Don’t throw that out!

Don’t throw that out!

Judith Howard was a great shopper. She had an eye for good stuff at the thrift shops, especially antiques. Back in 1982 she spent $17 to buy a handmade porcelain dish she thought would be valuable. It kind of worked out, as her daughter took the dish and some other pieces of her collection to Wooley & Wallis auctioneers and they sold the dish for $32,000. The dish was made in 1754 in Vincennes, France, during the reign of King Louis XV. “Judith’s collection was probably the largest collection of Sevres porcelain in private hands and, in terms of the number of pieces, certainly rivaled that of the queen.” So next time you are in the Salvation Army store…

 

We walked into Costco for light bulbs. We walked out with a new kitchen, a canoe and a lawnmower for a yard we don’t even have.

What do you call a Disney movie about antique cooking wares?
Pewter Pan

Antique shop owners in the middle east have one rule
Dubreak, Dubai.

Today I bumped into the man who sold me an antique globe.
It’s a small world.