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Saturday, April 12, 2014

Thriftasaurus #82

Thriftasaurus


Good evening thrifters! How was your week in thrifting? Garage sale season start yet?

I went to my favourite church sale this week - arriving 70 minutes early to be the 40th person in line. According to the guy & his wife in front of me, there were 4 dealers at the front doors. Shit, eh? Next time, it's 2 hours early? Anyways, even with being 40 minutes early, I was first to arrive to the kitchenware table. I picked up the Jadeite shakers & a Verde divided (not pictured), the beautiful made in Japan ice cream scoop & the egg things, which were a nickel each. I think now, are they really me? The Pyrex, I have 4 of these, Verde was once my favourite. I bought this, I believe, only so no dealer would have the satisfaction of getting to buy it for a low, low price. Everything was $3.50. I paid with a $10 & left it at that. Charity. Next stop was the stationery table, nada. Nada anywhere else, too. That's OK - thrifts await! I looked for the old woman who was there a year ago, she had said she would bring some more vintage cards, but I missed the fall sale. She wasn't there. I could have missed her in all the chaos, but my morbidity took over & all I could think of is that she passed away. Also, some bitch yelled at me in the linens section. To exit the linen section it's about a foot wide & 3 feet long.. so only one person at  a time. We both got there at the same time, I let her go first. She stops to look at more linens, so I say very politely, "excuse me, sorry, can I just pass by?" Chick freaks! If I wasn't on a buy high, I could of boxed her. People really need to cool their jets. 



What do you think? My third & fourth piece of Jadeite in the wild. My only on the shelf thrift store find - I broke inside the store! Almost died. From the amount of grime caked onto these when I found them (it was nail scraping good), I don't think they are repros, but I don't know anything about Jadeite. The lids are in such great condition!



This cat figurine with the yarn is to. die. for. It was 99cents. I can't believe how cute it is. I don't really find figurines cute enough to bring home anymore, but jeez, I can't get over this one. Also a cute set of salt & pepper shakers. The whiskers are kinda trashed, but they have all their diamonds. Great display pieces either way.


Suitcases aren't me, but I loved this one. I wanted to buy it to resell it. What should I price it? It is in fantastic condition without that vintage smell. When I undid the zipper, the coldest/oldest air came out. So weird! 


 Pyrex! I don't have this Horizon Blue (at least I don't think) & I really bought this for the lid. Did this casserole come with a clear lid as well as a decorated lid? 



I picked up a grab bag with no name crayons & this box of Valentines. I was convinced they were all inside & if they weren't, was going to use the box as a display piece (I like the side of it best). I was disappointed when I sat down at Harvey's & first opened it up - not what I expected! Good, fun stuff (other stuff not pictured that was OK...) & one of my favourite paper/card/ephemera finds ever!







& this. The best find ever! 1956 Selcraft Products, USA.



I had to call it quits again this week. A 7am wake up call isn't me. When I don't sleep I go all Snickers. It was also going to be a 6 day work week. Next week, another 6 day work week! I know, right? Week after - on my way to Ohio! Can't wait to see what you picked up this week. 

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20 comments:

  1. Travel safely. Great jadite score.
    Rob

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  2. Amazed there was such good stuff left, maybe they were jewelry fiends. Jadite find my fav.
    Joy

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  3. oh wow! amazing finds! love the suitcase to bits- you would never struggle to find it an the airport baggage pick up :-P almost tempted to buy it off you but I'm sure postage to Australia would cost a fortune >_>

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  4. Those shakers are awesome and the prices INSANE! I love charity sales so much.

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  5. Love the pattern on the luggage piece.
    And the "Having a few cats over for a party!" invites are the coolest!

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  6. The vintage cards are fabulous, the graphics are so sweet. You find the best items!

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  7. yard sale season started this week for us and i thought i would branch out to something i didnt know and bought an entire table of vintage Pyrex for $25.00 (still not sure what I was thinking!?!?!) you have FANTASTIC information that has come in super useful (actually i was able to find the names of half my inventory on your blog) so a HUGE THANK YOU :D

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  8. Drooling over your jadeite shakers and that little kitten figurine is indeed adorable! Thanks for hosting :)

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  9. love the luggage, the ice cream scope and the cat card Great finds

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  10. You did quite nicely last week! Hard to pick out a favorite really. Adorable stuff, mod stuff, Pyrex--seems your hit it all!
    Evie

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  11. Oh my gosh I think it was my grandmother who had the same suitcase you picked up the jadite and Pyrex so many great finds.
    Have a wonderful Easter next weekend.
    Denise

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  12. You found some great stuff. I love the cat invite! That is so cute. Thank you for hosting.

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  13. Good stuff! Love the s&p shakers. Sorry you got yelled at though,people don't know how hurtful they can be. Have a great week - Dawn @ We Call It Junkin

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  14. Love the kitty and the amazing suitcase- it's reminding me of a few times recently similarly groovy suitcases were snapped up before I could get 'em. Hate it when that happens. Never been to a sale with a long-ass line to get into, either o_O I want to try though, to add it to the life experience list.

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  15. This totally looks like a Thrifter Sister haul! Pyrex, Jadeite, aqua ice cream scoop? Yep, all belongs in my kitchen. But I am DYING over those egg cups. Those have been on my list forever. Glad to see you found some :-)

    Have a great week!

    Erica

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  16. Great finds, and that invitation is too cool for words!

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  17. I think it was worth it to stand in line - great finds! I have a set of jadeite salt and pepper that look the very same as what you found, when I posted them people thought they were a reproduction, I wonder if they are or not - they're in mint shape!

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  18. Great finds! Love the salt and pepper shakers!!

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  19. Looks like you had a better week. Awesome! Those salt and pepper shakers are probably original. Great finds!

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