Isn't this fun? The saddest part is that I have no real NEED for any of this stuff, the closets and shelves of the laundry rooms are already full. But then, when does need play into the fun of collecting?
I thought the mixer was cool for it's lemon-yellow bowls and near-pristine condition, I'll keep the GE perk and give the green Mirro to a friend who loves perked coffee. I won't use the skillet, I have a beautiful Farberware that I use so this one can stay new. I had the matching percolator but it didn't work and after much tribulation trying to repair it, Roger and I tossed it out. Oh well, another estate sale for another day.
That U.P. calender looks to never have been used, there was a whole stack of them. Since they didn't have my birth year, I grabbed the '69 as it was the centennial of the driving of the Golden Spike at Promintory Point, UT in May 1869. U.P. headquarters are here and I see scads of U.P. and railroad memorabilia at sales all the time. Calendars are the most common of all as they are sent out by the thousands every year. I have two other photographs, very old copies of originals of the driving of the spike in UT from different angles so I thought the calendar with it's illustration was interesting. The photos I have came from a long-time news and television reporter's estate sale I went to years ago that had stacks upon stacks of photos he'd collected and taken over the course of his career. I also have some great photos of 1930's China, mid-century Soviet Union and the Vietnam war. I wish I had the wall space for them all! My son loved the poster of the Cunard "Queens" and I thought the sailing on Sidney Harbor poster was just beautiful. Again, more wallspace, I should learn how to do my own matting and framing - that's the expensive part and I have lots to do.
