February 2, 2012
Funny the things people find when they’re cleaning out the house. Take this Carol Grigg print for instance. It’s been packed up for a long time and was never framed. One of our generous volunteers brought it to us in recognition that if it takes 20 years to start a project it stands a good chance of never being completed and one might be better off without it at all.
So here we are. This print is 24 inches wide by 18 inches tall. It’s in good condition with a couple minor wrinkles in the corner and three really hard to see reddish spots near the upper edge (almost directly over the rider’s left hand). They’re barely discernible in the picture.
Because of this minor damage and since the print is unframed we’re willing to let it go for $25.
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January 26, 2012
This is a Fenton, hobnail, milk glass, crimped-edge epergne. That’s a very high falutin’ name for a centerpiece, but that seems to be what they’re called.
It is 8 1/2 inches in diameter and 6 1/2 inches tall. There are four pieces, namely the base and three flower-like “horns”. All the pieces are in perfect condition and it may have never been used at all.
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January 26, 2012
We just received 12 cool prints produced* for the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial (2003 to 2006). Luckily they stand up well on their design merits and don’t show prominent dates. This means they aren’t outdated like so many other commemorative pieces (think of gallery opening posters, or music festival posters: Immediate obsolescence).
Eleven of the posters are framed in a 13 1/4 inch wide by just under 26 inch tall frame. These are in great condition although one poster is unframed. There are two duplicate prints, one each of the Clatsop (which are slightly different tones) and of Fort Clatsop (one framed, one is not framed and it is a little wrinkly).
UDPDATE: They’ve been flying out of here! The prints we still have available at this time (4:30 pm on 1/26/2012) are the the two copies of “The Clatsop”, “Ecloa” and the unframed ”Fort Clatsop”. The one last remaining print is the greenish colored version of ”The Clatsop”, all the others have been sold.
*According to the publication of the Society for Environmental Graphic Design (Volume 1, Number 19, 2005):
NOBLE ERICKSON INC., Denver, CO, working with a team of partners including the National Park Service, the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Association and Washington State Parks, created artwork for interpretive panels, posters, and collector memorabilia to unify signature sites throughout the recently dedicated Lewis and Clark National & State Historical Parks.
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January 19, 2012
One hogshead is equal to about 63 US gallon. The Hogshead Tavern is also the place that the kids from Hogwart’s hang out when they can’t stand the quasi-respectibility of the Three Broomstick’s.
All of which has nothing to do with this sign. It is 29 inches tall and 21 inches wide and probably is an artifact of the faux-colonial / nationalist revival of the the 200 year anniversary of the beginning of the American revolution.
But really, who cares about reality when a plausible fiction is so easy to get at? Tell the kids whatever you want*, they won’t know the difference. . .
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*I recommend the truth: “Listen kid. You know the big final good vs. evil showdown, the Battle of Hogwarts? It was there that Harry, Hermione and that Weasley kid finally blew it and lost to Voldemort. Sure that’s not what the books says but I know, I’ve been there, I bought this sign at the liquidation sale after the Death Eaters foreclosed on the mortgage.”
“Now go to sleep.”
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January 15, 2012
Yes, Blendor, not blender. The odd spelling was a tricky bit of marketing designed to catch the reader’s eye. It caught mine. . .
This is an old Waring model DL-202 Blendor blender. I found some advertisements for this in two issues of the Chicago Tribune in September and December 1960. They note that it “has a special two-piece lid that allows ingredients to be added while the motor is running, acts as a …” Unfortunately one needs to pay to see the rest of the ad and we’re not wealthy enough to start doing that. Even if we were I’m not sure it’d be a good idea since I’d probably never get anything done if I could spend all day looking through newspaper archives.
Moving along, this blender has two speeds and works fine (not that we’re testing it making frozen margaritas in the back of the shop, really we’re not. Ok maybe just one, after this one). We filled it with liquid and the lower seal does not leak, which is always nice.
It has a funky clover leaf-shaped glass pitcher too. There are small flea-bite chips on the inside edge of the opening, possibly from attempts to clean it after too many frozen margaritas. Also, the handle is a bit wobbly which looks like it maybe repairable if one felt it necessary.
The pitcher attaches to the lower part and is guided into place by four large metal tooth-like bits. The protective rubber or plastic sheath for one of these has been lost.
On a letter grading scale for old appliances where A+ is new in box and F is incipient scrap metal I’d give it a C+ to B-. In other words it has probably average wear for for it’s age.
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December 26, 2011
Vintage 12 inch Imperial Globe By the George F. Cram Company on brass tone wire base.
It is in excellent condition and probably dates to the early-1960′s. There are a number of interesting details shown on this globe. Both Korea and Vietnam (officially split in 1954) are shown as single nations, but a fine dotted ‘cut’ line indicates where they were partitioned. Interestingly Germany is not shown as east and west, nor is the split marked.
Egypt is shown as the United Arab Republic (Egypt) a left over from the short-lived (1958 to 1961) political union of Egypt and Syria. Since Syria left the marriage it is just shown as Syria, with out the cumbersome left over married name (which Egypt used until 1971).
Bangladesh is still shown as a province of Pakistan, Trucial Oman is still around and the former Belgian Congo is known as “The Congo” which means this globe is from that brief period between independence in 1960 and the name change to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1964 due to confusion with its neighbor, also known as the Republic of the Congo.
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December 15, 2011
The entities that would later be reincarnated as Larry, Moe & Curly realize too late that they got on the wrong tour bus; instead of going to Alcoa plant they went to the Alpo factory.
However Trigger, Topper and Silver King learned a lot about aluminum that day, which they later put to good use as industrial capitalists making lightweight tack, harness and jewelry for Shetland Ponies.
Vintage print of three frightened or high-strung horses, in an old frame. In frame they are 23 1/2 inches by 19 1/2 inches. As you can see in the picture, the frame has some damage.
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November 29, 2011
If only.
These have sat on the shelf for far too long. I find myself trying to justify buying them. Hence the thought of ‘if only‘.
If only I’d bought that old extended farm house at the end of the dirt road15 years ago, then I’d have a place for these. If only I cooked in a style where salt and pepper shakers would be handy rather than using a mortar and pestle instead. If only . . .
As much as one likes something eventually you realize that they’re just not going to work and a different home would be much better for them.
These Art Deco stove top salt and pepper shakers were made by Hall and were part of the Pert or Sani-Grid form (how 1930′s a name!) and are in the Chinese Red color. They are 4 inches tall and about 4 3/4 inches at the widest (including the handle). These date from the late 1930′s or early 1940′s and are in great condition. The holes even make little S and P patterns so you can easily tell which is which.
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November 12, 2011
What better way to spend the hours than to cross-stitch a large doe and fawn?
I can think of a few, but I have to admit that this piece makes a statement. I think the statement is unrepeatable here.
This might be a good piece to re-purpose if you’re crafty, maybe for a bag, or a flag for hunting camp?
This special piece is just over 22 inches by 26 inches in frame.
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October 24, 2011
When they first told me what this was I didn’t believe it. But it turned out they were right. This is a 12 1/2 inch diameter parabolic mirror that was originally part of a Navy signal lantern. There is minor damage that might make it unsuitable for use in the spot light you’re building in your basement but it’d make a heck of a post industrial fruit bowl and conversation piece.
It’s made of a highly corrosion resistant metal alloy, so you don’t have to worry about it breaking if the cat knocks it off the counter. The mirror metal is a high performance alloy that’s part of the Hastelloy family of nickle alloys.
It is marked on the back as (former) property of the United States Navy and has a Bausch and Lomb part number on the front.
The only notable flaws are two small dings on the mirror face but it still reflects well. Well enough that even if you didn’t use it in a spot light it’d make a fun mirror for the guest bathroom.
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October 10, 2011
When you do something long enough you get to see how certain items show up again. The last time we had one of these was 2 3/4 years ago. It was probably another 2 to 3 years earlier that I first saw one.
In other words, if you’d like this I recommend calling soon, or checking back in sometime around April 2014.
This vintage bottle opener consist of abalone pieces glued to a metal substructure. It is in good but used condition with a few missing scales, bends at 10 places along the spine and is about 8 inches long.
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October 3, 2011
It’s so cold in Scandinavia that even the flowers are metal (brrrr). We have a nice pair of vintage brass candle stands. They are marked on the base Sweden-Lily and Made in Sweden (as if Swedish lilies would come from Holland?).
Although they look very mid century modern they were in fact designed by Ivar Alenius-Bjork and debuted at the 1939 Worlds Fair in New York City. They were subsequently put into production by Ystad Metall in the 1940′s. I’m not sure how long production lasted, but with their mid-century sensibility I’d guess they made them for 20 or 30 years (and I could easily have guessed wrong, so don’t take it too seriously).
They stand 4 3/4 inches tall and 8 3/4 inches wide and are in excellent condition.
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October 2, 2011
My favorite chair is a Windsor rocking chair that was a wedding gift for my grandparents. My second favorite chair is a sewing rocker, much like this one but in much rougher shape. I bought it thinking that it’d be a good porch chair but it is too comfortable to leave out in the weather.
Like this chair and sewing rockers in general it has a low seat. This one has a curved back made out of a piece of veneered bent wood and it finished in a mahogany colored stain. I’m not sure what the underlying wood is. The chair is 38 inches tall and 27 inches deep ($90). There are faint traces of writing in chalk on the underside of the seat but I can’t quite read them.
It looked a bit lonely when it was sitting out in the hallway waiting to come into the store so I took the opportunity to use it as clean seating for one of the giant rabbits we recently got.
The bunny rabbit is by Dakin. It is a very large Lou Rankin Friends Beatrice Bunny. The bunny stands about 24 inches tall. The one in the picture has been sold but we have another that is still in the original plastic bag ($25).
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August 28, 2011
Both of these steins were made by the famous German ceramics maker Simon Peter Gerz (GmbH). On the Left is an approximately one liter stein marked “Gute Waid” and “Jagers Freud” and it shows two men flanked by medallions depicting buildings. It stands 9 inches tall and is in excellent condition.
The other stein is rather larger, I’d guess 1.5 liter and depicts individuals “Dancing in an alpine meadow (tanz auf der alm).” It too is in excellent condition. It stands about 11 inches tall and has a version of the twisted vine handle.
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August 10, 2011
At first we thought it might be a vase, but closer inspection showed holes in the side, such that it could only be a vase for dried flowers.
Hence, we deduce that it is a decorative housing for candles.
It is 11 inches tall and 12 inches wide. It was constructed by the somewhat obscure, but not entirely unknown artist Joseph Rodriguez. Mr. Rodriguez seeks to “call upon what is universal in ancient societies” by making ceramics that are evocative of “the Indian or Mexican cultures of the Southwest.” Interestingly he does this through the appropriation of a Japanese ceramic technique, Raku.
Consider it one of the great benefits (or pernicious hindrances) of modern global society, wherein all cultures and all times are available for appropriation.
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August 5, 2011
We’ve recently been the beneficiary of another (non-competing) organizations auction left-overs. This mostly consisted of a large collection of posters but there were some fine art pieces as well.
The posters include several by Francesco Zuniga (one signed), a signed poster by Cenedella and some 1972 Munich Olympics pieces. Take a look at the slide show below!
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July 24, 2011
Set of 6 vintage 1950′s or 1960′s frosted glasses by Federal Glass showing a running person-like figure. They are 6 3/4 inches tall and 2 1/2 inches in diameter, indicating that they are Collins glasses.
They are in fair to very good condition. One glass was washed repeatedly in a dishwasher so there is some erosion of the decal (see slide show below). The remainder are in much better shape.
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July 15, 2011
At first glance these look attributable to post-WWII atomic era design.
Thankfully the pattern name (Streamline) and the design patent underneath offered further avenues for research.
Ladies and gentlemen, introducing Streamline dishware, patented in 1935! The design was patented by Messrs. Broomhall and Smith, employees of the Salem China Company of East Liverpool, Ohio. According to the patent “The sides of the cup and also the handle are of a streamline or tapering shape and this streamline shape is the essential feature of the design.“
Interestingly in an early instance of product placement, the Streamline pattern was featured in the 1934 film Gentlemen Are Born.
We have eight pieces in the pattern, namely a cream pitcher, two cups, four saucers (only two shown above) and a two-handled sugar bowl. The bowl once had a lid, but the lid presumably met the same fate as the two missing cups.
As an added incentive they are bright, safety orange which means you can now have a tea party in the woods during hunting season.
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June 30, 2011
It’s like being struck repeatedly by lighting.
This is a pretty cool collection and we’ll breeze through the descriptions of only a few of them. They all work correctly and any flaws will be noted below. It there is some piece of data you need to know (like diameter or harp size or if it has a three-way switch) but we haven’t listed please contact us.
Smoked glass and brushed aluminum lamp with lighted fiber optic pieces in the lower section. 35 inches tall, GONE!.
Super tall clear glass “Bubble” lamp by the Marbro Lamp Company. The glass is probably Venetian and there is a crack in the lower portion, fortunately this is on the back above where the cord enters. It is 49 1/2 inches tall, SOLD!
Very nice pair of vintage metal and ceramic lamps with caramel colored drip glaze. They are 32 1/2 inches tall, SOLD!
Super cool 1950′s plaster lamp in a darkish turquoise blue. It is 27 inches tall and would co-ordinate nicely with a poodle clock. SOLD!
As noted above, this is only a selection of the lighting we currently have. We have more table lamps and some interesting swag lamps too. Stop on by and see them for yourself !
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June 23, 2011
Great little jar by Northwest potters Gloria Nepstead and Charles Rothschild. It is decorated with an abstract design and is marked with their standard bar over “LO” (a.k.a. BARLO) stamp.
I’ve seen quite a few items with the “BARLO” stamp over the years and only recently figured it out. It was incredibly annoying to not know what it stood for since it seemed so clear and approachable. Unfortunately there are still scores of illegible signatures and undecipherable stamps to go.
This great little jar would be perfect for all sorts of storage, like a good spot to put your keys and loose change, or for a bit of potpourri to freshen up the place.
It is 5 inches by 4 1/2 inches by 4 1/4 inches tall.
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June 20, 2011
Vintage brass opera glasses. They’re unmarked and well used. It seems like they are 3x magnification and the focus works properly.
They are about 4 inches wide and 3 1/2 inches deep when the slides are in as far as they can go. The look of the rubbed brass and old lacquer finish would make them a good gift for steampunk friends, a great accessory for your next post apocalyptic costume party, or your could hang onto them yourself for when civilization falls apart and seeing what’s on the road ahead is really useful.
One could go to the opera too.
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June 1, 2011
Cool vintage clock by Raymor with a touch of the late 1970′s track suit aesthetic.
It it in good condition overall but we’re currently out of ‘C’ size batteries so we can’t guarantee that it works properly. We can guarantee it will show the correct time at least twice every day.
It is 14 1/4 inches square and 3 inches deep.
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May 31, 2011
Vintage burr-type coffee mill featuring Armstrong* operation technology.
I had one like this in a past life. In that life I heated with wood (it warms you twice, or more if you log it yourself), had a dog and gave up most 20th century technology. However, just because one’s become a modern-day Luddite doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have a nice cup of wood stove percolated coffee in the morning.
Hence, the hand cranked coffee grinder. Once you get the grind adjusted to the kind you like these are nice little items to have around.
Besides being functional I like the look too, not only of the ornamental cast iron and s-curve handle, but of the finger joints at the corners. These details appeal to my inner Neo-Luddite and are something you’ll never see in a modern plastic bean chopping machine.
This coffee mill is probably not an antique, but it is a vintage piece. It’s in very good condition.
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*You have an arm. If it is strong enough you can use this mill.
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May 22, 2011
Regardless if the prediction of the rapture came true or not the odds are that you didn’t make the cut. It’s not surprising, you’re reading this blog for one thing and the numbers alone suggest you didn’t have much of a chance. There are about 6.8 billion people in the world after all. . .
Now that life goes on as normal, or while we’re waiting for the end of the world to come, we’re happy to offer another way to see the light.
I think every family, business and government office in America had one of these at some time. We had one in brown but otherwise it was the same as this one.
These vintage fluorescent desk lamp fixtures have subtle Art Deco lines and are incredibly useful. While they’re stylistic artifacts of the period when fluorescent lighting became commercially successful, they’re still useful today.
My favorite touch is the two pen or pencil holder grooves on the base. Since I usually misplace my writing instruments I always liked having those.
The lamp head is about 18 inches wide and has two bulbs. The light was made by the Art Specialty Company of Chicago and it is in very good condition.
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May 16, 2011
A nice piece in the ever classic Fenton Silvercrest pattern (with ruffled edge). It’s a stemmed bowl, or tazza or compote and it is 8 1/4 inches in diameter and 4 inches tall.
Inside the bowl a large yellow rose with secondary buds has been painted. We’ve seen others like it so we’re confident that although rose looks like it may have been painted at home it is a factory decorated piece.
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