Here's a place to post pictures of interesting things that you might have found at thrift stores, yard sales, antique shops, pawn shops, in the garbage...anywhere!!


Here are some of my Pyrex pieces that I have been collecting lately:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/rapunzel_1689/vintage%20and%20retro%20finds%20of%20mine/June2008047.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/rapunzel_1689/vintage%20and%20retro%20finds%20of%20mine/June2008046.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/rapunzel_1689/vintage%20and%20retro%20finds%20of%20mine/June2008045.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/rapunzel_1689/vintage%20and%20retro%20finds%20of%20mine/June2008044.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/rapunzel_1689/vintage%20and%20retro%20finds%20of%20mine/June2008043-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/rapunzel_1689/vintage%20and%20retro%20finds%20of%20mine/June2008042.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/rapunzel_1689/vintage%20and%20retro%20finds%20of%20mine/May2008060.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/rapunzel_1689/vintage%20and%20retro%20finds%20of%20mine/May2008061.jpg


and this is the great piece that Bill recently sent to me...it's definitely one of my favorites!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/rapunzel_1689/vintage%20and%20retro%20finds%20of%20mine/June2008049.jpg

Here's a place to post pictures of interesting things that you might have found at thrift stores, yard sales, antique shops, pawn shops, in the garbage...anywhere!!


Here are some of my Pyrex pieces that I have been collecting lately:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/rapunzel_1689/vintage%20and%20retro%20finds%20of%20mine/June2008042.jpg




My Mom owns a set of this design.

My Mom owns a set of this design.
My friend would die if she saw this design, she collects mushrooms!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/rapunzel_1689/vintage%20and%20retro%20finds%20of%20mine/June2008043-1.jpg


Oh this is too too funny - we have this set in our house still and this exact coloured / shaped one is the one I use almost every day for my leftovers! I used it just a few hours ago in fact.  If you want I can take pictures of the rest of the set - only if you're interested though.

Oh this is too too funny - we have this set in our house still and this exact coloured / shaped one is the one I use almost every day for my leftovers! I used it just a few hours ago in fact.  If you want I can take pictures of the rest of the set - only if you're interested though.


oh wow! so cool! :) Yes...take some pics of them..I'd love to see them. :)

Better late than never! Here are the photos of my pyrex taken just minutes ago. As you'll see there are 3 sizes, different colors and even different patterns. Enjoy!

Oh and one (as stated earlier) has my leftovers in it...  :D

Better late than never! Here are the photos of my pyrex taken just minutes ago. As you'll see there are 3 sizes, different colors and even different patterns. Enjoy!

Oh and one (as stated earlier) has my leftovers in it...  :D


oh those are great Robby! I wish I had the complete set! Thanks for posting them! :)

Here are a couple of my kitch finds! Both absolute bargains, the dog was £1, which is about $1.50 and the elephant was £2. Both came from charity shops.

Here are a couple of my kitch finds! Both absolute bargains, the dog was £1, which is about $1.50 and the elephant was £2. Both came from charity shops.



oh that doggie is just too darling, Gis! :)

I got these 2 "Groovy" albums at the thrift store for 50 cents each

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l99/rfk975/0710081748a.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l99/rfk975/0710081746a.jpg

This '70s Picnic Ball for $1.00. It's awesome! It has big plates, small plates, bowls and cups in it to take on a picnic
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l99/rfk975/orangeball.jpg

This Ford Gum machine (which should be red, but was painted blue  :( ) All the info I found says it's from the '30s.
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l99/rfk975/gumball2.jpg

Haha, more groovy-ness!  Seeing a pattern here?


Big piece of fabric from '60s or '70s $1.00 at Goodwill
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l99/rfk975/0710081819a.jpg

Cool flower metal tray from the '70s for 25 cents at the flea market
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l99/rfk975/0710081820a.jpg

Great finds, Rhonda! I especially love the picnic ball. Too groovy! ;)

Awesome finds Rhonda.

Here's a place to post pictures of interesting things that you might have found at thrift stores, yard sales, antique shops, pawn shops, in the garbage...anywhere!!


Here are some of my Pyrex pieces that I have been collecting lately:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/rapunzel_1689/vintage%20and%20retro%20finds%20of%20mine/June2008047.jpg


i have a ton!  i love the stuff.....especially this wheat print orange bowl. i have several.

i have a ton!  i love the stuff.....especially this wheat print orange bowl. i have several.



aren't they marvelous?!! I have Bill (Sir Bilzy) to thank for getting me hooked on the Pyrex! :D

aren't they marvelous?!! I have Bill (Sir Bilzy) to thank for getting me hooked on the Pyrex! :D

I have that exact wheat pattern bowl. I think mom gave it to me.

My Mother in Law gave me this it has been in the family for years.

Some of these have been around since I was a little kid at least 45 years, others I found in thrift shops.
The big one in the middle is the oldest.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h154/Brigitte_B/seventies/superpot0101.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h154/Brigitte_B/seventies/superpot0061.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h154/Brigitte_B/seventies/superpot0111.jpg

I've had my Super Pot since the 70's, it still works too! I just made Spaghetti & Meatballs in it a few days ago.
You can even deep fry with it! I still have the recipe book that came with it and it gives you basic recipes like Chili, Goulash, Corn fritters and even popcorn! Pretty good for being over 30 years old. I like the retro orange enamel too.

I got this little 50's tea set in a charity shop on monday.

don't remember what I was doing in June 08 but I missed this.  I'm reminded of some stuff I want post so  I'm replying to this now so that I can remember to do so later  ;)

one shelf of the bottles i have found at good wills

for got to add this one just for quirk a cool cat bottle

for got to add this one just from quirk a cool cat bottle



that's swell! :D

I've always dug the old 50's-60's sunburst style wall clocks.

At my best friend's house in Nebraska back in the 70's, his parents had one of those clocks on their wall, and I always thought it was cool, even when I was little.

About 10-12 years ago I was hanging out with him in his mom's basement when I saw that clock lying on a pile of junk. I told his mom that I always liked that clock and asked her if I could buy it, and she said, "Oh, no, you can just have it, it works but the motor buzzes really loud, that's why I took it down." (It was an electric clock that actually had a cord coming out of the bottom so you could plug it in.)

I took it home and cleaned it up and plugged it in, and sure enough it made this annoying buzzing sound. So when I tried to take the motor out to maybe clean it up I wound up with a big pile of gears and stuff and I wasn't about to even try and reassemble it. However I also just happened to have another clock with a battery operated movement so I took it out, rigged it up to the old sunburst clock and it worked perfectly. No noise, and no cord. (One neat thing about the clock is that on the back it actually shows the year it was manufactured, which was 1963.)

When I moved down to Kansas City I took it with me, but at my first apartment it just sat in my closet the whole time. But when I moved into my current place I made up my mind that I'd get it up and running again, and now it hangs proudly over my entertainment center.  ;)

I've always dug the old 50's-60's sunburst style wall clocks.

At my best friend's house in Nebraska back in the 70's, his parents had one of those clocks on their wall, and I always thought it was cool, even when I was little.

About 10-12 years ago I was hanging out with him in his mom's basement when I saw that clock lying on a pile of junk. I told his mom that I always liked that clock and asked her if I could buy it, and she said, "Oh, no, you can just have it, it works but the motor buzzes really loud, that's why I took it down." (It was an electric clock that actually had a cord coming out of the bottom so you could plug it in.)

I took it home and cleaned it up and plugged it in, and sure enough it made this annoying buzzing sound. So when I tried to take the motor out to maybe clean it up I wound up with a big pile of gears and stuff and I wasn't about to even try and reassemble it. However I also just happened to have another clock with a battery operated movement so I took it out, rigged it up to the old sunburst clock and it worked perfectly. No noise, and no cord. (One neat thing about the clock is that on the back it actually shows the year it was manufactured, which was 1963.)

When I moved down to Kansas City I took it with me, but at my first apartment it just sat in my closet the whole time. But when I moved into my current place I made up my mind that I'd get it up and running again, and now it hangs proudly over my entertainment center.  ;)




OMG...that is AWESOME, Al. Those have always been my favorites too! :)

I've always dug the old 50's-60's sunburst style wall clocks.

At my best friend's house in Nebraska back in the 70's, his parents had one of those clocks on their wall, and I always thought it was cool, even when I was little.

About 10-12 years ago I was hanging out with him in his mom's basement when I saw that clock lying on a pile of junk. I told his mom that I always liked that clock and asked her if I could buy it, and she said, "Oh, no, you can just have it, it works but the motor buzzes really loud, that's why I took it down." (It was an electric clock that actually had a cord coming out of the bottom so you could plug it in.)

I took it home and cleaned it up and plugged it in, and sure enough it made this annoying buzzing sound. So when I tried to take the motor out to maybe clean it up I wound up with a big pile of gears and stuff and I wasn't about to even try and reassemble it. However I also just happened to have another clock with a battery operated movement so I took it out, rigged it up to the old sunburst clock and it worked perfectly. No noise, and no cord. (One neat thing about the clock is that on the back it actually shows the year it was manufactured, which was 1963.)

When I moved down to Kansas City I took it with me, but at my first apartment it just sat in my closet the whole time. But when I moved into my current place I made up my mind that I'd get it up and running again, and now it hangs proudly over my entertainment center.  ;)




We had one-not exactly like that one.



Cat

Great clock Al.  :)

I have a sunburst mirror at home which I love.I'll try and remember to take a picture of it for here.

  Finally found one of these bad boys - the same cable box we had sitting atop the TV starting around '83 until whenever, down to the tan color and faux woodgrain.  Slide the white thing to change the channel.  I can still hear it - *click-click-click*...

  http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1193336/c6f7_1.JPG

  Anyone else remember these..?

I've always dug the old 50's-60's sunburst style wall clocks.

When I moved down to Kansas City I took it with me, but at my first apartment it just sat in my closet the whole time. But when I moved into my current place I made up my mind that I'd get it up and running again, and now it hangs proudly over my entertainment center.  ;)



  That's a groovy old sunburst clock.  I believe having one of those on the living room wall was required...

   Finally found one of these bad boys - the same cable box we had sitting atop the TV starting around '83 until whenever, down to the tan color and faux woodgrain.  Slide the white thing to change the channel.  I can still hear it - *click-click-click*...

   http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1193336/c6f7_1.JPG

   Anyone else remember these..?






oh man! I haven't seen one of those in forever!  Awesome find!!!!

Well, as most of you know I have been dilligently de-cluttering my house the past few weeks. I have managed to sell quite a bit of stuff that I no longer use! It has been great.

Yesterday, there was a huge Post Wide Yard Sale event, so a friend and I went touring around the communities, checking things out. I found the most gorgeous piece of Pyrex I have ever seen... and only paid $1 for it!!!!

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x108/tmhaley32/IMG_0136.jpg

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x108/tmhaley32/IMG_0137.jpg

I am completely in love with it - even though it doesn't match my kitchen at all!!! 8)

Well, as most of you know I have been dilligently de-cluttering my house the past few weeks. I have managed to sell quite a bit of stuff that I no longer use! It has been great.

Yesterday, there was a huge Post Wide Yard Sale event, so a friend and I went touring around the communities, checking things out. I found the most gorgeous piece of Pyrex I have ever seen... and only paid $1 for it!!!!



I am completely in love with it - even though it doesn't match my kitchen at all!!! 8)



So, to be clear, (although that pyrex dish is quite lovely) you cleaned out your old clutter to make room for new clutter?  Excellent plan!  ;)

So, to be clear, (although that pyrex dish is quite lovely) you cleaned out your old clutter to make room for new clutter?  Excellent plan!  ;)


You know it! ;D

Actually, it is the only thing I bought yesterday, so I did behave myself! There were too many things that I 'wanted' but definitely didn't 'need' ;)
So I kept myself in check and only bought one little dish... ;D 8)

You know it! ;D

Actually, it is the only thing I bought yesterday, so I did behave myself! There were too many things that I 'wanted' but definitely didn't 'need' ;)
So I kept myself in check and only bought one little dish... ;D 8)


that's good....  I managed to locate (thanks to my clean apt  ;) ) my vintage 1959 lobby cards from the film imitation of life. I got two of them signed Friday night by three of the cast members.  8)

that's good....  I managed to locate (thanks to my clean apt  ;) ) my vintage 1959 lobby cards from the film imitation of life. I got two of them signed Friday night by three of the cast members.   8)



That is flippin' Fabulous!!! 8)

Well, as most of you know I have been dilligently de-cluttering my house the past few weeks. I have managed to sell quite a bit of stuff that I no longer use! It has been great.

Yesterday, there was a huge Post Wide Yard Sale event, so a friend and I went touring around the communities, checking things out. I found the most gorgeous piece of Pyrex I have ever seen... and only paid $1 for it!!!!

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x108/tmhaley32/IMG_0136.jpg

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x108/tmhaley32/IMG_0137.jpg

I am completely in love with it - even though it doesn't match my kitchen at all!!! 8)


Oh wow that is pretty.  I found a depressionware glass water pitcher (it's green) at a yard sale I paid $2 for.  Turns out it's worth $40.  Stuff like that is awesome, especially when you know what you're looking at. :)

that's good....  I managed to locate (thanks to my clean apt  ;) ) my vintage 1959 lobby cards from the film imitation of life. I got two of them signed Friday night by three of the cast members.   8)



No way!!!  I am impressed beyond belief.

No way!!!  I am impressed beyond belief.


what that I have original lobby cards or that I have a clean apartment?  ;)

what that I have original lobby cards or that I have a clean apartment?  ;)


Both.  You know how much crap I've lost in my unclean (yet quite homey and comfortable) dwelling.  Those lobby cards can get lost in with things.

that is beautiful, Tam! As you probably already know...I collect vintage Pyrex...a good friend of mine (Sir Bilzy) coaxed me to start collecting. His collection is AMAZING, btw! :)

that is beautiful, Tam! As you probably already know...I collect vintage Pyrex...a good friend of mine (Sir Bilzy) coaxed me to start collecting. His collection is AMAZING, btw! :)


I remember seeing his - he sent me a link to view them a while back! ;)
And I know you are totally into it as well! I was thinking about you the entire time and looking through the stuff to see if there was any more you might like/want and I could send to you. Sadly, this one was the only one that was even worth anything. The others had chips and cracks in them, and some were broke right in half and she was still trying to get in the upwards of $5 for them! Silly lady! ::) ;D

I remember seeing his - he sent me a link to view them a while back! ;)
And I know you are totally into it as well! I was thinking about you the entire time and looking through the stuff to see if there was any more you might like/want and I could send to you. Sadly, this one was the only one that was even worth anything. The others had chips and cracks in them, and some were broke right in half and she was still trying to get in the upwards of $5 for them! Silly lady! ::) ;D


I'll have to take pics of mine and post them sometime. They are such fun things to collect! Now...I just have to find some room for them! LOL ;D

http://img126.imageshack.us/i/p1030902.jpg/ I actually use this binder. From the 60's/70's era, my old neighbor gave it to me. Other people think it's gaudy but I love it  ;D

http://img706.imageshack.us/i/p1030899.jpg/ This is an antique brooch (it's huge- definitely costume jewelry!) that I bought with a barrette glued to the back. So that pretty much screwed any value it would have had, but I like it.

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/2847/p1030893.jpg An old textbook from one of the prairie schoolhouses around here bought at a fleamarket for 50 cents. It's falling apart, and it's a sixth/seventh year book from 1897.

http://img18.imageshack.us/i/p1030896z.jpg/ Indeed, 1897.

Very cool indeed! I would love to see inside that book, what were they teaching?

Well, as most of you know I have been dilligently de-cluttering my house the past few weeks. I have managed to sell quite a bit of stuff that I no longer use! It has been great.

Yesterday, there was a huge Post Wide Yard Sale event, so a friend and I went touring around the communities, checking things out. I found the most gorgeous piece of Pyrex I have ever seen... and only paid $1 for it!!!!

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x108/tmhaley32/IMG_0136.jpg

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x108/tmhaley32/IMG_0137.jpg

I am completely in love with it - even though it doesn't match my kitchen at all!!! 8)



OMG! I have a dish just like that, except it's brown!  :) I put corbread stuffing in it for the holidays!

Very cool indeed! I would love to see inside that book, what were they teaching?


A lot of it was old passages from Poetry books. Some was about Beethoven's life, and then there was some science and history (about the American Flag and the last fight of the Coliseum) :D

It has a lot of little portrait illustrations instead of photos of course.

This is kinda retro, even though I took it a couple months ago:

A diner in our neighborhood
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/bookmistress4ever/tomsdiner.jpg

After I played around with the photo, trying to be artistic..
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/bookmistress4ever/tomsdinerblur.jpg

This is kinda retro, even though I took it a couple months ago:

A diner in our neighborhood
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/bookmistress4ever/tomsdiner.jpg

After I played around with the photo, trying to be artistic..
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/bookmistress4ever/tomsdinerblur.jpg


Wow it looks so 50's.  :)

So last week we celebrated my brother-in-law Roger's birthday, and my brother recommended I browse an antique store for a gift. Knowing Roger likes cars, Harley-Davidsons and beer, it made the search a little easier. As I was looking around I came across two 1970's-era Budweiser glass beer goblets. I remembered seeing these in bars when I was a kid and thought they were cool so I bought them for my brother-in-law:

http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mrbk_vDHFLeIX-8chALhTLQ.jpg

He really liked them, and I immediately found myself wanting one of my own, so I hit up another antique store a week later and picked up two more for myself. An old friend had a party Saturday and I brought them over, gave him one and then immediately put mine to good use:

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s78/AL-B_photos/pimpcup_zps5ece7dfb.jpg

Because the way I see it is, if I'm gonna drink the King of Beers then I should drink it like a king.  8)

Those Budweiser glass goblets look very interesting. That would be something for me, even though I prefer American microbreweries ;)

So last week we celebrated my brother-in-law Roger's birthday, and my brother recommended I browse an antique store for a gift. Knowing Roger likes cars, Harley-Davidsons and beer, it made the search a little easier. As I was looking around I came across two 1970's-era Budweiser glass beer goblets. I remembered seeing these in bars when I was a kid and thought they were cool so I bought them for my brother-in-law:

http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mrbk_vDHFLeIX-8chALhTLQ.jpg

He really liked them, and I immediately found myself wanting one of my own, so I hit up another antique store a week later and picked up two more for myself. An old friend had a party Saturday and I brought them over, gave him one and then immediately put mine to good use:

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s78/AL-B_photos/pimpcup_zps5ece7dfb.jpg

Because the way I see it is, if I'm gonna drink the King of Beers then I should drink it like a king.  8)



I hope you didn't pay too much for them because you can get them on eBay for not too much. There was a set of 4 that went for about $26.



Cat

I hope you didn't pay too much for them because you can get them on eBay for not too much. There was a set of 4 that went for about $26.



Cat
At the antique stores I went to I paid $5 for each of them, and I've seen them on eBay for about the same price. (Some sellers on eBay were asking for as much as $20 for one glass, but that's way overpriced in my opinion.)

Really I don't think these goblets seem to be all that uncommon or hard to find, and they'd make a nice, inexpensive gift for someone who's into retro stuff.

At the antique stores I went to I paid $5 for each of them, and I've seen them on eBay for about the same price. (Some sellers on eBay were asking for as much as $20 for one glass, but that's way overpriced in my opinion.)

Really I don't think these goblets seem to be all that uncommon or hard to find, and they'd make a nice, inexpensive gift for someone who's into retro stuff.



Yeah, $5 is a good price. And the fact that you really like them make it REALLY worth it. And no, they are not uncommon-but cool.



Cat