I Love Lamp
On Saturday night, Sarah and I decided to hit up my favorite local hotspot–the Plymouth auction. Our friend Lisa was also in attendance, and we were all excited because the items this night looked really good. Spoiler alert: we all got some GOOD stuff.
I bid on and won the first item up for auction. It is this framed Harper’s Bazaar print featuring an old baseball team. (Sorry for the glare on the glass in this photo.)
I got this for Timmy, the #1 baseball fanatic himself. It was $10.
There was a lot of really nice furniture this night, but none of us needed any furniture. It all of course went obscenely cheap. I was particularly obsessed with this seemingly simple table, which opened up to reveal a baller writing desk. It sold for something like $50.
Lisa and I loved this chair below, and Sarah thought we were crazy. It just needed some new upholstery.
And then there was this crazy thing, which I saw and instantly thought, “Who the HELL is going to buy that?!” Sure enough, this knitting machine (?) sold for $800! Everyone clapped and cheered when it sold because that is some serious bank to drop on that thing.
I can only assume this thing is used to make these pony sweaters:
Lisa ended up getting two of the best items at the auction. First was this horn; “horn” here being used in two ways: an animal horn and a musical horn.
I’m not entirely sure what she is going to do with this, but it was definitely the most badass purchase made that night. Also, look at that frowny lady in the background!
Lisa also bought this AMAZING carved wooden screen. It has all sorts of animals on it. If I had a place for this in our house, I would have fought her over it. Probably the best buy of the night.
Lisa and I also split a lot of Pewabic pottery, which I have just now realized I still need to pay her for. My piece in the lot was this little bear tile:
My best score of the evening was a gorgeous stained glass lamp. We have needed a new living room lamp for awhile now, but I had yet to find one I really loved. Our old lamp was broken and made a weird sizzling noise which I am sure meant our death in a fire was imminent. Luckily, I bid on and won this:
I love the pattern so much. It’s floral but not super femme-y.
I’ll let Sarah fill you in on her purchases, but I will say that at one point she bought this old plastic puzzle. It came with another item she wanted, so she had no choice but to buy it. When she got it, we realized it was all chewed on and gross. I can’t believe this was even an auction item. She ended up leaving it behind because as far as we knew, it was a biohazard.
-Erin
Update from Sarah: I was expecting a lot more awesome treasures at this auction, but I did come away with some cool stuff. As Erin mentioned, Lisa came away with some of the coolest items–especially that horn!
In the end, I did come away with some cool stuff. One of the first things I noticed at this auction was an old metal Peanuts tray. I knew as soon as I saw it that I would pay a decent amount of money for it, because both Adam and I love the Peanuts. I won it for a whopping $13, and it came with that ugly ass puzzle that Erin posted above, and some expired astronaut food.
Anyone know any hungry astronauts?
Very adorable.
I also purchased this semi-creepy but also cute old woodblock print. Lisa was the first to notice it and bid on it. I hadn’t seen it but once I got a closer looked, I wanted it.
One thing that I did not end up winning was a HUGE lot of Grateful Dead beanie babies. I didn’t even know that such a thing existed until I took a closer look at the pile of beanies on one of the tables. Apparently there are people in the world who want to own Grateful Dead beanie babies, so the reselling potential was there.
One hilarious thing about these bears was that the person putting them up on the auction block called them WALKING Dead dolls, instead of GRATEFUL Dead dolls.
I didn’t think anyone on earth would be interested in them, but apparently people did their research. I think they ended up selling for something like $60, which was too much for me to pay, but then again, maybe there were some really obscure bears up in there.
Also, in case you were wondering you can buy a plush Jerry Garcia.
You’re welcome.