Since I actually cleaned out my car
last weekend, I thought now would be a good time to post the rest of
my finds at that epic mid-century modern/atomic yard sale.
I grabbed this pink album case for $2 right when I was about to leave. It was probably the thing I was most excited about, but my roommate didn't have any clue what it was. I don't have a ton of records, but at least now I can get them out of that old milk crate :)
This is the nifty melamine ashtray that I mentioned before. It probably isn't worth the $2 I paid for it, but I like the look of it.
I see these Trick of Treat blow molds all the time online, and I see them selling for $12+ plus shipping online. I paid $3, but when I was taking it out my car, I saw that someone sold it at a yard sale for 75 cents and my seller paid 59 cents for it at Goodwill. I don't care that he made some money on it, and since I have a ton of real black cats, this one is staying here.
Blue Heaven! I bought this for $3 before I found the other bowls and pieces the next day at his sale. I now have this cake plate, a bunch of berry bowls, and a bunch of coup bowls, and my roommate has the matching juice glasses. I hope I can find more!
Speaking of the roommate, this is his awesome bullet lamp that he got for $3. The funny thing is that he has so many lamps that I'm actually using one of his in my room and that was before he bought two at this sale. The seller warned him that it needs to be rewired so it's currently sitting in the garage on top of the MCM desk that I got for free at a sale last year.
I don't necessarily collect ET stuff but I don't leave it behind either. It was the first movie I saw in the theater, and it created a special bond between me and my dad. He bought me the very expensive limited edition boxed set of the movie with the book and soundtrack a few years ago, and I bought a lot of stuff when they rereleased the film. I also have the card game that came out around the same time thanks to a gift from the ex.
If ET is me and my dad's thing, Holly Hobbie is me and my mom's thing. She bought me the Holly Hobbie doll cradle when I was a kid. I used the hell out of that thing, and I still have it. This game was only 50 cents, and the ET game was a buck.
I love this pattern! And unlike a lot of the pieces that I buy, I don't mind sticking these in the cabinet for every day use. They look a little like the pieces that Target sells in the summer, but these are Texas Ware melamine dishes probably from the 60s. I got four plates for 50 cents each.
I'm obsessed with the confetti ware look, but I can't really afford the prices found around here on the bowls. For $1, I'll settle for this ashtray.
I've been looking for one of these sets for so long that I grabbed this without really looking at it. Once I got home, I realized that it's probably missing something from the top and it looks like the salt and pepper shakers don't match. The salt is solid without any lettering like the pepper has. This set was only $3 though and the only other set I've seen was $15 plus tax.
This was probably my favorite find of the entire sale. It's a blow mold bank! It was sitting right next to the guy's table with a $1 price tag on it. I decided to throw it in my stash, and he told me to just take it. Here's the bottom:
It's marked A.J. Renzi Corp. out of Massachusetts. This site has some great information on the company and the blow molds they made. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for the black and orange cats and the My Little Pony blow molds!
This was one of the best yard sales I've been to in my entire life. He had so much more stuff that I've seriously thought about getting in touch with him to ask about picking his garage again :)
When the roommate got home from
work the other day, we headed out to the mid-century modern/atomic
era yard sale that was listed on Craigslist. From the moment I got
out of my car, I didn't know where to look! Everything he had was so
cool and interesting that I wanted everything. It turns out that he
had a booth at an antique mall and pulled out when the recession hit
and he wasn't making any money. If the prices on his stuff is any
indication of how he priced things in his booth, he definitely needs
to get back to it.
I didn't take much cash with me,
but we ended up going back on Friday and buying even more. Everything
in this post is just from our Friday trip and doesn't include the
black mushroom lamp my roommate bought (marked down from $35 to $17
and in perfect working condition) or the turquoise bullet lamp that
he bought ($3 because it had a minor chip in the shade that you can't
even see when it's turned around) or anything else he bought. I'll
post Friday's purchases when I clean out my car!
First up is this awesome
mid-century table. I love everything about it from the great pattern
on the top to those amazing legs with the brass feet. Excuse the
grossness of my garage; we're in the process of turning it into a
little lounge area. The funny thing about this table is that I almost
didn't buy it. I saw it, the roommate pointed out that he already has
a mid-century modern table in our living room, and we got in the car.
We didn't even make it a block until we realized that it was perfect
for the garage, so we turned around and went back. A ten-dollar bill
and it was all mine.
I'm so jealous of the blow molds
that I see on everyone else's blogs, but now I have a few of my own!
The Christmas ones will look great
sitting on the mantle this Christmas. I love how how casually he's
leaning on the chimney.
The little snowman looks so happy,
and he'll go nicely with the Empire one I picked up a few years ago.
This is the only one with a maker's
mark on the back. It's marked Empire and it's from 1970. Oddly
enough, he charged me $1 for this one and $2 for the others. I bought
one on Thursday for $3, so he probably marked things down a little.
I also picked up this smiley guy
for $2.
And his new best friend for another
$2.
Speaking of Christmas, how about a
happy little mouse? He's marked Roy Des FLA 1970. I've seen other
designs online but I know nothing about him. He has a slit in his
back, and some of the listings online claim it's a bank. He's clothes
are so tight that I have no idea how you would put money in and get
it out. For $2 though, he'll look nice at Christmas.
This little pixie has hands that
let him hold onto something. Unfortunately, his arms are pretty
loose, so he'll probably just end up in a sitting position. How could
I leave him behind though, especially for 50 cents?
I also grabbed some other
knickknacks that I probably don't really need.
I love the Miller Studio fish,
mainly because I remember my mom having two of the fish and the
bubbles in our bathroom. I've only found two of these fish in the
past, and my cats were nice enough to knock one over and break it
into a bunch of pieces. This fish had a similar fall at some point,
and someone tried to repair it. He was only 50 cents though, and I
didn't even notice the repair until I took it out of the car. It's
marked 1970.
This Glasbake mug came home with
me, even though I originally thought it was Fire King. It's such a
pretty color though that I couldn't resist.
The nut grinder probably should
have stayed behind. Even though it was only $2, it looks like someone
used it to grind something nasty. There's some kind of yellowish or
brownish discoloration and stickiness inside.
I'm not sure who made this bowl,
but I love the color and it was only 50 cents.
I somehow missed taking a separate
picture of it, but I also got a black melamine ashtray. It was $2,
which was a little pricey for an ashtray, but I loved the boomerang
style.
This cookbook will go nicely with
an old Esquire bartending book I picked up at a book sale years ago.
"For the pioneering male with a taste for fine food, and for the
woman who wants to be the perfect hostess." I'm not sure how
good of a hostess I am, but maybe this book will make me a little
better!
Though completely not exciting, one
of the reasons I went back to the sale was specifically for these
coasters. My ex-boyfriend left a set behind that we use for drinks,
but the moisture seeps right down into the bottom and all over your
drink. These have tiny holes that push the moisture into a pad hidden
in the bottom. Plus, I have a hard time resisting any type of vintage
Tupperware, even if it is from the 80s.
This giant (GIANT) poodle ashtray
caught my eye as soon as we started up the driveway. This has to be
the biggest ashtray that I currently own, but the poodle was so
kitschy and I'm pretty sure it begged to come home.
I hope the poodle doesn't mind
having a set of cats nearby. The colors on these practically scream
70s, and I love how well behaved the kittens are. So much better than
my own cats!
Lastly, remember how I said I don't
need anymore dishes? I'll gladly make an exception for Blue Heaven.
Made by Royal Sebring, which was right here in Ohio, these dishes
made me do a happy dance. I got six of the large soup bowls and one
of the small berry bowls, which will go nicely with the matching cake
plate I got the day before. He charged me $1 per piece for the bowls,
$4 for the poodle ashtray, $1 for the cookbook, $2 for the cats, and
$3 for the coasters.
All in all, I spent about $40 on
Friday and another $20 or so on Thursday. My only regret is that he
only has this sale once a year!
