I had been looking forward to the fact that I’d have two entire days to go sale-ing with Erin for about a month. TWO WHOLE DAYS!!! Unfortunately, the sales last week were all sort of duds. It always works out that way, doesn’t it? I mean, don’t get me wrong. The home of the apocalypse preparer was definitely unique and entertaining, but while we found lots to write home about, we didn’t find an abundance of treasures.

On Friday, there were literally only three sales that were remotely worth going to. This is seriously unheard of. Usually we have to make hard choices about which we get to and which we have to skip. Anyway, one of them looked really good–we had been looking forward to this sale because the women at the paper ephemera sale had told us about it, and it was going to be a cancer fundraiser. The sale was a living estate sale–a dealer/collector with stage IV lung cancer wanted to raise money and also get rid of some of her collections to lessen the burden for her family when she eventually passed away. (I KNOW. MEGA SAD.) The pictures of the sale made it seem as if it were chock full of old, interesting items. And since the proceeds were going to a really good cause, we figured it wouldn’t matter if some of it was overpriced.

However, when we got there, it became obvious that this person wasn’t really a dealer–she was just a collector of old things. Some of these old things were cool, some of them were just garbage. Anyway, Erin and I each got a small bag of items–I found a bunch of individually priced, unused vintage valentines, and then a bunch of really cool, old postcards. Here are a few of my favorites: 

I LOVE beets. 

Kitty jam band. 

Now this one is weird. Check out the message on the back. 

Daddy, is this postcard to your daughter, or your lady? If it’s for your daughter, you’re a creepy dude. 

Anyway, I’m not sure what I’m going to do with them, but I have noticed myself buying craploads of vintage postcards lately. Sorry, Adam.

The other cool thing I got was this set of little toothpick girls. 

I have no idea what they’re for or from, but they’re sort of cool. 

When we left this sale, we were both shaking we were so hungry, so we decided to go somewhere nearby called Nana’s Kitchen (nothin’ but the best, high quality edibles for these ladies). On our way to find that place, though, we saw Angelina’s and decided to opt for Mexican instead.

Let me tell you, this was not a mistake. When we got to the door, I cheered gleefully…

because I love potato tacos! These definitely did not disappoint, and Angelina’s has some of the best salsa I’ve ever had. So good that I actually asked if I could purchase some to take home. Anyway, glad it’s Lent! 

While we were eating, I discovered that we were right next to a mirrored wall, which is great for checking to make sure you don’t have cilantro stuck in your teeth. But doing this to your friend is always an option, too: 

After leaving Angelina’s, we hit up Divine Cheesecake. It was really weird in there. They had three kinds of cheesecake in a glass case, and basically that was it. It wasn’t divine, but it was pretty good. 

After the cheesecake, it started raining really hard. We went to a sale that was on the way back to Erin’s house. It ended up being awful and Erin wouldn’t let me hear the end of it because there was another one that was further away, but looked more promising. By the time we got out of the dud sale I made us go to, the other one was closed. Oh well, at least we had cheesecake.

I hope this week’s sales are more full of fun and excitement. 

-Sarah

Update from Erin: First things first, the cheesecake was our greatest find of the day, although it sounds like Sarah would say the potato tacos were.  I still vote for the cheesecake until the day when Angelina’s offers pierogi tacos.

The charity sale had some cool things, but my impression was that it was super picked over.  We probably missed the real good things.  I did find this salt and pepper set from Sea World, which is THE CUTEST THING EVER.  

I have the set on ebay now, but I might ask Sarah to bid it up so I don’t have to part with it.  I’m getting sad thinking about letting go of these whale friends.

I also got some random paper items, one of which is getting a lot of ebay interest.  It is a “Humanoscope” from 1949.  The drawings have cut out pieces that fold over in layers to show different parts of the human body.

Cool and gross all at the same time.

I also got a rare Apatosaurus figure from the British Museum of Natural History, made by Invicta Plastics.  It is no longer in production and I figured that someone might need it to complete their Invicta dino set or something.  I won’t post a photo just yet because I think this guy might end up being a money maker deserving of his own post.

In other news, I finally got the smell out of that clay cooker.  I had to soak it over night with some baking soda and then dry it out immediately.  So you can all breathe a little easier now (pun intended) knowing that I am not selling funky bakeware on ebay.