A Hidden Treasure

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I have brought home a lot of box lots from auctions and estate sales. And dug through in hopes of finding some sort of fun treasure. I don’t think I have ever expected to find anything of real monetary value – more “that is so great, look at the old chippy paint”. But I found [...]

Christmas in August: Auction Finds Part 2

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Yesterday, I shared how I managed to hit two great auctions and an estate sale in one week and the finds I managed to come home with. This is part two. There is a definite theme here… I would not normally have picked up nutcrackers, but they were for Peanut, she has been asking me [...]

Each Step is a Push

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This is a repost from last night since the link seems to have been infiltrated with spam! If you have read my blog for a bit, you know that last year I had my first “sale”. It was scary, and I did it, and then I did it again. I thought once I went through [...]

Treasure Hunting In Nevada!

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I shared with you how we went away for a few days to visit some dear friends in Nevada. Now, no trip to visit Debby would be complete with out a day of treasure hunting. So while the men folk took our girls into Carson City to see the museums and the capital (and lots [...]

$30 or $225?

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As I said I would, today I am sharing some of the items I picked up at Brimfield for myself. The very first collection I started was Liberty Blue Transferware. This is some of my collection in my kitchen hutch. I was given three dishes in college, just for use, but then I started seeing [...]

Renewing History: Brimfield

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I have been going to Brimfield, MA for their outdoor vintage and antique market for years. For a while, it was just two of us. Then, there were three and now the package is complete and it has been all four Betties. My Betties and I have been together since 1989 when we are all [...]

Some Vintage Finds

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Last year, I hit several great auctions during the winter and early spring. This year, they have not been as good or I have been unable to attend the ones with good potential. I was starting to get very frustrated. Recently, I have had better luck though – with two estate sales run by the [...]

I Have a Reputation

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Yup, it is true.  I have a reputation. A reputation for liking old and dirty stuff. And, if it is old and dirty and has our name on it? Shut. The. Front. Door. Yup, that is what I said when our friend and neighbor brought me out to our driveway to see what he had [...]

Vintage Finds

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The last two weeks have been about tweaking my home. The details, the personal items, the things I love. I feel like I reached a certain point after our renovations and then I stopped. Of course, the holidays were a time to decorate. But, right now, I am trying to make our home personal and [...]

A Sentimental Junker’s Dream

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These are my Paternal Grandparents. I never met them, they died years before I was born. This is the house in Connecticut that my Grandfather built bit by bit for a summer cottage for their family. Last Sunday, we (me, hubby, sister, girls and Dad) went up there. I had not been since I was [...]

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