Dig This Treasure!

I’m about to shock you all and say that last week Sarah bought NOTHING when we went sale-ing.  This is unprecedented.  So for that reason, I’ll be handling this entry. 

The sale we visited looked great online.  It was in Ypsilanti and promised all sorts of fabulous vintage treasures, including old Beistle Halloween decorations that I wanted badly.  Someone else wanted them badly too, because they were gone when we got there.  There were some interesting pieces left but the prices all seemed really high.

Sarah’s hand looks kind of crazy in the pic.  She will probably yell at me for not cropping it out.

Sarah wanted to buy this wood tree shelf thing above, but in some sort of crazy miracle, I was able to talk her out of it (Adam, you’re welcome).  It reminds me of this country cottage store that my mom used to shop at in the 80s.  You’d buy like miniature honey pots with fake honey coming out of them there.  It was pretty much the worst.

I immediately grabbed this bag of old plastic baseball men for Timmy.  I texted him and he said he really wanted them, despite the steep $15 price.  I got the guy to sell me these for $10, which seems more fair.

Timmy is going to use these to make molds and subsequently more tiny baseball men for his baseball artwork.  Someday when I retire, maybe I too can spend my time making baseball artwork.

At some point in the sale, I found this wacky Coors hat and told Sarah to take my photo in it.  She obliged:

Sarah then asked if I thought the hat was COLLECTIBLE.  She looked at the inside tag and repeated herself, saying, “Is this a collectible brand?”

This was my reaction:

Excuse my no makeup.  Anyway, what can I say.  Sarah was obviously desperate.  But no, that Coors hat is NOT collectible.

So here are the other things I bought:

These old stockings are from the 40s or 50s.  I paid $1 each and hope they will sell on ebay come next Christmas.  One of the stocking belongs to BIZ:

I can only assume his (or her) website is BIZ.biz.

I also bought some stamps, which never turn out to be valuable, but these were cool and cheap:

I also bought this WWII Army container with camouflage paint inside.  It was $1, but I am hoping it sells for more on ebay.  I can’t find any previous listings for an item like this, but it is so cool!  I have a hard time believing that no one would want it.

I probably should have put some of that on before I took the photos above.  That white color seems to match my paleness well.

-Erin