Thrift - Crazy Santa Kinetic Sculpture

Gonna make it short and sweet. Some of todays finds vintage tablecloth, another mug (hee hee), 4 unused Silit enamel plates SOLD, crazy atomic Santa Kinetic mobile SOLD. Plus a new in the box brass fondue pot SOLD. Pair of enamel mugs SOLD.

Swedish Christmas Ornaments

Here is my personal collection of Swedish, Finnish, and Danish Christmas ornament and decorations. This isn't all of em either! I'm selling many of them just because I have finally run out of room. Please inquire thru my MisterTrue Etsy store if your interested.

Mostly German Ornaments

Getting Stuff In The Mail Is Awesome!

My trade with Jenny from The Creekhouse yielded this tiny Swedish wood Tomte with swinging pail. Isn't Jenny's business card sweet too. Mrs. Gnome has being added to my little family.

Plus there is a little Erzgebirge Valentine bower scene hand carved in Germany.

Thrift - Antique Erzgebirge Putz

Forgot to include a dry brush painted with milk-paint antique Erzgebirge village from the 1860s thru 1900 with unusual / rare corner pieces. I'm unsure about the dates but if anyone has info...

Estate - Skjode Rabbit

Naturally, I was really late to this Italian estate sale but on other accounts was lucky and didn't get the usual estate pricer person and so all the goodies sold for a reasonable price. Found a Kartell red waste bin and a Luxo desk lamp. Another Kokeshi! A couple of remaining tea towels.

There was the most awesome hanging frosted glass and teak light but at $120 I thought was priced to close to retail, it was painful to pass. In fact, all the cool lights were priced at retail or above - again they were still there at 12pm.

Yes, that's a Garfield mug you see - they are collectible. Not a Dansk but rather a Skjode teak pepper mill, by far the coolest feature of this mill are the two grinding stones instead of the usual metal or plastic grinding wheels found on most pepper mills.

The boxes and boxes of Christmas ornaments were well-picked-over so one can only imagine the gems I missed but digging through the remnants I did find a Skjode teak rabbit SOLD. A little plastic deer, hot red glazed elf (is he missing a sled) and a Italy nativity ornament.

Hidden away was a lonesome botanical Arabia Finland plate for sale in my Etsy shop. Whistling boy in red Wellies by Mertens Kunst, no doubt from a German fairytale. And a little brass perpetual desk calendar.

Liked the pottery wall plaque made in Italy but it was damaged.

Estate Fail - Christmas Ornaments Galore

Crazy sale on a modern lake house in a well monied area but of course I missed the crazy part and got the time wrong an arrived an hour after opening. The sales lady said there were 50 people in line at 8am so I don't think it would have really mattered. This woman had tons of German, Italy, Sweden ect Xmas ornaments. See the 1950s Italy hand blown animal ornament for $3. The Lisa Larson tomte was gone too. The sales lady also said a dealer in the first round came and bought all the ornaments.

The pricing was kinda weird as in all over the place. The house was cleaned out by the time I went inside. There was a couple a few minutes ahead of me that got some little Wendt Kuhn and Italy ornaments that made me blue in the face-they didn't even know what they were.

Spent $$$ on the ornaments remaining but they are so cute I couldn't resist!

There was a 3 piece coffee set sterling Tiffany for $1200.

Thrift - Apparently You Have To Be Rich To Shop At GoodWill

After dropping poop off at the vet stopped by a GoodW. Found some more wildlife glasses while I have many bears the owls will be new to our collection. Might have to thin out the set at home as this makes 15. They are very popular with the menfolk and are suited for any man cave.

Found a tiny Ultima Thule creamer, looked and looked for the sugar but I'm assuming the creamer was donated cause the sugar broke. Here's hoping I didn't miss the motherload that came in earlier.

Love the mod Thomas (later bought by Rosenthal Germany) tableset. Each teapot was $30. Each taped stack was $70. I priced out the large set at over $450. Who goes to GoodWill to spend that kind of $$$ on tableware? Is it just me or is that price just ridiculous?

Lots of Christmas at GoodWill!

Thrift - Once Again GoodWill Is Smoking The Crack Pipe

 Found this little chipped Marianne Westman "Picknick" Rorstrand of Sweden porcelain piece. It's missing its lid as well but thought I'd add it to the few pieces of my collection. Love the blue packaging for the unused Swedish candle chimes and candles unfortunately GoodW put tape on it SOLD.

Some teak coasters SOLD. A little Putz German house. A Butticki figure from Sweden SOLD. And a nursery musical lamp.

Sadly passed on the Wendt Kuhn organ as it was missing all the angels and the music box was broken - gone by the following week. Passed on the trio of Tiki Libbey glasses even though I thought they were cool - gone by the following week.

Here are some crazy prices on stuff at GoodW. $350 for a trunk worth it cause it's $1000 on Ebay? It was gone the next week. Nope, it's still there stuffed in a corner.

Look What I Got In The Mail - Danish Christmas Ornaments

Thanks to Bea Macias for finding me these little Danish, Swedish and German Christmas ornaments. I have a serious collection now as it has been a good six months! Some of these are seconds or thirds for me but I love them all.

Antiquing In Itsy Bitsy Hell

My friend Amy and I decided to go antiquing in PA. Lordy, girdy-hurdy heaven! All itsy-bitsies! Everything was the same and virtually no furniture. Oh and the prices were surprisingly high.

I only ended up getting three things. A Vera scarf of pink locks and keys, I believe this to be one of her very early designs. Trio of German wood angels and a Lamont linen tea towel.

Other then waking up at 5:30 am it was a fun day of looking at junk and eating a humongous pretzel. But you won't find me going back!

Here is some of the things we saw. I really wanted the Emsa Germany breakfast set cause I love plastic and orange. The Wiinblad poster was priced retail at $225. As you can tell modern was slim pickings.

Besides the Christmas booth (were I found the Vera scarf) the fox and lion were my favorite sightings. This woman sold vintage Lea Stein jewelry and contemporary French plastic jewelry. She said new designs were cut from old stock Galalith (similar to Bakelite.) Below are examples of French artist Marie-Christine Pavone's work.

Thrift - Just Cause You Pile A Bunch Of Crap Together With A Glue Gun Does Not Make You An Artist

Thought I had a dentist appointment this morning so I rushed through the thrift without checking the price tags on anything-oops! I also went an hour and a half after opening probably to late but I was still surprised to find these items. This is my third Kaiser Germany white bisque vase by Michaela Frey SOLD. This company did produce some really nice Op-Art/modernist vases I've just never seen them in the States perhaps cause we prefer item decorated with flowers and glitter.

Here is a the disaster I was referring to in the title - where apparently taking a pair of WEHA-Kunst figures and err ... artistically glue gunning em to the top of a cheap plastic music box allows you to put a label on it saying "Designed by Francine" SOLD.

You can see that my mug addiction is still healthy, at first I thought the frog was a Taylor & Ng but I still like it SOLD. The yellow gunk washed off after a good soak. A ladybug mug. My other addiction and yes, I'm rolling my eyes, is a English sugar tin. A small chickadee copper enamel plate by popular nature artist Norman Brumm of Michigan unfortunately with 2 small chips SOLD. 

More tins in the bottom photo. A Laurel Burch mug SOLD. Couroc owl tray and a log nut bowl. 

Oh before I forget someone at the thrift store stopped me and asked if I wrote a blog. It was a very weird sensation and I haven't a clue how she recognized me? But it was nice to meet Mischa "Hi" and I'm thrilled that someone actually reads my blog.

Thrift - Holy Cow I Found iittala!

Imagine my surprise to find iittala at GWill, a pair of stacking spruce tree Kuusi votives designed by Jorma Vennola from 1983-92. A 1980s cloud & balloons money bank complete with key by Waechtersbach Germany (they are best known for their hot cinnamon red glazed mugs) and a Swedish cheese slicer.

At my fave thrift picked up a Dansk decanter SOLD, a pair of Copco spice racks (these sell but they are hell to clean, heavy to ship and hard to pack) SOLD. 1985 Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Herbal Tea mug illustrated by Beth Underwood SOLD. And last a vintage cracker tin, I liked the graphics.

Thrift - Cheap Thrills From The 1920s (bee's knees)

After a stinky retail-plus priced estate sale I stopped at a nearby thrift and found two more Wendt & Kuhn fish wives, a Shanghai Tang box and a photo album. Figure the album dates from 1910 - WW1 - 1920s. Here are some of the pics, you'll see some naughty pics of knees - for your delight.