The November Hog Pen at Second Hand Rose

It was a tough weekend for me.  I spent most of the day both Saturday and Sunday getting my space ready for the November 2013 sale at Second Hand Rose in Buffalo, Minnesota.  The other dealers have their spaces in their usual spectacular holiday order.  And as usual my space has the hogs lined up from wall to wall and floor to ceiling.  I have one of the most diverse presentations ever.  There is the strange, the unusual, the one of a kind and even a great big "what the hell is it".

 

I have 5 blow mold Christmas candles, four lamps that I assembled myself, 3 vintage Christmas tree stands,  2 cream can top urns and a heavy steel horse sign.

 

 A hundred year old buffalo head mount.

 A steel double sided Appaloosa Horses sign

 illuminated by a homemade spotlight on a steel stand.

 A cello in front of a steel ledger desk and

 next to a table that I made.

 Maple top work bench with a tray full of deer

 antlers and other cool things.

 The "tree" on the slab top table is a US Forest

 Service message board from 1937.

 This great old green cased clock is atop

 two coffee tables and under two end tables.

 Cast iron pot belly stove topper will make a great

 center piece on a holiday table.

 Four cast iron stands painted blue, pink,
yellow and white a long time ago.

 5 vintage blow mold Christmas candles next to

 2 big school roll up maps.

 Another great old wall clock atop a milk/butter mixing calculator.

Leather suitcase.

Everything is ready for the sale. So I can do some real work this week.

Mr. Flannery

Two Industrial Style Lights

I have been working on a few lamps for the November sales at Second Hand Rose and Gypsy Lea's.  I've assembled them out of picking and auction finds and they have a definite industrial vibe.

The first lamp is assembled on a the base from a DeLaval Cream Separator.  It is has galvanized pipe and a recycled socket stacked on the top.  The shade was on a lamp I bought at an auction.

 The original brass plaque is still attached to the base.

The second lamp is an industrial spotlight from the iron mines near Gilbert, Minnesota and the base is a tripod from a surveyor's transit that I got at a garage sale about 1/2 mile from my house.

 The 300 watt bulb still works after a year banging around in my garage.

I already have two made up lamps at the shop and hope to have one or two more built by sale time.

Mr. Flannery

October at Second Hand Rose in Buffalo

It's been a long end of the month here on the tundra.  I had set up at Second Hand Rose and prep for the Antiques Show in St. Paul happening at the same time.  Well I got a preliminary set up at SHR and the trailer loaded for the St. Paul show.  The show was OK but we were set up outside and it rained most of the day on Saturday.  I finished my set up at SHR on Monday evening.  I am very pleased with the way that it looks.

 

 Snowshoes atop fretwork, a typical hog pen display

 

 Pat and I share the over the door space.

3 members of the herd made it there

for the sale.

One of my favorite pieces.  A 1948-50

internally lit globe with a cast airplane base.

 

 A milk can top cut off and turned

over into a great primitive urn.

 6 Franciscan goblets c. 1975.

 The top globe is also lit and from about 1970.

 The back from an antique National cash register.

 Handy Junior Button Machine.

 New old stock milk pails from an old hardware store.

It should be a very good sale.  The other spaces look wonderful with the Roses doing their usual glorious job of arranging.

Mr. Flannery

Mostly Ready for the October Sale at Second Hand Rose

I have been putting off getting ready for the October 4 day sale at Second Hand Rose.  And at the same time I have been putting off getting ready for the State Fair Antiques Show this weekend.  Instead I have attended two auctions and went picking one day.  Well those chickens have now come home to roost and I have two days to get ready.  Today was SHR time.  Tomorrow is packing the trailer for the State Fair Show time.

 

 I sanded and painted and stained and poly'd
this work bench this morning.
I think that it looks great.

 

A "Pheasants Forever" live edge cribbage table.

 

This metal leg work table used to have

a furriers sewing machine attached.

Sanded. stained, poly'd top and the legs

were ground with a wire

brush and ploy'd.

 

Three 1960's glass and metal occasional tables.

 

A real antique kitchen cupboard.

 

Slab table with horse hame legs and

horseshoe feet.

 

I still have to smear the space with smalls and price most of the items but I am 80% ready for the October sale.

Mr. Flannery

Picking for the Fair Grounds Show

I am going to do the Antique Show at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand at the end of the month.  We have picked up our picking pace to make sure that we have lots of good stuff for the Antique Show at the end of September.  I have started to set things out for packing into my trailer.  Here are some items that should be making the trip.

 

 A great cast iron urn filled with shoe last parts.

 Cast metal pieces from an old National Cash
Register, wire locker baskets and a light
from an old snow plow.

Cut off cream can which will make a great urn

atop an IH tractor cowling.

This porcelain sign is from a 1950's Standard Oil service station.

Porcelain enamel light fixture.

Homemade Christmas candles from about 1948.

I have a pair of these shades.

New old stock chicken feeders.  I've never

seen them in anything other than

galvanized gray or rust.

NOS covered cans, I have six.

Three NOS shotgun milk cans.

8 NOS milk pails.

The old bell from outside of the Taconite, Minnesota elementary school.

 

I'm still cleaning and sorting so there will be many more items for the show.

 

Mr. Flannery