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Thriftasaurus
Hi! Hope everyone had a good week thrifting. A few annoyances in my world this week - both on the same day, I was in my "sure thing" Pyrex shop & what do I see? A man with some black & yellow Gooseberry bowls in his cart & it's the 443 & 444 - the 443 I desperately need (haha). I was ticked! Then.. later in the day, I run into my thrifting nemesis in another shop. We collect the same stuff, so I get pissed when I see her around.
I guess you win some & you lose some.
The polka dot Federal bowl is probably my favourite bowl. It's the first bowl I ever found & it's what got me started on my Pyrex craze. I also picked up this Snowflake 045, lucky for me probably abandoned by many by it's grimy, utensiled condition, but it cleaned up perfectly!
It was the week of the lid. All elusive lids to me. A space saver lid (OK, I've found 3 of these), a 473 & a lid for a 043.. so grateful for all these lids! It's only a matter of time until all my pieces have lids.
Some smalls. BUT.. I bought about 150 packs of these Super Mario Brothers stickers & have listed 3 sets of 5 on eBay so far... 2 of the 3 have sold for $30 with BIN. Hopefully the trend continues. If you can make them out, there is a CN Tower swizzle stick & smaller sticks. Also one of those fab vintage writing tablets called "Closing Comments: the LAST WORD in writing paper" by Carlton Cards & some vintage spaceship stickers.
Some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles plush dolls chilling with my winking owl cookie jar.. they need a wash though.
This deer was in one of those baggies with all them chipped, ugly figurines. I had to tear a tiny hole in the bag to rub it to see if there were any chips - it was plastic! So.. no chips!
These mugs are Termocrisa. I have a full set of blue. Someone pulled the tag off, obviously weren't looking for Termocrisa, probably Fire King? They put the tag back on. That's one of my pet peeves of collecting milk glass // bowls & stuff. When thrift stores place the stickers over the markings & when people can't tell WTF they are so they have to peel the tags off.
I bought this book.
I always wanted one growing up. I don't have anything to hide in it now, but you never know. & it's possible. I have one already, but it belongs to a suitcase bar set & it's actually the Holy Bible. Possible this one came from a bar set?
Lastly some towels, I kinda regret the calories towel.
Yeah, so link up your thrift finds. Can't wait to see what goodies you picked up.
The polka dot Federal bowl is probably my favourite bowl. It's the first bowl I ever found & it's what got me started on my Pyrex craze. I also picked up this Snowflake 045, lucky for me probably abandoned by many by it's grimy, utensiled condition, but it cleaned up perfectly!
It was the week of the lid. All elusive lids to me. A space saver lid (OK, I've found 3 of these), a 473 & a lid for a 043.. so grateful for all these lids! It's only a matter of time until all my pieces have lids.
Some smalls. BUT.. I bought about 150 packs of these Super Mario Brothers stickers & have listed 3 sets of 5 on eBay so far... 2 of the 3 have sold for $30 with BIN. Hopefully the trend continues. If you can make them out, there is a CN Tower swizzle stick & smaller sticks. Also one of those fab vintage writing tablets called "Closing Comments: the LAST WORD in writing paper" by Carlton Cards & some vintage spaceship stickers.
Some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles plush dolls chilling with my winking owl cookie jar.. they need a wash though.
This deer was in one of those baggies with all them chipped, ugly figurines. I had to tear a tiny hole in the bag to rub it to see if there were any chips - it was plastic! So.. no chips!
These mugs are Termocrisa. I have a full set of blue. Someone pulled the tag off, obviously weren't looking for Termocrisa, probably Fire King? They put the tag back on. That's one of my pet peeves of collecting milk glass // bowls & stuff. When thrift stores place the stickers over the markings & when people can't tell WTF they are so they have to peel the tags off.
I bought this book.
I always wanted one growing up. I don't have anything to hide in it now, but you never know. & it's possible. I have one already, but it belongs to a suitcase bar set & it's actually the Holy Bible. Possible this one came from a bar set?
Lastly some towels, I kinda regret the calories towel.
Yeah, so link up your thrift finds. Can't wait to see what goodies you picked up.
I feel your pain on losing out on a piece of Pyrex it's happen to me with my coveted pink Pyrex I would have liked it better if I hadn't seen the women going home with it instead of me. Great Federal bowl, the snowflake casserole nice and those mugs are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI WANT that red polka dot bowl! Love it!
ReplyDeleteAnd that lovely turquoise snowflake Pyrex oval is not too shabby either!
On my want/need list of thrift finds is a polka dot bow in red, so I have serious envy. Pyrex finds have been non existent in my area, hoping Spring cleaning will make some fabulous Pyrex appear.
ReplyDeleteI had the same thing happen to me once in a Goodwill when someone had something in their cart that I NEEDED to complete a set. I was so mad I left the store! And I too have a nemesis, only she is an estate sale nemesis. She is not a dealer and has actually taken things out of my hand before and said "Oh, thanks for picking this up for me". My advantage is that I'm younger and faster so I beat her too a lot of things! Plus I have my secret weapon, Maddie. No one thinks they have to compete with a 10 year old! She is just always so rude to me so I don't feel bad when I grab things that I know she is looking for.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, your thrifting finds this week are awesome as usual. You found that Federal bowl at a thrift shop? CRAZY! And the Space Saver lid? I don't think many survived the years. I never find them.
Have a great Sunday,
Erica
LOL @ "thanks for picking this up for me". I'd have boxed her right then & there. You're lucky you got a very youthful second set of eyes on the lookout!
DeleteI love the Pyrex and the little deer figurine. I'm sure everyone who loves thrifting/estate sales/garage sales has those moments when someone else snags something you really want. My most recent one was at an estate sale, where (even though I was early), this guy had snagged a whole set of Pyrex Butterprint refrigerator dishes! I would have killed for that set! Oh well, you win some and you lose some I guess.
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting, I love seeing what everyone has found each week :)
-Melissa @ Scavenger Hunt
BUMMER! I hope you find one soon. Butterprint is so plentiful around here.
DeleteI love seeing what everyone else has found, too! I look forward to the linkup.
Oh, what great finds!! I would LOVE to find one of those red polka dot bowls!!
ReplyDeleteGreat finds! In love with the polka dot Federal bowl! I've never seen one in a thrift store before. The Snoopy hand towel is pretty cute as well!
ReplyDeleteMario stickers, spaceship stickers and TMNT dolls? Jealous! I haven't had a direct run-in with a thrift nemesis in quite sometime. I know there's a few out there hoarding all of the vintage photos and plus size women's clothing. I just know it, lol.
ReplyDelete<3 Jackie @ Let's Go Thrifting
Love the polka dot bowl and the mugs! Thanks for the link up.
ReplyDeleteOMG. I have a thrifting nemesis in town, too! Two actually. It's all in my head (I think)but it makes me crazy when I spot these two all about town picking the same stuff I want. Feeling less crazy now that I know I'm not the only one with a "nemesis". ;-)
ReplyDeleteYou've got one!
DeleteMine has an online account & posts what they find. I can't help but periodically look to see what I've missed out on. LOL.
I think luck was on your side - finding a bowl like that in a thrift store, that is a miracle! I was away on the weekend, believe me, I found nothing like that!!
ReplyDeleteI love ALL the finds, as always. Love all the pyrex and pop culture goodness!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely HATE how they put the label over the markings...I picked up a plate at Savers last week and they had tons of space to put the price tag anywhere else, but nope! They put it right over the mark. So dumb!
ReplyDeleteI have an estate sale nemesis now. Kinda adds a new level of competition to things!
I'm not sure if they are going by feedback on their FB page, but the last two pieces of Pyrex I bought at Value Village, the prices were placed on the inside of the bowl. Hopefully this is the new standard!
DeleteLove that secret book! I still have some stuff I could hide in it ;)
ReplyDeleteLove Pyrex!!
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