Another Good Estate Sale Saturday!

[hooverwheelaway]

We had a carfull this week, too! No vintage TV sets, though.

 

[hooverwheelaway]

All of the detergent boxes are full and unopened. The bottles of dish soap are nearly full.

And a smart Mary Proctor coffee percolator in black, to match the white one we found last weekend!

 

[hooverwheelaway]

The Fabulous GE Upright that was in the broom closet in the 20's kitchen.

 

[hooverwheelaway]

Bag detail.

Mmm. Fabulous.

 

[xraytech]

wow,
what great finds,
especially that GE upright, looks like it has only been used a handful of times in the past 60 years

 

[scott55405]

Very nicely done! That is a very nice GE. I'm guessing the tools on the right go with it? What Hoover does that blue rug nozzle go with?

I love tablet detergents too! All kinds of fun vintage packaging all around. Wondrous all the little things that survive.

 

[hooverwheelaway]

The Hoover Rug nozzle goes to a Model 82 Constellation. That was at a different sale from where I found the GE. There was a box of rug nozzles and other various attachments. I paid .50 cents a piece!

Yes, the hose goes with the GE.

 

[ptcruiser51]

Astounding

that people have this stuff sitting around for years and years! $1.49 for a box o'Surf! I haven't seen Oxydol in a box like that since the 1980s.

BTW, I have a box of Cut-Rite waxed paper dated 1947....

 

[norgeway]

junque

Well ,you did better than we did,went to three auctions,no washers worth having,1 old ratty compact,and nothing else,you are just too lucky!!!LOL, send some good luck down south! Hans

 

[gansky1]

Great finds - that GE vacuum is gorgeous! Best estate sales ever in Minne!

Not too much here - an ivory Bakelite Western-Electric wall phone from 1955 with a cloth cord (reconditioned - RIB) and a bunch of phone repair goodies but the rest was pretty un-exciting. I did get a nice, heavy crockery bowl for Newton's water - when I got it home I realized how large it is. It's like a wading pool for the tiny Pug!

Gotta dash now but will get a pic up later of the super-cool phone goodies.

Gawd that GE is just MINTY!

 

[gansky1]

bad pic - sorry

phone

 

[gansky1]

Some of the phone parts - these are bases and handsets, etc. NIB!

Not pictured is the rest of the cords, transformers, ringer boxes, etc. The box was full when I carried it out of the house.

 

[autowasherfreak]

I love the GE upright, it's kind of Kirby'ish.

 

[westie2]

That GE upright is nice. My best friend has one that he got from his mother and he and his wife use it all the time. Really a nice machine. I wonder why the quit making them.

 

[rexaircollector]

Fred!

Nice finds. I have the exact GE upright in my collection as well. It is a really rare bird and cleans quite well. YAY to you and Robert!!

Robb

 

[scott55405]

I like that phone Greg!

 

[MikeS]

A Tribute To Vel

Spotted that lonely bottle of Vel among your finds...so I thought I would bring you its costar in one of its more famous commercials...the one and only Ethel Merman!

 

[danemodsandy]

Vel Commercial:

Mike:

That has to be the cleanest "icky pan" ever - it's amazing how much they used to fake stuff in old commercials. While I don't remember this particular commercial, I do remember that scrubbing pans with a rose was a Vel specialty. What it was supposed to prove is anyone's guess.

 

[whirlaway]

Wall Phone

Those phones in Ivory are rare is it painted or is the plastic cover Ivory.The are right before the 554 wall phone that everyone had.I have a black one in my Kitchen that came off of the SS United States.1951 model. Thanks Bobby