Posted by Yesterday I had the pleasure of looking forward to lunch with my friend Leigh. We only manage to meet in person a few times during the year because of her busy work schedule, but the Veteran’s holiday made this lunch date possible. So I decided to leave the house early and do a little thrifting beforehand as one does!
My first stop was my neighborhood thrift store. Right off I had to reject a few things based on price. The shallow bowls were Lamberton Scammell restaurant ware. Heavy, in good condition and rather pretty, but priced at $6 each! Not $6 for the stack. Six dollars each! And the small, engraved brass Middle Eastern coffee or chocolate pot was $12.50. Oh my giddy aunt. I mean honestly!!! Goodwill, what are you thinking?!
In the end I did buy a couple of things. This framed embroidered picture of two cranes was quite a beauty (circa 1960-1980). There were two others with different birds and I would have bought all three but they were $17.50 each and likely long tail. This was my favorite.
This type of vintage embroidered artwork tends to be listed online between $100 and $200+, but I’m not finding many sold comps. Hmmm. Another Etsy seller has a similar one listed for $235. I’ve listed mine for $135. Will find a place to display this in my home till it sells.
I adore these mid-century black lacquer painted Japanese jewelry boxes (I grew up having one) but they are not valuable and are still fairly common. Still this one is smaller than most with cute little drawers and despite its low value I decided to buy it. (Will list for $30.)
For myself I snagged a $50 decor home book for $5.50. It’s gorgeous and I love getting ideas on decorating and what to buy for my Etsy store.
At an American Cancer Discovery thrift store they were having a 25% off sale. But. But 25% off their prices is not much help for a reseller. I went around the small store several times. In the end I did find this vintage burnished clay box from Mexico and liked the colors and abstract design to it–so atypical of most Mexican pieces I’ve seen. I decided to buy it despite paying way more than I wanted to.
But I’ll likely keep it for a while…I like the way it looks on my coffee table.
So yesterday was all in all rather delightful and mostly sunny. On Friday we start a pattern of rain where I live (on and off for a week), which is typical and very necessary, but does tend to keep me at home so I am extra thankful for this lovely outing.
Wishing you happy hunting,
Karen
