A Nice Gentleman from Kansas & Giveaway

I had to go it alone today, mom had several things that she had to get done and although I tried to talk her into going out with me (I thought for a moment she was going to give in) she was able to resist the temptation and stayed home. I had three sales mapped out that looked like they would have my kind of junk and all I can say is that I never made it to sale number three. The first sale was held in a little warehouse and was a mix of decorative and antique items. I wandered around but nothing was marked so I was kind of afraid it would all be more than I was willing to pay. I did pick up a little glass basket and someone immediately tapped me on my arm. I turned around to see a women with a mean look on her face holding out her hand. She didn't say anything but just glared at me. I assumed I had picked up her item and quickly handed it over (I have seen her at other sales and honestly she kind of scares me). So I moved on and got to the next items before the scary lady (I could tell she was not happy about that). So here are the items I took home from sale number one:

I bought 7 of these glass bottles with the mercury glass stoppers

And not one but two very heavy Chandeliers

The second sale was an outside the house estate sale. There were tents set up in the yard and the garage was packed full. I quickly picked up two galvanized buckets and then moved into the garage. I picked up a beautiful little box with what looked like drill bits in it (they were actually long metal stamps with letters on the end) and asked the sweet little old man how much he wanted for it. He said he was sorry that it was not for sale and that he meant to put it in the house because he wanted to give it to one of his kids (I was a little broken hearted I must admit). I told him he better go ahead and put it up before someone else picked it up and walked out with it. Anyhow, I kept scanning the garage for some hidden treasure and I spotted another box covered up by a bunch of junk. I could only see the corner of the box but it had dovetail joints and I wanted to see what it was. So I moved all the junk off the top and pulled out the box. It was a beautiful old seed box. I was a little timid to approach the man again thinking I would hear the same thing "not for sale" but you never know unless you ask. He told me that the box was from the store his father owned in Kansas (I can't remember the name of the town but he said it was the largest grocery store in that town in the 1920's). I could tell he was on the fence about selling it and told me I would have to go talk to his son. The son agreed to sell it to me and I promised them both that I would love the little box and take good care of it. So here are my finds from sale number two:

Galvanized Buckets

1920's Ferry's Seed Box

At this point I did not feel the need to go to sale number three. I was more than happy with what was in the back of my Explorer already! So this little girlie went home!

More pic's here on our Facebook Page.  

GIVEAWAY

Wow, I have been blogging for a year now. I looked back and my first post was on June 8th of 2011. In celebration of this I thought I would do a Giveaway. What will I give away? Why one of the glass jars with the mercury glass stoppers!

Giveaway entry deadline Friday 6/8 5pm

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Hope you all found wonderful things this week!

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