Posted at 8:00 pm by 1909ventilo, on July 30, 2015
21 years ago we did an estate auction for our best friends selling their parents belongings. The family years ago had a famous German restaurant in Gold Hill. At the time of the auction i remember thinking the dress was just too cute to put in the auction, i knew someday our friends would want it! The waitresses at their family’s Heidelberg Inn wore these traditional German folk dresses. The parents came from the old country so everything in the restaurant was authentic. I found the dress in storage this week, I just got it back from the cleaners I’m so excited to share my picture. Sending the dress to them today!!
*Notes the dress is silk ,all hand made, the lace and ribbon are spectacular and there’s a different fabric that holds the lace inside with hand stitching that’s pink! It’s so cool they probably bought all the fabrics in Germany!
Egge Acres Vintage Marketplace fabulous! Stopped at the quilt show in Coburg too! Took a few pictures!
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Egge Acres Vintage Marketplace fabulous! Stopped at the quilt show in Coburg too! Took a few pictures! smile emoticon #eggacresvintage #316vintage #coburgquilts
Posted at 9:59 pm by 1909ventilo, on July 17, 2015
“Native American silver plated beaded coin purse, with an image of an Indian chief.
These purses are very unique. The bead work is similar to that of the tribes in the Great Lakes region in America at the turn of the 19th century. ”
Purse measures 2 7/8″ in diameter x 2″ high. circa 1903
Practicing filming myself in these videos, I will get better I promise!
Posted at 7:24 am by 1909ventilo, on July 16, 2015
” And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it” `Ronald Dahl
Posted at 4:58 am by 1909ventilo, on July 14, 2015
“Carol and Charles Tannenbaum manage their small lavender farm in the McKenzie River Valley about ten miles east of Springfield, Oregon. Located among the pastoral beauty of hazelnut orchards and pastures of grazing cattle or romping horses, the farm adds bright color and sweet aromas to the summer experience of the Valley.” mckenzieriverlavender.com
Posted at 7:34 pm by 1909ventilo, on June 23, 2015
Apologizing for the horrible video I didn’t have time to re-do it. My German doll is authentic not a reproduction, worth approximately 75-$100 ~ but she’s worth much more to me! Her head is in pristine condition and lovely. I’m looking for a body for her so I can have her restrung, she has her original hair which will need to be fixed a bit. I will need to find her some original period clothes. Antique clothes make the doll much more valuable, some dolls I’ve had in the past had original gold jewelry from the era. Sometimes antique clothing and accessories can be worth as much as the doll. I might add I am not a doll expert. I don’t find these dolls scary or creepy, a young girl a hundred years ago carried this doll around played with her, treasured her, and it’s survived all these years! I wish she could talk and tell me where she’s been! I am very confident Armand Marseille dolls will be going up in value in the near future. I am not against Repurpose-Reuse-Recycle-Refinish-Restore or Assemblages of Retro Art but I am for preserving the past!! 🙂
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What is a Florodora Doll… Armand Marseille made the Florodora doll heads from 1901 through to the early 1920s The Armand Marseille 390 doll is sometimes called the “Florodora,” probably after the name of that famous chorus line from the turn-of-the-20th-century. “The Florodora Girls” . “Florodoras came in different shapes and sizes ranging from 10” to 42” tall. Earlier ones dating to early 20th century + had kid or cloth body, bisque shoulder head, wore wigs, had glass eyes and a slightly smiling mouth. Some even had fur eyebrows.” source… http://dollsfromtheattic.blogspot.com/2011/09/florodora-girls-pretty-maidens-all-in.html
Posted at 8:47 pm by 1909ventilo, on June 16, 2015
circa 1880s, I’m guessing the vibrancy of the flowers might make that hard to believe! This would have been in a shadow box. Funeral flowers for winter made from wool. Flowers would be hard to find in winter in the Victorian era, they would wrap dyed wool around wire and form the flowers. Then at the viewing they would display, after framing the flowers in a shadow box some with a photograph or saying. I found this wreath,it was waiting for me at a street sale in Coburg Oregon. I have the perfect shadow box too…..just have to find it!! In the Victorian era everything had meaning, I think the doves meant peace. I haven’t seen any other wreaths with birds, might make the wreath more rare. In a shadow box the value would probably be in the $300-500 dollar range. I paid $25. #Victorian Mourning Wreath w/ Wool Flowers #findoftheday