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IF it is old, obsolete, dirty, noisy, or unusual in any way AND/OR smokes, sparks, leaks, plugs in, lights up, gets hot (or cold), makes music, takes coins, has moviIF it is old, obsolete, dirty, noisy, or unusual in any way AND/OR smokes, sparks, leaks, plugs in, lights up, gets hot (or cold), makes music, takes coins, has moving parts or electrical wires inside, is colored red, or otherwise just sends the cat off to hiding under the bed -- I probably like it and want one if I don't already have one. (or 3 <lol>) Also have a fondness for old/commercial kitchenware and cookware plus barware of all sorts, quality tools of any kind, pipe organs and mechanical musical instruments, traffic and railroad signs signals and controls, assorted industrial electrical devices, telephones and related equipment, and Ford Thunderbirds. (harder to collect are things like "buildings" and "bridges" and "trains" but I like those too...?) I've been a 'collector of interesting stuff' my entire life, nowadays I could probably be accused and found guilty of living in my own personal flea-market. <lol> For the record (in case it needs to be said) the items I post are items I actually enjoy owning and should not be construed as being "for sale" -- sorry, my flea market is not open to the general public. ;-) :-) (Read more)

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HNY 2023! - Photographsin Photographs
sixteen extra feets - Animalsin Animals
kitties and a sticker, 08.11.22 - Animalsin Animals
my two mostest favoritest neckties - Advertisingin Advertising
little black furballs - Animalsin Animals
"Junior" - Photographsin Photographs
another "homoerotic" artwork, ID help please?? - Fine Artin Fine Art
SINGER portable record player - Electronicsin Electronics
cleavers - Kitchenin Kitchen
another antique mirror - Furniturein Furniture

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  1. Maybe that hook/clip on the cap once held a metal pouring spout? Yes indeed, keramikos...how inconvenient, but so TRUE, TRUE, TRUE....... <groan>
  2. Thanks folks for noticing I've snuck back in here...it's been a dreadful summer for me, sorely lacking time/motivation to hang out here to enjoy the show! And yes, of course, I now have a sorta si...
  3. The shovel is way cool, but I gotta admit the signs in the background caught my eye first... :-) :-) :-)
  4. When one is faced with something 'irrecoverable', the best option to hope for is a creative and respectful 'repurposing'. IMHO, you have succeeded at that in fine form -- good work, and welcome to CW...
  5. I'd wanna guess a 'mechanic's stool', perhaps decorated by one that was also a musician or something. Could the big black/white sticker in the middle maybe have advertised ADIDAS shoes??
  6. Mebbe for use in a library?
  7. My 'daily driver' of these is just steps down the hall under the telephone shelf where it routinely lives...the rest of 'em (some painted, others not) are scattered around where they remain useful too...
  8. THANK YOU chrisklug1979. (and for that matter, fhrjr2) Any further clue remains more than I already know about it, and is greatly appreciated. :-) :-) :-)
  9. Bless y'all dav2no1, Watchsearcher, and ho2cultcha.
  10. Thank you both, hotairfan and keramikos! :-) :-) :-)
  11. HAPPY 2o23, Watchsearcher! :-) :-) :-)
  12. Thank you too kwqd. No doubt I'll end up saving a few pennies on my heat bill this winter, and the unconditional love our furballs give us is even more priceless. :-) :-) :-)
  13. With tears still in my eyes, I have to report that Oxley is no longer with us on Planet Earth, after a brief, undiagnosed illness for a few days which apparently wasn't painful either. If it was, he ...
  14. Thank you, Vynil! :-) :-) :-)
  15. I have a few of these that were definitely car keyring tags, bearing the name of a car dealer and a code number with 'if found, drop into any mailbox', which if received back by the dealership could b...
  16. Does the 'top' part of it come loose from the 'bottom' part of it, and/or is the woodgrain consistent that it is made from one piece of wood with a lid that come off? (even if said lid might be now st...
  17. Even if not specifically meant to do so, I still bet it'd be a good spaghetti server, at least before the ladle of sauce got added to the dinner plate, esp. if there's a spring somewhere in the handle...
  18. "Why can't we just get into the running car?? NO, let's go hide behind the chainsaws"... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TJCEDW1xoA I have no earthly idea why that quote from that TV commercia...
  19. Dave, there is absolutely NOTHING I can yet see in any of your pics that I wouldn't welcome to my own collections. Now, if I only had a proper garage (or barn, or flea market, or museum, or whatever....
  20. And now we're all back to "anxious objects"...?? ;-) ;-) :-) :-) You have such a gift for finding and showing such little fragile glass things to the rest of us Marin -- THANK YOU once again! Al...
  21. And dav2no1 wins the prize for taking a moment to google it -- mine was just a first-glance guess! <applause>
  22. Serving spaghetti??!! :-) :-) :-)
  23. My first-glance would look something like one of these, reasonably common old military ammo crates. It's about the right length, a little too tall maybe (it holds VHS videocassettes perfectly, though...
  24. Oh wow Dan -- that tuning dial/cap mechanism looks like a WONDERFUL contraption just by itself. I'll be looking forward to seeing your restoration of this one, FOR SURE!! :-) :-) :-)
  25. Falcon61, your son is a lucky young man indeed. :-) What a beautiful machine which I'd bet looks as good inside or out or under the hood. <applause>
  26. Dav2no1, that's the *very first* thing my partner said when I showed him this post...<lol>...it'd take a little bit (but not all that much) of extra 'seat of the pants engineering' to turn/replace the...
  27. What an AWESOMELY CREATIVE idea??!!! I've never seen anything like it and would have never thought of it myself...OTOH, now that I *have* seen it, I do have a few boxfuls of old phones downstairs alr...
  28. AWESOME, Michael -- in every respect now including the Pepsi machine!! HAPPY HOLIDAZE, to you and yours! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
  29. PEPSI is my cola of choice too, so I'll add my name to the list of folks that would have loved to get it...SUCH a wonderful (if large, heavy, and more than somewhat unwieldy) thing as it might be...?...
  30. Sorry I cant help you ID it, but there's no doubt is a spectacular old tool -- whoever its maker/manufacturer is obviously expended lots of extra effort/cost to make it beautiful as well as functional...
  31. Oops -- forgot to add the general age range of this sign is likely 1930's-50's, I'd tend to believe more towards the earlier end of that myself, but that's just me. :-)
  32. I will now confirm your likely "school bus" guess fishingfever -- I sent the link to your showing to a different (specifically traffic signal/sign related) forum I belong to, and the responders there ...
  33. [and then we can't edit our comments here, for what should have been my last line to comment above, if it isn't already read between the lines] Go for the BLUE OVAL if you can find one you like tha...
  34. Oh YES, the cats (3) and dogs (another 3) around here most DEFINITELY eat better than I and my partner do. Such is the weird way of people that wanna share their homes with critters, without extermin...
  35. Hello LBS2023, and welcome to CW S&T. I cant help you with this piece, but wanted to comment and encourage you to take PhilDMorris's suggestions, far better than any I could offer beyond looking at i...
  36. What a wonderful snag, of a likewise wonderful piece. As to its woods, you've definitely got a mix, probably veneers, that's not a bad thing. Teak was a popular Danish MCM one, which strikes me a...
  37. "It took some serious angling to get it into my car." And yuppers, there, and even better that I live in AR where gas remains unbelievably somehow less/gal than most of the rest of the USA, so my u...
  38. Hotairfan, and dav2no1, I don't know how I managed to miss this, but Dave reminded me of it just now. Oh wow, what a wonderful (even if also potentially painful for its cow, whatever...) weird thing ...
  39. I wonder if it could be made slightly safer (without killing the original look too much) if the addition of small glass shades (or candle cups, but for the spikes that'd get in the way) could be attac...
  40. It sure looks comfy, they'd have got my $18 if I'd been there before you found it -- and it would have been *much less effort* to just stick it in the back of my F-150 with a bungee cord around it...?...
  41. Their 110-125V rating would make me wonder if they were for police/fire usage, which I'd guess would be 6-12V(DC) if so? I do think I've seen similar fixtures meant for theatre/stage lighting, though...
  42. Photos updated just now with a new one that confirms my wrench is at least 'close brethren' to the one ho2cultcha showed shortly after I did mine. His showing: https://www.collectorsweekly.com/s...
  43. I'd guess (only) that you're on the right track with 'display rack signage', only because if they were cooler lids they'd probably have a handle on 'em, and/or a little extra hardware around their edg...
  44. OK y'all, finally with a little careful wire-brushing I can now confirm that my wrench is brethren to ho2cultcha's, at least. I've just added a new pic to my original showing that confirms it is stam...
  45. I can't wait to see it when you're done Dan -- you *always* do such spectacular work restoring these wonderful old radios!! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
  46. I used to have a prolly couple hundred (or more) collection of soda cans, I'd regularly raid the dumpster at a local motel to find ones made by brands that didn't market their product in our little IL...
  47. An *aluminum*penny?? Never heard of that one, though my Mom used to have a little can full of WWII era steel (or lead?) pennies, when presumably copper was a resource deemed best used elsewhere...?
  48. It could also be some variety of specialized plane/cutter for use in making musical instruments. (or the keyboards thereof, or ??) I wish I could help further, but that's all I gots for this instant....
  49. I dunno either, but it sure looks like a good tool for use beating the crap outta some other piece of metal around with a big hammer and mebbe some fire...? <LOL>
  50. Agree that it appears to be a Masonic medal/award/etc of some sort, maybe even once part of a ribbon type thing. The compass/square logo is the key, always a historic symbol to designate Freemasons.
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