Vintage Postcards

I haven't hit any sales for the past couple of weeks but I did make a big score on Craigslist. This is only the second time I have ever bought anything off of Craigslist but it was too good a deal to pass up. I bought around 900 vintage postcards for $25. I don't know why I love these old cards but I do. They are just so great to display during the Holidays. I think I have every Holiday covered now!

So here we go by Holiday, first up Halloween. I did not have any vintage Halloween postcards until I bought this lot. I think there were 10 in the lot.

Only 2 for the Fourth of July

St. Patrick's Day

Thanksgiving

There were a total of 160 Easter Cards

Some of the cutest Valentines I have ever seen (several large googly eyes and mechanical cards)

New Year's

Christmas

Birthday

Lots of other miscellaneous cards but I think this one is my favorite!

All of the cards date to the early 1900's through about 1930. They all belong to one family, someone had kept and loved them all these years. I was thrilled to get this collection!

Thomson Farm Estate Sale

Mom and I drove out to an estate sale in Thomson on Friday. It was on a farm, two houses and two barns. The sale was to start at 9am and we got there about a quarter till. I was very disappointed that when we pulled up they had already let people in. There was one guy that must have been there for a while as he already had a huge stack of the best stuff. Kind of ticked me off but oh well, what can you do but move on. So we jumped in and starting digging. I found some good stuff even though we were late to the party.

Some Christmas, not all vintage but vintage style. The foil ornaments are vintage, made in Japan. I have found these before but not with the mercury glass balls in them. The other ornaments are marked made in West Germany but I really don't know how old they are. (I don't think they are super old but I like them anyway and they were cheap).

Some Easter Old and New (Great for holiday decorating).

I was thrilled to find a Bethany Lowe piece (the skeleton paper candy box).

A great old basket of vintage sewing notions, I love the little scissors and the Bluebird Buttons.

Some old bottles and a pharmacy beaker.

This was a strange find but kind of cool, three small brass and copper tins for holding fishing bait.

And a ton of other miscellaneous junk.

And a few jewelry pieces, I love the little sterling eye glass charm!

I ended up going back on Saturday with a friend and bought a few more things. Overall it was a wonderful sale, just wish we would have been there earlier on Friday.

Hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend!!