Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

[AtomicEraTom]

I've always referred to them as 'Gone with the Wind lamps' on occasion, Hurricane Lamp, but that usually makes me think of the kerosene jobs.

 

[Linda Clark Bales]

That is a cool clock....my grandfather use to have one.... wish I knew where it went ....

 

[Steve Smith]

A couple of recent finds. The pen is an oversize Sheaffer Balance lever filler from the '30's. It has a two-tone flexible nib. Flex nibs are not common in these pens. The trousers are wool and in excellent condition, but I sold them a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Shangas]

Nice pen, Steve. Probably 1935, if my Sheaffer Balance dating is worth anything.

 

[Argee]

I concur with the 1935 assessment. The flat ball hump was a one year only feature on that style of pen.

 

[Quigley Brown]

I was at a indoor yard sale yesterday at the home of a recently-passed away elderly woman. Nothing was set up on tables, you just walked around the house and bought whatever right from its spot and name your price. I pulled these off the wall for a couple of bucks. They're labeled 'Homco 1977' and are 16" tall. They were so tacky that I had to buy them. I'll show more tacky purchases from this sale later....

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[Miss Tuppence]

^Ahh, those are wondrous Quigley!
Are they plaster, resin- plastic?

 

[Quigley Brown]

^Ahh, those are wondrous Quigley!
Are they plaster, resin- plastic?

They're plastic.

 

[Quigley Brown]

Here's from the same sale. Early Miller Studio chalkware dated 1954...

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[tonyb]

Some stuff is so bad it's good, you know? (Think pink plastic lawn flamingos, for instance.) There's something genuine in it that is so lacking in knock-offs of high-end goods and in so many items "inspired" by famous designs. Better a deliberate miss than a pale imitation.

 

[Mr. Hallack]

Old Life magazines, both from 1964. One for LBJ's doggies in the White House, the other for the opening of the New York World's Fair. I have a good collection of old Life and Look magazines.

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Antique store finds, actually...

Nifty little leather cig' pouch. Perfect for my Camels. Like new, with (chewed up) box!

Zippo-like lighter with branding from one of my favorite magazines. Well, the old issues anyway...

 

[tonyb]

Saw this "vase" (the one with the painted stripes, not the one with the daffodils) at a small-town thrift shop yesterday and something in the deeper recesses of my memory got tickled. I can't say with absolute certainty that I've seen these things before (I couldn't tell you the where or the when), but man, I just know I have, you know?

So I ask the old-junk detectives here for help in determining what this thing originally contained, and when it was made. The style screams '60s to me, but I've been tone deaf as to such things before.

The bottom says FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS SALE OR RE-USE OF THIS BOTTLE. I'm thinking that's a sign it started life as a booze bottle(?)

 

[Quigley Brown]

Another purchase at a recent rummage sale. This 1960s starburst clock measures three feet in diameter.

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[tonyb]

I had been on the prowl for a clock in that general vein, QB, but I ended up buying a modern reproduction instead. Now that I have it, I predict the real ones will start dropping from the sky.

Considering its vintage, I'm guessing that cock of yours is direct-wired (is that the right term?) or perhaps a plug-in type? If so, I'm wondering how feasible it would be to replace the motor with one of those AA battery operated quartz movements. The upside is that installing the clock (provided it is currently direct-wired) would be a heck of a lot easier, and if it is a plug in type, well, eliminating the cord would make for a much neater look. The downside is that when it shows up on the Antiques Roadshow 50 years from now Leigh and Leslie Keno's grandnephews will tell the guy who brought it in that it's worth a couple of grand, but if someone hadn't replaced the movement way back when it would bring 10 times that much.

Do you mind disclosing how much it set you back?

 

[Quigley Brown]

I had been on the prowl for a clock in that general vein, QB, but I ended up buying a modern reproduction instead. Now that I have it, I predict the real ones will start dropping from the sky.

Considering its vintage, I'm guessing that cock of yours is direct-wired (is that the right term?) or perhaps a plug-in type? If so, I'm wondering how feasible it would be to replace the motor with one of those AA battery operated quartz movements. The upside is that installing the clock (provided it is currently direct-wired) would be a heck of a lot easier, and if it is a plug in type, well, eliminating the cord would make for a much neater look. The downside is that when it shows up on the Antiques Roadshow 50 years from now Leigh and Leslie Keno's grandnephews will tell the guy who brought it in that it's worth a couple of grand, but if someone hadn't replaced the movement way back when it would bring 10 times that much.

Do you mind disclosing how much it set you back?

I paid $3 for it. It's electric, but the cord has been severed. I'd like to eventually replace it with a battery-powered motor.

 

[tonyb]

I paid $3 for it.

I'm turning green.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Lucky duck! I'm a Starburst Clock addict!

Another purchase at a recent rummage sale. This 1960s starburst clock measures three feet in diameter.

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[Forgotten Man]

Ah, you'll poke your eye out with that thing!

 

[AtomicEraTom]

If you're that close to that clock, you need glasses!

Ah, you'll poke your eye out with that thing!