Weekend Junk Finds: Father's Day edition

A few weeks ago, my dad was in town for a few days so we decided to do a little bit of one of our favorite shared pastimes--junking! There was an ad on EstateSales.net for a promising looking sale not too far away, so I ran over to put us on the sign-up sheet and hired a baby sitter for Porter.

That might have been my dad's first experience with an estate sale, aside from my Gram's estate auction last year, and it was definitely his first experience with the mad rush that is the opening of an estate sale!

We'd seen some vintage Pyrex in the preview photos and went straight to the kitchen. We were the first to reach it and my dad was able to scoop up some really great pieces at great prices! On the way into the kitchen, I spotted an item that may just be up there on my Top Ten finds, EVER:

This antique coffee jar is simply gorgeous! The glass is embossed with a diamond pattern that's so pretty. It would have been great on it's own, but it even has the original metal lid, which is in great condition as well!

It was right on the table as we walked in the door and the price was pretty amazing considering that it's in perfect condition with the lid, so I'm pretty shocked that none of the 33 people who got in the door before me didn't snap it up first!

The jar was my best find, but there were a few other goodies as well. The milk glass sugar bowl is the twin of one I bought a few months ago. I love it so much but I can't decide whether to keep one and sell one, or sell them as a pair. The silver metal trophy is in German and marked 1951.

Always love a good vintage tablecloth in summery colors! And with this addition, my vintage tablecloth drawer is now officially overflowing. Must address that soon. By finding a new drawer, not by getting rid of tablecloths, of course.

This little odd collection is two pairs of fab cat-eye sunglasses (coming soon to the Etsy shop), a pair of crystal earrings and a vintage LGB from our thrifting trip the day previous, and an odd lid. In the preview photos for the sale, I thought I recognized a blue Lu-Ray creamer. When I actually found it at the sale, it was the exact shape as my other Lu-Ray creamers, but it was unmarked and the glaze was different--it was blue with tiny speckles of brown. Elsewhere in the house, I found this orphaned lid. I recognized the knob shape as Lu-Ray immediately, but it was that same blue/brown glaze. However, I happen to have two Lu-Ray sugar bowls without lids, so I thought I could just buy this one for $1 and marry the two and be happy with it, even though they're not a perfect match. When I got home however, I found that this lid is larger than my Lu-Ray sugar bowl, so it won't fit! I'm sure it had to have been made by Taylor Smith Taylor, the manufacturer of Lu-Ray, using their molds, but I don't know about the finish. Maybe my fellow Lu-Ray lover Jillian can shed some light on this?

The last thing I bought was this big box o' Christmas junk for $10. It was hard to see what was inside but I figured even if I could find 10 good things worth $1, I'd be okay, and just peeking in I could see a pinecone elf and some mercury glass beads.

When I came home and dumped it all out, I found a startling amount of ugly plastic greenery and a few neat things.

I definitely found more than 10 good things, though not all of them I would have paid $1 for. Verdict on this box? Eh. Not a total bust, but not the bonanza I was hoping for.

Even though my junk finds were great (THAT JAR!! swoon), the best part of the sale was sharing the fun with my Dad! He's a treasure hunter at heart just like me, and knows the thrill of finding a hidden gem. It was fun to shop with him and then also to meet up later and share our finds. I wish we lived closer together so that we could shop together more often!

Did you find any good junk this weekend? Have you ever gone junking with your parents?