Thursday, June 24, 2010

Early on a Saturday

Lots of people go to garage sales. Some go early, some go a little more leisurely. However, as you can imagine, I am often met with surprise when I tell people that I set the alarm for 7am on a Saturday so that I can get to a garage sale by 8am (I have to have coffee first, after all); and people sometimes ask in disbelief..."WHY??" I never feel as though my answer: "to get to the good stuff first"; is very convincing...so I'm hoping that a picture is worth a thousand words...HERE'S why:




By the way, before I knew what it was, I was planning my usual restoration and distressed white finish (I just heard a collector somewhere hit the floor from fainting)...but don't worry...I will respect the piece and leave it alone, after cleaning and polishing it. Obviously, someone has replaced the knobs, which I frankly don't love on this piece...they look so wrong. I will do a little research and try to find original or copies of original pulls.

If anyone has any information that they can share with me to help me with my research, I would GREATLY appreciate it! If you are local, (South Brunswick, NJ) don't forget to check my other blog, The Vintage Years for upcoming garage sales.

Happy Picking!!
Mona Kay
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4 comments:

  1. Arlene GrasmanJune 25, 2010 at 12:57 PM

    Wow! Your really scored here Mona...thats a beautiful piece. I'd go with the white ;)

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  2. Mona Kay GormanJune 25, 2010 at 4:49 PM

    Thanks Arlene! I think it would look really cute!

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  3. UnknownJuly 26, 2010 at 6:29 PM

    Mona, please email me! I won the other giveaway of the MKA/Sue giveaway this week! I just saw this post and I just found a Victrola Talking Machine at my neighborhood clean up this Spring! No joke! Please email me! I painted mine white and would LOVE to share b4 and after pics with you! Mine was in POOOOOR shape compared to yours - it's a beauty! My email is amaamoun@live.com.

    Angie. :)

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  4. UnknownJuly 26, 2010 at 6:30 PM

    Actually Mona, mine is on my Family blog (the only one I'm keeping up) at www.maamounmadness.blogspot.com - it's under 6/9/10 I believe - the b4 and after. You can see how rough of shape mine was in. And SMOKEY! Oh my! What a great find you got! Love the Cabriole legs, don't you! It's one of my favorite freebies ever! :) Enjoy it! :)

    Angie

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