An Antique Santa With My Sister and Me!

The other day my sister and I went to an antique store to browse around.  I love old Christmas decorations and have quite a collection of 1950's Gurley candles and also some 50's hard plastic Santa's and boots which were candy holders. This Santa between us is an oldie so I decided to have a picture taken with him.  I like antiques and collect various things. Estate sales and garage sales are places I find most of them.  You never know what you are going to find and it's just fun to look!

A Unique Antique Hall Teapot With A Cover

Hall Teapot With A Cover

Did you ever see a teapot like this before?  Maybe some of you have but I never did before I received this one.  My sister, brother-in-law, and my husband and I prepare and do estate sales for people.  We've been working on an estate sale for a woman whose parents have passed away.  My sister told the lady I collect teapots and she surprised me by giving me this awesome teapot.  It's a vintage Hall teapot with a silver cover that you can take off.  It must have been used to keep the tea warm.  It's in excellent condition and looks like it was never used. 

I  was so excited when she gave it to me because it's a teapot I never saw before.  My sister said she has seen blue ones like this also.  She has a booth at an antique mall so she knows more about antiques.  I have quite a collection of teapots and must have about 40 of them or more.  This beautiful teapot will go nicely displayed with them. 

One Man's (Or Woman's) Trash Is Another One's Treasure

I really don't like throwing stuff out.  I'm not a wealthy person so it's hard to throw things away that some people might just toss out.  I keep everything I don't want any more and put it in the garage in boxes and when it's summer we have an annual garage sale.  After it's over I donate what's left to the Salvation Army and to local thrift shops.  It's nice to get a little money and you would be surprised what people will buy.  One time I was driving to the city and it happened to be on trash day.  I found an antique wooden RC Cola soda pop container by someone's trash.   I picked that up.  Some one wanted to buy it at my sale but I think it's neat and don't want to part with it yet. 

There's a guy that drives around our town the night before trash day and looks for stuff by people's trash.  I think he looks for metal to sell or stuff like that.  Now I wouldn't go that far but I think a lot of people do it these days.  Can you imagine what some rich people throw out!  I would love to see what some movie stars throw out.  I'm sure that some are pack rats and some that throw a lot of good stuff out. 

My sister has estate sales for people and she said once some people had a dumpster and were throwing all sorts of antiques out before she started working on their sale.  They had told her they were throwing out old metal toys and who knows what else.  They didn't know that the old stuff was worth anything.  So one man's trash definitely is another man's treasure sometimes!