I sorted lots of fun donations today--a good day!
Two mod squad puzzles from 1969. I've never seen a single episode of this TV show (nor The Man from U.N.C.L.E. with the cool Ilya Kuryakin).
As I was pricing the puzzles, Big Boss came by. "I'm glad you're here so people know we have interesting things like that," he said. He’d never heard of the mod squad.
I'd mentioned my earth-tone endcap--I got some good things to spruce it up today.
The yellow/brown/orange floral tins, from the 1970s.
I'd spied these attractive wood bowls ^ in the cart to go out on the sales floor, priced by a coworker 99¢ each.
That didn't seem right. I looked up the maker's name and found out tthey're handmade of birds-eye maple. I oiled them lightly, wrote a note for each one saying what it is, and repriced each at $6.99.
BELOW: "Munising wood bowls are carved as one piece from a log by Munising Wood Products in Upper
Peninsula, Michigan, from 1911 to 1955." --via
I love things and their history, and they deserve special care.
My coworker's ignorance is to our customer's financial benefit, IF they know how to spot nice things.
People in the know might wish I wouldn't catch vintage things, but while they have to pay more, I hope that by me pulling out cool old things and giving them pride of place, other people notice them more and maybe learn about them and their worth---
which is not just financial.
Nothing too extraordinary on the Vintage Shelves today,
but enough to fill the shelves. A sample:
but enough to fill the shelves. A sample:
My favorite (after the wood bowls):
the very pink Fondue Magic: Fun, Flame and Saucery.
