March 4, 2012

Thrift Share

Every so often we will have an estate sale in the area that starts on a Thursday and runs until Sunday. On Thursday morning, I was standing outside waiting for over an hour for my number to be called with extremely cold feet and hands that had no gloves. You would think I would remember that I live in Wisconsin, and it is still winter.

When my number was finally called, I understood why only a few people were allowed inside. This was a three bedroom, one bath, living room, dinning room, small kitchen with an attached garage, and a basement ranch styled house. 

The ladies working the sales appeared fluster whispering amongst themselves, after several phone calls, and more whispers everyone in the house was informed that a worker was found dead in her home from carbon monoxide poisoning. Many of the regulars shopping the sale knew her, as you can imagine everyone was terribly upset, and a dark mood fell over the house.

Everyone quickly checked out so that the ladies could have a few moments together to recover from the shock of their friend and co-workers passing. 

This is what I purchased....

While walking around the garage, the 
shape of these tools caught my attention.

I liked the shape on top of this screw.

This one was linear in design.

The center had both straight lines,
and curves to compliment the other pieces.

What will I do with these three tools? My first thought was to group them and hang them on the wall, but now I am thinking perhaps they can hold/display some of my vintage photos. What do you think?

As I waited in line to checkout a coffee table was next to me (photo taken with my phone at the sale) so of course, I checked out all the items on the table while I waited. I also purchased two autograph books 
(see the red arrows) with some pretty amusing limericks written between 1904 and 1934. I will do a separate post about autograph books and the limericks.

Looking forward to see what everyone else found this week.

I am linking up:
 with Her Library Adventures, Flea Market Finds
Apron Thrift Girl, Thrift Share Monday
Me and My Shadow, Magpie Monday
Hey, What's for Dinner Mom? -  The Penny Worth Project




11 comments:

  1. How sad! I think the photoholder idea is a good one. jennyx

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  2. Wonderful tools but not wonderful news while you were shopping!

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  3. i think they are sort of vise grips or something. they are mainly used to steady something... am not sure though but repurposing them into photo holders is a wonderful idea :)

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  4. I love the old clamps and tools you bought. They have a rustic beauty about them. I would love to see what you do with them.

    xo,
    Danielle

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  5. Those tools are great, I like the shapes too and I'm sure you will come up with something brilliant to do with them. Pinterest is always good for inspiration and ideas.

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  6. Those old tools are interesting. I love your idea of turning them into photo holders.

    Look forward to the autograph book posts. I bet they are a hoot!

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  7. I buy clamps and those ruler things too. I have several of each. And I have a couple of autograph books from the 1930s. They are fun to read.

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  8. You can never have too many clamps! LOL

    Actually they are very pretty in they're own right and I never noticed before. I usually skip all the 'men's rusty tools' sections!

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  9. I love the aged, rustic look of the tools you bought. I'm a sucker for vintage industrial odds and ends. Very nice find!

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  10. great eye on the tools! Very nice

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  11. My husband would die for those clamps. I long to visit America to attend an estate sale, but this particular one must have been very sad.

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