Electricity and I--Not the best of pals
Today, after I got home from work, I put on a brave face and started to sort and tag. For the garage sale, that is. Man, but researching what things should cost is stressful. There is a LOT of stuff in here. And a lot of it is worth very, very little. Trust me on this. Old does not necessarily equal valuable.
A good thing and a not so good thing happened.
I did drag our BIG PRIZE SCORE from the dangers of the unventilated bathroom to the dry comfort of the storage room in the attic. This part of the attic has a cute little door and everything. Very sweet...
As is the TRUNK! (Our aforementioned big score...)
Constructed by the Hartmann Luggage Company at the turn of the century. Those clever drawers have ribbons in them to tie things. Under the silk hanging down is a series of flat wooden hangers. It has it's original keys... It is very smart and we love it. We will be tucking this into the kneewalls of the Master Bedroom
When we have a Master Bedroom.
BUT THEN! Tragedy (again with electricity!). I was wiping off and examining the marks of some unusual pottery in the basement. The piece I'm about to show you is by Lewis Weil:
I have no idea who that is...but his name is on the piece. I was fascinated by this piece. The overall construction involves a lightbulb in the head of the yawning boy and when you plug it in, it is a nightlight. With the light coming out of his mouth. A little strange, but in a wacky vintage way.
Without examining the age of the cord or it's series of tapings with electrical tape, I confidentally plugged it into the wall...and immediately shorted out a breaker in the box while at the same time sparking the cord and blowing it into two pieces. The head survived just fine.
Sigh. I will never know what this happy little head looks like lit up at night.
And as I type, I am making less and less sense because it is LATE. Goodnight. And goodnight Lewis Weil, whoever you are...
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Me again.
I was thinking about the er.. large amounts of items you have. What might be easier for you (and more profitable!) than a tag sale, might be what we did with my Grandparent's estate.
After the family had gone through things, we had an 'estate sale'. The local (and not so local)antique dealers were invited in on a Saturday (no off the street people), and they went through things and made 'lots' of everything. They brought the lots to us, we haggled over price, and they took it away. We had pretty much /nothing/ that had to go to the dump this way.
Hope this helps.
Posted by: Candace | July 24, 2003 1:15 PM