Look what I found! Thrift store finds

[mikey3000]

Alas, I don't think the watch is genuine. I doubt anyone would throw away $75k. But...it looks good, it works, and will make a great conversation piece. With what I paid for it I could've bought a slice of pizza and a drink, so all in all I am still thrilled.

 

[NotHardUp1]

What makes you dismiss it?

 

[Dominus]

The pictures speak for themselves.

 

[Cormac135]

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The pictures speak for themselves.

Ah that was a wonderful find, are they all still in one piece ?

 

[Dominus]

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The pictures speak for themselves.

Ah that was a wonderful find, are they all still in one piece ?

Yes. They were somebody's display set because they all look brand new. 134 piece complete set.

If you look the brand up, it's the same company that made the China set for the white house.

 

[Cormac135]

I wish you many happy years of using them.

 

[mikey3000]

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The pictures speak for themselves.

Great find. I also found a china set at a flea market two years back. Luckily it was mothers day weekend so I bought it for my wife. Service for 12, $50. No joke!

 

[Dominus]

Great find. I also found a china set at a flea market two years back. Luckily it was mothers day weekend so I bought it for my wife. Service for 12, $50. No joke!

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Oh yeah, I forgot to say. I paid $150 for that pickard set.

 

[mikey3000]

I found this deacon's bench yesterday. Only $20 and is in great shape. Solid oak and beveled mirror. All original, finish and all ��.
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[mikey3000]

And the Constantin watch I mentioned earlier, it is real, but it needs big repairs, about $400, but Ill wait to get it done.

 

[NotHardUp1]

I found this deacon's bench yesterday. Only $20 and is in great shape. Solid oak and beveled mirror. All original, finish and all ��.
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Why do you call that a bench? It is only the width of a single chair. Benches, especially deacons' benches, are longer.

Where I was raised, your item is known as a hall tree. And you did quite well to get it for $20.

 

[mikey3000]

Well, i was taught that hall trees, although very similar, have a table surface instead of a seat with storage. But doing a quick google image search shows that both styles are called hall trees in the States. I could be wrong.

 

[Vannie]

I found this deacon's bench yesterday. Only $20 and is in great shape. Solid oak and beveled mirror. All original, finish and all ��.
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Why do you call that a bench? It is only the width of a single chair. Benches, especially deacons' benches, are longer.

Where I was raised, your item is known as a hall tree. And you did quite well to get it for $20.

I knew them as a hall tree as well. Also heard them called a shoe bench.Looks nice.Has a Stickley vibe to it.

 

[NotHardUp1]

It looks more than a little familiar . . .

I've seen enough of Antiques Road Show to know that it's not worth as much without the original "upholstery."

 

[gsdx]

^ 'Bad Gateway' message on the image. It's not showing up.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Thanks, Neil. It shows for me.

Here is a snapshot of the pic:

 

[gsdx]

Thanks, Neil. It shows for me.

Here is a snapshot of the pic:

It was in your cache. That's why you could see it. But I can see it now that you've posted the snapshot above.

 

[frankfrank]

Great finds. Sometimes old is better than new. The price is often better too.

Clothes that I find in thrift shops are almost invariably better than anything I'm going to buy new, unless I want to go into triple-digits for just a couple pieces of clothing. The pittance of money spent at a local independent thrift shop (maybe $7 for a shirt and a pair of jeans) will do much better for the local economy, than paying $185 for a dress shirt from Neiman-Marcus.

I am currently in Oklahoma City. Yesterday I went to the Memorial, Penn Square Mall...and the Goodwill thrift shop.

I especially like buying cheap t-shirts.

Hey, you're stealing MY trip!! You thief, you! Last or next-to-last time I was there, I went to the Memorial...and got some shirts from a thrift shop. I seemed to have exceptional luck stocking up on my Hawaiian shirts in Oklahoma and Kansas, especially on a stop in McAlester (no not the Big House lol) years ago.

I got this for $2. I could tell it was fairly old. I hated to see someone's work sitting unloved in a thrift shop. I was surprised when I took it to work to show the secretary that the VP of the company recognized it. He said his brother (who is a fairly well known artist, that paints hunting scenes that features retrievers) made them back in the 40's to pay for college. He would sell ones with farms and for a little extra money he'd put the family name on the barn roof.

That's pretty cool! As much as you like it, I find myself wondering if the best home for it might be with that VP...of course I guess it depends on how much he cares about family relics because the range for people caring (or not) about them is huge...

You lie!

It's a rabbit grater.

No, it's a knuckle guilloteen.

 

[gsdx]

Here is an old cabbage slicer I found at a yard sale.You can make cole slaw for 200 people in minutes! Zip zip zip! Who would get rid of this little treasure?

Apparently the person who sold it to you.

 

[crimsonpaine]

I have a friend that owns a shop and occasionally I find something I have to have and can't live without. Most of my furniture is antique. I have a Civil War era love seat that was my mom's she gave me. I have 3 antique wash stands.