Featured Collectible - Midwinter Stonehenge Dinnerware

It's no real secret, if you have read my blog for very long, that I have a bit of an obsession with vintage dinnerware and sell a good bit of it on eBay. I just love finding a pattern or brand that I haven't seen before, and researching - which is really just a code word for drooling over - all the different patterns that the company makes, and wishing I had the space and money to keep at least several hundred different sets of dishes in my house.

I had the luck last weekend to find a small set of Midwinter Stonehenge dishes in the Sun pattern - I had never seen either the brand or the pattern before, but I loved it immediately. How could I not?:

Vintage Midwinter Stonehenge Sun Oval Serving Platter

Vintage Midwinter Stonehenge Sun Bread Plates

Vintage Midwinter Stonehenge Sun Soup Bowls

Aren't they just amazing? They are Oh-So-Very-70's - the pattern was made between 1973 and 1986, as a matter of fact. There is a blue version called Moon which is equally awesome:

Vintage Midwinter Stonehenge Moon Oval Serving Platter

The serving pieces are too adorable, I wish I would have gotten some with the Sun set I found... Look at this creamer with coffee cups and saucers in the Earth pattern:

Vintage Midwinter Stonehenge Earth Coffee Cup Set

Here is a casserole dish in the Night pattern:

Vintage Midwinter Stonehenge Night Casserole Dish

The coffee pots are too adorable for words - here is one in the Creation pattern:

Vintage Midwinter Stonehenge Creation Coffee Pot

Most of their patterns and pattern names have a kind of nature inspired, hippie-esque feel to them, but they avoid the stereotypical garish design in favor of a more subdued, modern look - which makes me love them all the more!

Vintage Midwinter Stonehenge Hazelwood Casserole Dish

Vintage Midwinter Stonehenge Wild Oats Bread Plates

Custom Made Midwinter Stonehenge Spring Pattern Tidbit Serving Tray

Vintage Midwinter Stonehenge Day Bread Plate

Vintage Midwinter Stonehenge Summer Dinner Plate

What I think is really neat about the patterns is that a lot of them seem very mix and match - like you could create a set that was made up of Sun, Summer, and Day and it would be really pretty and interesting... There is also an all white pattern that you could use to fill in gaps until you found the patterned piece you were missing - the possibilities seem pretty endless!

There are lots more shapes and patterns than I can talk about here, of course, but I just had to share a few of my favorites! :)

Chenille = Yum.

I scored 4 chenille bedspreads at an estate sale today - on the last day of the sale when everything was half off. It was meant to be!

The house had a baby blue 50's bathroom - the tile, tub, sink, toilet - the whole deal. I meant to take my camera with me (I saw it the first time I went, yesterday) but of course, I forgot. I also saw a pink 50's bathroom at another estate sale yesterday. I liked it, of course, but I liked the blue a bit better....

Anyway, hopefully I will get the chenille listed this week - stay tuned! :)

New goodness at auction on eBay - vintage Tupperware + lots more!

So this week we tackled the backlog of vintage Tupperware - never a small feat, since most of it had to be cleaned up to some degree, and then researched and sorted... I love Tupperware, but sometimes you have a piece that makes you scratch your head, what the heck is this for? Like this pickle keeper:

Will actually knew what this one was, I was clueless! Here's a few more of my faves:

Set of 6 Vintage Tupperware Pastel Cereal Bowls with Lids - NEW

Set of 2 Vintage Orange Tupperware Pitchers

Vintage Tupperware Harvest Servalier Bowl Set with Lids

Vintage Tupperware Green Servalier Cansiter Set

There's lots more - just head on over if you want to see the rest!

I did manage to list a few other random gems - some things that were super hard to part with, actually - it was a heart-wrenching week that's for sure!

Vintage Art Nouveau LF Grammes & Sons Wood Hankie or Glove Box (be sure to click over to the listing and check out all the photos - talk about gorgeous!!)

Vintage Wood Koeshi Doll Salt & Pepper Shaker Set - Japan

Vintage Enesco Black Cat Salt & Pepper Shaker Set - Japan

Vintage Silver Plate Vanity Set - Mirror, Tray, and Powder Jar with Puff

Click on over if you want to see the rest - I think we managed about 50 auctions total this week! :)

The Vintage List rocks Google - and I can't seem to shut up about it!

Ok, I already blogged, Tweeted on both my accounts, and updated my Facebook page - but I have to come here to express my true feelings about this news -

I took some stuff to the Barn today...

... and remembered to take photos to show you! I actually bought a couple of things this weekend specifically with the Barn in mind - the main one being this amazing mirror:

It is HUGE and super heavy, with crackly cream paint. I got it hung up in my booth, but it makes me nervous. I asked Max to check on it for me every once in a while and make sure it isn't starting to fall!

The white metal cabinet I also bought specifically for the the Barn, as well as the tin strainer. The McCoy well planter, the white Hull planter, and the Shawnee fish planter my dad found for me, and since planters have been selling fairly well I took them down to add into the mix. The Pyrex mushroom mixing bowls I tried at auction on eBay and they didn't sell, plus I have another set to list that is in a little bit better condition. The black rotary phone I just thought would look cool in my booth. :)

The floor globe I bought to list online, but Will about had a heart attack when he was trying to figure out how to ship it, so I figured I would try it in the booth first. The railroad lantern and the Homer Laughlin bowl my Dad gave me. The Pyrex bowl set is pretty scratched up, it didn't sell at auction on eBay so I figured I would try it at the Barn where someone might want it without the shipping expense...

Keep your fingers crossed for me! :)

New goodness at auction on eBay - Paint By Numbers AND Little People?!?

I've got some great stuff to show ya this week, if I do say so myself! ;)

First up, the boatload of paint by numbers I picked up in one box lot at a sale - I love when that happens!:

Set of 2 Vintage Collie Dog Paint By Numbers

Set of 2 Vintage Boxer Dog Paint By Numbers

Set of 2 Vintage Bulldog Dog Paint By Numbers

Set of 2 Vintage Jesus and Mary Paint By Numbers

Set of 2 Vintage Floral Flowers Paint By Numbers

Next - I know I'm not the only one out there who played with Fisher Price Little People, so these should tickle you just as much as they did me! I got them from this great little old man who has collected them piece by piece for years - his entire garage was full of Fisher Price! I snagged some to list, of course:

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Main Street Set - Complete in Box!

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Barn Set

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Sesame Street Set

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Western Town

There's more of course - click on over to see everything else that is up at auction this week! :)

Antique Barn - May Report

I can't believe my 2nd month having a space at the Hocking Hills Antique Barn is already over! I just got my check for $98.35 in the mail - which means I fell just $16.65 short of making rent. Better than April, but still not great - especially considering I ran a week and a half long 25% off sale for Memorial Day! I figured I would sell quite a bit during that, but only sold 3 items. :(

So, now I am trying to figure out what my plan of attack for June is... if I can't get it together here in the couple of months I'm going to have to give up the idea, which I really don't want to do!

First, let's look at what has sold and see if there is any pattern:

Sold in April

New In Box Horseshoes Set - $16.20
Tender Heart Care Bear Glass - $4.00
Cheer Bear Care Bear Glass - $4.00
Vintage General Electric Iron - $18.00
16 Piece Blue Flower Dish Set - $10.00
Pyrex Butterfly Gold Butter Dish - $6.00
White McCoy Pottery Planter - $7.00

Sold in May

Floral Serving Platter - $8.00
Blue & Gold Swan Figurine & Soap Dish Set - $12.00
Round Green McCoy Pottery Planter - $9.00
Set of 2 Floral Ceramic Vases - $25.00
Yellow McCoy Pottery Planter - $5.00
Wood Picnic Basket - $12.00
Vintage American Family Scale - $10.00
Green Hull Pottery Planter - $6.00
Vintage Cookie Gun - $6.00
Hull Pottery Green Drip Planter - $6.75
Blue Esmond Serving Bowl - $6.00

Well, the McCoy and Hull planters seem to be fairly popular, but to be fair I did load up my outside space with a TON of planters... Plus I priced them under $10.00, which seems to be the favorite price range of the things that have sold. In fact only 5 things I sold were over $10.00 - even during the 25% off sale the three things that sold were already under $10.00 (or less)!

I have already decided I need to go down there this week and cut some prices, and I guess looking at these results that is probably the right move. The Barn isn't a fancy antique mall, where you expect prices to be on the high end, and I guess the numbers here are proving that in general people aren't looking to spend a whole lot when they are shopping there.

Pricing things lower isn't really that big of a deal when you look at the grand scheme of things - it is less work for me to sell something at the Barn rather than online, for sure - no photos, no packaging, no marketing... Plus my commission fee is only 7%, which is less than what I pay on an eBay sale for sure. And when you figure that a good chunk of what I have for sale down there is stuff that sat online for a long time without selling, getting anything more than what I paid for it at this point is a good thing!

Other than lowering prices, the only other thing I can do is start shopping specifically with the Barn in mind - which is kind of tough at this point, since I haven't been there long enough to really get a good idea of what kind of things are selling. It all seems pretty random at this point, but maybe after another month or so I will be able to get a better handle on it...

So there's the scoop, I'll let you know how June goes - keep your fingers crossed for me!

New goodness up at auction this week!

Events conspired against me listing auctions this week - overwhelming desires to clean stuff, Memorial Day, Auctiva deciding to charge ridiculous amounts of money and forcing me to figure out how to re-list 600 store listings in 30 days... You know, the usual stuff.

But, I did list some goodies...

Vintage Lefton Ceramic Puppy Dog Cookie Jar

Vintage McCoy Pottery Owl Cookie Jar

I actually found these 4 Kokeshi dolls at the flea market on Monday - they all have bobble heads, and magnets on their bottoms, which is pretty neat!

Vintage Magnetic Bobble Head Kokeshi Doll - Girl With Pigtails

Vintage Magnetic Bobble Head Kokeshi Doll - Girl With Green Hair Bows

Vintage Magnetic Bobble Head Kokeshi Doll - Girl With Red Hair Bows

Vintage Magnetic Bobble Head Kokeshi Doll - Boy (I think?) In Black

There's a few more things, I'll let you just click on over to check out the rest... :)

Lunchtime Poll Topic: Downloadable Vintage Related Magazine?

Those of you who are signed up for my newsletter have already seen (and hopefully filled out!) the little poll I created over the weekend - for the rest of you, here's the scoop:

Back when I started this blog what I really wanted to create was an online magazine - here's the post from December 10th, 2007 to prove it. I let the idea die though when I realized the time and work involved in a project like that, and honestly the same issues I had with the idea back then are the same issues I have with it now.

But everyone's reactions to Country Home and several of the other "shelter" magazines going out of business put the idea into my head again - apparently there are a whole lot of folks out there just like me who love magazines! So, I decided to get some opinions from my regular visitors in the form of a little poll - just to gauge the level of interest in the idea.

Here's the poll - it's just a few questions, it will only take a couple of minutes to fill out.

Here's the results so far - if you are curious ;)

Thanks in advance!

PS - Brownie points to everyone who can name the movie my Lunchtime Poll Topic reference is from!

New goodness up at auction this week!

I can't believe it is time to do another auction promo post - this week flew by!! I am so excited to show you what I got listed though - when I call it goodness I really mean it! :)

Vintage Ceramic Dog Planter Lamp with Fiberglass Shade - click over to look at all the photos - this lamp is a gem - and it works like a dream!

Vintage Girl On A Swing Ceramic Planter - Japan

Vintage Ceramic Rotating Music Box - Japan

Vintage Lucite Plastic Owl Napkin Holder

Vintage Oriental Chalkware Wall Pocket Shelf Plaques Set

I found FOUR large framed paint by numbers at one sale! I couldn't scoop them up fast enough:

Vintage Framed Paint By Number Painting - Southern Belles

Vintage Framed Paint By Number Painting - Tropical Bridge Scene

Vintage Framed Paint By Number Painting - Home In Winter

Vintage Paint By Number Painting - Barn In Winter

American House Today Mid-Century Eames Architecture Book - you know I had to list this once I saw what people were charging for it! I threw it up at $20, we'll see what happens!

Vintage Clairol Kindness Deluxe Hot Rollers - I've never used rollers in my life, but I remembered reading somewhere that people like to buy the older ones, so when I found this set I decided to get them and see what happens!

Vintage Thermo-Serv Daisy Coffee Mugs - Never Used!!

Vintage Lincoln Beautyware Chrome Breadbox

As always this isn't everything, so if you want to see the rest just click on over!