Tuesday Treasures - January 7, 2025

  These items were thrifted as Christmas presents, so I held off posting them until after Christmas.  

Kodak Baby Brownie camera for my son's vintage and antique camera collection.  Baby Brownies were introduced in July 1934 and discontinued in 1941 (in the US, in the UK they were around from 1948-1952).  Its solid body is made from Bakelite.  The original cost was $1.  I paid only a bit more at St. Vincent de Paul. 

Also from St. Vincent de Paul for my son was this Dial-A-Matic Adding Machine.  It also is made of Bakelite.  This version dates to 1956.  It's larger than my son's other one, from 1957.  This came with the original box, but no pick.  I had a small metal one (possibly Tom Thumb) when I was a little girl.  It was fun to do calculations on it!  

 

and... yet another from St. Vincent de Paul!  This was on the half-off day (which I was going to skip, but earlier in the day found the watercolor below and wanted a frame, which I didn't find there, but did find I had at home!).  It's a cast iron bench mount rivet setter for leatherworking, patented in 1900. There were two, 17 and 27.  17 was for lighter use where precision was important.  27 used heavier and larger rivets for heavy materials.  This is marked 27.  I don't know what he's going to do with it, or if he even wants it, but he usually likes old things like this!

More thrifted gifts.

This is from the Goodwill Bins.  It's in all ways identical to the 2020 Rae Dunn Chirp birdhouses, but for one big thing.  There is no marking on the bottom.  I do read that sometimes the markings can come off though, so it may be a Rae Dunn.  Not her hand-made ceramics, but the ones sold in Marshalls, HomeGoods, and TJMaxx.  For some reason they are still highly sought after, to the point her fans are called Rae Dunners or Rae Dunner Women!  I should have bought the other, a matte black Halloween themed birdhouse of the same design, but didn't know it was "something" and it was ugly!   

This bird is carved from myrtlewood with a hanger on the back is also from St. Vincent de Paul.  It probably is Oregon made, as myrtlewood is a native and commonly carved for sale in gift shops.  Myrtlewood is the same tree as I grew up calling bay, or California bay (or California bay laurel), not the same bay as the sweet bay from the Mediterranean region.  Although you do use the leaves for cooking in the same way. 

Two paintings.

This coastal scene watercolor was in a mat, and I had the fabulous vintage frame already from the print I shared last month.  I think it's Cannon Beach, Oregon.   It's signed what looks like "Charlane."  I did contact one watercolorist I thought it might be by, but she said it wasn't hers. 

Then, a seascape signed Jim Griffith.

I got a friend a bowling ball from the Goodwill Bins.  I was going to wrap it for a Christmas gift, but changed my mind.  It might be heavy, but they don't weigh the heavy items in the Bins, they just give you a price.  A bowling ball?  Yes, the friend is an artistic gardener and uses them as gazing ball type decor in her garden. Some she has decorated,  mosaicked, others are already glittery. 

Thrifted gifts are okay with the people I gifted these to, however, I've heard of people who aren't okay with second-hand items in general.  Keep that in mind.  You know your audience, in this case gift recipients, and whether second-hand would be welcome.  I can't imagine why not, but that's me! 🤣 I remember when I was a teen my brother and his then wife gave me print making supplies, including a brayer, linoleum, carving tools, and paints that were second-hand.  I didn't care.  I still remember that gift.  I carved a jumping Dobermann!