Today I hit an estate sale that truly was a game of patience. The newspaper advertised a "60 year collection of Christmas". The sale started at 9 a.m. and I arrived a few minutes early. There were card tables set up outside and one other buyer was there. There were a few Christmas items on the table, but nothing substantial. I picked up a few things and after speaking to the elderly gentleman running the sale he informed us that his wife was slowly going thru her Christmas things and would be bringing them out. I decided to wait, and wait I did. About every ten minutes the 82 year old woman would hand a small box to her middle age son and he would bring it out. The other buyer and I would rummage thru the box. Then we would again wait. And wait. Soon anther small box of vintage Christmas would come out of the house. It continued like that until about an hour had passed and the elderly woman declared she "was done sorting thru her things for the day." (mind you this sale was advertised to go on until 4 p.m.). I can't complain because I did get some okay things. Worth an hour of my time I think.
Some old tarnished garland, a BUNCH of holiday doo-dads, 2 boxes or ornaments (there I go again!) a couple of reindeer, a cute chalk-ware gal, a light-up tree topper with original box, a handpainted glass lidded container and a cool bottle brush decoration.
Definition of holiday doo-dads - bells, picks, old snowman, vintage glass garland, tiny ornaments....you know doo-dads!
A few chips, but such a pretty face.
A cute little celluloid lamb with original paint.
Fun shiny brite balls - stripes, indents, shapes.
Funky bottlebrush wall decoration. Even the glittered balls are made of bottlebrush.
My friend Kim from Camp Whimsy is having a fun little giveaway with great goodies. Go leave a comment and join in the fun!
My daughter Kate turns 15 tomorrow! Time to get ready for the family party and 25 guests!
That's pretty good stuff for having to wait it out...I don't know how anyone can part with such cute stuff - love that tiny angel.
I better check out newspapers to see if there are estate sales...the only ones I've been to are the ones run by a company that sends email alerts and they price the stuff pretty high (paid $12 recently for a Ransburg tin match holder! But, I had to have it...actually, don't know if it is a match holder or a razor holder as some person in the place thought it was.)
Posted by: tammyCA | October 26, 2008 at 09:29 AM
Sounds like kind of a pain, but looks to have been worth the wait! More Shiny Brite's I see! I love your little chalkware girl, even with her little blemishes, very sweet indeed! Thanks for the giveaway mention too!!
Posted by: Kim G. | October 26, 2008 at 11:04 AM
Oh. What's that spot on my shirt? Oh yes...drool...from looking at your fabulous finds! When I look to see what great new old things you find every week I feel like I just found those treasures too! :)
Posted by: Crystal | October 26, 2008 at 04:23 PM
Only 2 people showed up for this? Glad you were one of them. But let me make a prediction. Someday, when you're eightysomething, you're going to draw quite a much bigger crowd if you ever sell your vintage holiday collection s-l-o-w-l-y, piece by piece. I'll be there, but I'll be eightysomething too.
Posted by: Linda | October 28, 2008 at 07:58 PM