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| West Bend Penguin Hot/Cold Server |
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| McCoy Floraline Vase |
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| Anchor Hocking Juice Carafe |
Showing posts with label West Bend. Show all posts
Showing posts with label West Bend. Show all posts
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Giveaway reminder
Want to win one of the items shown below? Like Mid2Mod on Facebook AND mention the blog. Details are in my December 8 post.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Mid2Mod Giveaway...just for readers of my blog
Yes, a giveaway just for you and nobody else! And if your name is drawn, you get your choice of a West Bend Penguin Hot/Cold Server, a McCoy Floraline vase or an Anchor Hocking juice carafe. All you have to do to enter our drawing is go to our Facebook page, click Like AND leave a comment saying "I'm a Mid2Mod blog reader." (The winner will be chosen only from the people who mention the blog and show up on our Like list, so be sure to do both! If you've Liked us previously, leaving the comment will get you into the drawing.) And don't worry...We'll ship it to you at our expense!
The drawing will be held one week from today (December 15) and announced the next day, so register now before you forget. Here's what you could win:
The drawing will be held one week from today (December 15) and announced the next day, so register now before you forget. Here's what you could win:
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| Vintage West Bend Penguin Hot/Cold Server |
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| Vintage McCoy Floraline vase |
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| Vintage Anchor Hocking juice carafe |
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
And she scores!!!!
The big estate sale was today. My daughter and I went with my grandson in tow, which is no mean feat. She took the first leg of shopping in the back yard and two outside sheds, while I watched Holden. She found a teak coffee table base and matching end table base for $4 each. She also picked up two great suitcase-style album cases for old 33 1/3 LPs for $3 each.
When she paid for those purchases and loaded them into the car, I passed the baby off to her, and I started shopping indoors. I bought a great wire magazine rack for $3, a Frankoma bud vase for $2, a Van Briggle bud vase for $7, a West Bend Penguin Hot & Cold server from the 1960s for $4 and the piece de resistance, a #5815 Blenko decanter designed by Wayne Husted with a sandblasted logo that was only used between 1958 and 1961…for only $22.50. I came straight home and found three identical decanters online, priced at $335, $375 and $395.
My $38.50 purchase is probably worth in the neighborhood of $425-500. You’ve just gotta love estate sales.
When she paid for those purchases and loaded them into the car, I passed the baby off to her, and I started shopping indoors. I bought a great wire magazine rack for $3, a Frankoma bud vase for $2, a Van Briggle bud vase for $7, a West Bend Penguin Hot & Cold server from the 1960s for $4 and the piece de resistance, a #5815 Blenko decanter designed by Wayne Husted with a sandblasted logo that was only used between 1958 and 1961…for only $22.50. I came straight home and found three identical decanters online, priced at $335, $375 and $395.
My $38.50 purchase is probably worth in the neighborhood of $425-500. You’ve just gotta love estate sales.
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| 1950s wire magazine rack for $3 |
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| 1960s West Bend Hot & Cold server for $4 |
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| Frankoma Plainsman bud vase for $2, Van Briggle bud vase for $7 ...and 1958 Blenko decanter for $22.50 |
Update: The table bases turned out to be by Adrian Pearsall, so I underestimated the value of our purchases just a tad.
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