I hit a few garage sales on Thursday and Friday and think I had some pretty good luck.
Let's start off with my Thursday finds.
A Coke box for $6.00.
It appears to be from the 1970's if this is its manufacturing date. I have seen these at numerous antique stores lately for around $15-$20 each, so I thought this was a good deal.
And it beats the ones at Pottery Barn for $24.00. I am a strict Coke person, Coke Zero to be precise, so there will be no Pepsi crates in this house. And certainly no $24.00 Pepsi crates.
(Photo courtesy of Pottery Barn)
This great tarnished silver bowl was $3.00.
It's about 12" across, very heavy and has an ornate edge on it.
Better yet it has a pedestal base so I can use it as a centerpiece.
I always see tons of silver pieces when I am out and they are always dirt cheap. I think most people don't want to bother with cleaning them anymore. I love them either tarnished or shined up, they have so much character and history.
These two porcelain containers with only one lid were $3.00 for the set. They are a little too icky on the inside to ever be used for food again, but they are great to store stuff in around the house. They're a little bit vintage, a little bit industrial and more unique than a wicker basket.
On the way home from the garage sale I stopped at Salvation Army and found a vintage picture of Jesus. On the bottom it says it's a 1959 Memorial Bibles Litho.
Although I think it's a beautiful picture of Jesus, I actually bought the picture because of it's old chippy wooden frame that is much older than 1959. I am going to do a project in my living room in a few weeks where I use some antique frames and this will be a perfect addition to that. So I'm going to take it out of this frame and find a different frame for the picture that is more true to the 1950's era.
I also picked up this stoneware crock at the Salvation Army for $1.99.
These are my Friday finds which is where the episode of Hoarders comes in.
I drive up to this house and they have a lot of tables set up in the yard with a lot of glassware on them. So I jump out and it's not until I get inside their yard that I realize that what I see on the tables is about 1/10th of what they have.
The vast majority of the stuff is just sitting in boxes under the tables and boxes lined up along the driveway. Like those big boxes that bananas come in. And the stuff was just thrown in these boxes. No price, no rhyme or reason as to what was in each box, just a free for all.
The best (or worst) part is when I finally have sorted through some of the boxes, found what I wanted, dusted the mouse poop off of them and go to pay for my stuff the lady tells me to come back tomorrow because she has more stuff still in boxes that she hasn't had time to put out yet. I initially think she's talking about the stuff under the tables and along the driveway still in boxes, but no she is pointing to her garage! I glance in that direction and see at least 20-30 more boxes stacked up in her garage that I never noticed before.
So this is my haul from The Hoarders of Ohio Club president.
An English ironstone pitcher for $3.00.
An English ironstone dinner plate for $.50. It has a brown stain in the center of it that I thought I could remove, but so far no luck. We'll just say it adds to the character of the piece.
A French ironstone small oval bowl (around 5" long) for $1.00.
And a glass vegetable refrigerator dish for $.50.
Before people used Tupperware in the fridge, they used these glass refrigerator dishes.
I hope everyone had a great Garage Salen and Thrifting Week.
I am joining the following parties:
Debbiedoo's Garage Salen Party
Southern Hospitality's Today's Thrifty Treasures
Coastal Charm's Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
Apron Thift Girl's Thrift Share Monday
DogsMom
Great continental finds.
If you use the stained plate with another bowl or something in the center no one will know the difference.
I love those types of sales for the amount of treasures and usually the good prices (if she wants to be rid of it) but they are a lot of work. I worry what other good sales I may be missing if I spend too long in one place.
GoodyGirlRed
I love the Coke box--I rarely see those around here, great find!
Ann
Now horaders will see this post maybe and keep hoarding... you got some great deals! Coke box is my fave.
Jenny
Your Coke box has caught my attention! I went to Tennesse Temple University in Chattanooga. Everyone in the area calls the school Temple. The stamp says Temple - Chattanooga 1977, which is before my time by the way. I went in the 80's. I wonder if they had specific crates they used to deliver soda to the University in? There was a Coca-Cola bottling company in Chattanooga.
Very cool find!
Pam
Jenny - you may have something there. The larger school sort of run like their own cities, so maybe they kept track of the Coke seperately.
Gloria (The Little Red House with the White Porch)
Well, I haven't been able to find your LIRR sign, but I am having a good time trying to find it looking around your blog! Love all the things you got, and I love your new dark door. It really stands out, as opposed to when it was white. I will keep looking for the sign...
Best,
Gloria