We’ve got time to kill while we wait for the afternoon estate sale to open, so let’s go thrifting! Not far up the road is Seattle Goodwill, the flagship store for the big network of Evergreen Goodwill stores. Thrifting at this Goodwill usually pays off, and this time is no exception, as we pick up the cast-offs rejected by another reseller (much to their surprise!).
We can’t be late for the estate, so we buy our lot of Minton Marlow china and head back! We watch a cute 1939 World’s Fair lamp come out the door, but we finally get in and find surprisingly fun deals in this multi-generational family estate. This 1930s-era home has everything from California Pottery and Fiesta of that decade to cool vintage fashion, accessories, jewelry, home decor… and some surprises. We learn a surprising fact about the family as we comb through their books, and score a pretty bizarre and fascinating sculptural art piece!
This estate is small, but it’s almost all old and collectible stuff! A signed WNBA ball, a huge stack of boxed fountain pens, 1930s art pottery, antique clocks and furniture… this place has some fun variety! We grab a natural-skin 1950s Parisian handbag that our fellow shoppers agree is terrific, a cute spinning cake stand, and a luscious shawl that looks like something Stevie Nicks wore back in the day. Our pile keeps growing, and by the time we’re done, we’re spending over $100 and feeling excited about what we found!
But that lets us out right at rush hour, and we can either stew in a slow-moving car or go back to see if the thrift stores can rival our estate sale success! So we’re stopping at a Value Village we’ve never seen before and hoping that in its piles of art, linens, vintage china and glass, wood and metal decor, and furniture, something fun at a low price will grab our attention! The McCoy Smiley Face mug on the end cap is a good start…
…then it’s home to go over the haul with you! We found some really fun things, a few very fine things, and a lot of great deals that we think our collectors will really appreciate. Did thrifting or estate sale-ing bring the biggest bang for the buck? We’ll get it out to sell and see!
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It is the afternoon of a Thursday, and there is an estate sale starting in Seattle at 4 p.m.
in the Genesee neighborhood in this wisteria-covered house behind me.
I've just gotten my number. I'm going to be 15th to get in.
We have just a little time before I have to go back for the estate sale.
They gave out numbers about two hours early, so we're going into the giant Goodwill.
They just made my donation. This is indeed one of the giantest Goodwills anywhere.
We want to be back in time for the estate sale, so we'll have to keep our eyes on the clock.
Mostly means sailing past this section. They're then looking at the displays really quickly.
So we're going to go right into the area with the housewares and the collectibles.
Ooh, and they have collectibles bins coming out.
Now, they tend to price this stuff what they think is collectible,
but the fact that there's cards coming out gives us a chance here.
Now, this isn't too bad because it's four pieces, so it's only about six dollars each,
and they are all oval serving dishes.
This is Enoch Wood's English Scenery.
I'll check these out because if they're Heath, they could be a buy.
They are Mikasa, though.
Let's see. They've got some Abon Cape Fog, Fenton Hognail, some Cobalt Glass.
We'll let them get that out. It looks like it might be interesting.
Maybe some more Mikasa.
Cute stuff. I don't see anything I have to have.
A bunch of Fiesta. This is a little brighter blue than the original, though.
I am pretty sure we're looking at a later color.
Four for fifteen. You know, their prices have come down a little since the last time I was here.
More Tape Todd, but those are five dollars a piece.
I can't really get that for them.
See what this platter here is.
Twenty dollars. A nice piece by a good maker.
It is Mitten in the Marlowe pattern.
I just got the individual Butterpats in this pattern.
Actually, for this pattern, that's probably an okay price.
But it's a big piece. I don't know if I need it or not.
We'll see.
And I noticed a couple of bowls, which I believe are the same.
Yes.
Now bowls, oftentimes, are a little harder to get.
So I'm inclined to take a look at these.
Well, this is the larger of the two sizes of platters.
And after taking a look, I think I'm going to take a chance on that.
There's a Pyrex Americana bowl there.
Something with an Art Deco border here, but I have a feeling it's neater than it looks.
Yeah, that looks like a recent thing.
Mikasa from the 80s.
I think I may have blown the mind of the young woman there in the coat because
she was looking at this platter and she went to Ebay and they were not completed sales.
And so she decided that it wasn't worth it because she saw smaller platters for
not a whole lot more than the $20 they're asking.
But this is the big platter.
Sometimes you can't just rely on looking things up on the fly.
Okay, they said there might be some broke things in there and it looks like mostly mugs.
Holiday pattern pitcher here for $8 is a good price.
I believe this is a Pastori and Navarre piece here with the nice stem and the etching.
Again, we have to be cognizant of time here.
It's about 25 minutes and traffic is getting worse this time of day.
Going back to the estate sale.
But I want to make sure I get in in the first group if they let 15 people in on number 15.
Glass of silver plate.
They are bringing a lot of bins out right now.
So we'll take a look there first.
Not seeing a lot of old stuff in these.
They sure get a lot of volume of stuff here though.
There are people who come here every day and I know why.
Pastoria piece here.
See if there's any sterling hiding amongst this.
I don't see anything that has the mellow luster of sterling.
It all seems like shiny silver plate.
Ruby red maple leaf.
That's anchor hocking from about 1950.
They're asking $4.
Wexford candy jar.
That piece you see a little less than the other pieces in the line.
Although it was quite prolific in the 70s.
This appears to be Pastoria Colony.
$10 is not a bad price.
This looks like the Waverly Blank by AZ.
Mid-afternoon is a good time because the morning rushes over.
Lunchtime rushes over.
And so they have a chance to restock.
Cute little studio pottery bowl.
But you can tell right away that it's not finished with like a professional job.
A newer blue willow jar.
Cute little Japanese cups and saucers, but nothing important.
Pretty blue vase back there, but it's got a chip at the top I can see.
Carboy, but I don't think this is an older one.
$8 is a good price though.
Looks like a jeweled piece of Italian or Bohemian glass with the golds coming off.
More bins.
They're just everywhere.
See if there's any interesting figurines.
Looks like a newer allotment.
A Matryoshka doll, but she has a little hole in her head.
That was fun.
I had to take a break for a minute to talk to a couple of viewers who recognized me.
And they had a cart full of stuff.
So they were having fun and so am I.
And we haven't even gotten to the estate sale yet.
However, I have about 40 minutes to pay, drive 20 minutes, and get in line.
So I better go now.
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All right, where there is a crowd waiting.
But I already know I'm number 15 in line.
They have the door open.
We can kind of see in.
We can walk around the yard.
And the only thing I see here is this cool piece.
Two gallon kettle is $100.
No, you can rewire.
So much cuter.
Yeah, 100% easy.
OK.
It's hard watching people bring stuff out and not being able to get in,
especially when you can see.
He collected fountain pens for her husband.
It's like when they get bar clothes.
So, boy, you boys want to help her with that?
Yeah, when you guys want to help her trade some of Chloe.
All right, OK.
WNBA.
Nice clock with the stained glass.
The jewelry is a separate line waiting for that.
But I'm going to look at some pottery because no one else is.
And I really like this piece.
This looks like another piece of Weller Teutone.
Oh, big chunk out of it.
That's too bad.
50 on the Roseville and 75 on of that.
I think I can deal with the conditions really good.
Usually we reject if it doesn't say USA.
But this one was not reproduced.
So I think we're going to take this.
This is one of the more desirable patterns.
The pink is good.
Oh, but it has chips.
No, I think I'm going to leave it.
18 on the Panther.
I'm right here.
So many shoppers.
Sweet.
No.
Let's see if these have any indication of military.
Ah, handmade.
Bottleneck slide guitar, Miles David.
All righty.
I will.
Okay, the Fiesta are newer colors, but this is older.
Bauerglass pastel, but $30.
Nah.
Like this 1930s Japanese tea set.
If the elephants, they want 100.
45.
Let's see who made this one.
I haven't seen one in a long time with that texture on the side.
Coronado mark.
But it's not Franciscan's Coronado.
It is actually Vernon Kiln's.
They did a Coronado pattern for a few years in the late 30s before Franciscan got hold of that name.
This looks like it came out of a car.
Oh, sorry.
Back to you again, Matt.
Here's a kind of fun.
These may glow under a black light because they're a custard color,
but you'd have to add one to be sure.
$35 on the caster set.
Old British biscuit barrels.
I don't miss some of the stairs on this.
Definitely a multi-generational estate.
You can tell by what's here.
This is Harlequin.
Four bucks is a fine price for a tumbler.
You don't see those too often.
A little bit of a factory waste gift set.
Pyrex, that's a little too worn.
So is that.
This was cute, but bad tradition.
Apron is fun.
Are that of original in this kitchen?
Well, original.
Probably at 50s they were a remodel, actually, because I think this house is 1920s.
Ah, now the red one's in better shape.
A little bit of tread missing.
Yep, they covered up a flaw.
Here's another one, $45.
Oh, Catalina Pottery.
If it was Catalina Island, we'd have to get that because the Catalina Island is the original
from back when Wrigley had it on the island.
And those are very scarce.
Catalina Pottery was after Franciscan bought it and moved it to the main one in the 30s.
Great color.
Five dollars each on the mugs.
Neat carpet.
Great floor, too.
It's the parquet.
Five dollars.
Wow, now there we go.
Whoa, empty.
Wicked Wahine.
Oh, I just like that title.
Cat in the Fishbowl.
That's cute.
One of Avon's better bottles and actually still has some collectors because it's just a fun topic.
Evening in Paris for eight dollars.
I like the box.
Oh, and it has the atomizer.
That's a fun set you'd never see.
Well, for eight dollars we'll take that.
I see a nice tie-dye fabric under here.
Pretty spotted, though.
Cute placemats.
The Smiths with Dickens.
New chalkware.
Little purses.
Feathers.
Okay, I like the hat.
Hey, Julie.
Evelyn O'Baron model.
Twelve dollars.
It's a little more than I'd like to pay, but it is awfully cute and I think it would sell fast.
Feathers can be good sellers.
This one's a little broken.
Isn't this pretty?
So sheer.
I wonder what the age is, if we can tell.
Or the price, for that matter.
Fifteen.
It's big.
It's likable.
It's velvet.
I think I'll take that.
Skin purse is fifteen.
Yeah.
It's a rather clean design, but condition is good.
Inside and out.
Oh, and matches.
The Blue Horizon Hotel.
Oh, my.
I wonder what happened there.
The woman shopping next to me saw the label on this and said, oh, yes.
It does have a decent name.
I think we'll take this.
Oh, no.
I know, because the styles have changed some, but I just thought it was nice quality.
There is some cute stuff in here, isn't there?
I didn't know they were still making these since 1953.
Oh, wow.
Of course, this could have been made in the 90s.
Nice mica shade on what looks to be a newer lamp.
This would be a card holder.
Lots of just practical stuff in here.
They say there's more downstairs, but they are not opening downstairs until tomorrow.
Quirky's shoes.
I know there's some call for those, but I think these are newer.
Let's see what else we have here.
Shell box is made out of some sort of agate.
It is probably Mexican.
$15 is not a bad price.
This looks like it's the lid from something.
More cute dresser jars.
Sort of a set.
Not all here, but partly there.
And what's under here?
Made in New Zealand.
Oh, how fun.
The De La Val diary.
Well, that was for the county extension agent so that you knew how to use your cream separator.
And it had all sorts of other information.
1939, including probably an almanac.
This looks like it's out of the 30s.
Oh, with little pencils.
That's cute.
We'll see how much it is.
Yes, this family reunion is, and you can tell by the titles.
A lot of these are reprints of original topics by various socialist and communist
writers of the 19th century.
Interesting.
Trotsky and the Book of Dogs.
Xena would like this.
I like the scarf.
That's cool.
Oh, yeah, it's Pegasus.
Wow, that's neat.
I love it.
Picking to get for you.
Yeah, it really is.
Exactly.
Because, yeah, I mean, I buy and sell, but when I find something I want to keep, it's
really special.
Okay, Norwegian handmade.
It looks kind of small.
But these do well in our area.
Sorry, I'll get out of your way.
No, it's too modern for those.
You want even worse.
Yeah, I agree.
Another fun tea set.
Vaguely reminiscent of Clarice Cliff, but Japanese made.
Kammark did these.
Six each on these are not bad, considering that it's actually a decent spode centurion
patterned.
Aw.
And Rio Hondo.
Little chips though.
Cute little travel clock.
West clock, $20 though.
Seemed a lot to leave that.
From Under the Lid of the Impeal to True Womanhood.
Secretary desk.
This is in really wonderful shape.
Very typical of what we see from the 40s.
A spool lamp for $30.
Grandmother's clock, small size here.
And the Japanese wall clock.
This looks like some sort of cruel work for $35.
Oh, larger than it looks.
A big runner actually.
It's kind of pretty.
Printed card table from the 30s.
This is $48.
Sutterlin is the artist.
They do like that.
I don't think it's important, quote unquote, but I think it's really interesting.
A little bit of vintage clothing.
They said there was more downstairs, but I don't think I'm going to be able to get half
to this one.
That looks like it would be fun to wear.
Bad umbrella.
This needs a good laundering, but it's nicely done.
It's small though.
Looks like we've got a lambswool coat here.
Nope, it's just fleece.
Okay.
Made in India.
Pretty though.
Let's see what this fleece is.
Or this flannel clubroom.
Very colorful and fun.
But I think the old stuff went with the woman who helped me with the purse,
because she was here for that.
Kitchen aid, deosterizer.
Those are nice old pieces that I'm sure work fine.
$35 on this.
They don't have it priced like it's freestanding,
but this is actually freestanding, and this would be a fun thing for a display.
Handmade cabinet here.
1930s.
About the same era as the house.
$25 on this deosterizer.
And there is the bottom for that lid that I saw.
I'm going to put them together for them.
Reunited.
$15 on a musical cake plate.
That is fun.
That might be worth getting, because it's in really good shape with the original box.
Hey, a song we can actually let play on here without getting demonetized.
Fiesta is mostly newer colors.
The pink's from the 50s, and the orange is 30s.
Those are Harlequin.
The egg cup might be worth getting for $5.
Oops, let's be careful.
$18 on this.
That's newer.
Black, a harder color to find, but that's also new.
This is the 1960s.
Mine's for a girl named Rosie by William Stafford.
That's kind of neat because of the block print.
Let's see what this planter is.
$38.
That is Bauer also.
Nice color.
Now here is a really cool piece of pottery.
It's been planted in.
But this looks like an old Weller piece, and it's $28.
It's a really good price.
When it's had things in it...
A, you have to clean out the lime deposit, which may be easier said than done.
And B, you have to make sure it doesn't have any cracks that you can't see because of that.
So we'll take a moment with it.
Quilling here with the curled paper.
$12.
That's cute.
Older piece of brass, but that one has had a tough life.
Old candle stick holder with the push-up.
That's so you can push the candle, but it's frozen.
That's so you can get it out after it melted in there.
Cute little print on wood here.
1940s, 50s era.
All right, let's see.
Some nice linens here.
Card table size it looks like.
Some rust stains.
Stain that is colorful.
And they all have a little bit of trouble though.
Nice oak cabinet here from about 1900 or 250.
All right, these are little compare bud vases, but they had chips.
4-H memories.
I have a 4-H-er in the family, and she's got her own memory books.
Sewing is easy and fun.
4-H breakfast.
Oh, and then in the middle of this, somebody's pattern.
Okay, this is $45.
It is paper mache.
It's a head.
There's the front of it for you.
There you go.
Yeah.
But that means it sits on its side.
Yes.
So that's kind of interesting.
Yeah.
That was the pot.
I couldn't put water in there, could you?
No, but you could do something with it.
By day the eyes are in the head, the guide by which the hands are led.
By night the eyes are in the hands, the head demoted to the stand.
This house, when we moved in 30-some years ago,
was owned by the woman who ran the communist bookstore.
Oh, yes.
I noticed a bunch of socialist and communist books in the back bedroom there.
Very interesting.
Well, my friend and I are having a lot of fun.
Do I need to take this home with me?
Leave a comment.
I'll tell you at the end whether I did.
There is our whole pile cabinet.
That's a nice old piece, maybe from the old communist bookstore.
Last curio cabinet here.
And then over here, a neat, although not perfect condition, clock for 100.
This is the Ithaca calendar clock.
An early model from about 1900 that would actually keep track
of the time of the month and the date for you as well.
And then this is a really nice hard deco piece here.
Grandfather clock of a little later style.
Okay, I'm in the jewelry section.
We had to have a separate number for this.
I can understand that, but I'm sure they're worried about security.
This square is okay, but those are kind of neat looking.
No price, we'll see.
I got a very lusty cuckers, you know, dirt, but that's awesome.
Souvenir.
Education is wealth.
Well, this apparently is school year 1929.
Oh, that's neat.
Marine land owner.
This is going to be a harmonica.
Plastic case is not super old.
I just sold this model for $20, so I think I'll leave that.
Just a small little tester bottle.
Is it worth $20? Maybe.
The old bookstore sign.
Skulls, but those are too recent for me.
Girl Scouts.
April.
We kind of like this star pin, although it's a little odd in the center.
Glue earrings are okay.
We'll take a look.
See what prices are here.
$5 is inexpensive enough, but I just don't know about that center.
Yeah, they're new guys.
They're high school boys.
Love the color in this one, but it is kind of on the small side.
A 70s era version of a Tussie Mussie.
A little vase you would hold on with a pin to have flowers in.
Button earrings.
Nice watch holder.
Oh, I like the penguin.
We're going to take a look at that.
Another bench, yeah.
See here, we have a little lipstick holder.
So if I had the case that it went to, I'd get it.
This little tiny owl.
That's cute.
Ooh, neat and down tower.
Six bucks.
That's an empty jewelry box.
Another little owl.
Another little critter.
Five dollars for the joy bottle.
May have some contents.
The card company, Oakland.
Carmen, yeah.
Ah yes, with some cool old glasses.
Some old cell phones.
A bunch of artist pins.
They had a ton of fountain pens.
I'm sure the old ones that are worth something are gone.
Most of these are pretty new.
They have some new ones that are worth money too, as you can see.
Lots and lots and lots, as a matter of fact.
And I know there is demand for these, but I am really only looking for the vintage.
Okay, those are all newer.
Now we do have some pocket watches.
I'm going to take a moment with them.
Silvertone is rather basic.
It's a large size, $50.
Yeah, used to be I would pay $50 for something like that.
South Bend.
This ended up being bought by Studebaker.
They want $2.25.
I think that's full price for me.
All right, I'm gonna let somebody else in here.
This one seems to be missing a earring.
He was looking for the crown.
Elgin 75 in a gold tone case with some design.
That's tempting.
I used to pay $75 every time I saw one of these if it worked.
It's just a rough market right now.
Wristwatches are more popular these days.
This one's nice.
Big thick beveled glass piece.
Done for a jewelry store.
That's the name you see on there.
A hundred.
Yeah, the only one I might even consider would be the Elgin,
but I just can't really get $150 for these anymore
unless they have a really good movement.
And these are all just sort of more of regular.
So I think we're about done.
The only problem with a 4 p.m. start for that estate sale is
they didn't open up the basement for some reason.
They held it until tomorrow even though they had a lot of staff.
So I couldn't shop downstairs.
So I was done in an hour.
And that means being done right at the beginning of rush hour.
And rush hour is not good today.
So I decided to stop at one more thrift store on the way home.
Okay, mostly newer jewelry.
I like these though.
They're more satin eagle and I like the colored stones,
but it's missing one from about 1970 with the black background.
But $14 is too much for me.
The poinsettia leaf with the bells is sterling.
You can tell because of the mellow silver color.
There's definitely some older stuff.
$13.99 for that set isn't too bad,
and I love the big burst here for $20.99,
but again not enough margin.
The crown is actually pretty well priced,
but I've already got that one.
Local interest print with the lighthouse.
You see a lot of lighthouse prints in the 70s and 80s especially.
This looks very 80s with that matting instead of another print.
I like it.
Oh yes, 1965 the year I was born this came out.
Children learn what they live.
There is some truth to that.
All right, we are in the knickknack area as they call it.
A bunch of stuff from Minnesota.
Somebody was a transplant.
A unicorn bank.
That's cute.
Look Funko Pops appearing in droves in thrift stores.
This is Johnson Brothers, and we see this a lot in the northwest
because this was an Oregon souvenir done around the time of the centennial of the state in 1959.
There's Oregon City, the original and first city.
Now a suburb of Portland.
This was sold by Meyer and Frank, the big department store down there.
And you notice the coloration is similar on this plate.
This one is by Gridley.
They were a competitor of theirs.
Dickens Coaching Stages.
Ah, the Gobel Collectors Club.
This is why there's way too many Hummels now and why the market crashed.
Gobel, Royal Dalton.
They started collectors clubs because they noticed the old stuff was selling
and they wanted to sell the people who collected it new stuff.
And the collectors all got excited, joined the clubs,
and then were besieged with a new piece coming to them every month
until they had so many they couldn't take it anymore.
And then the market collapsed.
Early 80s Fisher Price.
If this was Mickey Mouse or one of those, that would be a little more valuable.
Oh, here's another club thing that crashed the market.
Jim Beam.
Instantly collectible means no one collects it in the long run.
And I will refer back to Funko Pops.
Watch out, folks.
Glad to see they separate the bags by what they are.
Home Day 4 is a possibility for me.
So let's take a look really quickly.
Lots of folk dolls.
Lots of corks.
Let's check out the vases and planters.
This funny lopsided cat.
I see this from time to time.
It's a bottle.
He looks like he's a little drunk.
We've got clocks.
We've got a somewhat aged thermometer.
Not old enough to be one of the cool ones like the metal ones that have advertising.
Aluminum with the chrysanthemum.
Out of the 1930s.
You just see a lot of this around, though, and this one's pretty worn.
All right, let's look for sterling here.
This has Vermeer gold wash, but it's too shiny to be sterling.
So's that.
So's this.
This would have originally had a nice flower frog in the middle of it.
Oh, look at the blue ribbon keys.
And it's a sled.
And it holds a spoon collection.
Okay, now this could be a McCoy.
And it is.
Hard to read through the thick glaze.
That doesn't look like cracking.
It just looks like staining.
It's only on the bottom.
I'll bet that would wash out.
Three dollars.
That's worth it.
So we found something.
Yay.
Happy day.
I still always think of Yvonne Thrifty Rich whenever I see Happy Face.
Beardglass has to be something special for me to look for it.
These are Fosteria colony with the swirl on the base.
They're nice, but the sherbet size is hard to sell.
If they were iced tea stems or something, I'd be tempted.
We'll check out the kitchen bags real quickly.
Cute little shot glasses, but they're newer.
You never know what they'll put in these bags, though.
All right, dishes and dinnerware.
We will see if we can find anything interesting with age in this area.
We've sold these at estate sales before.
These are Japanese.
Kent Bali Hai.
Made in Japan with the gold rim.
Now they're hard to sell, though.
But I do like the bamboo pattern.
And these are a Metlox pattern.
One of the vineyard related.
Hand painted.
I think they used some sort of a stamp to do the application so it was faster.
And this is when they were still calling some of their lines Vernonware
after they bought Vernon kilns in the early 60s.
And speaking of Metlox, here is the table size pitcher for cream.
Five dollars.
Green Rooster Provincial, which is one of their more collectible patterns.
This was the featured pattern on I Married Joan,
if anybody remembers that show from back in the same era as I Love Lucy.
But it does have a chip.
Missing the lid, but this is from about 1920 or prior.
This set here, done in Japan.
I helped with an estate sale in Spokane, if you remember, a year ago in May
that had a whole bunch of this sort of thing.
It's very pretty when you have a big collection together.
I always look at Dansk.
I think this is more modern and made in Korea.
Good quality, but the Dansk that the collectors want
are the things made in France and in Denmark, of course.
This is Crooksville, an Ohio company trying to look like a Limoge
about the time of the First World War.
And this little relish here, a very simple piece, is Fenton.
I'm hearing that Avocado and Sage Green are really starting to come back with collectors.
One teapot that I see that looks English.
This one here is a division of Wood and Sons.
This is going to be from about 1980,
about the time that some of these companies start to disappear.
These just have a different quality than the newer ones.
Six dollars is certainly a cheap enough price.
A whole row of different Karelk and Corning ware.
Tennis rackets.
Let's take just a second to see if any of them might have
a famous tennis player on the handle, which makes a difference.
But I don't see any of it do.
$1.99 for this folding shelf.
These are very useful for antique shows.
But this one's a little wobbly.
All those shelves fold up so they're easy to transport.
A very early 80s brass coffee table for $26.
It's huge.
They were in that day.
But we're not seeing a lot of people buying coffee tables, even though it's a good look.
We've got this piece here.
Old school desk.
But interestingly enough, it seems like the supports are new,
even though the rest of it looks original and Afghan.
Sort of fun colors.
A little bit of pilling, though.
That always dissuades me, unless I think it's easy to remove.
And I see some thread coming out, too.
Oh my!
Missing the bottom cushion.
Thread bare on the arms.
For $21, I guess your dog could sleep on it.
Wooden blocks.
Man, these are not that old because they have stamped sides.
But they still would sell.
These are definitely newer here.
I have not been in this value village before, and I gotta say it is huge.
A lot of clothes, including denim, which is something that a good picker for clothes
would definitely want to spend some time with.
They have a bunch of stamp albums.
This one is Les Globes.
It's in French.
I don't know if that means that it was made in France or if it was made for the Canadian
market, but it looks like it may have been intended to be made for French audiences.
Stamp collecting is something that's done worldwide, and they have some nice maps here.
This is before 1960 because they still show all of this as French West Africa,
back when it was still colony.
The Congo is still part of the Belgian colonies.
Let's see if there's any stamps in these.
OK, there are a few.
Some Yugoslav, some Algerian.
Makes sense because that would have been a French colony at the time as well.
Turkey, Italy.
There are some older stamps, but unless you get back to about 1910 with foreign stamps,
you're unlikely to find anything of great value.
The English were the first to do stamps.
This one with the two colors is Queen Victoria.
That's pretty early.
That's probably worth a little bit of money.
Some of these other ones that are Victorian as well, but they might be worth four or five
dollars nowadays because the stamp market really is not what it once was.
It used to be extremely popular.
That was because it was inexpensive to do, but now they make stamps differently and
they cost money and you can't just get them free off of envelopes anymore because they're peel
and stick, so it has changed things.
Here's some English.
This one almost appears uncancelled, but it has a little mark up there.
Uncancelled means it was never used.
The Planet Earth Worldwide Stamp Album.
I don't see anything much in there.
The New Worldwide Stamp Album.
This looks like something from the 60s and indeed most of the stamps in it seem to be
American from the 1960s and slightly before.
Let's see if there is anything that's early from the United States
because these are the ones that have value, but there are none.
These have been $19.99 and then this one's $1.99.
I think that's a mistake.
Yeah, I certainly don't see anything in here that justifies a $200 price tag.
I think that was just a slip.
In fact, there's really very little in this one at all.
A little bit of Canadian.
Again, nothing older.
Oh, and this one comes with spider babies ready to hatch.
All right, we did pretty well at the estate sale.
Actually, all three stops we got something.
Let's take a look.
We'll start here with the Minton.
Minton is one of the better names in English china and porcelain
and that's why their stuff still sells.
Even though this category doesn't sell like it used to.
Even though usually we avoid gold rims.
Well, we make an exception for Minton if the price is right.
Look at the delicacy of the detailing.
This is the Marlowe pattern.
And I just got the butterpats in this.
Now two rim soup bowls.
Rim soup bowls are good.
They'll usually sell in a better pattern for around $25 a piece.
I paid $12.99 plus tax for two.
And the big platter here.
The woman ahead of me had it in her hand, put it down.
I waited till she moved on a little and then I picked it up
and she seemed very startled by that.
She had looked it up on eBay and I think she thought it wasn't any big deal.
But she didn't think about the size.
This is the larger one and it should sell for $50 to $65.
Then the estate sale.
I just thought this was so darling out of the 1940s.
It's got the original Montgomery Ward's box.
And it plays happy birthday to you while it spins your little cake around.
My favorite finds were in the bedroom that had the perfumes and the boudoir items.
This is an Evening in Paris set that I haven't seen.
They made so many gift sets over the years.
Now it's got a little damage on top and it's missing the foil from inside.
But it's got the bottle and it has the atomizer.
And the atomizer ball still works.
It's soft and supple.
And so for $8, that's a pretty good deal.
Even in the condition the box is in, I think that'll sell for $25.
And this was just great because of the name Wicked Wahine of Hawaii.
Probably a Plumeria scent, I imagine.
Done by Royal Hawaiian Perfumes.
And I just thought the bottle was really cool.
It was $5.
I just think that the name will sell it.
And then this is Joy.
There's a little bit of fragrance left.
It's a little vinegary.
But I really bought it just for the bottle for that price.
These were in that bedroom as well and I thought they were very cute.
A bunch of little Othello colored pencils.
But the box was just neat.
1930s.
It was only $3.
This Matryoshka doll, which they had on backwards.
I can fix that.
And it was only $5.
I thought that was a wonderful price.
And then the jewelry table had these two items.
The penguin pin is wooden and painted.
Probably 1940s or 50s.
I love his fish tie.
He was all of $3.
And this one's small, but I love the color.
Anytime I get this really deep pink color, it seems to sell.
And it was only $6.
That's from about 1940.
And then there was this shawl.
I thought this was just beautiful.
Velvet with all the color.
The condition is good.
No holes or runs.
This was only $15.
I think it was certainly a good deal at that price.
There's just a little bit of something here.
Oh good, that's just some thread from something else.
And that'll come right off.
So I just thought this was really beautiful.
With all the fringe in good condition.
Also in that bedroom was this purse.
And the woman who was shopping in there with me
saw the label and said,
Oh yeah, you should get that.
And she was right.
These sell for about $100.
They were asking $15.
A little bit of wear on the high points,
but the handle is in solid shape.
And the interior is clean.
It's a company called Lucille de Paris.
And that's a name worth looking for.
And so this was a nice buy.
This piece, I'll have to do some cleaning.
Sometimes this makes me nervous,
but the limescale was really right around the top
where you can get to it.
It doesn't seem too thick.
I'm hoping that Everdent or CLR
will take that out with some elbow grease.
It's a very nice unmarked Weller piece
in the forest pattern.
Great colors from the 1910s.
No mark on the bottom.
I think that's why they priced it at $28
plus the limescale.
They realize someone's going to have to do some work.
And then because two heads are better than one,
I just, I don't know why
I could not leave this art piece there.
It was $45.
I don't really know why the hole is on the side,
I guess so that you can put things in it or something.
But what I do know is two heads is better than one.
My theory for success in this business
has always been to have the best one,
the cheapest one, or the only one.
And I think we have a little of each of those.
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