Here is one week's worth of Chris' auction wins. Well, the good stuff, anyway. He seriously bought all of this without my help. I know - crazy! I am a little embarrassed because it is way better than most of the stuff that I've scored lately.
He paid $114 for everything in this photo. Except for the green & white rug - that is ours and it is from Walmart.
He bought a pair of these Vulcan Horse Nails boxes, but already sold one last week at Perkiomenville Auction & Flea Market. That was his first attempt at selling by himself, and he did a great job. He said that he seemed to sell more than any of the other vendors. Which probably means that his prices were too low. All of the other dealers swept in and bought some new inventory for their tables. Whatevs. We got rid of a lot of stuff that we didn't want anymore, or wouldn't sell at the store. Including this super cool, but extremely smelly red trunk that Chris bought for five dollars at an auction.
He knows I have a thing for metal office card catalogs...
But this one is extra-special because it has a huge stack of index cards used by for clothing sales. See the dates along the top (1940, 1941, 1942, etc.)? There is also an S and F for each year, which specifies whether the purchase was for the Spring or Fall.
This tattered & taped-up little book about Paris was purchased in 1918.
How do I know that? A family member put this label inside the back cover:
It is filled with colorized photos of French landmarks.
And a few other travel books...
Chris bought a box full of James Keiller & Son's Dundee Marmalade jars and Wm O. Hartley's Marmalade crocks. Most of the labels on the Hartley crocks are completely or partially missing, but there are a few that have the label intact. I'm not sure what those are worth, since there aren't many to be found online. Have you ever seen the Hartley crocks before?
He also bought two industrial work stools made by Lyon.
This Calf-teria bucket makes me want to buy a cow so I can milk it into this bucket.
A pair of wooden folding chairs:
I love the red-orange-black patina on these.
Turn-of-the-century lidded box from J.S. Ivins' Son Steam Bakery in Philadelphia. I wonder what steamed goodies filled that box back in the day.
Chris knows that I like to buy feed sacks or grain sacks or any kind of sack when I see them. We bought a lot of 24 five-pound sugar sacks at an estate sale a few weeks ago. I'll show you those in a future post.
But when he texted me a photo from the auction of a huge galvanized tub filled with these grass seed sacks, I almost peed my pants. Most are green, and some are white. They aren't all in good shape, but they are really cool, even with a few stains and fading. There's around 30 of them.
Speaking of sacks, when Chris was in college, he and his friends played a drinking game that involved a box of wine. Before I even continue, I bet you have the same question - why the hell would college-age men even buy a box of wine? My theory is that they stole it from someone's mother. Anyway, they would take the inner bag out of the box. And then they would just pass the bag of wine around to each other and each person would drink from the spigot. They called it Lick the Sack. With a name like that, I guess it could have been much worse.
what great stuff!!! i met you and chris at the clover market a few weeks ago, we talked about all things savannah!! i want to know if you are going to put the travel books and the metal file cabinet in the store or are you going to keep them for you??? if you are going to put in store, will you let me know when and maybe price? you can email me..(i think my email will show up) let me know if it doesn't. thanks! great meeting you! and we didn't even talk about the beignet's at huey's. i hope you had a chance to have them! mary
Posted by: mary | June 22, 2011 at 05:56 PM
Laugh OUT LOUD! You two must be the life of every party. Well, we know now that Chris is.
Posted by: Charlene Austin | June 22, 2011 at 09:23 PM
I am really jealous of all of your great finds! I guess I can call it Junk Envy. Hope to see you this weekend at the Extrav!
Posted by: Eleanor | June 23, 2011 at 04:40 PM
So jealous of all of your great finds! What great stuff!
Posted by: Homeowner Insurance Plan | June 23, 2011 at 06:35 PM
Score!! Good job to huz!
Posted by: Jenn | June 23, 2011 at 07:49 PM
I love all the above!!! Love your taste in finds!
Posted by: Mary | June 24, 2011 at 10:45 PM
Awesome finds! Are you going to be selling the crocks - I kind of want one for my kitchen?!
Also, I linked your blog on my blog (& used a pic), hope that's okay :)
Posted by: Beryl Lynn | June 26, 2011 at 09:18 AM
I love the travel books! reading them would be like time travel... Are you going to read them or sell them?
Posted by: Linda | June 28, 2011 at 03:15 AM
Dear fellow Colleen,
I love your blog so much! It is rare to find someone with a wicked sense of humor AND a love for feed sacks, in my experience anyway. Unrelated: Have you ever been to the gigantic (and I do mean gigantic) antiques fair in Burlington, Ky.? It's awesome. Also, this month, the American Pickers will be there. They're apparently looking for amateur pickers to share the limelight. I plan on making myself conspicuous in a huge green hat. (Or grabbing all the good stuff while the gawkers are distracted.) Attaching a link. :-)
Colleen
http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2011/06/28/american-pickers-pick-burlington/
Posted by: Colleen | June 30, 2011 at 03:37 PM
That is a nice haul!!
Posted by: BeckyKay | June 30, 2011 at 04:50 PM
I ran across your blog today for the first time, I am hooked. You find AMAZING stuff! I am especially interested in the Dundee Marmalade crocks. I have been looking for one for a long time now. My mother has a small one she keeps her kitchen stuff in by her stove. I want one. Wish yard sales in CA were that good. You are a lucky gal.
Lizzie
Posted by: Elizabeth | July 13, 2011 at 02:28 PM
the calf-eteria bucket would of had a nipple and held a milk sub formula (the smell i still remember after 45 yrs);
we were buying marmalade in the 70's in those crocks - but the labels were the newer ones - absolutely wonderful orange marmalade BTW
Posted by: deb | July 19, 2011 at 08:07 PM
Are you selling some of your feed sacks? Would love few. :)
Posted by: Jeanna | August 22, 2011 at 11:54 PM