Mid-Century Bonanza!

I went to a sale a week ago and am just now catching up to tell you about it.  It was close to home (always a plus and a rare event around here) and was billed as a Mid-Century Bonanza.  It certainly was!  As I looked at the pictures, I saw lots of things that I wanted to try to get to early.

I got there about 20 minutes before it started and had a chance to chat with the lady whose 'estate' was for sale.  This could have been creepy, but she'd already moved to a residence community, had taken all that she wanted and was thrilled that people would want the rest.  It turned out that she was from the same part of Ohio where I'd grown up and we had lots to talk about.  She was one of those people who you talk to for a few minutes and feel you've known all your life -- utterly charming!

I was number 6 going in and the people before me weren't interested in anything mid-century (imagine)!  I hurried to the glassware first and got some great glasses, then headed right to the basement (where my favorite stuff usually is).  I ended up getting everything I'd seen in the pictures and wanted, except for a little red formica table that was just priced too high for my budget.  All of the things were priced a little higher than I would normally pay, but not ridiculously so.   I got some great things -- take a look:

A laundry cart and clothespin bag

A HUGE (24x36) paint-by-number of an ocean scene (very well painted) and an orchard basket

A box lot of 'Made in Japan' Christmas things (I don't know why the tumbler got in the picture)

A large box of Christmas ornaments (as if I don't have enough already)...

The Flinch game is from 1913. The grocery pad is shaped like a chef

A sewing box that looks like a tweed train case

Odds and ends, including a dozen marshmallow forks

Two tablecloths -- I think the birds on the blue one are roadrunners...odd

I shared this in an earlier post -- a Red Wing Pottery hanging planter (also odd, but pretty neat)

 LOTS of glasses...

Six flamingo and palm tree plastic glasses in a wood tray -- souvenirs of Hollywood Beach, FL

Eight really nice frosted daisy tumblers

Four atomic glasses in original box

I think it's funny that the box reads 'Beautiful Glasses' (in case you couldn't recognize their beauty, I guess)

Six plastic turquoise and gold glasses in a black plastic carrier -- they're special!  Look at the next picture to see why...

The glass holders swivel in the carrier so they won't tip.  It's made for serving beverages on a boat!

While I was loading up the car, the owner came over to see what I'd gotten.   She was thrilled to see that I wanted her laundry cart and clothespin bag and that I got the Christmas ornaments.  She also was excited that I bought her sewing box (she's the one who told me what it was -- I thought it was a small train case).  I'm glad that she was so cheerful about it -- it was really nice to see how happy she was in her 'new life'.  She has a new cottage and got to make some money and I got a Mid-Century Bonanza!

A Fun Day & A Kiss for a Prince

I went down to Jackson today to have lunch with my friend who moved there (and to pick up the bookcase I bought, but had to leave, last time I visited).  There was an indoor flea market there, billed as a 'Cabin Fever' event. I'd gone to this market a few times and it was always just so-so -- some prices reasonable, lots of prices high and also lots of 'tube socks' (my code for new dollar-store-type stuff).  I wanted to spend the day with my friend, though, so it was definitely worth the trip.

The flea market turned out to be a real prince this year!  We got there about 10:30 and it started at 11.  As in the past, people started lining up at the door then.  In past years, though, they wouldn't let the shoppers in until the stroke of 11.  They'd let you into an entry area of the building where you stood there crammed in like cattle, looking at the dealers (who were all ready to sell and stood there looking at you)!  This year, though, they just let us in!  The prices were still all over the place but there was a lot of great stuff and I bought some of it.

After we shopped, we went to lunch and sat and talked for hours -- we caught up on our families and what we've been doing and went down one conversational bunny trail after another (the way good friends do when they've known each other for years).  I've really missed seeing her all the time and it was just a boost for my spirits to get a long visit.

Maybe you want to see what I bought, though...

I love these little 1950s Japanese figures, too.  I don't think they're going to leave my living room

I love these chalkware elephants! 

The crocheted hotpad is just like the ones with pop bottle caps, but it's jar lids.  I've never seen one this big before.  The little blue hankie has 'To my wife with love  Iceland, 1942' painted on it.

More Gurley candles -- I can't resist!

These ornaments are unusual -- they're plastic and have little figures suspended inside.  At 50 cents each they were worth it

3 really odd postcards from 1905 & 1907.  I have no idea what 'Sure Mike' means!  The ride around town is someone in the back of a police wagon

I saved the best for last!  This is a BIG framed paint-by-number of flamingos (really well painted, too) -- it combines two of my favorite collectibles.  I think I'll keep it. 

  I hope you all had good shopping this week!  I'm off to check out your blogs now...