Rainy, No Luck Day!

Okay, what is it with people advertising their junk sales as estate sales? I really wish people would be honest when advertising. I recently saw an ad placed on craigslist regarding this very same issue. Today I drove across town to an "estate sale" only to find a garage sale with nothing but holiday decorations (nothing vintage or cool), happy meal toys, jewelry making supplies and a bunch of misc. stuff (I am being kind).

So my Little Treasurer Hunter and I headed over to a multi-family garage sale and found some children's books and a toy truck. Then a stop at Goodwill to find a 10 1/2 in. clear Miss America plate (that was a cool find). Also got the game Boogle (original one with the wooden dice) and some stensils for card making. So it wasn't a bust, but it wasn't what I had in mind either.

This month has not been the greatest at finding treasures, but at least I got out. The most I have found are books for the Little Treasurer Hunter.

I did get this great Santa a couple of weeks ago. He lights up with a bulb at the bottom. I can't wait until Christmas to use him.

Well, good luck to you in your treasure hunting!

April's Treasures

I didn't realize that it has been over a month since I posted anything. More importantly, I didn't realize that it had been over a month since I made it out to any sales! Here is what I found in April. Only made it out to half a dozen sales and a few of those I got to late, so not much to share.

I got this bag of old clothes pins at an estate sale. I have no idea what I will do with them, but they looked fun and I am sure my little man and I will be able to craft something with them.

I got this trio at an estate sale over in Hazel Dell. I just love crockery. I will add the pot to my collection I use during the summer on the patio. I put potted herbs in them. The bowl is on my kitchen table with apples in it. Looks fabulous. The vase is McCoy.

This handy little box was a fun find at a estate/moving sale held by Amundson Auctions. It is not old, but will come in useful in my project room. I may get my husband to make me another one.

This is a Hull vase. It has the same colors as the one I got at the coast in February. I seem to keep finding only rectangular ones. But aren't they pretty?

Found this fun old book for my little man. It is not in the best condition (electrical tape along the binding), but it is a fabulous dictionary for kids.

Another tanker. This one is shorter than my other one, but I love them. This love may get out of hand. But probably not with my frugalness.

My last find for the month of April was this tray. Now I didn't get this one for the same price as the first one I found (free), but I think I did okay at $11.00. It looks nice in the dining room.

Well, that is all for now. Wish me luck in the month of May. And good luck to you in your Treasure Hunting.

What a Fabulous Auction!

I had so much fun at the latest Admunson Auction. It was very, very long, but a blast! Being a collector vs. a dealer, I have a different prospective on things. I didn't mind the fact that it took more than eleven hours the second day to get through everything. I am not even sure what time it ended since I had to leave at 7:00 pm and it was still going with a ton of things left to auction off.


Plus I have learned that I just love the auction atmosphere. I enjoy watching the bidding process, get really excited when I am bidding and love it when I or someone I know gets what they really wanted. I am also learning a lot about what things are worth and what the good finds are watching other people bid and buy things.

So here is what I picked up this past weekend:

This is a great picture that another bidder GAVE me! The story goes like this: I started bidding on a great mountain landscape print that was similar to a Thompson, but chickened out and stop bidding when it went too high for my pocket book. A dealer I have befriended picked up where I left off and ended up getting the print. What neither one of us realized is that he got both prints shown and that it wasn't choice of either one. So when he was handed both the prints I made a comment how pretty this one was and he handed it to me! I asked if I could pay him for it, but he stated that he was going to be able to make money on the mountain scape print and I could just have the flower print. I have been learning a lot from him at the past couple of auction. I can't wait to meet his wife, it sounds like we like a lot of the same things.

This flower frog and vase were a partnership bid with a wonderful collector I met that day. We happened to be sitting next to each other and discovered that we would be bidding on the same thing. So well before our box came up for auction we worked out a deal that we would bid as one and split the treasures. There were three of these vases in the box. Joyce wanted the red and yellow ones and I was just looking to add one or two to the blue one I already have (thanks Gina). Since Joyce had a bigger collection of them going and needed the red and yellow, I didn't mind only getting the green one. I really don't need any of them. So for $5.00, I got this fabulous green flower frog and vase to match my aqua blue one.

Okay, I need help with this bowl. I have no idea who it is made by or what it is made of. It is a pretty bowl and came in a box with the following three items all for $5.00. It was also my first official purchase at the auction.

This small bowl was with the above bowl and is China made in England, but that is all I know. I was after the plate that follows and no one else was bidding on the box, so I got them all.

Another nice small bowl, but as you can see, it has a hairline crack in it. Oh well, it is still pretty and I will find uses for it.

This transferware plate is what I really wanted out of the box. It has two small chips in it, but otherwise it is in great shape. And a bonus is that my husband likes it! I would have paid $5.00 just for this, but I got the three bowls with it as well.

This is one of two candle stick holders that I got in a box with the following vase. I was thinking the vase was Bauer, but I am not sure. I like the vase no matter who it is made by, so it does not really matter. My husband likes the candle stick holders, so that was another bonus.

All in all, I spent $34.72 and got some great treasures and had a great time! I can't wait until the next auction!