Burlington was today--we didn't leave as early as last time, thank goodness!
It rained early in the morning, and was dreadfully humid the rest of the day. And I think it rained twice more while we were there. In fact, it's raining right now, the tail end of a storm that just blew through and dropped the temperature about 15 degrees.
Well, what with the rain and all, I didn't expect much from this Burlington, and I didn't buy a lot. I sold the only spinning wheel I brought and a bunch of stuff from the $2 table, but the bigger sales were few and far between.
My first find of the day, however, is something I saw on ebay once upon a time, and figured I'd never find one "in the wild." Well, on my first foray out, I walked into one of the larger buildings, checked out one seller's stuff, and was about to walk away when something caught my eye. I think it was the crank on top, actually. And I seriously stood there and stared at it for a moment, because I couldn't believe I would find a Universal #1 Cake Maker (to go with my Universal #4 Bread Maker, of course), which was the equivalent of a Kitchen Aid mixer in 1905--for $10--ever. And it's in good, usable condition, too!
Here's a bit more about Landers, Frary, and Clark.
I then found two cookbook pamphlets and two cookbooks, one signed by the author (TOPS: The Home-makers Friend Cookbook, published in 1952) and a 1938 copy of the Watkins Cookbook.
The former seems to be really rare; it doesn't even show up on addall.com, which is really unusual. I wonder how many copies are really in existence. If I google George Dorcheff and cookbook, only a handful of mentions come up. Very weird! It's self-published, but even so. They do usually pop up on addall.com. Anyway, the pamphlets were 2/$1, the cookbooks $1/each, so I think that was a good price.
And really, the only other things I purchased was a set of dishes, unmarked, stoneware, that I swear I've seen before somewhere. (So far no luck looking up the maker, however.) They are solid colors, green, purple, blue, and medium brown. There's a salad plate, a cup, and a saucer in each color. It's matte glaze like Bennington pottery, which is one of the reasons why I liked it, but I also like the colors. I hope I can find out who made it and maybe find more on ebay; that would be nice.
Spinning wheel-wise, the fake was back (and someone bought it) but otherwise, no spinning wheels at Burlington this month.
It rained early in the morning, and was dreadfully humid the rest of the day. And I think it rained twice more while we were there. In fact, it's raining right now, the tail end of a storm that just blew through and dropped the temperature about 15 degrees.
Well, what with the rain and all, I didn't expect much from this Burlington, and I didn't buy a lot. I sold the only spinning wheel I brought and a bunch of stuff from the $2 table, but the bigger sales were few and far between.
My first find of the day, however, is something I saw on ebay once upon a time, and figured I'd never find one "in the wild." Well, on my first foray out, I walked into one of the larger buildings, checked out one seller's stuff, and was about to walk away when something caught my eye. I think it was the crank on top, actually. And I seriously stood there and stared at it for a moment, because I couldn't believe I would find a Universal #1 Cake Maker (to go with my Universal #4 Bread Maker, of course), which was the equivalent of a Kitchen Aid mixer in 1905--for $10--ever. And it's in good, usable condition, too!
Here's a bit more about Landers, Frary, and Clark.
I then found two cookbook pamphlets and two cookbooks, one signed by the author (TOPS: The Home-makers Friend Cookbook, published in 1952) and a 1938 copy of the Watkins Cookbook.
The former seems to be really rare; it doesn't even show up on addall.com, which is really unusual. I wonder how many copies are really in existence. If I google George Dorcheff and cookbook, only a handful of mentions come up. Very weird! It's self-published, but even so. They do usually pop up on addall.com. Anyway, the pamphlets were 2/$1, the cookbooks $1/each, so I think that was a good price.
And really, the only other things I purchased was a set of dishes, unmarked, stoneware, that I swear I've seen before somewhere. (So far no luck looking up the maker, however.) They are solid colors, green, purple, blue, and medium brown. There's a salad plate, a cup, and a saucer in each color. It's matte glaze like Bennington pottery, which is one of the reasons why I liked it, but I also like the colors. I hope I can find out who made it and maybe find more on ebay; that would be nice.
Spinning wheel-wise, the fake was back (and someone bought it) but otherwise, no spinning wheels at Burlington this month.
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