Lookie what just showed up on ebay >> New Old Stock Geneva kitchen cabinet emblem badges <<! Update: These sold out soon after I published the story.
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Intrigued, I asked them for the back story, and they told me they came from the estate of a WWII veteran who became a kitchen salesman when he came home. The sellers had them in storage for a while, and during the lock-down, had the time to do a cleanout where they found these and “a lot of other forgotten inventory.” We like the sound of that!
Pink badges…
Sellers are calling this one above “dark pink” but perhaps it’s beige?…
And oh so pretty, aqua.
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Connor says
Hey Pam,
My father in law lives in a 1952 home, and is currently going through an entire kitchen renovation. He has original Geneva kitchen cabinets that he doesn’t know where to sell them, so I was hoping that you may be able to help point him in the right direction. He has 17 wall cabinets, along with 7 base cabinets. Because these are rare, I just don’t know where to go to help point him in the right direction.
I tried advising him to keep the retro look, but he’s just wanting a change 🙂 🙂
pam kueber says
Hi Connor, here is a story I wrote with some suggestions: https://retrorenovation.com/2009/04/09/how-and-where-to-sell-your-vintage-metal-kitchen-cabinets/
Karin McGAughey says
Hi Pam!
Have you seen the Amazon Prime movie “Kitchen Movies”
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BL5XYQG?autoplay=1&ref=dvm_us_api_cs_hud_pa_GWRD-singleCW&pf_rd_r=RCEPDPKXJKVYKK7T8AV5&pf_rd_p=e2f8fa8b-371f-466a-a14f-850b5d2c7966
There are some great vintage kitchens!
Leslie says
What fun!
I’ve been looking at vintage Tupperware online and seeing all the colors change over the years. I don’t think you can beat the early pastels…
carolyn says
How cool would it be if they found a key to a storage unit with a boatload of cabinets to mount these on!
We can dream, can’t we?
Leslie says
I was so tempted to buy the aqua badge, not because I have Geneva anything in my kitchen but just because it’s so gorgeous. Good grief, even the *badges* used to be artwork!
Pam Kueber says
Indeed!: