In the Saddle Again
Two weeks ago, Sarah and I hit the streets again after a brief hiatus. There was a sale nearby run by one of our favorite companies. When we walked in, I was very excited. The place was packed and everything looked pretty neat.
I was interested in those old glass pharmacy bottles in the photo above, but they were $5 each. That seemed a little steep. They sell on ebay for around the same price, so I would have needed to buy the whole box for cheap. I moved on.
There was an abundance of Native American items at this sale. Many of them were legit (they had a gorgeous Zuni fetish necklace but the string was broken and the beads were loose.) That said, they also had some super wacko sh*t like this:
To Sarah’s delight, there were a million books. There was even a light up sign that said, “BOOKS.”
Look at that baby bump!!! Adorable.
Ok so Sarah totally wanted that big sign. It was marked $150. It should’ve been marked like maybe $50. Sarah had me text Adam to ask if he would be down with her buying it. This is how it went:
Whomp whomp. No sign for Sarah.
Sarah did buy a boatload of thing she will update us later on. I ended up buying just one thing, a piece of Hadley Pottery with an Indian chief on it.
Our friend Jen was with us at this sale and when she saw me carrying this around, she questioned whether I was buying it to resell. I shushed her instantly. Man, what a noob!! I told her to never let on that you are buying stuff to resell. If you do, you’re pretty unlikely to get any deals. This company in the past has been really awesome about discounting for us, so God forbid we jeopardize that. Next time, Jen stays in the car.
-Erin
Timmy is trying to force antique collecting onto my mom by redoing her office. If you can’t tell, she’s a pharmacist.
-Erin
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