Sunday, February 3, 2013

Estate Sale Finds

This sale was crazy! The house was PACKED full of all kinds of things, and it was super crowded on the day I went. I wanted to take some pictures inside but it was too busy. I would have loved to go back the last day and dig some more, because who knows what cool stuff was hiding in all the boxes and on all the packed shelves! Here is what I ended up with:
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A funny little pencil holder, a big Kokeshi doll, a pull string E.T. and a cat pen!
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You guys know that I LOVE E.T. The pull string still works and he says "Ouch" "Home" and "Elliot."
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Some smalls. Isn't that hankie sweet? The unicorn is a little box.
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I love these old keychains that were for motel doors, and now I finally have one! I'll pretend it is from a teepee hotel. It is a perfect aqua color as well. 
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And check out how cute this guy is! "Prosit Neujahr" is German for Happy New Year!
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These are big buttons. How cute are those illustrations?
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I occasionally pick up yarn when it is cheap for making pom poms.
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I picked these up mostly for the labels!
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And last but not least! I picked up this guy because I just can't resist a sad vintage stuff animal. But he is even cooler because he is a radio! The knob on his belly is the volume...
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And you tune it with his nose! It needs a battery, and I'm hoping that is all it needs to work!

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25 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2013 at 12:01 PM

    Very sweet finds great reminders of many childhood moments.

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  2. Erica of Golden Egg VintageFebruary 3, 2013 at 1:38 PM

    LOVE those cute buttons!

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  3. LauraFebruary 3, 2013 at 1:52 PM

    I would have A HEART ATTACK to hit an estate sale so AWESOME we have them up here (alaska) and they just nasty garage sales...people have no clue what a REAL estate sale should be :)

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    1. Rae - Say It Aint SoFebruary 3, 2013 at 4:34 PM

      i HATE when they do that! try to trick you into coming to their dumb garage sale. I don't do many estate sales listed on criagslist for that very reason!

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  4. UnknownFebruary 3, 2013 at 2:18 PM

    I hope the enjoy French fried onion rings button is brought into regular curculation

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  5. MandyFebruary 3, 2013 at 3:57 PM

    So cute!!! I think I like the dog best. Great finds!

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  6. UnknownFebruary 3, 2013 at 4:20 PM

    SCORE!! You totally won the Superbowl in my book, Rae ;) What a palm full of adorable lil stuff! My friend's mom calls littles "gegaws". Fits, right? Let us know if that pup radio works and how much was the Kokeshi? I want to kick Ebay in the crotch for how high those things even start at.
    Great haul! :)

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    1. Rae - Say It Aint SoFebruary 3, 2013 at 4:35 PM

      gegaws! i love that!
      and i don't want to make you start crying, but that kokeshi was just 3 dollars! not as good as everything else (which was pretty much 50 cents a piece) but a great price.

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    2. UnknownFebruary 3, 2013 at 8:32 PM

      *mouth agape*

      You won next year's Superbowl! Take that Ebay's crotch!
      Oddly satisfying ;)

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  7. LisaFebruary 3, 2013 at 4:21 PM

    Oh man! I skipped out on the sales this weekend, but your description of the melee that was entering the house has me sad I did, I love a good hard-scrabble sale! And look at the stuff you got, I think the radio bear and the (AWESOME, OMG, ACTUALLY AWESOME) ET guy was worth it. Your ever-growing button collection, additionally, makes me so jealous. Cheescake and Onions? On a button? YES.

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    1. Rae - Say It Aint SoFebruary 3, 2013 at 4:35 PM

      oh, i didn't even got out this weekend. nothing looked even remotely tempting. this was from last weekend.

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  8. GinaFebruary 3, 2013 at 4:26 PM

    Oh my, as soon as I seen it, I remembered I had that very same E.T. when I was young! I also had a cocker spaniel with a radio in it. Cool treasures as always!

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  9. Georgia PeachezFebruary 3, 2013 at 4:29 PM

    I love a sale that is a "digger's delight". Cute stuff!

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  10. JillFebruary 3, 2013 at 7:28 PM

    Ohhh, I wish there were estate sales in my corner of the world!! Those buttons are too cute!!

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  11. GeorgiaFebruary 3, 2013 at 9:01 PM

    Great find! I wish we had estate sales like that in Australia.

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  12. MariumFebruary 3, 2013 at 10:29 PM

    Oooh, great finds! Love the ET doll!

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  13. Sir Thrift-A-LotFebruary 3, 2013 at 10:49 PM

    E.T. rules. You always find such amazing stuff at estate sales. The estate sales that post pics online always seem a bit.. bland & boring. Is it because they don't post pictures of the junk & only of the "big stuff" & things they think are "collectible" ?

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  14. MartyFebruary 4, 2013 at 7:52 PM

    Wow you found such great things! I too can't leave behind certain stuffed animals..if I knew how to sew I'd make them clothes so they could have makeovers ;) I've never seen one with a radio in it! Too cool. But my favorite actually are the pins, especially the cheesecake one!

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  15. MartyFebruary 4, 2013 at 8:12 PM

    Ok...I'm on a mission now to find some pins like that :) I was wondering if there was an identifying info on the back? A company name or anything? When googling for it I just get a lot of vintage pin up stuff, lol!

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  16. MaxFebruary 4, 2013 at 9:00 PM

    the kokeshi is gorgeous-does it have anything written on the base? my overall fave has to be the radio-pup, i have a soft spot for ugly cuddly toys too.can you imaging the orginal kid owners face when they got that for christmas or a birthday-serious high-tech lol!
    so glad you could linky up x

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  17. ButterandBuntingsFebruary 4, 2013 at 9:27 PM

    Wowo wow wow you found some amazing things! I need to look out for estate sales now! I found you on maxs opshop show off blog. And im a new follower of yours!

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  18. Shortbread and GingerFebruary 5, 2013 at 9:14 AM

    I've never seen a radio quite like that before!
    Liz @ Shortbread & Ginger

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  19. JodiFebruary 5, 2013 at 2:16 PM

    I have those same two pinback buttons, I've had them for years. I have always just loved them. I love that cat pin, so cute!

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  20. tubby3pugFebruary 5, 2013 at 3:19 PM

    Those stuffed animals are a bit freaky, the buttons are adorable

    urban hounds

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  21. Kitty Cat StevensFebruary 6, 2013 at 2:42 PM

    oh gosh— that long neck kitty is a pen?! you are a total treasure magnet!

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