Post holiday shopping at the mall or Target is not something I like to do - I don't care for the crowds or trying to find a parking space when it seems that everyone else and their brother is out shopping, too. But, I don't mind hitting up my favorite antique and thrift shops after Christmas!
I found goodies in the very first booth I checked out.
A Marx Thunderbolt with partial tack and wagon. Good prices on both, but I have Thunderbolt and his tack already and I don't want the wagon.(Too big to store.)
A mix of Breyer, Hartland, and Japan chinas. I have the two black chinas on the end. I considered the Hartland dog (I think it's Bullet, but I haven't checked my books yet) but he was in very poor shape.
Out of this lot, I did buy the Breyer bear cub on the lower shelf. I think he may be chalky. (All my purchases are still wrapped up and in bags - I haven't had time to get them out and inspect them.)
The china Hereford cow came home with me, too. It is a gift for my sister who just lost her favorite cow, Tulip.
This copy of Hagen Renaker's Scamper caught my eye, but I already have this same piece and left it behind for someone else to enjoy.
I found not one
but two kids' pony saddles.
A rocking horse cookie jar.
A nice Brahma Bull (but way overpriced.)
These two Poppytrail vehicles almost came home with me. They have been in this particular shop for a long time and they are now on sale for a really good price. I may go back and get them.
A Canadian Mounty salt shaker and bowl.
Hartland knockoff and another plastic horse.
I have a Kentucky Derby glass for the year that each one of my kids were born but these were still fun to find. (Since we are so close to Louisville, I find a lot of these glasses when I am out antiquing.)
I had a very similar barn to this one when I was six or seven. I cut my fingers more than once on those metal tabs that were used to hold the pieces together! (You can see them on the roof of the barn.)
This Breyer deer family had beautiful coloring and was in excellent shape, but at $42, I left them on the shelf.
A modern looking decorative plate.
An odd (and broken) metal merry go round.
Resin horse clock.
A shelf of assorted model horses included a cherry woodcut Hartland Tennessee Walker in mint condition and with footpads. I have the walnut and ebony woodcuts, but not the cherry so it came home with me. (I already had taken the horse off the shelf when I took the photo - I'll post a picture of the piece in a future blog entry.)
Oh, how I drooled over this gorgeous green sleigh!
The bells had a beautiful sound but were $70 each strand so I left them behind.
I see this piece in shop after shop.
If one of the Pony Pals had been along with me, one or two of these might have come home with us!
A non chalky Midnight Sun and and a very beat up 2002 Ideal American Quarter Horse, both left behind.
I may have only bought the Hartland, bear cub, and cow, but I still had fun. It was also really nice to have so many things to choose from and look at.
In the next couple of days I will post photos of my purchases.
