Nostalgia Calling: Cute Vintage Pay Phone Bank
February 18, 2010 by Deanna
Filed under Bedroom, Office & Den, Rec Room & Family Room
There’s lots to love about this vintage pay phone ceramic bank I spotted at a local thrift store.
To add money to the piggy bank, you drop the coins in the slot at the top — just like you did with those pay phones. This particular bank was missing the presumably rubber stopper sealing the [...]
The Island of Misfit Collectibles
February 8, 2010 by Mitzi Swisher
Filed under The Hobby Of Collecting
One of the first things that people usually ask me when they find out I’m a dealer of vintage collectibles is, what do you collect? My answer is usually short and sweet – “Anything that is chipped or cracked!”
My shelf in the kitchen holding my misfit kitchen collectibles -
lots of chips, cracks and rust spots [...]
Giving A Ceramic Poodle A Bath (Or How To Clean Vintage Spaghetti Figurines)
January 11, 2010 by Deanna
Filed under Parlor & Living Room, The Hobby Of Collecting
When I was a kid, I had a number of vintage spaghetti figurines — mostly poodles. Sadly, I sold most of them at family rummage sales as I got older. So when I spotted this black poodle with the familiar ceramic spaghetti fur for just $2 at a local thrift shop I had [...]
