This was estate sale Friday.
ONE LONE crocheted potholder picked up at a local church sale. There were just not many sales that day...I hit two church sales and that was it.
FORTUNATELY Friday is followed by SATURDAY.
One sale, number 14 to get into the sale (thank you Kate for that!). I was in with the first wave.
Three strands of vintage glass garland, flour and sugar tins, a wonderful duck figure, a tiny baby doll and a recipe box.
The long skinny item in the photo above is Fuller toothbrush holder. You can just make out the word "Fuller" on the holder. It made me laugh with those little slots for the toothbrushes as today's toothbrushes are much burlier.
One unused tablecloth with original tag. It says "misprint", but it looks to be in good condition.
A bunch of other dishtowels that I don't believe were used either.
A great blow mold Santa head, a floral canister and a green metal duster that I thought would make and awesome lamp base someday.
More garland, a heart shaped cake pan and a tiny concrete chicken with original paint.
I find lots of boxes of tiny ornaments, but never one in this configuration. And full as well!
With original price tag.
A hodge podge of misc Christmas, including two pine cone birds.
A box of unused vintage greeting cards.
Some even had the original envelope and price tag attached.
A funny squirrel? whistle that was attached to something originally..I think it will look dandy with my Halloween stuff.
An old tablecloth for Oregon and Washington states.
I got about 5 boxes of xmas ornaments...lots of stripes and figural ones. I also got a box of chalk for my collection that I did not have.
A great old chenille floral bedspread. It has some stains, but am hoping I can get those out..if not it would make a decent cutter.
A super old clothespin container.
It was full to the brim with old wooden clothespins. I found some bonus colorful ones mixed in with the wooden ones.
I think this funny wooden green wagon was originally part of something else. I like the green paint and the striped wheels.
1927 calendar
I had a ton of stuff to carry and paid for it and took it out to the car. I decided to make one more trip into the house as there was so much inside, I wanted to have one more run thru to see what I missed. I found these in a box of misc. paper at a quarter each. Little envelopes from a couple of local florists.
Look what was inside! A great assortment of florist enclosure cards. Awesome graphics!
A great Saturday sale! So happy to find a bit more than a single Friday potholder!
Happy Weekend!
Ha Ha Ha.....like the beginning of your post.The rest of it has made my jaw drop and I can't seem to push it back up...WOW! I couldn't believe how long I was scrolling to the end.Glad you had a great day. Love the Santa head blow mold....Haven't seen one like that.We didn't go out to any sales today but you just made my day/evening looking at your goodies. Thanks for the fun!
Posted by: Doreen | September 24, 2011 at 09:49 PM
YAY!!!!! I always LOVE looking at your scores! Why don't we have estate sales around here? I must be doing something wrong.
GREAT Christmas finds as always!!!!!
Posted by: Jill | September 25, 2011 at 06:19 AM
All I can say is "lucky you!". My sales this week end brought me a couple vintage metal trash cans, a book, a couple figurines and a sweet drawer! Nice, but nothing like you have.
Posted by: AntiquesGaloreGal | September 25, 2011 at 06:41 AM
Oh my goodness. I am putting my name on so many of these things. Lets see...florist cards...greeting cards...clothes pin holder...blow mold (amazing). I could go on and on. You did unbelievably well. Nice job keeping your head up...smiles...Renee
Posted by: Renee | September 25, 2011 at 07:00 AM
Oh Laurie, what an incredible sale! I can't imagine finding so much great stuff all in one place. That misprint table cloth gave me a chuckle. I think they got the colors reversed and the cherries were supposed to be red. Ha! I'm going back to look at all your pictures again.
Posted by: Kathy | September 25, 2011 at 07:50 AM
The first photo looks like my finds lately. The second photo looks like my finds in my DREAMS. Lucky, lucky YOU!
Posted by: Shara | September 25, 2011 at 08:11 AM
The clothespin bag is cool. Love that she's all dressed up to hang up the laundry.
Posted by: Linda | September 25, 2011 at 05:28 PM
You did good! That house was packed full! I was wondering what kind of Christmas items you were finding on that table.
Posted by: My Shabby Roses | September 25, 2011 at 08:29 PM
Holy moly! So much great stuff! I love the vintage linens and all those great ornaments!
Hugs,
Jill
Posted by: Jill | September 26, 2011 at 12:14 AM
I'm so glad Saturday made up for Friday ... you sounded a little despondent when last I heard from you! I think that recipe box is my favorite.
Posted by: barbara | September 26, 2011 at 07:50 AM
All great finds, but that Santa blow mold? OH MY!!! I was #51 at an estate sale last week, and I could not believe that there was a bunch of vintage Christmas stuff still sitting there, waiting for me!
Posted by: Carol @ Old Glory Cottage | September 26, 2011 at 09:23 AM
JACKPOT!!
Posted by: Lynn | September 26, 2011 at 09:38 AM
Wow. Again. Smile. Any chance the baby will go to Etsy?
Posted by: Lynne | September 26, 2011 at 11:10 AM
It makes me feel better that you didn't find anything on Friday. I snuck out and drove all over Portland and came up with Zipola! I thought I did good on Saturday but once again I have to wipe the drool off my chin. You are going to have to teach me how to read between the lines in the ads to be able to pick the right sales. I was #18 at a Soroptimist sale but that didn't really matter because the house was big and people were light so they let everyone in. The lady was a craft hoarder :) I got a big box a all kinds of vintage holiday miniatures. It was fun just digging through that box when I got home. Their sales are always dirt cheap which you have to love. I basically filled my trunk (for $20...that makes me giddy) and could have done more damage but I was running out of time. I was a little disappointed however not to find any of the elusive spun heads.
Krista
Posted by: Krista | September 26, 2011 at 01:39 PM
Ok, I was feeling sad for you and then you just start bragging away...
Wow, what a haul! You must have been smiling all the way home. I was working all weekend setting up Country Calico so I didn't stop at even one sale. Poor me.
Cement chicken is my favorite.
Posted by: janet | September 26, 2011 at 04:35 PM
Wow, awesome finds!! I love all that vintage Christmas goodies.
Do you collect old Barbie's by any chance? I have a vintage Barbie who is in good condition but no original clothes, she is wearing a crochet dress, but the Ken that is with her is in great shape and has his original black suit with tie, socks, and shoes. If you would be interested in a trade for the Barbie and Ken let me know and I will send you pics of them.
hugs,
Lynn
Posted by: Lynn Spencer | September 27, 2011 at 12:51 PM
Your first photo cracked me up -- the rest of them shut me up. What a haul!
Posted by: Into Vintage | September 27, 2011 at 02:10 PM
As always, WOW! Love all your finds. Your duckie is an egg cup, surely you have an egg cup collection to share, right? (I only have one, an aqua elephant and I love him!) Cheers
Posted by: Rebecca | September 29, 2011 at 02:21 PM
Hi Laurie!
I love all of the fun things on your blog and etsy stores. I have been searching for the conehead Santa blowmold everywhere. Could you tell me who it is made by or if there is a date or any other identifying info on it? Thanks so much!
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