Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

[2jakes]

I have this souvenir photo of the Mick !

and as a postcard with the linen texture :

or a sepia tone:

it's very puzzling at times:

 

[Retro Spectator]

Hmm, I think it's a souvenir photo. I don't think the frame can be opened, and even if it was opened, it appears the central image part is glued to the white part. Interestingly, it has the postcard colors.

 

[Retro Spectator]

Today, I went to the thrift store, and got this made in Germany china creamer. I wonder when it's from?

 

[vintage.vendeuse]

This bookplate fell out of a book published in 1943. Any ideas what kind of planes they are? (Pity about the blue ink.)



I also picked up this vintage 1910s/20s photo by noted photographer Frank Scott Clark. There is some interesting info about him in this 1915 article and in this contemporary article.

 

[Stearmen]

They are Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.

 

[vintage.vendeuse]

They are Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.

Great, thanks!

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Flea market find -- Johnny Lightning British Invasion series

 

[Shangas]

$5 at the flea-market:

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Some recent finds:

Actually got these from a buy-sell-trade page on Facebook. Came from an old lady who was going into assisted living, or had passed away. Her children weren't really clear. One thing was clear from the lamps, someone in that house was a heavy smoker!

Another buy-sell-trade find, my best ever. I have wanted one of these mugs for years. Circa 1893, and I paid 2.25. Worth much more than that.

Got these last weekend:

All buy-sell-trade finds that day, including the steins in the cabinet.

The cabinet and clock came from a man who's mother had passed away.
Don't worry, I did something about that cord lol

Got this shelf and most of the steins on it from the Goodwill today. Fit the spot in the dining room well, and I really like the Norman Rockwell piece.

 

[dh66]

Tom you have an enviable collection of beer drinking equipment. I never find the good stuff like that down here.

 

[Shangas]

I love your clocks, Tom. What can you tell us about them?

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Oh, you haven't even seen all of them lol We do live in an area with quite a beer culture!

Tom you have an enviable collection of beer drinking equipment. I never find the good stuff like that down here.

Thank you! I've been into clocks all my life, "clock" was my first word, actually. I have many clocks, mostly vintage, many belonged to my grandfather. Some he built, some he bought. He built many clocks, curio cabinets, tables, chairs, etc.

I spend my winters doing repairs. I buy a lot of ones that are being sold for parts, or that are likely to be tossed if nobody takes them and give them new life.

Are there any specific ones you would like to know about?

I love your clocks, Tom. What can you tell us about them?

 

[dh66]

Oh, you haven't even seen all of them lol We do live in an area with quite a beer culture!

I just live in an area with a lot of beer......not much culture to go with it. Most folks just drink it straight from the can or bottle.

Maybe you can find or start a thread to post pics of all your steins. Is there a vintage beer thread somewhere?

 

[jamespowers]

Tom you have an enviable collection of beer drinking equipment. I never find the good stuff like that down here.

Agreed to all of that.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

The closer you get to Milwaukee, the stronger the beer culture is. There was a time it was the brewery capital of the world.

I did start a brewery collecting thread on here some time ago.

I just live in an area with a lot of beer......not much culture to go with it. Most folks just drink it straight from the can or bottle.

Maybe you can find or start a thread to post pics of all your steins. Is there a vintage beer thread somewhere?

 

[1mach1]

I did start a brewery collecting thread on here some time ago.

I think you need to revive it!

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I reckon I will. I just had a friend over today and showed him all the steins. He enjoyed them and all the clocks lol

I think you need to revive it!

 

[jamespowers]

I reckon I will. I just had a friend over today and showed him all the steins. He enjoyed them and all the clocks lol

You have a museum there.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

What's the point of having a home, if you don't make it a showplace?

You have a museum there.

 

[jamespowers]

What's the point of having a home, if you don't make it a showplace?

Yes but the Beer Wall is gone.