Industrial Machine Age Clip On Bed Lamp Bought $4~Sold $39.00

Vintage Antique Industrial Machine Age Clip On Reading Night Bed Lamp Light found at an antique shop in Shallotte and I could not believe this piece was only $4. I grabbed her up and she was really worth $39. A little History about the machine age: The Machine Age can be mostly associated with the early 20th century – at a time just between the first and second world wars. The mass production of steel and metal for automobiles or skyscrapers was in full swing. Architecture, film, radio, and art were all taken to new and extreme levels. Basic forms for everyday home products had already been developed, but with the Machine Age, designers were able to experiment and invent new looks for products such as appliances, furniture, and electronics. What they came up with was nothing like anyone had seen before and certainly did not represent the previous Victorian period of style. Homes were soon filled with futuristic, streamlined items which led into the Art Deco style.

Heavy Cast Iron Standard Oil Truck Paid $2 Sold~$15

Cool antique cast iron standard oil truck bought at an auction for $2 and sold for $15.00. Throughout the 1870s, nearly 16 yrs prior to the 1st commercially identified farm toy was created, toy manufactures began to explore the prospects of cast iron. At the same time, tin toys were the number one of their fame, simply tin did not have a long lifespan enough for manufacturing long lasting toys; cast iron was durable and also not as costly.

Vintage Crucifix $.50 Catholic Church Sale ~Sold $26

This crucifix is in great condition and was bought from a catholic church yard sale for $.50 and sold for $26. The Corpus is 2.25 inches head to toe and under 2.25 inches hand to hand. Truly beautiful VINTAGE SOLID BRASS, PECTORAL CHRIST. Printed on the back bottom "MADE IN GERMANY".

Update Victorian 1800s Antique Autograph Album Paid $2~Sold $39

I went to an auction last week and I paid $2 for this little gem. I just sold this last night for $39. Very exciting! This is such a lovely piece of Victorian history full of sentiments of love, friendship, signatures and poems with quill pens and ink, given to Minnie by her cousin May to obtain signatures and memories from her classmates before she wed in Groveport Ohio. Beautiful penmanship and a truely fasinating read. Beautiful Victorian flower decals on most pages and it looks like most of the signatures were taken around 1883-1886. Such sweet quotes like "May your life have just enought clouds to make a beautiful sunset" by Ella from Groveport, OH "Remember me and bare in mind a truthful friend is hard to find and if you find one good and true cling to them that cling to you: by Anna from Edwards, OH. This is a one of a kind piece of history truly sought after by collectors. I will let you know the outcome of this one!

Japanese Ceramic Vase Otagiri Paid $1 ~Sold $24

Classic Japanese ceramics are sparsely decorated. In this tradition, only the front of this black flat table vase is decorated with a red hibiscus in full bloom. The polychrome colors are applied on a black background using a combination of transfers, brush and air-brush. The hibiscus stamens are all gold, and all the images are outlined in gold. This Otagiri flowered ceramic vase was made in the late 1970's - early 1980's. The bottom is clearly marked: "Camellia" in script and "© Otagiri, Japan".

Old "Swank" Cufflinks Bought for $.50 ~Sold $9.50

Two pairs of vintage gold tone cuff links. The tiger's eye pair has "Swank" written on the back. The blue and white pair are unsigned. Found both of these at a yardsale and paid a quarter for each set. Very beautiful and some of the higher end Swank cufflinks were fetching alot of money. A little history: Swank Inc a popular designer and manufacturer of men's cufflinks were incorporated on April 17, 1936. The Roaring 20's were probably the height of cuff-link invention. When Cufflinks peaked in the 1960's they were making 12 million a year. Every significant movement in art can be traced through the design of cufflinks in this past century. Cufflinks are making a strong comeback with gross sales having increased consistently over the last ten years.

Antique Florenza Devil Resin Bolo Paid $52 Sold~$99

This is a unique antique costume piece made by Florenza and produced in the 1940's. Lucite resin devil face with gold tone bolo chain and balls with none of the gold missing or rubbed off. Wonderful highly collectable devil with simulated jade cabochons. This is a one of a kind piece, rare and hard to come by.