Yesterday's auction wins

Yesterday we went to an estate sale auction a few miles away. my goodness....what a lot of crap...er, i mean stuff. LOL

Little old people sent to live in nursing home by children. all their possessions sold to the public. the house didn't look large from the front....but it went on and on in the back.....seemed like there were 15 rooms. the poor house was in sad shape, too.

There were about a dozen antique furniture pieces that brought a couple hundred dollars each. and there were many, many clocks of various kinds. they were pretty cool and brought a few bucks.

The yard was full of beds, many tables, many more chairs, riding lawn mower, 3 large trailers FULL of bric-a-brac.....a lot of which was ready for the trash barrel in my opinion. nevertheless....someone took most of it home.

I scored...

Nine of these brown glass jars with lids. this is the smallest one. there are 4 different sizes, at least 2 of each size. i promptly dropped the lid from a large one when i got it home and broke it...dang!  i guess that jar will be a flower vase. hahaha

These were on the trailers with boxes of other stuff. the auctioneer was having trouble with anyone even bidding a dollar on boxes of stuff....so they kept adding things to it...in the hopes of selling it all. unfortunately, they added my bottles to a pile of crap and i had to bid on it all to get them. i scored them for $4.50....along with about 4 boxes of junk. i just took the jars and told them i didn't want any of the rest. he said you have to take it all....i told him to just auction it again...i didn't want it. so they added another box to the growing pile and auctioned all the rest of it off again. hahahahaha  i was not bringing all that junk home.

I did score 2 old, heavy leather chairs. the other chair is a rocker...same style and look. they will have to be reupholstered and refinished but are very nice. even comfy. i got both chairs for $11...had to fight a lady for them....she stopped at $10...good for me. i was prepared to go about 20 or so.

And we got a small 2 door frigerator for hubby's office. .... only $30

I was surprised it went that inexpensively. i was prepared to spend $50.  it's about 3 foot tall and works fine. i don't think i've ever seen a small one like that with a separate freezer. it's a Kenmore.

And they had a nice cedar chest that i coveted. it had a trim around the top that was very nice. i thought of putting a cushion on the top of it and it would be great seating with storage underneath. but there were lots of folks interested in it and it went for $60...more than i wanted to spend.

Other things surprised me....a large...about 15" tall cast iron bell went for $100....2 guys were fighting over it. a gorgeous blue and white chandelier...rather large went for a few bucks, too.

All in all a fun time. they sold food there, too, so we had lunch while we waited for our stuff to be sold. we seem to be getting into the auction mode and go every week now. the country's answer to flea markets. hahahahaha

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Latest auction find

Here is my latest score from the auction last night. i had to fight a lady for it again. LOL It is a heavy, well built table. about 4'x6'  will fit well in the Duck's kitchen

The top is tiled. the edges have the finish worn off a bit...but that can be redone.

The chairs are sturdy and not wobbly. i like the way the back is constructed.

It will probably get painted another color. it was the nicest thing at the auction. i got it for $41

Score!  hahahahaha

Oh, i also bought some bananas and a pumpkin. this morning i found out i need a pressure canner to can the pumpkin...which i don't have. but i can freeze it. so tonight's job is to cook and freeze pumpkin.

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Guess!

When i got home from class yesterday i was ready to piece the last block in my current class quilt. but my hubby had other ideas. he wanted to go to the local auction. it's about 2 miles from our house. we live in a very rural area with folks on the bottom end of the income scale. we went to the auction a few weeks ago and actually came home with a mini frig for $15...and it is still working. hahahaha

But i didn't hold out much hope since there is usually stuff there that i don't want....yard sale stuff. sometimes they sell a whole box at a time. and if something goes for $20...that is a high bid....most of it goes for a few dollars.

So, imagine my surprise when i spotted this among the offerings. look at those cute little feet...can you guess what it is?  it's smaller than a bread box. ...  hahahaha

It's this adorable box. it looks like it is covered in leather...but i don't think it is real leather. it is 10" wide, 7" deep and 8" high. i was determined to get it when i saw it. but i didn't want to spend over $5

The inside has some sort of fuzzy fabric. it is in good shape and all the little nails are present on the corner pieces.

A cute little handle on the top. reminds me of a lunchbox. i think it will look lovely on the coffee table at the Duck. of course,.....once i actually get a clean floor to put a coffee table on. LOL  i do have a coffee table already in the garage.

The man who brought this to sell is a regular seller...and to stay he is a bit strange is an understatement. he usually sells totes of stuff all at one time. there will be all kinds of things in there...figurines, showerhead, wiper blades, phone charger, ceramic pot, yarn, any number of things....all in one box. i was afraid he was going to put this together with a bunch of crap that i didn't want. but lucky for me, he pulled it to the side and auctioned it off separately....and i got it for $5. there was one man bidding against me....i might have gone to $7 if i had to. hahahaha

There were 3 gas cans that hubby wanted but the bid went too high so he let them go. so the little box is all we came home with. they have the auction every monday evening....so i might find more treasures

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