The Purple Bottle
Sarah was on vacation again last week so I hit some sales with my parents. I convinced them that the sales out in Dearborn looked good, but Timmy was protesting the 20 minute drive. He finally caved, and good thing, because we all found treasures.
The first sale seemed pretty crummy at first. A lot of average housewares just piled up.
After walking through the house and finding nothing, I noticed that I had not seen my parents in awhile. Turns out that they were in the garage, uncovering a motherload of old pharmacy items.
Joan is a pharmacist, and she decorates her office with old pharmacy collectibles. So needless to say, we were all excited for her. She had a huge pile of old medicine bottles, pharmacy posters and calendars, mugs, bookends, and more. The best find was probably this giant gallon bottle of Paregoric, which is tincture of Opium.
It’s not nearly as old as the other medicine bottles we found, but you have to admit that a gallon size OPIUM bottle is pretty awesome.
Timmy found some old Tigers items, and I bought a couple rabbit knick-knacks. I also left this sale with purple stuff all over my hands and face that would NOT wash off. It was some sort of lavender dye that must have been in with the pharmacy bottles. I had to walk around all day with my Grimace stains. This photo is post hand scrub:
At the next sale, I was the one who hit the motherload. I bought a huge stack of old photos for $5, a few of which were bulge photos! I’m hoping that when I sell them on ebay, they will get lots of interest.
Since we were in Dearborn, my parents insisted we eat at this bar Miller’s.
Apparently it is famous for burgers. It should be famous for crazy small beers.
My mom’s beer on the left is in a juice glass, and mine was slightly larger. Anyway, the burgers and onion rings were AWESOME.
All in all a successful day! Timmy even left lunch and ran down to an antique store where he found a super old Red Wings pennant from the 1930s! The oldest he’s ever seen!
-Erin