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Posted on January 3, 2025January 3, 2025 by Wanda — Leave a comment

Etsy Sales Report For December 2024

Vintage hydroponic rooting stand, bud vase stand, flower holder, centerpiece with glass vials

Let’s start the sales reports again, shall we? I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth and I’ve been well. I just haven’t been actively blogging in a while. I’d like to change that and get back to my roots. What better way than to re-start with the always popular sales reports?

2024 was a weird sales year. Not good at all. We all blame it on the economy, the election, things going on in the world, whatever, but no matter what else is going on, it always boils down to having what someone wants when they want it and at the price they’re willing to pay. I dunno. Maybe it was a combination of all that.

If you’ve read my reports before you know I’m not a prolific seller. I don’t have hundreds of items listed. I got up to almost 300 items last year, but it quickly dropped back. The most I’ve had listed at any one time this year is about 240. I think December started with that. My Etsy shop is justvintage2 if you care to look. So let’s get started!

*You can click on the links and pictures to see the original listing. These ARE affiliate links meaning, I might get a tiny percent of anything you might buy from Etsy for a few days.

Vintage advent calendar with the design of an Ellen Clapsaddle painting or postcard.
Cost: $4.00
Sold: $45.00

Vintage advent calendar - Ellen Clapsaddle

Mod, vintage recipe collection.
Cost: $3.00
Sold: $12.00

Vintage recipe collection of mostly hand written recipes

3 bisque Christmas angels
Cost: $3.00
Sold: $45.00

Set of 3 vintage Christmas angels made of unglazed bisque porcelain. 3-1/2" tall.

Treasure chest jewelry box
Cost: $8.00
Sold: $47.00

History of Northern Neck of Virginia book, The Stronghold
Cost: Probably $1. It’s been in my death/profit pile a few years
Sold: $24.00

Stronghold. History of the northern neck of Virginia

Enesco, Santa and Mrs. Claus sitting in rocking chairs salt and pepper shakers
Cost: $2.00
Sold: $22.00

Enesco Santa and Mrs. Claus in rocking chairs salt and pepper shakers

113 vintage quilt block pieces
Cost: $1.00
Sold: $34.00

113 vintage hand pieced quilt block pieces

Kalmar Designs, pieced teak wood serving tray
Cost: $3.00
Sold: $22.00

2005 Fitz and Floyd, 3 piece Gifts From Santa
Cost: $1.00
$24.00

1970s oval brass frame
Cost: $1.00
Sold: $22.00

1980s Appalachian Trail patch
Cost: 10¢
Sold: $10.00

Vintage 1980s Appalachian Trail Patch. Maine To Georgia. Embroidered, iron on, unused.

Vintage Air Wick cat diffuser with its diffuser tail
Cost: $1.00
Sold: $19.00

Vintage Airwick cat diffuser with original tail wick

Rolling brass plant stand
Cost: $6.00
Sold: $35.00

Art Deco beaded purse with a comb inside
Cost: $1.00
Sold: $47.00

4 glass tube, vial, flower holders
Cost: $2.00
Sold: $21.00

4 vintage glass hanging flower holders or vials

Vintage, western yoke shirt pattern
Cost: .10
Sold: $7.00

Wood flower holder/plant propagation…. system… thing…..
Cost: $7.00
Sold: $69.00

Brass perpetual calendar from 1967-2006
Cost: 50¢
Sold: $14.00

Rival Potpurri crock pot. (Note: These sell very well for me)
Cost: $1.00
Sold: $25.00

3 small brass pots, collected from different estates and with different amounts of patina
Cost: $5.00
Sold: $35.00

Instant collecton of 3 small brass pots.

18″, white, Yaffa DoReMi coat hook. I found this at the most expensive estate sale company in our area on half price day. Had they known to look up the value, it would have been at least $20.
Cost: $2.00
Sold: $32.00

Brass display stand/riser
Cost: $5.00
Sold: $27.00

Vintage brass display stand, plant/bol/vase/candle riser

And finally, on December 31, this Fontanini carpenter sold for $19 with free shipping. He’s been hanging around for a few years. I’m so glad he found a new home!

Cost: $1.00
Sold: $19.00

So there it is. I hope you saw something you might not have thought about picking up. Like maybe the Yaffa DoReMi coat hook? I just saw the pictures for an upcoming estate sale that has three! I hope to be able to get them, but they’re high on the wall where most people would need a ladder, so there’s little hope for me as short as I am, but we’ll see. Annndddd…. I might have just given away the secret.

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Posted on May 15, 2023May 15, 2023 by Wanda — Leave a comment

A New Look For the Vintage Booth

We’re redecorating the booth and sharing in hopes that you might get some vintage booth display ideas! We’re trying to sort of niche down to a certain, admittedly girly, aesthetic. My daughter is stepping up more, putting more in the booth, and, in truth, she’s saying, “This is what we need to do” and I’m absolutely fine with that! Sooooo appreciative! I have never been all that great with merchandising the booth and frankly, after 25 years, I’m tired and have no new ideas. She has a great eye for display. Check out her beautiful Instagram feed @erins_vintagetreasures

Here’s what it currently looks like. (Actually, at the time of this writing, just a few days after we rearranged, a lot of things have sold, so it doesn’t exactly look this way anymore.)

Booth at Angel's Antique Mall in Opelika, Alabama

The little bench sold the day after we took it in. Also sold within the week was the basket hanging on the wall, the metal angel wings, the wicker vase on the table and the architectural piece behind the table.

Sold within the week in the above picture was that precious, little girl picture. And a few days later, the courting couple print.

Can you tell that’s a yellow Poppy sprinkler sitting on the box? It sold in about two weeks as well as an old hand rake that you absolutely cannot see here.

Erin painted and distressed the blue box and applied the molded flowers on the front as well as the coffee table it’s sitting on.

Things sold within the week in this picture are the crock on the floor that I sold too cheaply and really wish I’d kept because I liked it, and the cup hook thing inside the metal planter.

Ah! Here’s a better picture of the sprinkler! Still can’t see the rake, though.

I’ll try to get back the first of next month with a “What Sold” report.

Here’s a quick video of the whole booth. Sorry, not sorry, that it’s not a talkie. I was going to narrate and quickly gave up. And it’s only about 3 minutes long.

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Posted on March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 by Wanda — Leave a comment

Determine the Age Of Your Vintage Item By Country Of Origin

How often do we wonder just when our vintage item was made? If you’re a reseller, especially if you have an Etsy shop, eBay too, these days, it pays to know an approximate age. So, I worked up a little chart that gives approximate time frames. I mean, I’m constantly having to double check, so I needed it, too. This does not include all possible countries of origin, but has the primary ones that imported to the United States in the last 100 years or so.

It’s not meant to be definitive and is not all inclusive. There’s some give and take and overlapping years, but this is what I’ve learned from my research and I wanted to share it with you. I did not delve into mid century modern items and mid century styles, many from Denmark, nor did I get into the Italian Florentine and other items from Italy. There are, of course, a myriad of countries that we could drill down to. I’ll say again that this is just a basic guide to the more common items we see most often. Click on the photo below for a free PDF printable.

In a nutshell:

Nippon: 1891-1921
Occupied Japan: 1945-1952
Hong Kong: 1950s-early 1970s
Japan: 1960s
Korea and Taiwan: 1970s
Taiwan, East European countries and some made in China: 1980s
China, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia: 1990S-Present

ROC is The Republic of China which was Taiwan.

CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW

Posted on October 20, 2022November 2, 2022 by Wanda — Leave a comment

Viking Epic Candle Holder Vase

Let’s talk about glass a bit. Glass has never been my superpower, but I’m trying to learn. Maybe you are, too. I’ll wager you know more than I do, though. But in case you’re researching something that looks like this, here’s what I’ve learned.

I recently found this glass…. thing. I had absolutely no idea what it was or who made it. Research – and asking questions in glass groups – taught me several things:

It’s a candle holder …. vase thingy. Ha! How’s that? I think I added the vase part.
It’s made by Viking
It’s swung glass and those things sticking up are called fingers
The color is called “smoke”
It was probably made in the 1960s

I’m not keeping this one, I don’t think. Depends on how long it hangs around, I suppose. But it’s currently for sale here in the blog shop as well as my Etsy shop.