The finds have been plentiful lately, which is great though it lays bare the fact that no one human can possibly deal with this much stuff. I plan to be out from roughly pm and probably a bit later at St Gregoire on Saturday.
There will be a lot more books than usual, but also plenty of other quality junk. I hope to see you there! I also hope to have a sale on Sunday too, but details on that are still tbd.
My current theory is that May is the best month for yard sales, because a people are happy to be outside after a long winter and b people rarely schedule trips or vacations this early in the year, so locals are more likely to be in town. Anyways, the next few weeks will probably be pretty busy for me between picking and selling. Anyways, last week I opened up the recycling bin and saw this nice antique clock. I doubt it works, but maybe someone would want it as a project given that the wood and glass are in nice condition.
I think it dates to the s based on the patent info on the loose piece below. The wood is a bit dinged where that green tape is but it would be an easy fix. The week before that they tried to recycle a shoebox filled with Warhammer figurines. Elsewhere, someone is throwing out the wares of a once prodigious arrangement enthusiast. There have been bags filled with pinecones, twigs, grasses, dry flowers, and of course different types of vessels to put the arrangements in or on.
Many were filled with that green or white foam stuff that you can stick flowers into. The foam was often glued into place, which unfortunately made some pieces not worth the effort of saving, but others were foam-free or had foam that was easily removed. Below are a couple of Naaman Israel pieces I gave to a friend to try to sell on Marketplace. If anyone has any info about this painting, including where the subject of the painting might be, let us know in the comments!
