| I have 200 Saved Searches on ebay, and every morning I scour them for the top items that I think (1) might be helpful to you in completing your Retro Renovation projects, (2) may be deals if you are a collector, or (3) are just plain doggone wonderful or odd. Hannah provides us with a regular stream of her Etsy treasuries, too. I update this page about two times per week. Enjoy, and if you see a great item you want me to feature, send me the url using my Contact form. Thanks, and Viva La Hunt!Tips to using the ebay carousel: To go to a particular item, click on its photo (NOT on the ebay logo) — then, click on the lime green “View and Bid” box, which will take you to ebay. Disclosure: When you buy anything from these ebay carousels or after you click into ebay here |
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Here is the beauteous Imperialite, thanks to the seller for giving me permission to feature the photo:
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Click on through the following Pages to see all the ebay finds from this week and back – some may still be “live”:
I used to have those flower power stickers decorating the inside of my walk-in closet when I was a kid. I haven’t seen those in ages!
Oh no, not the Home Interiors brass butterflies! Those were hot sellers back in the 80s. My stepmother sold the stuff. Brings back memories.
Now I have to go check out that light you posted the other day.
I bought SO many things from Home Interiors – including those butterflies. Kept them for years. I never sold the stuff, but I certainly kept my distributor in pocket money during the late 70s and very early 80s.
Pam, off topic, a Vermont Country Store catalog arrived today. On the cover were pink flamingoes and colored aluminum tumblers. Just thought you might like to know. Happy Fourth!
Pics don’t appear when using ipad!
Nope, it’s a code that ipads don’t accept. it’s an ipad issue…well known, i am told.
Not on iPhone either.
complain to apple….
complain to eBay.
no it’s the flash or whatever isn’t it?
Hi Pam, yes, iPad and I phone don’t support flash player because apple uses their own QuickTime player. I hope this gets remedied somehow as more and more of us are using iPads and iPhones for Internet cruising.
John aka AtomicHipster
Yes, I just got an iphone two weeks ago!
Just FYI — you can install the Photon browser ($4.99) or the Skyfire browser ($2.99) on both the iPad and the iPhone to enable Flash video playback. Puffin is a free browser that also allows Flash to be viewed on iOS.
some real good finds you got there….especially loving the suitcase, Vera linens and vinyl upholstery fabric…which reminds me to look for some with lots of yardage for some lawn furniture gifted to me by a special friend…wink wink.
wink wink
I got the script house numbers when you featured them before. I just needed ‘Eighteen’. It came promptly, still in the original shrinkwrap over cardboard packaging and was just the thing for my confusing corner house. They are not huge but can be seen from the street if it is a regular lot.
My grandma – age 89 today! – has those exact dolphin/fish towel rings in her bathroom! ?
OMG Pam….another Magic Queen faucet in your carousel! I would really like to know what “Magic” something the owner is smoking to think they will get $495 for it in less than minty condition, and especially when they admit they got it free in a barn.
I heard back from Mark at Midway Antique Mall – that Magic Queen is his own personal faucet and he is not interested in selling it right now
I noticed that the dates listed on the past several days are not right. I thought you might want to know.
I have that same little cast iron Electrolux refrigerator bank from the 30′s that’s in Hannah’s Treasury List! It belonged to my dad when he was young. It still has the original bottom piece on it too! It has coins in it that I’ve never taken out – so who knows what’s in there!!! LOL!
That, is SO cool Sandie!!!
Update-I did empty the little fridge of its coins to find a stash of old coins from US and lots of foreign ones from all over with old dates. I was going to have them checked out for fun. I gave my son the little fridge because he likes to have old things from his Grampa! So, he’s taking it back to LA Calif with him next week!!!!
The NOS shoes (Etsy listing from Aug 7) aren’t a salesman’s sample; they’re cake toppers. I remember my Mom buying the exact same pair from a cake decorating store to use on a cake she baked for my Dad on Fathers’ Day sometime in the early 1980′s. If my memory serves me, a white plastic shirt collar and a green-striped plastic necktie were included with the shoes.
Is THAT what they are? Even the seller wasn’t entirely sure. I just thought the box for them made the item pretty cool. It was difficult to fill an entire treasury with appropriate salesman samples, so that’s why I included “miniatures”.
Good to know what they were actually for! Tell the seller, they seem to always appreciate it when I can add some fact/origin to their items the few times I’ve written to share info.
Those are all so cool! But the luggage is my favorite – I’m in awe that it’s not upcycled – that’s the original design??
Hi Pam,
I saw your post about your vintage finds on EBay this evening so thought I would go take a look. I ended up going back through older ones and imagine my surprise when I see the exact light fixture (green and blue disc on outer ring of white wire with white globe in center) I have in my kitchen on your Aug 8th Carousel. It sold for 208 dollars. The builder also put the same fixture in my hallway and a variation of a hanging one in the dining room of my house. I was very excited to see another one and how much someone would pay for it, although I have no intention of changing my lights out.
Jacque
One of my favorite lights ever — lucky you, Jacque!
Oh – the Cosco stool! Our kids sat on one of those at the kitchen table when they outgrew the high chair. Often wished I had another.
I’ve just forwarded the link for that Goldworm dress to some of my female friends on whom it would be stunning!
I haven’t seen the top 10 vintage decorating finds
lately. Have you stopped posting this great feature?
Amazing Blog!
Fellow MA Resident
Hi Mel, I will continue this feature, I just fell off the wagon for a week or so.
Pam, I might have to snag me one of those aprons!!!!
Daily eBay finds does not load on my iPad.
Couldn’t resist. HAD to buy the bedroom mood meter!!!
I found a set of three (3) tables on craigslist. The seller is calling them ‘mid century’ tables from the 50s. The color is a light honey color and the tops of two of them are ‘glass block’. Does this sound like it is an authentic item from the 50s?
hard to say without seeing them…
I sent you a few pics of the glass block coffee table and end table. And one of the two tiered corner table. Did they come through?
yes, i’m backed up with my email — sorry!
In the second grouping there is the Vintage Youngstown Kitchens Jet Tower Dishwasher Model.
This made me go to the Internet see more.
Here are some interesting videos I found.
“Last Word in Automatic Dishwashing with reviews in it.”
This is a 21 Minute video about the Youngstown Dishwasher with a few commentaries in print below it. The video looks like a training video for the salesman.
http://archive.org/details/LastWordInAu
This is a video of a guy who got a 1949 GE Sink Dishwasher that has never been used and he tests it and runs it through all the cycles. Kind of fun if you’re interested in seeing an old dishwasher run.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArS0ew_p5YE&playnext=1&list=PL135F815FF6B6FC31
This video is the same as above but with a used James Dishwasher running through the cycles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N60m4KYPTeI
Here is a video featuring what looks like a Retro Youngstown Kitchen someone is buying.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ7CpqelqGQ
I love that stash jar. Lol. I’m tempted to get it for my straight laced mother as a cookie jar. I think she would die.
I thought twice about including it — but several states do allow for medical marijuana now…
No problem…! Just making sure you rec’d them. I am not confident sending photos using a tablet. lol
Oh my! I LOVE that Spirograph set! I HAD one and I loved making designs with it. If it wasn’t $40. it would be on my eBay watch list!!! It was a cool thing!!!!
Do you think they are still available brand new?
Yes, I saw a spirograph for sale new at Michaels Crafts Store. Although, I’m not sure if it was being sold under that brand name. I almost bought it but though no wait for a vintage one.
I want a spirograph – vintage – for my vintage collage work. On the watch this estate sale season for sure!
I bought my kids a new spirograph a couple of years ago- it pales in comparison to the one I had as a kid. The sprockets just don’t line up well with the frame (and it seems like the frame is a lot smaller than the one my sister and I shared…although that might simply be because I was smaller then!
If I were to do it over again, I would hold out for vintage…
The white sconce for $29.99 is the same as in my hallway. We like it very much, and hopefully that one will find a new happy home.
Many thank yous for this round of carousels. I discovered an item purchased at a thrift store months ago and would soon be added to my shop is more unique than originally thought.
Diane
Honey Stop The Car
P.S. The hubster didn’t think they were worth the 2.92 price, luckily on a future trip they were still there.
For those having iphone and ipad issues: if you get this app ( http://fyn.ifas.ufl.edu/FFL/right-plant-right-place.html ) the flash works fine. I have an android tablet and cannot open with the android browser. But when i use the puffin browser everything works fine!
Hey Pam; I am the highest bidder on the Starburst chrome towel hanger set in one of your forth batch of Ebay finds. So exciting as I want to put in my trailer bathroom.
I also bid up to 20.00 on the poodle shower curtains but someone has bid higher and I’m not sure if they are rare. Do you know anything about these. Got to go I’m on a roll.
ps happy new year
pss I am enjoying your live show – informative and entertaining
Thanks, Joan! The poodle shower curtains come up now and then. Not super rare – but not super common, either.
Pam;
Thought you might be interested in knowing what those two starburst towel hangers sold for – $138.00 OMG. Way out of my budget. It was fun trying.
Joan
awesome….My father-in-law has 2 of the 1975 surface counter cutting boards in his kitchen.
There is a surface counter cutting board in my mobile home/camp that my Mother had installed. They are so handy. The one in the trailer is clear glass.
Love the Hall Mack toothbrush holder. We used to have one in our bathroom growing up. My mom has since renovated the bathroom, wonder if she kept that holder. She’ll be so surprised to see how much it’s worth, someone bought the pair for $355. New to this site btw, came across it when searching for a vintage elkay sink. Now I’m hooked!
Welcome, Jennifer! Yup: The revolving toothbrush holders are very desirable. Check out this story: http://retrorenovation.com/2009/07/26/18-rare-1962-vintage-hall-mack-bathroom-accessories/
Hey Pam, I hope this is the place to let folks know about a find! There are light blue cabinets at an estate sale in Charlotte, NC. They look like they are metal. (love your web site)
http://www.estatesales.net/estate-sales/377847.aspx
Thanks, Stephanie, we have a buying/selling site specifically for metal kitchen cabinets –> http://retrorenovation.com/forums/
Hi Pam, for some reason these are no longer showing up on the Android platform. Do you think there is a feature you need to enable when you create them?
Alice: For those having iphone and ipad issues: if you get this app ( http://fyn.ifas.ufl.edu/FFL/right-plant-right-place.html ) the flash works fine. I have an android tablet and cannot open with the android browser. But when i use the puffin browser everything works fine!
there is NOTHING i can do – all these platforms and browsers cause problem after problem after problem
I believe this is today’s post (1/25/13) — am I losing it? Why do all the comments have past dates?
It’s the way I publish… don’t worry…
What is your eBay websit and where can I find that mail box
Thank you
Matt
Shaenurse – click the headline or the link to go the page with all the goodies.
I just bought a vintage “over the mirror” light fixture off Ebay with the exact same slip shades as the sconces you show. Haven’t received it yet but am in love with it from the pictures.
cool!
Oh my gosh, how much do I love that Hamm’s sign? No idea where I’d put it though. Maybe in the man cave?
Hi, this is off topic but I have two sturdy wooden chairs with padded seat and back covered in gold glitter vinyl and decorated with nailheads all around the edges.I cant find anything similar online and would love some info about them.I absolutely love them and whats even better is that they were free!I was taking a walk with my son and they were sitting right in someones trash!My son and I scooped em right up and dragged them all the way home.I dont see a way to post a pic…
Nicole, if you have a Facebook account, Retro Renovation is on FB – it’s very easy to show us the pictures there, and maybe we can help!!
It’s not mine but it just looked like a “Pam” thing, a woddity for sure: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-DANISH-MODERN-Curved-Teak-Cocktail-BAR-Erik-Buck-Poul-Heltborg-Midcentury-/200917434552?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ec79cc0b8
Too pricey but cool anyhow.
Neva