Still Around...or Back Rather

                                             

I know this is a Christmas picture but since I missed Christmas and New Year's on my blogs I'm sort of still in holiday mode. And I love Christmas and try to drag it out as long as I can!!  This is one of the bows I made for one of our trees.  Everything you see was purchased at the Dollar Tree! :D 

It's been a long few months.  With sickness (strep throat, pneumonia, stomach bugs, migraines, broken bones-my family likes to keep it interesting), vacation then the holidays and traveling for the holidays.  Whew!  We were only home three days over the holiday break.  Long enough to unpack from our trip to Orlando, do laundry, celebrate Christmas at our house, repack and hit the road again to visit my in-laws in Cincinnati.  It was a fantastic Christmas though!  We got to enjoy 80 degree, sunny weather at Disney World with the kids and then the kids got to play in 12+ inches of snow and go sledding the next week in Cincinnati.  It was a blast! 

But now it's time to get back to business!  Time to really dig into my inventory and start listing, listing, listing! So over the next week or so hopefully you will start to see the store growing.  I have already made a few minor changes to the website Annies Eclectic Finds, mostly cosmetic but some changes in the policies you might want to check out.  Also, be sure to notice that when you hover over the link for the store page on the site you will see additional links appear to your right with other categories.  It is hard to see and I'm working on how to fix that.  I'm not sure there is a way to change that.  If not then I will make each category it's on page instead of a sub-page to the store.

I can't wait to have more inventory added to the store for you to see!  I'm also excited to show you some things I brought home from Cincinnati.  My mother-in-law had been keeping a few things stored away for my husband for quite a few years and decided to send the home with us this time.  We brought home a set of beautiful fine china his grandmother had left to him as well has some blue mason jars, antique salt & pepper shakers, glasses, Mikasa goblets and crystal candle holders.  For our vintage collection we know have my husbands AM/FM Pioneer Radio, still in working condition!  It is a gorgeous piece.  He says sell it...I'm still debating.  (You know I want to keep everything!)  I think it would look awesome in our house since I still have my floor model AM/FM, 8 track, 45 player (also in working condition).  Pictures of all to follow soon!

Until next time...happy finding!!

Haviland 105 Piece Fine China Set

As I was scrolling through previous posts I realized that I had an entire post dedicated to the sell of this set of china.  Well, it actually did sell...but then after 3 weeks of bad checks and attempting to get the money from the gentleman I cancelled the transaction.  (This is why I only deal in cash or Paypal)  So the moral of this post is... the set is not sold as the previous post would have you believe.


If you are interested, I do have this listed on eBay.  You can find the listing at annieseclecticfinds512.
Here are a few more pictures.  This is a gorgeous set.  It has been displayed in my hutch since I purchased them and I just love looking at them every time I walk by.  The pictures really don't do them justice.  And as you will see in the picture below from my most up-to-date appraisal book (2012), the price I am listing them for is less than half of their appraisal value!  (and keep in mind the price listed below is for a set much smaller than what I am offering)
The eBay listing will give you more details about the china, including condition, pieces included and terms and condition of sell.  If you have any questions at all please do not hesitate to contact me either here or through eBay.

Haviland 105pc Set Sold

I wanted to let you all know that my Haviland collection did sell :(  I know I should be so excited...I know my husband is pretty happy about it.  Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to make a little money, we have bills to pay after all and kids to fed and keep in baseball and gymnastics and feed some more...and some more...and did I mention the amount of food they eat? Yeah, definitely need the money.  I really had grown attached to the set but truth be known I don't have the room for a set that large!

After I had listed the set I made a trip to Barnes & Noble and bought some great books on antiques.  I found this set and the actual value...I was blown away!  I just can't imagine paying that much for a set of china.  Can you see it? $2700!  It's not the exact pattern but all of the patterns were priced in that range.  And the settings they were showing were actually smaller than mine and had fewer extra pieces.  I'm thinking maybe I should have taken mine to an actual auction or found a different venue to sell mine!  Lesson learned!

Monday's Finds

Hello everyone! I hope everyone is having a fabulous week!  I have been so busy this week with school activities for the kids (there have been lots with this being the end of the school year), girl scouts, appointments...and of course in between I hit every thrift store, goodwill, antique store and consignment store I can find!  I absolutely love it!  I have found some awesome stuff.  I have some pictures of my finds from a few days ago which I will post today.  I still need to take pictures of the last couple of days finds (and even unpack some, one box is even still in my truck! lol).  At this point my finds have completey taken over the living room and the dining room.  Once I unpack the rest they will be expanding into my office.  I'm going to have to spend the next few days doing nothing but listing so I can hopefully clear out some space.  I think my family would appreciate having the house back.
Here are some close ups of some of the things I found on I think Monday.  I'm sorry some of the pictures are a bit blurry.  I use my cellphone just because it is so much easier and quicker to get the pictures uploaded.  I use the photobucket app so all the pictures automatically upload to my computer and into an album.  I love it!  Unfortunately the camera on my phone is crap...I've had it replaced once because it stopped working altogether and the new one hasn't worked right ever since and rarely focuses properly. Enough about my cell camera! Let's see some finds!!!

I love vintage cookware.  I'm not sure how well it will sell though.  The cookware with the veggies were the cookware I remember from when I was probably 4 or 5 years old.  I might end up using them as display pieces if I see that there is not a market for them. (Should have researched first, I usually always do, oh well)

Of course I bought dishes....

I just thought this was an interesting and beautiful plate.  The back of the plate tells a whole story about the woman in the painting.  This was the 2nd plate of a series of 12 limited edition plates, Women of the Century, made by French artist Francois Ganeau, celebrating a century of women's fashion from 1865-1965.

This is one picture that I am so disappointed in. It just doesn't do justice to the colors in these plates.  This is a beautiful set.  The pictures I took for my listing turned out much better.  I'll link to those as soon as I have them up (if I list these, shhhh, I'm thinking of keeping them).

Love this one, thought it was so cute because it's so small...

I collect liquor bottles, maybe I should add this whiskey jug to my collection :-D  I don't think it would blend in very well.
Really wish I had gotten a better picture of all the Gail Pittman pieces I found.

A collection of milk glass for your enjoyment:

And for the grand finale:

Did I mention I only paid $2.00 for the type writer?  I love a bargain!!


I hope you have enjoyed...I will post more as soon as I possibly can.  It's crazy busy this time of year.  The kids will be out of school as of next week and I'm thinking I might actually have more time to devote to this.  Maybe.

Goodnight to all my antique, vintage or just anything unusual or unique lovers!

Another long day and late night...

I know I promised to give more history on the R. Hall red transfer I posted about last night but it's been another one of those days. I've spent all day editing photos and doing research.  I managed to get a few more listings up and made my first sale since I've been back :D  That was kind of exciting.  But now it's late and I'm literally falling asleep at the computer (as I have every night for the last week).  So I'm going to leave you with a few pictures and another promise to enlighten you on not only the history behind R. Hall but also a few other of my great finds...I can't wait to show you!  Can't wait to take more pictures tomorrow! Anyway, here are a few more finds from last week. The first is a pitcher made by Lucille that I have fallen in love with. It is an ivory and soft pink and the pictures truly do not do this beautiful piece justice! I've decided this is another that I will not be selling, this is going in my hutch before I go to bed tonight!

Another great find from last week was two boxes of Sheffield Bone White China and Wade Fine Porcelain China from my favorite thrift store.  All the pieces were in excellent condition.  A couple saucers and plates had a small chip but other than that they practically looked brand new.

 I'll share one more before I go to bed...my husband actually found something very similar when he was in California but I told him not to buy because I thought they were asking way too much...the very next day I found this at my favorite thrift store! I'm pretty sure it's the same dish my husband found only this one was much cheaper. I was a bit surprised because he found some really good deals on antiques while he was in California. I'm still waiting on a couple of the boxes to arrive that he shipped to me from there after shopping for me!


I apologize if there are a gazillion spelling and grammar errors.  I told you I was falling asleep at the computer...I've fallen asleep three times just trying to proof read this!
Goodnight!!! Hope everyone has had a fantastic day and rests well!

Just one more...

Ok, it's 1:30 AM and I'm exhausted. I was going to go to bed but I have to show you one more find before I go.  I think this is probably my favorite of the week.  But only because my absolute favorite thing ever is red transfer or red toile.  (Oh, and not to mention that I only paid $4.00 for it!)  I am definitely not selling this piece.  My daughter fell in love with it as soon as she saw it...so I told her that when she was all grown up she could have the plate.  I promise...more on the history of this plate tomorrow when I'm not so tired.  Goodnight!

This blog is "under construction" so-to-speak.  I've decided to start selling on eBay again after a quite lengthy break away from it.  I have accumulated quite the inventory of antique and vintage collectibles (literally in a matter of days) so there really is no other choice.  Not sure what came over me, I have been collecting antique dishes and vintage items for years now but all it took was one amazing find (by my husband surprisingly!) and I was ready to open my own store!  Since that just isn't possible at the moment, eBay was the next best thing.  I plan to share all of my fantastic finds here and I hope you all enjoy them as much as I do!
Pictured above and below is the fantastic find I was speaking of.  It is an 105 piece set of Theodore Haviland China.  It is absolutely gorgeous!!  I do have it listed on eBay but the longer it sits on my dining room table the more I fall in love with it!  This is going to be the hardest part about getting back into buying and reselling...I never want to resell what I find!