryDeluxe]

Starius...That bottom piece is very cool. I would use that in my studio to hold artwork. I'm sure you can find something creative to do with it.

 

[Starius]

We have one of those at work in the library. We use it for maps and atlases?!?!

Starius...That bottom piece is very cool. I would use that in my studio to hold artwork. I'm sure you can find something creative to do with it.

Yeah, I was thinking either keeping it as is and using it to store printed collectables such as art portfolios and advertisements or making matching Plexiglas covered removable trays that fit on the sliding racks for storing small random collectables. In any event, I want to use it in my home library but I don't quite have the room for it right now.

 

[PrettySquareGal]

Though not quite the same, I do have some library furniture from around the same era:

I thought the filing cabinet would make a nice little table. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the matching card catalog that went with it.


I'm still not totally sure what I'll do with this one. But I know I'll come up with something.

Starius, these pictures bring back good memories for me of my grade school library. That was in the 70's but it was filled with furniture just like these.

 

[PA Dancer]

The piece with the pull out drawers might make an interesting wine rack if the bottles fit.

 

[ScarlettTurner]

An electronics tester from the '40s that is my hubby's. I also have an old school desk from the '30s or '40s, forgot about that.

 

[imoldfashioned]

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Wow, I've never seen one like this, very nice. I love old library furniture.

 

[CherryRed]

I got this recently at an antique mall for about $7.50 It is marked Stanford Sebring O.

And this piece of vintage rust are was not really a thrift store find but a house warming gift from a friend.

 

[BegintheBeguine]

Ooh, CherryRed, between those and the things you showed in The Powder Room, you've been finding some nice stuff!!