Sunday, June 05, 2011
Come buy, come buy. Some boot sale treasures.
I wish it was winter! Really!
Then we could pull the curtains to shut out the rain and we could feel cosy indoors.
It has been raining for 7 or 8 hours now.
But it wasn't raining first thing - windy and grey, but no rain.
We went to the 9 o'clock boot sale at Sayers's Common.
We didn't buy very much today - until I bought 2 chairs!
Here are some of my recent purchases - from Ford and Sayers Common.
A wonderful collection of very typical 1950s and 60s things.
I should print these pictures for Iris.
Iris is a fairly elderly lady who is obviously playing at dealing in antiques.
She buys things in charity shops which she thinks I would like - and mostly I wouldn't like!
I have shown her my shelves, but she doesn't have the feel for 1950s kitsch, like I have.
Sometimes I buy a few bits from her. But I didn't last time we saw her.
Things for my Mother and Baby section.
On the right are pages from a Victorian photograph album. We heard all about the poor mother who had once owned the album from the seller at Ford.
Mother had dementia.
That was not the cause of the photograph album deteriorating so much that only a few pages could be retrieved.
People will like single pages to frame a few treasured pictures of their own.
This produced Bill's bad joke of the day!
"You've got a big scoop there - should make a good profit!"
The wood is very tactile.
This is the first Ladybird book ever published in 1940.
This edition is about 1950.
Ladybird books in their dust jackets are popular.
I sell them more cheaply than the price guides suggest.
And then I went back to the chairs. I had seen them earlier - very 1950s.
The seller wanted £40 - and it was tempting. Then he offered them for £30 - getting more tempting.
Then I think Jo must have put him in a good mood when she bought an art deco dressing table and stool, because when I went back and offered him £20 he took it.
The chairs are very comfortable.
They need a good polish - they won't be ready for the shop tomorrow.
But I did have some things ready for sale today of course - and two of them have sold already.
Stone ginger beer bottles are collected and prices can go very high.
Within minutes I had an email from somebody wanting to buy them right away - it could have been done this evening for the potential buyer lives in Crawley.
But I explained that we never finish auctions early - I would rather wait and see how high the price might climb.
He has now bid on them - the opening bid is £3 each.
I bought the East Grinstead bottle this morning for 50p. The Horsham bottle cost me £1.
There must be somebody, somewhere who is interested in RAF Moffat in Southern Rhodesia nearly 60 years ago.
This is now on EBay.
There is much at a car boot sale that we don't want - maybe nobody would want. But each time it is possible to find little gems which I like and I tend to find other people will pay me for.
I don't normally stop at stalls selling children's things, or Friends videos or the so called autobiographies of minor celebrities.
I can't waste time on tat. But I find some joy in finding things which others value.
Now, I can experience aromas of a roast dinner wafting towards me.
That feels like a winter weekend's dinner and perhaps with a glass of wine will make us feel very cosy.
Then we could pull the curtains to shut out the rain and we could feel cosy indoors.
It has been raining for 7 or 8 hours now.
But it wasn't raining first thing - windy and grey, but no rain.
We went to the 9 o'clock boot sale at Sayers's Common.
We didn't buy very much today - until I bought 2 chairs!
Here are some of my recent purchases - from Ford and Sayers Common.
I should print these pictures for Iris.
Iris is a fairly elderly lady who is obviously playing at dealing in antiques.
She buys things in charity shops which she thinks I would like - and mostly I wouldn't like!
I have shown her my shelves, but she doesn't have the feel for 1950s kitsch, like I have.
Sometimes I buy a few bits from her. But I didn't last time we saw her.
Things for my Mother and Baby section.
On the right are pages from a Victorian photograph album. We heard all about the poor mother who had once owned the album from the seller at Ford.
Mother had dementia.
That was not the cause of the photograph album deteriorating so much that only a few pages could be retrieved.
People will like single pages to frame a few treasured pictures of their own.
This produced Bill's bad joke of the day!
"You've got a big scoop there - should make a good profit!"
The wood is very tactile.
This is the first Ladybird book ever published in 1940.
This edition is about 1950.
Ladybird books in their dust jackets are popular.
I sell them more cheaply than the price guides suggest.
And then I went back to the chairs. I had seen them earlier - very 1950s.
The seller wanted £40 - and it was tempting. Then he offered them for £30 - getting more tempting.
Then I think Jo must have put him in a good mood when she bought an art deco dressing table and stool, because when I went back and offered him £20 he took it.
The chairs are very comfortable.
They need a good polish - they won't be ready for the shop tomorrow.
But I did have some things ready for sale today of course - and two of them have sold already.
Stone ginger beer bottles are collected and prices can go very high.
Within minutes I had an email from somebody wanting to buy them right away - it could have been done this evening for the potential buyer lives in Crawley.
But I explained that we never finish auctions early - I would rather wait and see how high the price might climb.
He has now bid on them - the opening bid is £3 each.
I bought the East Grinstead bottle this morning for 50p. The Horsham bottle cost me £1.
There must be somebody, somewhere who is interested in RAF Moffat in Southern Rhodesia nearly 60 years ago.
This is now on EBay.
There is much at a car boot sale that we don't want - maybe nobody would want. But each time it is possible to find little gems which I like and I tend to find other people will pay me for.
I don't normally stop at stalls selling children's things, or Friends videos or the so called autobiographies of minor celebrities.
I can't waste time on tat. But I find some joy in finding things which others value.
Now, I can experience aromas of a roast dinner wafting towards me.
That feels like a winter weekend's dinner and perhaps with a glass of wine will make us feel very cosy.
Labels: shop and stock
