Back to the Auction Game

I went to so many auction in January, February was a month to step back and assess what I had and hold off on auctions. 

But, last week, I made it back to a fun one. 

If you have read about my auctions before you know I tend to go to two different ones.  One is very organized, and one, not so much.

They both have their advantages and disadvantages.

This one was the not so organized one.

Here are some of the treasures I found…

The middle items are vintage shoe stretchers.  I actually have 12 of them, and no, I have no idea what I am going to do with them!

Some vintage milk glass.  There were a few other pieces as well, but they didn’t make it to the photo shoot, they were already busy.

Some vintage Boy Scout stuff for a client’s playroom and vintage baseball items for another client.

4 creamers, Coke crate and the bottles, tons of vintage thread spools and two hand mirrors.

 

Again, not sure what I will do with these vintage movie reels, but hopefully I will figure something out.  Check out the labels inside the case, too fun.

The Got Milk sign is actually for my husband’s office, I have been looking for one for him for a while.  The old frame should make a great chalkboard.  And, now THAT is a dictionary!  I haven’t checked the publication date but since it is in such bad shape I will not feel bad pulling it apart.

The school bell is for my sister, she has a collection of them and the small clock is really cute.

A whole bunch of linens.  My favorites are the red apron with the limes and the white floral table cloth.

  

I am still working on putting together an auction “how-to” which hopefully will be done soon. 

This auction was interesting because I had a whole list of items that at 10:00 they still had not put up.  They started asking for requests and most of my stuff was bought in the last 20 minutes. 

Holding out so late was hard, but financially worth it.  I don’t believe this a pretty common practice, like I said this a pretty casual style auction, but you just never know!

I will share these finds at some of the parties in my sidebar, come on by!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

My Name is Laura and I am an Auction Addict!

Seriously, this one was just too good to pass up.

I know, it seems like I have a problem, but you know how the saying goes, strike while the iron is hot! 

I really don’t think I will be going to another one in the near future, so I figure I would do one more “share” with you of my treasure finds.  None of the pictures are great.  They were either taken freezing in the garage or at night in my dining room, sorry.  Below zero makes it harder to do “pretty photo shoots”.

Two more tool boxes, love the chippy white paint.

4 stools, 3 shoes and an egg crate.

Some really old ice skates.

A crate.

A wash bin on a stand.  Can’t you see this on the deck this summer filled with beer lemonade?

A neat old metal folding chair.

A great old painted table.  Sorry for the wonky photo, it was crazy cold when we got it home and this was the quickest place we could put it and I could not move it by myself.  Wonky photo and all, it is still cool.

Blondie counted for me.  There are 72 old zinc mason jar covers.  Life is good.

Fun old camera.

I am not sure if these are cute or creepy?

Some lamp making kits.

No idea what I will do with these, but neat old photography bulbs.

These are cool.  Two boxes of slide blinders.  I am not exactly sure, but I am some ideas brewing here.

More sheet music, no one else bid, couldn’t pass it up.

An enamelware box with lid.

A bunch of colored mason jar covers.  I have an idea here too.  Not sure if it will work, we will have to see.

This auction was fun to go to for two reasons. 

One, they went in number order and all the stuff I was interested in came up in two hours.  Second, my husband and girls came with me.  This was fun to share with them, plus, I won’t deny it was awesome to have my husband drive the truck with the trailer, load it all up and be on our way.

Second, then we went to dinner at old fashion drive up burger joint.  We didn’t drive up (too cold) and I didn’t have a burger (just wasn’t feeling it) but I did have a yummy shake!

And for those of you who are wondering, I have everything but Photoshop set up on my new computer.  Even this posting was written on the old computer and I was able to save it!

Thanks for all of your kind words and encouragement!

Have a great night!

Laura