Tuesday Treasures - May 5, 2026

 Some Goodwill Bins "Treasures."

As I've mentioned before, I "save" original art and donate it to St. Vincent de Paul, where they keep things forever (or so it seems!).  I saved this original colored pencil drawing by Helen R. Haynes.  It bears two labels on the back, the first from the Colored Pencil Society of America's (CPSA) 11th International Exhibition in 2003, where it's catalog name was South American Beauty.  The other is from a later sales listing, reading South American Cactus, $200.00. It's matted and framed, 24" x 24".  I wasn't going to keep it, but it grew on me and I had a bare spot on my bedroom wall (I actually parted with something else).  So, what did I pay?  44¢!  In a frame, so breakables price.  That's the reason I don't mind buying artwork just to donate.  (The colors are brighter than this makes it seem.)

Two metal... they seem to me to be cookie cutters, handmade.  They make a nice edition to my vintage kitchen tools on display.

This L.E. Smith Glass Company, PA, produced this pressed amber glass elephant which I bought at St. Vincent de Paul.  In their old catalogs and dealer sheets it was classified as a "toothpick holder, match holder, or whimsey," their term for small decorative novelties.   One thing it is not, is a candy holder, what it's listed as by many online resellers.   This is mold A, the blanket patterned, mold B was flat.

It was called "Baby Mine" which is pressed into the base. It came in other colors too.  Manganese dioxide was added to the glass mixture to make amber. 

In December I posted about a limited edition triptych etching I bought at Goodwill for $2.24, mentioning the artist's etchings are quite valuable.  I gave it to my son and told him it was worth selling.  A few weeks ago it sold for $125!  Quickly, with no "best offers" since the buyers knew they were getting a huge bargain!