Category: Shoppin’ and Junkin’

Pins

I started playing with Pinterest a few weeks ago, and so far, I think it’s pretty rockin’.  I just read this post on sfgirlbybay and figured, I’ve already started pinning stuff, so I might as well share it.  Click here to see my gift guide…it’s a hodgepodge of misc bargains that have caught my eye.

I’ll keep adding to it every day given I’m shopping for a lot of peeps right now..and I hate malls (not antique malls OF COURSE.)

To look at all the Pinterest gift guides, go here.  To see Victoria’s guide, go here.

Lottery Picks: Scandinavian Edition

It’s been too dark and rainy here to take decent pics, so it seemed a good time to gaze upon some beauties from the Wright Scandinavian Design Auction going on the block Thursday, November 18th.

There are a lot of the classics, by all the greats, but these are my faves this round.

Paavo Tynell Lamp c. 1950 Finland

Est. $2-3k

Axel Salto Budding Gourd Vase c. 1940 Denmark

Est. $8-10k

Hans Wegner Chaise c. 1960 Denmark

Est. $8-10k

Bodil Kjaer Desk and Return c. 1960 Denmark

Est. $10-15k

Timo Sarpaneva Lamps c. 1964 Finland

Est $1-2k

Arne Jacobsen Charlettenborg Chairs c. 1936 Denmark

Est. $10-15k

Bengt Karlby Pantre Pendants c. 1965 Denmark

Est. $1-2k

Poul Nørreklit Selectform Library c. 1970 Denmark

Est. $2-3k

Stig Lindberg Vessels c. 1962-1966 Sweden

Est. $5-7k

For those new to ModFruGal, here’s the lottery picks disclaimer…”When I win the lottery, I will spend my new wealth on these shallow and meaningless objects only when the aged parents, charitable causes and purchase of an overseas home have all been attended to…c’mon..I’m not a COMPLETE monster.”

JL Seagull, Alien and a Jackalope

Busy weekend.  After I washed the layers of mannequin make-up off my face, I got in some quality junkin’ time with my bud who was only in town for 24 hours. BTW, I scared more kids with the 80’s make-up than I did the medusa wig…go figure!

We saw some really good stuff Saturday.  I didn’t have my camera, which is always a regret on these occasions.  There was a fireplace set that we are still talking about.  Gorgeous 70’s brass and glass ultra modern delish.  Who didn’t snap it, even with our phones?  Dumb-asses like us.

Knowing that I’m the crazy bird lady, (and she’s still my friend!) she spotted this for me…

I am forever grateful.  It makes me sooo happy.  $20.  All it needed was a Noxon bath.  Now he’s shiiiiiny.  We’ve been calling him Jonathan Livingston Seagull for giggles…he might just be Jonny by the end of the day.

We got a fuzzy phone pic of this groovy sofa..$200.  Great condition.  Neither of us need it, but what a deal.

When I saw the lamp, I gasped loudly and cried out for my friend’s confirmation that I NEED it.  $75? It would be rude not to buy it.  I just sold a chair for $80, so it’s an even swap…right?  RIGHT.  They called it the “Alien Lamp” and I was smitten.  I had wanted an Arco lamp for the living room, but I always knew that something else (affordable) was out there.  Found!

I like hanging out under the alien…it’s like a creepy but comforting light hug.  I’ll post pics from more angles when I update the tour.  The base isn’t all that attractive, so you’re not missing much there.

We rounded out the under $100 day with a Jackalope sighting.  Good times.

Five Finger Discount

Now before you go calling the cops on me….let me ‘splain.  My bud and I were out junkin’ and I brought her downtown to shop the mall where my booth is.  As we stood in booth 50, I told her how hard it was for me to put a certain owl in there.  I had wanted to keep it, of course, but I was resisting my inevitable morph into a crazy bird lady.

She told me I was nuts to sell it, and I, being of weak constitution, took that as all the encouragement I needed to steal it from MYSELF.  Within seconds, that baby was in my purse faster than you can say Winona Ryder.

You can see why I resorted to petty theft…no?  I had paid a hefty $10 for it at an estate sale.

To make you feel a little better, I also got this (another hard to photograph glass piece)..for $3.50.

It’s got a pale purplish hue on the edges with gold and silver speckles…and I SWEAR I paid for it.

Things have otherwise been very un-blogworthy around here, lots of cabinet and closet organization…cuz I know you’re dying to see me clean out under the kitchen sink.  I’m planning on getting back to the tour soon now that I can actually find some things around here.

Estate Sale

This is just a preview…

I walked into a sale this weekend, and I started to twitch and shake when I saw this….

When I started loading it and realized it opens up to this…

I died.  I want to throw myself on it like Tawny Kitaen in a Whitesnake video….damn that thing is sexy.  It’s missing 4 pieces of glass that will be promptly ordered tomorrow. I gave it the Coke and Noxon treatment already for maximum shiny.

Sorry for the crap photos…I clearly couldn’t think straight.

More later.