Thrift Share Monday - silver and gold weekend

Antique Sterling Wine Funnel

As a ReSeller and professional Thrifter I have really very few requirements. For a perfect weekend I love finding sterling, gold and Mid Century Modern items. There are other items I'd love to uncover but really it's those three that leave me satisfied through the rest of the weekend. This weekend I found all three.

Friday I found this Sterling Wine Funnel above as well as a mid century modern light fixture (similar to this one) at estate sales in Novato.

Saturday, Keiran and I were first in the door to a rummage sale where I found these iittala water goblets and a few other items below.

iittala water goblets

Blenko Glass Mushroom Candle Holder

Denby Jet Dots Dish Set

A woman who had travelled from San Jose for the sale had asked me where I was headed once I was in the door. I told her that I'd head toward the books and Keiran would head toward the toys. Ironically as I was cutting down an isle to reach the books quicker I spotted a very large set of Denby dishes. I quickly put them in my rolling cart and continued on to the books.

My mother-in-law who lives in England is a woman after my own heart. She owns at least 8 different sets of dishes with the majority of them being Denby. She purchased most of them in the 70's and 80's. I fell in love with them quickly and even picked out a set for our wedding gift registry from a store called Debenhams.

When we lived in England we would comb the factory stores in search of "seconds" or dishes that were on sale. We even travelled to Denby and visited their factory. Denby is typically sold at Macy's and Nordstroms in the U.S. These jet dot plates above originally sold for around $43 each. At the rummage sale I bought dinner plates, salad plates, bowls and cups. These will be listed on eBay eventually after I get the 4 banker boxes of Heath listed. Sometimes I don't know why I buy dishes since I take forever to list them.

For those that focus primarily on dishes, do you have a certain favorite box to ship dinner plates in?

My last purchase which made my weekend perfect was a pair of gold tone earrings. I bought them because they were a style that I liked and that I think I could sell on eBay for at least $75. After I brought them home I took my jeweler's loupe and saw that they had a faint 14k marking on the back. I tested them with my gold testing kit and they were 14k gold. Not only that but the value in scrap gold alone was $386 yesterday. Today's value is $393. What a surprise.

The weekend was especially perfect as I got to watch both my children perform in the circus. It was a truly magical day watching them and seeing their confidence. Neither of the kids enjoy acting in plays. In fact Keiran wants non speaking roles because he find acting so uncomfortable. Both children shined in the circus. In fact I have never seen Cerys so happy and so confident as I did on Saturday night with her Circus group. It made me a proud mama. It also was a confirmation that Waldorf is the perfect education for my introvert and unique daughter and son. Here are photos from the event. Cerys is on the "tissue" in the 10th photo to the right.

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Comments

[Vintage Scapes]

You have a great knack for jewelry and, well, just for about anything that has a good reselling value! Every time you mention Waldorf schools I become more curious. I had never heard of them prior to finding your blog.

[Reneesance]

Cerys looks amazing hanging there! What a cool opportunity they have, and you are rightly proud :)

[Joann@womaninreallife]

Love the goblets! Sounds like a good weekend.

[Wendy@ Salt and Wine]

Sounds like you had an amazing weekend! The Silver wine funnel is beautiful and I am envious (in a good way) of your gold earring find. Pretty sweet when you realize you just purchased something worth almost $400.00!

[Sara]

Wow, what an awesome find with those earrings!!!

[Sherry@Back2Vintage]

I wish I could find more Blenko in this area. Lucky you!!! Thanks for the party!

[Thrift Shopper for Peace]

i love dishes too and love denby in particular but i stick with my boring corelle because my kitchen is so small and i can stack twice as much corelle in a cupboard as any other fine china or pottery. i'd love to hire a potter to custom make a set for me... but again, where on earth would i store it?

[shannon (recycleista)]

Our finds always seem to parallel..although mine are always on a smaller scale! and not as cool. lol.
Last week I found a lone little Heath mug and you blogged about your HUGE heath score.
Then today I'm working on listing my Denby jug and researching the 2 Denby mugs I found, and here it is...Denby!!
If only that would work with the sterling and gold and Iittala!!

[Daisy Chain]

It's funny to read about the store, Debenhams, on a US blog. I've been shopping in the city centre branch since I was a child, although then it was called Pauldens.

[Denise M]

Major find with the earrings. Thanks for hosting.

[Joy M]

Great finds. Wow on the earrings. Thanks for hosting.

[Rob Hunt]

Thanks for hosting. Great bunch of posts to read. Good buy on those earrings. Sure like the Denby dishes.

[Rita]

What a magnificent weekend! I am wondering about the light fixture. Does it raise and lower on its cord? My childhood home had one of those, and I've always wondered what they are called.

[Selena Cate]

Yes, it does lower and raise. When I did a google search this morning I found a few using the term retractable. It seemed like the perfect description. My best friend in Norway had one as well and I used to think that it was a fabulous invention. Im undecided as to whether to keep it or sell it.
xoxo Selena

[Antonella]

wow, go Cerys and Keiran!
I want to go to Waldorf school myself! At almost 38, go figure ;-)

Anto

[Cap Creations]

The candle holder is neat almost looks like a bottle stopper. Thanks so much for hosting. You and your readers are always welcome to join my thrifty love link up too!

[busana muslim]

This is a great posting I have read. I like your article.

[Ames]

Hi popping in from Back c2 Vintage....I watched Storage Wars last night and they found an item very similar to your "Wine funnel" only he had it appraised and it was an ear horn or ear tube used for hearing. They can bring a lot of money and the appraiser said what ever you do don't clean it.

We had the very same light fixture hanging over our 1950's Florida ranch house. You were able to lower and raise the light to you liking. I wouldn't have any idea on a set value, but I hope that helps you date the light.~Ames

[Stephanie]

I'm always amazed at your finds. Thanks again for hosting. :)

[Tracy @ The Wardrobe Wanderer]

Wow, I love the circus photos. What Cerys is doing astounds me! I think that I would have thrived in a Waldorf education :)

[Tammi]

I went to the Junior League Rummage Sale, too! I thought I might run into you there (we have previously run into each other at the Sebastopol Library - last summer). I had thrifting remorse over the small MCM desk in the back that I didn't buy...

Love your blog and hope to run into you again at Hospice Thrift, the library or the circus.

[abercrombie madrid]

El titular de la vela es limpio casi parece un tapón de la botella. Muchas gracias por este servicio...

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