Fake Delft Blue Eggcups

I can't remember selling these. Not in computer admin. But not donated to thrift shop. So most likely market. Not genuine Delft Blue. No signature, but hand-painted and cute. Some people collect eggcups.

Delft Blue Mini Chandeleer

Delft Blue porcelain is popular around the world, sold well in tourist shops in Holland so I guess we produce a lot of it. Still every piece that is genuine and really hand painted is of some real value. And where tourists just buy a souvenir, some Dutch people are true collectors.

So this mini object, measuring maybe eight centimeters, found a new home after someone left it in a bag with other stuff (I guess) in front of my door. Found April 2017, sold September €5.

More From 2016 Part III - Puhlmann Camping Table

I´m going to ask your attention for another dozen or so curb found objects. Please bear with me, but I´ve got some fun things to look at today.

African woodwork. The lady said she fell for the nasty teeth of the mask.

But this other one from the same haul remained in stock for a long time. Both were brought in by my co-picker.

As well as this banana rope basket with the label still on it. My cats had no time to wreck it, as they did with another one in the same material that I found later on. It´s theirs now.

And more from my friend. I hated having this huge wall decoration in my room. It sat forever and blocked my cupboard door. Then months after I finally sold it I saw the exact same thing in the trash around the corner. Not from my buyer, she lived more far. But it just makes you think about mass production of cheap things that go out of fashion so quickly.

I keep collecting wicker. I swapped this one for five half liters of beer. I would have taken the money, but the guy wanted to do something ludic. Saved me dragging the load home for the weekend.

A cute lamp with a broken socket. I thought it might go just for the shade, but the guy said he could fix it up.

A set of bicycle handlebars. A not so common wide model. I thought about putting them on my own bike as mine are slightly bent but they were even wider. So I quickly sold them to a cheerful young man who honestly confessed he had had an accident after a few too many drinks.

A vintage designers´ camping table by Puhlmann from Amsterdam. Though it´s very scratched and rusty I found this a very interesting object and once I knew it had a label I decided to list it. It sold after four days.

And some more rust. The plant rack is foldable and just cute. It had to stay only one night in my yard.

I sold the antique garden umbrella foot, once I was sure it was just that and listed it as such. And the time, May, was right for it as well. The lady announced that she would come alone and wasn´t extremely strong. So I managed to shove it in a blue Ikea bag, then together holding one handle each we managed to drag the heavy thing to her car and lift it in. It all lasted just a couple of minutes but for some reason I so enjoyed ´working´ with her. She was nice and it still makes me smile today.

I got a fair bid on the three Delft blue plates. Just showing the Vermeer one here again because I liked that one best.

An antique side table with a drawer that I would have kept if it didn´t need so much work. What you don´t see is that the construction is not in good shape and the edges were damaged as well. Sold to a crafty lady who was probably going to resell after the make over, since she asked if I had more stuff like this.

I had to think a moment, then quickly pulled this single drawer chest out of my storage. You have to see the back side to know it´s hand made and vintage, probably mid century. So far nobody had shown any interest so I was very pleased she took it.

That´s enough for now, more posts soon.

The Loot Part I

The past week has been extremely slow. I only shipped out a men’s sweater on Monday, which wasn’t a trash find but a charity donation. The Man didn’t like it. I was happy though because it took seven months to get a decent bid on it.

What is waiting for pick-up is the IKEA Alang floor lamp from the big haul I mentioned last time. I had a great bid on it, so I shouldn’t complain, but the lady canceled this morning because of car trouble. I really hope to hear back from her soon.

Let’s have a look on some of the glass and ceramics I got from our emigrant.

Rosenthal glass dish. German. Should have some value, but the design isn't really attractive.

This is Turkish. The symbol on the lid represents a word, 'zerendud', for which I haven't found a clear translation yet. Anybody? It looks touristic to me, but it does have a numbered certificate.

I like this vase. Also German, by Joska Kristall. Currently they only offer very tiny vases, so value here is also hard to determine. Haven't looked on Ebay yet.

Dutch mantelpiece vases. Surely imitations, but I found out that the Dutch shipping companies had them produced in China in the 1600s, which may explain the somewhat Aziatic decorations.

The smaller one is cracked. I found it days later in a separate box and I added the photo to the listing for the windmill as proof of it's Dutchness.

Three Delft Blue plates, to hang on the wall. Painting reproductions of Gerard Dou, Rembrandt, Johannes Vermeer. Only the edge is hand painted.

Enough for now. Any information welcome. I'm just not used to selling things like this. Don't know what to ask, what to expect. I thrive on regular second hand.