I hit one sale yesterday and one today. Yesterdays was much better, but I still found a few things at the sale today.
A cute little green wooden stool.
I did quite well in the Christmas area this weekend with lots of assorted Christmas ornaments in all shapes and sizes. I also got a couple of old Christmas children's books.
Smaller ornaments and some mercury glass garland strands.
Including a couple of cute pixies for holiday crafting.
Handmade corsages with satin ribbon flowers, a rooster, 2 pink honeycomb eggs and a tiny cotton duck.
One of my favorite finds was this awesome turkey. It looks to be made out of paper mache with metal feet. The head comes off. It is marked Germany on the bottom. Any tidbits on it blogland?
I got this great old style folding child's webbed chair. I love the old webbing, but is is disintegrating so I will replace it. (This is a super easy project and I have a stash of old webbing to choose from). I also got a black honeycomb cat, which I think is missing the face that you add, but will look fine tucked in with all my other black cats. I also got orange pipe-cleaners...don't judge me on that purchase.
Ribbon spools including some of the gift ribbon with foil bands that I collect.
A old milk bottle from our local dairy Alpenrose and a box of old drinking straws.
A whole bunch of flocked red apple patches. At least I think they are patches.
A great old tin jack o'lantern.
It is marked U.S. Metal Toy Company on the bottom.
A tiny Halloween noise maker.
Happy to have sales pick back up with the season finally. Also happy to find a couple of spun heads tucked in with some Christmas items from Friday's sale...including the cutest little gal head.
How can they not make you have a happy day?
oh my what a great haul! i love those little spun cotton heads but really rarely find them! and the halloween stuff! that must have been a great sale!
Posted by: rae | April 21, 2012 at 01:53 PM
You had me at Halloween! Love your latest haul. Happy weekend!
Posted by: Musings from Kim K. | April 21, 2012 at 01:59 PM
Could the turkey be for stuffing with candy? I love your black cat with no face. You definitely had some fun this weekend!! I must now go back to Plucking!
Posted by: Annette | April 21, 2012 at 02:31 PM
Long time lurker on your blog. Always love your estate sale hauls and am usually quite jealous. (Love your crafts too). Anyway, the reason for delurking is to comment on the turkey. Yes, it is a vintage/antique turkey candy holder. I just lost out on one on ebay. It was roughly 3" tall and the turkey stood on a papier mache base. I have seen larger ones go for over $100, some even over $200. So, depending on the size of the one you found, you could resell for a pretty penny. Going back to being a jealous lurker.
Posted by: Annette | April 21, 2012 at 02:59 PM
I have two little lawn chairs like those. No kiddos to sit in them, but I love them just the same.
Love all that holiday stuff. Great finds as always.
Posted by: Shara | April 21, 2012 at 03:40 PM
I was coming to say candy container also. But who knows why on earth we needed candy containers shaped like turkeys for T'giving in the first place. Weird! LOL
Posted by: Sarah | April 21, 2012 at 03:45 PM
Hmmm! That Diet dr. Pepper looks quit out of place? Shame they can't make them in retro cans for girls like us! Fantastic haul of honeycomb and tin. That pink color ribbon spool is spectacular. What a gorgeous shade. I wonder what they put those patches on? Smiles...Renee
Posted by: Renee | April 21, 2012 at 04:12 PM
Awesome, awesome, awesome finds! (So awesome that I kept typing aewsome I was so excited for you!) How do you find such great holiday items? I rarely find good Halloween or Christmas things. What do you think you might do with all those apple patches?
Posted by: Janelle | April 21, 2012 at 06:42 PM
Laurie,
My husband and I were watching the local news where they had a story about a Make a Wish child that wanted to play in the snow. So, he spent a week in Park City, Utah. I thought about it and told my husband that I wanted to visit an orange grove. But, I've changed my mind...a walk thru your studio would be the best! I am so inspired by what you find. I am so glad that you take care of all your special treasures. It is fun to see how people solved problems back then. Have a splendid weekend.
Posted by: twinkle beverages | April 21, 2012 at 08:02 PM
Wow....looks like you had a vintage holiday haul with Christmas, Thanksgiving (turkey) and Halloween!
Love the Jack O'Lantern and the turkey.
Now why would we judge you about the orange chenille? LOL.You can never have enough chenille or glitter (wink)
Been busy hanging outside with hot weather finally. Missed your sale too!!
Glad you found lots of goodies :-)
Posted by: Doreen | April 21, 2012 at 08:11 PM
Love all of your wonderful find!
Hugs,
Lynn
Posted by: Lynn | April 21, 2012 at 08:43 PM
{{Big sigh}} You did GOOD. And kudos to you for having the time to get out there this close to Plucky!
Posted by: Kathy | April 21, 2012 at 08:55 PM
Grabbed my Thanksgiving collectibles book, which has more information than you might want, but yes on the candy container. The value depends on a lot of factors, especially size - anywhere from $35 to $850 for a German paper mache one in excellent condition. (The $850 is for a 13 1/2 inch one.) A lot of the German ones were made in
Thuringia (toy producing region) between 1895 and 1939. Aside from all that: super cute! It's hard to find good Thanksgiving collectibles!
Posted by: barbara | April 22, 2012 at 06:26 AM
Such success at shopping!!! As usual! Sales are picking up in my area...hoping I have as much good luck as you.!!
chris
Posted by: chris mckinley | April 22, 2012 at 06:58 AM
Great turkey! Your fans already gave you all the info you need about it so I won't repeat.
Maybe you can use the orange chenille (love it) to make a face for the black cat.
Enjoy the sun today.
Posted by: janet | April 22, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Jealous!! I spent the weekend selling stuff when it appears I shoulda been out shopping! Nice score on the candy container and jack-o-lantern :)
Posted by: vintagebetti | April 23, 2012 at 03:24 PM
Great haul! I have that same black cat. I actually thought of you last year when I put mine out, wondered if you had him, now you do! Mine doesn't have a face either, but I kinda like him like that. Love your tin halloween items and that turkey is saaweeet!
Posted by: Marci | April 23, 2012 at 08:42 PM
What great finds!! I went to an estate sale on Friday, but did not get as many vintage treasures as you!! Just love them all, especially the pixies!! ;) xo Heather
Posted by: Heather | April 24, 2012 at 06:07 PM
Wow! You did great at these sales! I love your old turkey, he is just lovely! And that is the same jack-o-lantern pail that I have! Now we are twins! Loved the pedestal you made!
Posted by: Kim G. | April 25, 2012 at 11:20 AM