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And a few of the other treasures I've come across...
This in one of the "reserved" boxes of treasures. A 100+ year old dollhouse chair, why are they hanging on to it? Because it's old...
"But LOOK AT THE CONDITION of it" I say, to no avail. The back of the thrift shop is filled with tat like this, of great "sentimental" value but no practical worth.
A seriously disturbed little baby. Provenance unknown.
A handpainted rock. We get a lot of these, believe it or not...
Turn it over and:
You know, I mean - you know. "Year Completed", which raises it up to the status of a Mona Lisa, years, decades in the works, how many years did Emma labor on this I wonder?
In the "Shrine" a hand-carved wooden beaver-toothed Indian Chief. Racist as all fuck. But that's not the best part...
Go to pick him up and...
Charming!!!
Then there's...
Creepy doll, of which we have countless, and they never sell.
And then there's the Shrine, which is a collection of "M********"'s special reserved treasures, that he can't seem to part with. Since he's away I've been in charge of maintaining it...
Some vintage star wars figurines, and handmade tile...
A cap gun, we can't sell (community doesn't like that), a "Thou Shalt Not Steal" admonishing Monk Cookie Jar, and - leaning in front of it - legit, a 1 oz silver bar. Who donates this stuff? Anyways, the best thing I'd seen in a week so I was rather pleased...
An obscenely detailed South American Pottery Figurine obscured by a hitchhiking Elvis...
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And another find, we get something similar every month, an old album filled with someone's collection of vintage postcards. The complete housecleaning of someone deceased, nothing left behind. Ranging from Dublin, England, to Yellowstone, Arizona and even Medicine Hat and Regina. Plus a few from right here in the Kootenays.
Right click on the photos to embiggen in another window and read the location.
It would be worth properly scanning the whole album, but I'm not paid for that, still, a curious thing...
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One of the more interesting discoveries of the past couple of weeks - an EMF Healthcard.
Now I've been pitching these to the boy for a while, he should be manufacturing EMF Mitigation/5G Blockers/Vaccine Reversal Pills and all other manners of quack medical placebos to the Alberta Government. Because it's rare you get that level of top-tier stupidity elected, although it's becoming a bit of a rule in Alberta.
Anyways, the card is thick, plastic, heavy, and sells for approximately $85 Euros.
Bloody hell.
Link Here: https://emfhealthcard.com/nl/
I mean...Wow. I need to branch into the medical field...
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Treasures unboxed this week:
Playing the "Guess what I have in my hand/found" game here is terrific.
This was a tough find to top, but I did, a found-art masterpiece that raises so many more questions than it can ever answer:
That is correct. A pepper shaker filled with little pepper packets, one has been opened and stuffed in the top of the shaker.
This belongs in a museum.
Meanwhile, the manager is trying to persuade me I'll find far more treasures here in the thrift shop, and I should be filled with FOMO.
That's a hard "Nope...".
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Saturday, first day of garage saleing. My first day, first Saturday with wheels, and I spend the night in town. Up early, first stop, rummage sale at church.
I'm first in line.
Waiting, waiting...Lxx - local antique dealer and his wife - proprietors of the one and only antique shop in town - are in line.
This is the competitive edge - if I'm not quick I'll be buying whatever I missed at 10X the price off them...
Anyways, wait, chat, they're pleasant enough, finally - inside:
This is why I came. Running, intermittently, not keeping time - but a vintage Omega for $1.00. Needs servicing - but - it's an Omega.
Other finds, a vintage Schaeffer Fountain Pen, (with others, 50 Cents), a pound of Lead Free Solder, some bits of Sherman styled jewelry (brooch, earrings) - these for Dag, who will work them into her caps, "Necromicon" - an anthology of Lovecraft, this for Ken. 20 Minutes later I'm done. Lxx's arms are filled with resalable tat, but nothing I wanted, nothing of value...
Now, I really had to talk myself into this garage sale - especially after the 6 months at the thrift shop, unboxing rubbish. It's like I'm standing in line to see a preview of what I'll be unboxing Monday. Really, did I need to see more rubbish?
But I did well, and so it's back to the circuit...
A few more garage sales, nothing of value, then off to work...