2012 Official Thread "I Love A Good Yard Sale And Thrift Store Find!!"

[Deadna]

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Deadna, love the book stand and a book of spells would look nice but... I think a "Book of Shadows" prop would look a lot better. Attachment 108185

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I saw every episode of Charmed so aren't they the same thing
Love the doll...I grab any large ones I can find!

[Deadna]

I agree with Hallo. That's a gorgeous doll who justifies research.

I am back from the estate sale of a lifetime. I thought those from the last two days would claim that title. Never would I have expected that it would be today's, which I thought I was attending just for some blow molds. There was at least one excellent-to-outstanding find in every area in which I've ever collected. I'm still in a happy-dizzy-excited-scared whirl of excitement.

I so wish I could have met the now-deceased owner. We would have had a lot to talk about. I'm sure there's a potential fortune in profit but these are the kinds of pieces I always wanted and could never afford. Now they'll live with me, even if that does mean the date of my own estate sale will have to be moved up when my family kills me.

Relevant to this list were: old microscope; several cow bones including the femur I've been searching for; gorgeous hand-blown amber glass bottle (for a whopping $1); HTF Empire blow mold pumpkin with removeable top; massive Empire blow mold pumpkin in perfect condition; two more blow molds from those other holidays; several small old colored glass ribbed bottles that look close enough to poison bottles to pass; vintage mourning veil; probably a dozen more I'm too overwhelmed to name. They were also offering a to-die-for Victorian wicker baby buggy at a perfectly fair but too expensive for me price. I'm praying it's still there on tomorrow's half off day.

Congrats Bluefrog but where's the pics???? I laughed that you are excited about cow bones. For years I had them laying around my backyard for my huge dogs to chew on. My insurance agent took pics because he thought it was a funny site to see the "massacre" on my property and one day a little girl frantically beat on my door saying my dogs had killed someone...LOL!

[Stringy_Jack]

She sorta looks like a Patti Playpal to me.... if she IS, you could actually get $100 - $200 USD for her.

She does look like the playpal line but, mine has no markings what-so-ever so at the least she is a "knock off" of the playpal line. No problem I will love making a place for her in my display anyway because she is creepy...in so many ways.

[BlueFrog]

Congrats Bluefrog but where's the pics????

My camera's USB port died right before this run of estate sales and now I'm too poor to have it fixed

I laughed that you are excited about cow bones. For years I had them laying around my backyard for my huge dogs to chew on. My insurance agent took pics because he thought it was a funny site to see the "massacre" on my property and one day a little girl frantically beat on my door saying my dogs had killed someone...LOL!

That's hilarious! I'm almost sad that my neighbors have grown so accustomed to my eccentric nature that they wouldn't think twice about seeing cow bones in my yard. Now, the people at the estate sale who first saw me with blow mold pumpkins... then a brightly colored candy Christmas tree garland ... a pair of gold cherubs ... then stained old bones... THEY were a bit shocked!

True conversation: while standing in line, the man behind me - AFTER discussing how I planned to stage the bones in my Halloween display - asked whether I also collected green glass, because he saw me holding some of the small ribbed bottles. I explained no, I was going to use them as poison bottles because if the ToTs swiped one, I wouldn't get hysterical over losing an expensive collectible. His very concerned response? "But what if they drink the poison?"

GAAAAAHHHH!!!!

[hallorenescene]

ohhh, blue frog, that is not even funny. how can people be so like that. geesh. sounds like you got some awesome buys. what's the pumpkin blow molds look like

[Stringy_Jack]

She sorta looks like a Patti Playpal to me.... if she IS, you could actually get $100 - $200 USD for her.

She does look a lot like a Patti Playpal but, mine has no markings what-so-ever on her so if she is one she's a rip-off of one. O'well she will still make a nice prop. Right now I'm thinking of two things, one I have a couple of vintage Halloween costumes coming that I got from shopgoodwill.com so I may dress her in one kinda like a TOT out of time. Or two make her a black eyed kid...we'll see.

[halloween71]

I saw every episode of Charmed so aren't they the same thing
Love the doll...I grab any large ones I can find!

Me to I love charmed!!!

[BlueFrog]

Before I forget: Deadna that book holder is amazing! I would have grabbed it in a heartbeat.

ohhh, blue frog, that is not even funny. how can people be so like that. geesh. sounds like you got some awesome buys. what's the pumpkin blow molds look like

I wish I could have photographed the look of relief on the guy's face when I explained there would be no poison in the bottles. I think he really, truly believed I planned to fill the bottles with lethal substances.

After some work it appears my camera is in even more dire straits than I initially thought, so here are some cropped photos provided by the company. It's not easy to tell, but the pumpkin on the right has a removeable top as if it were a carved JoL. Very cool. I did not return for that gorgeous baby buggy but here it is. You can just make out the gold cherubs in the lower right corner that I did purchase.

[offmymeds]

Congrats BlueFrog, sounds lke you got some really cool stuff. I would love to come across some cow bones! You should have just let that man think you would really put poison in those bottles, geez

Nice book holder Deadna

Really creepy doll Stringy, you can do all kinds of things with her

[hallorenescene]

blue frog, that is a beautiful buggy. to bad you didn't get it. nice pumpkins, i've never seen one with a lid before

here is a childs dress i got for $3.75 at a goodwill. can anyone tell me who the character is on the front?