Tuesday Treasures - March 31, 2026

 Yard Sale Season has begun!  

I went to one I'd been to a few years ago, expecting some "old" stuff for cheap.  I was right!

There was an rusty old cookie tin I briefly picked up.  Then, the man told me it held his mother's buttons.  Okay, that's different, I love old button collections!  The tin was interesting, but it was really icky in the bottom, so I didn't keep it.  The top photo is of a 1940s clasp, like for a cape or sweater.  There were quite a few shell buttons. 

In the button tin were things other than buttons. 

Aluminium "coins."  One from an arcade, the one with the hole is an Oklahoma Consumers Tax Token, used in the 1930s to help fund Old Age Assistance programs during the Great Depression.  There are several of these.  The American Junior Red Cross tab tin button is from the 1940s. 

Vintage kitchen items to add to my vintage kitchen items in my kitchen. Melon baller (my mother had this one, in fact she had a lot of kitchen tools with these red handles), a measuring cup (unusual for its lack of handle), and a rusty old pasta cutter.

A mid‑century German Capodimonte‑influenced compote, quite ugly, but free, and with amazing decorations.  Almost certainly made by a Selb-area Bavarian decorator studio, likely Wagner or Hertel & Schwab between 1950 and 1970. (Thanks to the narrowing the mark down bit by bit with Copilot!)  I love Pan!  In the top photo he has his little goat tail, and in the bottom one I like his ears, horns, and beard! 

A small pin flower frog. 

The front piece from an antique cast iron bank.  My mother had one,  the sides came apart in pieces like a puzzle. My oldest has it now. 

The button tin was $1, and the rest of it was just another $1!  

The weekend after this coming one the people will be bringing out a lot more, so I'll be sure to go back then. 

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