Antique shop

[VoidCat]

I got these items at the shop

This book here I got for a dollar. The shop owner didnt know what to price it. I would've paid more but I didnt know what to price it either all i know is it is a Hindu text.

These candles imma use in spellwork. The shop owner after i told her that asked me to do a protection spell for the shop. I will do that I guess.

I thought this was a regular deck of cards. I dont know how to play pinochle

I got this perfume bottle as an offering for Bastet. She's associated with perfume

 

[ChristineM]

I love digging through antique shops and brocantes

Love the perfume bottle, I'd probably have bought that

 

[Revoltingest]

Long ago, I frequented antique shops.
Alas, now there's too little that I want to
be found there. But I still dive in dumpsters.

 

[JustGeorge]

The text you got is a conversation between Arjuna and Krishna before a huge battle is to begin.

However, the symbol in the corner is of the Theosophical Society. It is likely translated by a Theosophist rather than a Hindu, so may have its own take and opinions on what is being presented(I assume there's some commentary).

 

[Subduction Zone]

Occasionally I like to go through thrift shops. The same basic idea, but one can at times get awesome finds there. I picked up a couple of chairs at one just because I know the manufacturer. $5.00 each for chairs that would be over $300 if made today. It seemed like a good bargain to me.

 

[JustGeorge]

Occasionally I like to go through thrift shops. The same basic idea, but one can at times get awesome finds there. I picked up a couple of chairs at one just because I know the manufacturer. $5.00 each for chairs that would be over $300 if made today. It seemed like a good bargain to me.

I buy all my chairs thrift.

In this house full of very hyperactive children and animals, chairs are temporary. I'm unwilling to pay much for a chair I can guarantee will last no more than a year or two.

 

[Subduction Zone]

I buy all my chairs thrift.

In this house full of very hyperactive children and animals, chairs are temporary. I'm unwilling to pay much for a chair I can guarantee will last no more than a year or two.

It helps to know what to look for. US chairs tend to be worth the money. I would hate to try to guess how old the chairs that I bought were. I would say at least 40 years old. by their style. I do not know how many New England chair manufacturers survived the Chinese onslaught.

 

[Subduction Zone]

This is an example of the chair that I bought. Except mine are black with stenciling on the top rail. Both of those would have been upcharges:

It is a surprisingly comfortable little chair. And it is for sale at $75.00 A little more than I spent for mine. Please note the article is wrong. It is not maple. It is birch.

S. Bent Bros Maple Desk Chair Dinette Side Sidechair Windsor Low-back Wood Wooden Vintage

 

[VoidCat]

Doing the spell for the antique shop:

I probably shouldve checked if the spices i burned were safe to burn. Im sitting on a different end of the table not in the direction the wind is blowing to minimize breathing it in. I think it'll be fine

 

[JustGeorge]

It helps to know what to look for. US chairs tend to be worth the money. I would hate to try to guess how old the chairs that I bought were. I would say at least 40 years old. by their style. I do not know how many New England chair manufacturers survived the Chinese onslaught.

I am confident my crew could crash through anything.

I pay more in line between 5-30 dollars based on that.

There's the jumping, the tipping over, the coloring on, the cat scratches, the occasional pile of vomit, the spilled food...

My house is a living adventure.

 

[sun rise]

PBS "Passport" has the 20 season Antiques Roadtrip available for streaming. Two experts buy items for resale at an auction and compete to see which one can make the most money. At the end of several episodes they have a big auction at Christie's to see which one on all the teams will be #1.

Being "reality" TV they also drive some neat cars, bicker like old friends and visit sites of interest.

We're on season 2 right now and starting to be able to predict what will give them a profit and what won't.

 

[Revoltingest]

I buy all my chairs thrift.

In this house full of very hyperactive children and animals, chairs are temporary. I'm unwilling to pay much for a chair I can guarantee will last no more than a year or two.

Too bad you're so far away from Revoltistan.
I'm giving away many chairs abandoned by a
commercial tenant...who was supposed to do
refinishing work, but abandoned his business.

 

[JustGeorge]

Too bad you're so far away from Revoltistan.
I'm giving away many chairs abandoned by a
commercial tenant...who was supposed to do
refinishing work, but abandoned his business.

Yes, that is a shame. I am down two chairs, and haven't found anything both durable and not white while thrift shopping.

 

[Revoltingest]

Yes, that is a shame. I am down two chairs, and haven't found anything both durable and not white while thrift shopping.

I have 2 chairs no kids could destroy.
They're giant, rugged, heavy....like thrones.
The others are normal, so they'd last the usual.

 

[JustGeorge]

I have 2 chairs no kids could destroy.
They're giant, rugged, heavy....like thrones.
The others are normal, so they'd last the usual.

No kids? Are you sure?

They sound very impressive...

 

[Revoltingest]

No kids? Are you sure?

They sound very impressive...

A guy from a theater group is considering them as props.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Yes, that is a shame. I am down two chairs, and haven't found anything both durable and not white while thrift shopping.

You can always paint them black!

Actually a good quality can of spray black lacquer would probably cost more than the chairs would.

Rather rarely I would paint some objects in our store. I started when it was my father's. We had a clock behind the desk from one of our manufacturers that he had painted red and antiqued.. From there we went on to do various things mostly for fun, it was not time that was financially rewarding but it gave us a unique look here and there. There was one picture in our store that a customer said "I would buy it if the frame was red". So we did it. No money down, just trusted her. Well she reneged. This may have even been a version of the picture and frame. Please ignore the colors of the picture. That is not how it would have come to our store. This one may have suffered severe sun exposure of excessive tobacco smoke:

That is just for the colors. Grandma Moses painted quite a few pictures using that house.

At any rate the finish on the wood would not take the red paint that I wanted to use as a base. And since I forgot, I would take the picture and glass out of the frame so I was working with just that. Now I had a frame with crapping looking red paint on it. It looked awful. So I took a wire stripper for a drill and ripped off my work, and the finish underneath. Plus some of the wood. I know had a bare frame with grooves in it from the stripper. But I had remember my basics and done everything with the grain. It sill had a look of a natural wood grain to it. Next I sanded it so it was not horrendously rough, painted it, put on an antiquing glaze and then put on a spray lacquer that I knew would craze. A bit of steel wool to polish it and a quick clean and reassemble and it was done.

It was gorgeous, which is why I wondered why the lady did not buy it. Especially since we did not raise the price for all of my work. So we raised the price and put it for sale on the floor. Usually above a sofa that complimented the frame and picture. It did not take long to sell. Every since that we would buy one to replace it and do the same. It was a combination that could not be purchased anywhere else.