At least there is Fenton

Yardsale Anyone??

Junk on a shelf!

junk on a table!

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Hello Fenton my old friend

I’ve been really busy this weekend and tonight I’m really tired. So if my post is more incoherent then normal I apologize. I went to an estate sale first thing yesterday. I only found one item there but it was a nice piece/set of Fenton so I couldn’t complain one bit. Then it was around to garage sales for the rest of the morning. I saw a good number of sales. But I really didn’t find to many items. Although I did find a few nice items so it was quality over quantity for me.

The weather was nice. It got up to about 76 in the afternoon and was really nice out. I guess that was a bit of the problem as most of the sales were the fair weather sellers who had out blankets and blankets of baby crap. I only took 3 pictures of the sales I was up at. Nothing to exciting…

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2 Anchor Hocking Jadeite Vases $2 Nice pair should make for a fast easy flea market sale!
ceramic dog $1 I’m not sure why I got this…I doubt its very vintage…but I think I can get something for it at the flea?
capodimonte carriage $2 Nice marked piece…it should sell at the flea…not for a whole lot…new it was probably 300. I’ll be happy with 35…
Fostoria American Cracker Jar $3 Nice one! Ebay item all the way….should get me something around 150-175…tough piece of Fostoria to come up with!

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Fenton Blue Opalescent Mayo set $10 I asked the price thay said 15…I offered 10 and it was a deal. Nice set of Fenton…happy to find this one.
Vintage Dolmetsch Recorder $5 It looks like Ivory and rosewood (I’m 95% sure its Ivory…I don’t think they used bone on musical items did they?)…This has got to be a good one…I just have the feeling. The seller said his dad used to be in an orchestra…

And that’s it for the day. Like I said slow numbers wise…but I’ll make some money on the items I did get!

wow that sucked

This had to be one of the slowest days ever! I couldn’t buy a sale. I almost came home and pulled stuff out of my garage just so it felt like I found a sale. I saw a whopping total of 5 sales today (and one was a repeat from last weekend with the junky Kmart fishing gear). Its not like I didn’t give it a good try. I was out from before daybreak until 10:15 when I threw in the towel. And I quit because I ran out of places to go…it was just to late to hope on the freeway and take a drive. I went to an estate sale first thing and found some books and that at a garage sale around 9 I got the train and the knife.

Its not like it was raining today. It was nice and sunny. Although it was very cold (36 when I got up)…yes that’s very cold for here! They had predicted rain today earlier in the week but revised that around Wednesday. I’m not sure if it was the area I was in…the forecast earlier in the week…the holiday on Monday…or Valentine’s Day. Probably a combo. But it was like a ghost town out there. It reminds me of the time I tried to find yardsales on christmas eve…

I guess this is what people in other states feel like during the winter? Cold and no sales…how do people live like that?!

here is what I did get today…

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Nscale train set $2 Its a rapido?…at least the engine is not sure about the cars…I seem to do will with the little n stuff when I find it cheap so I got it…that and I was desperate.

scout knife 50cents flea junk

Set of Arabian nights 75 cents The estate I hit first thing had all books for 75 cents each. These looked interesting. And if I’m reading the Roman numerals correct its from 1859 (LIX is 59 correct?).

No Fenton valentine no nothing else. Pretty sad day…

Rainy Day Fenton

Last night I was debating about just calling it a rain day this morning. With the forecast and the way it looked outside I wondered if it was even worth getting out of bed. But I decided to set my alarm and be ready. More because I know myself it doesn’t matter if its raining. I’ll still wake up and if I don’t go out I’ll lay there wondering what if. So either way I won’t be sleeping so might as well give it a whirl! So I woke up predawn and was very surprised with what I saw when I stuck my head outside. Stars! (well 2 or 3 of them I mean it is the city after all…). So I made some coffee and checked the weather. It said the rain would come in around 10 or 11! All right so far so good. I was out the door before 6 and to the estate sale by 6:20. I was first and they opened a bit after 7am (only about 12 showed)! I got 2 pieces of depression glass, some tools, a purse, and left looking for more. Next I went over to another sale I saw that talked about fishing stuff. It was all new junk rods/reels (looked like someone robbed Kmart). So I left there quick and saw signs for another garage sale. I knew the house when I saw it. About 2 years ago I went there and an older man (85+) was sold me some 50’s+ 60’s Ca license plates and old tools. So I parked quick and got out looking for more of the same. Turns out he passed away (to bad he was really nice to me before) and this was his estate sale. All the tools had been kept by his sons but there was some nice glass around and I was able to make a big score on that. By the time I left there is was 8 and I found one other garage sale but it was all kids junk. Then it started to rain again around 8:30…it was really dark and cloudy so I called it and went out for breakfast!

So sale pictures today sorry. I was just to busy grabbing at the good ones and the bad sales weren’t worth a picture…

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Redwing Cookie Jar $2 Flea probably
acoma etched pottery $1 Might try ebay once and see if it has any value beyond 25 or else it goes to the flea
Avon cape cod cake $1 I personally have zero respect for the reproductions Avon made but people buy it…
Fenton Silvercrest compote $1 Flea it
Fenton Hobnail vase I forget the price I think they threw it in with my other stuff…

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Tools $5 for them all hi-lights are a Snap-On spark plug socket, an old Snap-On ferret ratchet, 2 Plomb ratchets, and a proto ratchet. And one other old rusty Snap-On socket.
old Rockwell calculator $1 flea junk…one of these days I’ll find a good one
Lucite purse $5 I think its Lucite?? It has a designer label on it. I think its Gills of New York. I’ll look it up later…

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Bauer #9 in cobalt $1 Might ebay it…
Hall teapot $1 flea junk
carnival glass bowl $1 I’m not sure of the pattern…probably flea it
Fenton hobnail creamer and sugar $1 I think someone on the board got the try to match a few weeks ago??
Fenton bell $1 signed and painted…
Pink Hocking Mayfair cake plate $5 I know bad keet…$5…but it matched the console and I’ll get 15 for it so why not?
Pink Hocking Mayfair console bowl $4 Not sure why the bowl (that sells good) was cheaper then the cake but I’ll take it!
Vintage lace tablecloth $1 Flea it…or just use it…

The second sale was quite good to me. They seemed to want $1ea for everything and I’m okay with that. The pink depression glass, tools, and purse came from sale one the rest was #2…

Merry Christmas to me!

peach luster...I considered it for only 50 cents...but it never sells anymore.

looked really good....from a distance...but up close...nothing.

nothing

christmas stuff...not quite old enough

they had some nice stuff but it was to expensive

same sale as above...just closer

nothing to see

junk on a table

capodimonte...there was a time I would have jumped at that...but then the bottom fell out

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Busy busy weekend. But a very good weekend! I was up and out of the house Saturday morning early. Not to much in the way of good sounding ads in the paper. Speaking of there is something I’ve noticed lately…the papers have been really lacking in sales for the past year or so. They’ve been pricing themselves right out of the market I think. People just don’t want to pay 30-40 for a yardsales ad. Craig’s list has a good number of ads but to post on there you need to be somewhat computer savvy (or at least own a computer) so that rules out most of the 75+ crowd who have the older items I like to buy. And for the people who have a computer and old stuff they look it up on ebay and 90% of the time hold onto it for that mythical day they join and start to sell. So for the most part lately my stuff has been coming from unadvertised sales.

I did stop by one advertised “estate sale” Saturday morning first off. It was in no way, shape, or form an estate sale. But thankfully they were open at 6:15 when I got there and it was close to my house so no real time wasted. It was dark anyway so the other sales weren’t open yet. After that I wondered around looking for signs. And boy there were a lot of sales out. I probably saw 50+…it was warm out is the reason. It got up to almost 80 in the afternoon and was nice and sunny. I scored a ton on vintage Christmas at one sale and the rest of the morning was pretty slow. But I was so happy with the Christmas stuff I didn’t care…in fact I got so excited I had to text Laurie and brag!!

I could have posted on Saturday but I had to pack for the antique show and then later I didn’t feel like sorting it all and just watched the wire on DVD…

I got a few pictures of the sales I hit to check them out on my blog…but sorry no flea market pictures…I to was busy selling!

Here is the run down!

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3 Aluminum Christmas trees in the box $5 And yes you read that price correct. No, I didn’t forget a zero. I paid and got those in my truck so fast! Then I went back and picked up more vintage Christmas…2 of the trees are 6.5ft the other is 6′

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2 of the vintageish tudor games $5 for both. Only the football game had the players but they should make good flea items.
proto wheel puller $10 Nice one in the case. I think the list is about 200 for it…good deal its already in my garage!
a vintage wrench/pliars combo gimmick tool 25cents flea it
Caddie Av sign $10 its a real street sign double sided. I might give it to my buddy who has a 59 or just flea it…

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2 color wheels (only one has a box) $5 at those prices I couldn’t complain about the missing box!
evergleam revolving color thing $1 I’m not sure what it is…
WG Doric candlesticks $2 flea junk
vintage wrapping paper free flea junk
Noma light up Santa head $5 nice one in the box

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Parakeet record 25cents…I couldn’t pass it up!
2 tree stands $5 I have 3 more small rotating stands in the box I forgot to picture and they were 5 also. But one of the large one plays music and is a very good stand
vintage Santa $1 flea
vintage Santa salt & pepper $1 flea

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Tons and tons of vintage Christmas ornaments $15 nice vintage ones!

That was Saturday on Sunday I sold at the flea. It was one of those days where everything seems to go right too. I sold just under 1,500…I got there 15 minutes early…nothing walked off by itself. I was able to see out of my rear view mirror on the way home. I didn’t hurt myself lifting tables or boxes. I got back to my brothers and watched the super bowl. Now if only pitt hadn’t scored that last touchdown I would have won the pool and an extra 200…