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

 

[gansky1]

whirlaway - it's not painted, original finish. I'll try to take some better pictures.

 

[MikeS]

The Vel Commercial

Sandy, I think the ad was supposed to prove that Vel was "tough on grease" yet gentle enough not to ruin a flower. But who washes dishes with flowers? I can say that in 1971, Consumer Reports top-rated three Colgate-Palmolive dish detergents--Vel, Ajax and Palmolive--for washing more dishes than the competition. (It didn't help Vel sales, though. Neither did Miss Merman.) Ironic Ajax and Palmolive are still big sellers, but Vel is now in detergent heaven--at least the US version is.

 

[danemodsandy]

Vel and the Merm:

I don't wonder that hiring Ethel Merman failed to help Vel's sales.

Getting the sassy, brassy Merm to tout a product's gentleness was sort of like asking Dick Cheney to do a commercial for the Hare Krishnas.

 

[cadman]

The interesting thing about that rare Ivory phone is that 1) it has a clear plastic dial, and 2) the coiled cord. If you recall, the first 554's (offered in black only) were metal dial affairs and even those had straight cords. Of course, most of the dials, and practically all the cords were replaced along the line as matters of general maintenance/convenience so even early models typically have newer parts. But a cloth coiled cord would not have been part of general replacement parts on hand.

So, I'm wondering if this phone would have any tie-in or was a special release with the 75th anniversary "Imperial" desk model that was a nod to the old 202's but used current 50's tech? Cloth coiled cord, ivory handset, clear fingerwheel. Anyone know?

 

[andrewinorlando]

I still use Vel, get it at the Spanish grocery store. Still smells great, still cleans greast stuff well.

 

[frigilux]

Wow, all the boxes of detergent look completely untouched by the usual ravages of long-term storage---fading, rattiness, exposure to high humidity. Nice haul!

 

[defoedude]

I'm green with envy over that G.E. I went to a sale about a mile from my house back in May and they had one in horrid rough shape on the front lawn with a "FREE" sign on it. Needless to say I took it and it went to a friend of mine who got more use out of it than me.

Just curious, when y'all go to company run sales in your areas, do the people running them automatically recognize or know who you are i.e. "oh you always are buying up the washers" or when you enter/get your number "I got a nice old Maytag set downstairs"?

Hans, it's great seeing you on here, give me a call sometime.

 

[laundromat]

lestare

Anybody here have any old boxes of "Lestare" oxygen bleach sacks?It was a lot like it's competitor's "Action" chlorine bleach but no chlorine in it.It was made by the company that makes Lestoil.

 

[toggleswitch2]

It's always good to find new treasures

especially if the price is right.

 

[xraytech]

Here are some of my finds from lasr weekend

 

[xraytech]

and here is the remainder of my new toys