Estate Sale Finds 11-17-14

I haven't been out to any garage or estate sales in awhile and I was itching to paw through some junk.  Sometimes I'm like a junkie and I need my garbage fix.  So I did the next best thing - hit up a thrift store.  I was actually looking for an old cookie sheet for a project I want to make, and as I was digging around on the kitchen item shelves, I found this shoved way in the back, behind some crappy looking dishes.  I actually think somebody was trying to hide this and come back for it later because there was a whole shelf of just Pyrex bowls and this should have been sitting with that stuff.  Anyways, its a Pyrex Butterprint 502 and a 503, both in mint condition with the lids.  I did a happy dance.

On Saturday there was one lone estate sale listed and I dragged Louie and Chablis out to take a look.   They breezed through the house in about 10 minutes because the company running the sale had everything priced SO high that I was in shock.   In fact, hardly anybody walking through the house was buying anything.   I went down into the basement and found this old Ovaltine tin sitting in a corner.  It was really dirty and rusty and it's missing its lid.  It also didn't have a price tag on it.  I took it upstairs and I was actually going to offer the lady $ 3.00 for it and Louie hissed at me that it was a piece of crap and to only offer a buck.  So I went up to the table and showed it to the woman and said "It doesn't have a price tag, it's super rusty and it's missing its lid. Will you take a dollar for it?"  She hemmed and hawed and then reluctantly said, "Oh, all right."  I quickly paid and left.

Even cleaned up it's in pretty rough shape but I just thought it looked cool and I'll use it in my craft room to store supplies.  I found one similar to it on EBAY and it says it's from the 1920's, which it may or may not be, but I still like it.

And that was it for the past few weeks.  It looks like Goodwill and The Salvation Army stores will be getting my business for awhile.

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