Oh, did I say we were headed to the Kenny Neighborhood sale? I'm sure it was great, but we'd made plans to go north this weekend. There were a ton of yard sales along the way, and a trip that usually takes 4 hours took us 6 1/2 hours.
I really liked the driveway to one of these sales. Country folk can be territorial, I tell you what.
Find of the day:
Least interesting thing we saw:
Enormous plastic planter filled with "silk" flowers.
price - "take me"
no sale
As the Irish woman in my building says: "They're not silk to me."
Other things we did not buy:
A six-pack of full Hires bottles
price: $28
no sale
Granted, I get $8 for an empty, but I need serious markup. After mileage is factored into my expenses, these would be spendy indeed.
Votive candle christmas tree
price - $5
no sale
As fake christmas trees go, this is pretty good, but it's still not green.
Remote-controlled hummer
price - $10
no sale
This was about 14 inches long (hey, it's a Hummer). These folks had one thing after another that seemed out of touch with reality, including:
Lawrence of Arabia figurine
price - 50 cents
no sale
What I like about this is the maiden he's swooping up. She's wearing short shorts - yes, women in 1917 Arabia wore short shorts -
and
Indian maiden hugging a wolf figurine
price - 50 cents
no sale
I don't think anybody hugs wolves. Don't get me wrong. I like wolves. I like polar bears too.
On to the next sale . . .
Free bike
no sale
I don't need a bike, but now we're talkin'.
Two-tub stainless sinks
price - $2 and $1
no sale
They were identical, so I don't get the price difference. Still, I was raised in a world where there were no dish washers. These were lovely sinks. I have one, though.
So, we made our way up to Nisswa, and eagerly arrived at the Nisswa swap meet, to find:
Crescent wrench
price - $8
no sale
Guitar left out in the rain
no sale
I just wanted to slap someone.
Folk art guy left out in the rain
price - $5
Janie liked him, but he was trashed.
Nasty white dolls safely bagged to protect them from the rain
price - $45 each
no sale
These were wretched.
So, we left the swap meet without buying anything, and just started circling the lakes looking for yard sales. Things started looking up, if only for finding interesting things to photograph.
Gorilla that sings Wild Thing
price - $5
The singing bass spoiled me on all things of this sort. You can't top that.
Baboon beanie baby
price - $2
I was going to buy it, but decided a picture of a baboon beanie is as much fun as owning a baboon beanie. Now though, as I look up at my baboon poster, I wish I'd bought him.
Nurse ornament with ginormous syringe
price - 75 cents
no sale
It's cute, but why would I put this on my Christmas tree?
And look at the back!
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Okay, we got way too many pictures for one post, so we needed to break them into two. We were not skunked by any means. Come back tomorrow and see part two, where we show off the goodies we bought!
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Comments: 26
Wilma, my mother-in-law has a saying I love: "Arts and Craps".
The baboon babie really would look nice with the big baboon poster we bought for 50 cents a couple years back. I just loathe things that were made to be "collectible" though. It's like buying a car were you know the designer thought of it as something you wear. Forget it. It's transportation. We drive a Saturn.
Sue, I really like spending weekends this way. It's great fun.
The rest of the things just made for good pictures!
Vicky, I always enjoy hearing people say "Hey, I have that!" or "Hey, I know someone who has that!"
Nic, I didn't even recognize it as being a beanie baby at first. Someone is going to come along and say, "Hey, that's one of the most valuable beanie babies there is. It's worth four, maybe five bucks!"
If I had a lot where I could just put things for people to come look through and buy, I'd have picked up the sinks, Michelle. We found some nice things, too. Keepers.
I am always looking for books at yard sales, but I don't find many.
It's like a farm in our neighborhood that sells fresh produce but has a sign on the driveway that reads, "No Turnaround." Kind of takes away my desire to do business there!
Marsha, this is why I take photos, so I come away from even the worst sale with something : )
"Guitar left out in the rain, no sale,I just wanted to slap someone "
There's your opening lyric, now write the song.
Okay, George. Thank you. I'm going to do that.