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luxetveritas

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Re: In need of some more inspiration! Stories of your top three finds!
« Reply #15 on: July 27, 2009, 02:27:15 am »
Sorry all, I've been go for a while but got back tonight. Anyway, excited to here about this new deal :D Hm... what could it be... I do know one thing, you seem to get pretty darn lucky with the deals if you ask me!! (Jealous face). I'm lucky if I can even find a clay poker chip these days :P Jk. Looking forward to hearing this one, regularjoe!

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« Reply #16 on: July 27, 2009, 07:23:28 am »
Thanks lux ....
I assure you that it makes my 'list' !

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Re: In need of some more inspiration! Stories of your top three finds!
« Reply #17 on: July 27, 2009, 10:28:21 am »
The suspense is KILLING US! When are ya gonna spill the beans?!!  ;D
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Re: In need of some more inspiration! Stories of your top three finds!
« Reply #18 on: July 27, 2009, 04:09:10 pm »
As soon as I get the pot o' beans in my hands & take a few pics to post , talesof ...
Boy Scouts' honor , I promise , swear on a stack of buddas , etc .

This thing was purchased from a far away place , so it will take a couple of weeks to get here .

I will take pics of the 2 things together , side-by-side , and tell (most of) the story .

Sorry to be such a tease .... but if I gotta wait , everybody else does too .

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Re: In need of some more inspiration! Stories of your top three finds!
« Reply #19 on: July 27, 2009, 05:56:15 pm »
What if the ship goes down?  Will we ever know?
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Re: In need of some more inspiration! Stories of your top three finds!
« Reply #20 on: July 27, 2009, 07:44:16 pm »
Let us hope not for we will have 4 + pages to this Thread  ;D, And I will get lost rereading all the post

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Re: In need of some more inspiration! Stories of your top three finds!
« Reply #21 on: July 30, 2009, 11:28:11 pm »
While we're waiting for RegularJoe's Mystery Score to arrive, here's another wee bit of inspiration...

I got this Chinese cabinet on Craigslist for $99 bucks:



Up close on the inlay on the doors:


Hardware on the big doors:


Hardware on the smaller doors:


Wear marks on the drawer openings from the rails of the drawers:


Interior door, multi-piece construction on the lower doors:


Old laquer, wear, wood shrinkage:


Interior more wear, wood shrinkage. (That little alter was $30, and the two old architectural foo dogs were $30. Paid more for the opera doll!)


And finally, here's the sales tag that came with it from the antique dealer that the seller purchased it from:


Not too bad for $99 bucks!
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Re: In need of some more inspiration! Stories of your top three finds!
« Reply #22 on: July 31, 2009, 02:21:20 am »
Wow, taleofthesevenseas, $99 is an amazing price!
 
You certainly make the most out of Craigslist (I also liked the cabinet you bought off CL and restored [mentioned/pictured on another thread], you did a great job restoring it).
« Last Edit: July 31, 2009, 02:23:16 am by mittens »

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Re: In need of some more inspiration! Stories of your top three finds!
« Reply #23 on: July 31, 2009, 08:25:59 am »
Cool cabinet , talesof .

Very nice sub $100 CL score !


Every little once in awhile there's some pearls to be found on CL , for certain !

I like to check out the ads there during the middle & end of the month ( folks moving , short on cash & so on ) .

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Re: In need of some more inspiration! Stories of your top three finds!
« Reply #24 on: July 31, 2009, 09:52:39 am »
Hello Everyone,

I am new at this but I thought I would give it a shot.  I welcome your comments on the value though!!!  I am only listing 1 but possibly more to come, need to research a few others that I found before sharing.

I found a 1844 Goodwin's "Water Pitcher" at my favorite thrift store for $3.00.  Photos to follow.  I was so excited that I emailed regularjoe2 to let him know about it.  Well here we go regularjoe....photo's as promised.

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« Reply #25 on: July 31, 2009, 10:09:18 am »
Good for you , DANTE5 !

Looks like you found a winner !


No cracks in it ? ( I hope not ! )
« Last Edit: July 31, 2009, 10:12:16 am by regularjoe2 »

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Re: In need of some more inspiration! Stories of your top three finds!
« Reply #26 on: July 31, 2009, 10:18:26 am »
regularjoe2...Unfor tunately YES !!!.  See photo, please let me know what you think about this crack, i.e. how much of the value you think it may deminish it.

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Re: In need of some more inspiration! Stories of your top three finds!
« Reply #27 on: July 31, 2009, 11:45:46 am »
 Thanks guys! My hubby has started calling me "Queen of Craigslist"!!

Beautiful pitcher Dante5, even with the hairline crack. I think I'd turn it to the wall and pretend I'd never seen it!  :D
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Re: In need of some more inspiration! Stories of your top three finds!
« Reply #28 on: July 31, 2009, 12:13:31 pm »
talesof...Yes you can barely see the hairline crack.  My detail image picked up on it but you really would have to look hard for it.

Also..great!! find you found on CL.  Keep up the good work.

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Re: In need of some more inspiration! Stories of your top three finds!
« Reply #29 on: July 31, 2009, 12:19:35 pm »
Yes it's amazing how the camera picks up on every flaw... it does that to me too!!!!!!!  :o

« Last Edit: July 31, 2009, 12:25:01 pm by talesofthesevenseas »
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