Thrift Store Finds 2012

[ironmountain]

1930ish La Mirada pottery wall piece. Formed near LA, CA... Cecil Jones came over from the UK and started this company. He's one of the people responsible for kickstarting the ceramic movement in the US. This piece dates from 35-39 as the company was in existence for those years only...

 

[ironmountain]

bad pic, but the piece is quite large. 15-18" tall by 6-8" wide. here's a pic of the mark.

 

[ironmountain]

also have some jadeite, a bunch of Federal and Fire King. Over 300pcs of China. From platinum rimmed stuff from the 30-40's, to turn of the century stuff...also some Occupied Japan pieces. I have probably 20-30 boxes/bags full of stuff I've snagged or collected over the years....

I like this next piece... 2 seriographs, never opened, by an artist in Minnesota. Holly Sue Foss... there are many different pieces that are copies and sell pretty well... I've never seen these 2 on her site, on ebay, auction sites etc. Of course that doesn't mean there aren't any others around...... Signed by her and never opened.

 

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close up pic.
I have a bunch of decanters, crystal pieces an early 1920's Edison Phonograph, the console cabinet style. Has all 38 diamond discs with it. plays well.

I won't even begin on the books!! I've been collecting all of my life for myself. Started seeing quite a few books for dirt cheap at used bookstores, thrift stores etc... a first edition from the late 1800s-early 1900's in great shape is hard to pass up for a buck!!!
I have a full set of the Book of Knowledge with 4 annexes from 1930...I picked them because they were cool and 5bucks for the entire set...they're pretty much mint...no fading, spines aren't bend/creased. No water dmg etc... I found a website and all they do is sell encyclopedia sets... they sold this set for over 650! crazy..

Best piece ever found from thrift store. a hand cut decanter that was cut in the 1890's.. A father and son company and they were only in operation for about 10yrs. Thing weighed quite a bit. Even the stopper was heavy. Sold that to a private collector for almost 2k...I paid .99c...

Love posts like this..always nice to see what people find.