Bringing It Back: Vintage Turquoise Bolo Tie
Last summer, when I was at my parent’s trailer with my nieces, we went to the Salvation Army in Southampton. My middle niece picked up a bolo tie. I asked her if it… Continue reading
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Midweek Modness: Taxco Abstract Cat Brooch
We’ve talked about Taxco silver before. And we’ve talked about how Scandinavian modernist jewelry before. This kitty kat brooch is both Modernist and Mexican. It’s marked TC- or TH-163, which dates it after… Continue reading
Yard Sale Find: Scandinavian Bent Plastic Swag Lamp
We got this swag lamp at a yard sale for $1 on the weekend. It reminded me of an Arne Jacobsen or a Le Klint, but it is probably closer to Ikea. Anyway,… Continue reading
Yard Sale Find: Black Pearl Necklace
Yard sale season is in full effect, y’all. I found this princess-length black pearl necklace (with matching earrings) at the same place we got the lamp I posted about yesterday. I’ve always wanted… Continue reading
Window Shopping: The Chief Salvage Company
Whilst out ranging on Friday, I finally had a chance to stop in a little shop at Dundas and Dufferin called The Chief Salvage Co. It’s a real curiousity cabinet sort of place… Continue reading
Victorian Jewellery for Victoria Day
As promised, I went prowling for vintage stuff on Friday. Fittingly, I found two Victorian pieces. The big score is a pair of gigantic girandole earrings from around 1870. Girandole means chandelier and… Continue reading
More Things I Found At the Market
I have the day off today, so I’m going to be very lazy and just post pictures of the rest of the things I got at the St. Lawrence Market last weekend. While… Continue reading
Things I Found At the Market
Here’s something that I overheard this weekend: When the weather is crappy, some dealers take a pass on the outdoor antique markets like Aberfoyle and set up at the St. Lawrence Market instead.… Continue reading
My First Zenith
Look what I found for five bucks last weekend. A 1940s or ’50s Zenith. I’ve lost my watch opener, so I haven’t been able to study it more, so all I can tell… Continue reading
Find of the Month: Soviet Era Earrings
My own, self-imposed thrift club rule is that no Find of the Month can cost more that $36. It also has to be pretty awesome. The earings, stamped with soviet-era Russian Assay marks… Continue reading