As usual I went for a look around the Rural and Domestic Bygones Sale at Campsea Ashe Auction Yard. They have 3 each year and last weeks was the first.
Although there were over 1,000 lots I didn't see anything that would warrant leaving a bid on.
I didn't hang about for long just took some photos of some of the more interesting things they had ready for selling. I've not bothered to look to see what things sold for - they might be HERE but possibly not accurate
Someone was clearing out their collection of flat irons. I had a collection - of 2- and cleared mine to a charity shop before I moved!
Probably the same person had a collection of trivets for their irons
Some very old brass rubbings
Ice Cream cart - wonder if someone has just put this together as it looked shiny and new
Cased model ships - quite unusual for this sale, there were some cased taxidermy too but not very good ones.
Tiny gauge model railway layout is it N gauge? rather than 00 I think
I liked this wall mounted mirror backed candle holder thing
Old Victorian oil lamps? or are they reproductions stuck on older bases.
Now this is strange because it was in the last sale I looked at, and I remember looking to see its sale price so either it didn't reach it's reserve, someone has put it back in the sale or someone is making/faking them!
And then home for lunch!
Next sale like this is July although they have normal mixed sales every Monday.
Wow, don't think I've ever seen so much Cornishware!
ReplyDeleteI agree - a huge collection would have needed a huge kitchen!
DeleteWhat interesting things to spend time browsing! Thanks for taking the pictures and sharing them, Sue. --Elise
ReplyDeleteI love to have a look around these sales though wouldn't want to go to the regular weekly one very often
DeleteI think the 'strange creature' must be a squirrel, or the carver's interpretation of one.
ReplyDeleteOh of course! I've been looking at too many odd carvings of mythical creatures in churches!
DeleteThere's some really fascinating stuff there. Some of those kitchen utensils look like instruments of torture!!!
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and some rusty old tin too
DeleteOooh, I'd have liked a good wander round that auction Sue. I used to specialize in country memorabilia when such things were "in fashion" - I really cannot bring myself to get excited about the battered enamel jugs and rusty tin baths which still seem to be in demand. Was the Cornish ware all one lot? The brass rubbings were a blast from the past - I think it was the 1970s when those were all the rage.
ReplyDeleteIs that a squirrel on the biscuit mould? Two of the lamps definitely mix 'n' match using 1970s
I think the Cornish ware was one lot.
DeleteAnd the lamps looked not quite right
My African husband still used one of those flatirons when growing up; his family still does. So, if they don't sell, maybe they can donate them?
ReplyDeleteI expect they would all be sold - but don't know who would want so many
DeleteI love all the strange little bits you can find in an auction (although I have not been to one for years now).
ReplyDeleteUsing those irons must have been such hard work - thank goodness for electricity!
Have a great day :) xx
I tried using a flat iron heated on my Rayburn(like an Aga) once or twice but they never kept hot for very long
DeleteWe found two flatirons when we moved into our house in Leicester. We kept them - they're great for keeping bacon etc pressed flat in the frying pan, or for using as doorstops.
ReplyDeleteI'd kept mine and moved house with them too many times!
DeleteI use to iron with a flat iron uptil I was married and lived with my in-laws and they had an electric iron.
ReplyDeleteI keep a flat iron to keep the front door open.
I look those sales.
Hazel 🌈🌈
I love going to have a nosy round just-in-case of treasure!
DeleteInteresting items and beautifully photographed! That massive chair on the model train creased me up!
ReplyDeleteSo glad we don't have to deal with flat irons and rusting kitchen ware anymore.
The chair does look odd - and not right for the driver either
DeleteThat's quite a sale! 'Old' kitchenalia? I'm the one who's old because my mother had a mincer just like the one there and a green bean slicer. They clamped to the kitchen table.
ReplyDeleteI had a mincer like that too right up until my recent move but as I don't eat meat much there is nothing to mince anymore
Deleteshould have popped a large mug in your handbag , other halfs favourite got broken, at £15 a go he may have to wait a long while for me to find another on my travels
ReplyDeleteGoodness £15 for a mug is a bit pricey
DeleteI have two old irons - very useful things - one is used to prop open our garden gate when we are outside. I also have a blue cornish jug I came across recently in the loft - must have been my mum's, I brought it down with the intention of putting some daffodils in when they are in the shops. I really covet the ride on train it would be so nice in our cottage garden - wouldn't the grand children just love it.
ReplyDeleteTHere was a little train ride like this at the seaside years ago that we used to go on.Great fun!
Delete(I was trying to leave comments on your blog but sometimes can't for some reason)
I would have spent a fortune!!! I love cornish ware, and I thought the mirrored candle holder was amazing, and I could use a trivet, and... and... and... I admire your self restraint.
ReplyDeleteI rarely see anything to leave bids on nowadays - no more stuff needed!
DeleteI remember my Mum using a flat iron when I was a toddler. The ironing must have taken her an age to do as there were five in our famiy and she ironed everything as there weren't any crease resistant fabrics then, only cotton and wool of course in the winter which never got ironed.
ReplyDeleteThe first iron I remember my mum using was plugged into the light bulb holder in the ceiling!
DeleteOoh I'd have an absolute field day at an auction like that..hubby would be putting toffees in my pockets and holding my hands in them to get them to stick! x
ReplyDeleteHa! I expect there were lots of bids on many of these things and the prices would have gone up and up
DeleteNow, I am very interested to know how to differentiate old glass from new. To my eye, the gold is definitely a re-mix. You and Thelma need to put together a tutorial. The biscuit mold is quite amazing, isn't it. And something like that could be tucked into a carryon bag, couldn't it? Sigh. SUE! I need to find a sale just like this!!! Except in March!
ReplyDeleteThey just don't look right - but I may be wrong!
DeleteLots of towns have salerooms with weekly sales so you might find something similar
DeleteA couple of those lamps if not all of them are 'marriages', component parts put together to make one item. Quite a con if not labelled as non-original. That ride-on train set is brilliant but it would be a health and safety and insurance nightmare for anything other than a private garden these days. There's no handles for children to hold onto, so sadly that would no longer be allowed.
ReplyDeleteWow to the Cornishware, I have an antique dealing friend that collects it and I don't think even her collection is that big.
I'm not sure how the lamps were labelled - I didn't bother to look online.
DeleteI loved the Cornish ware storage jars, amazing to see them with lids and unbroken
That's an amazing collection of stuff! It actually looks like items people would want to collect and display in their homes. -Jenn
ReplyDeleteBut who would have room for that huge collection of flat-irons!
DeleteThe flat irons remind me of my mother whose first job in the early 1920s when she left school to work at 14 was ironing at an upscale clothier. She also talked about using a goffering iron to do special ruffling and pleating work.
ReplyDeleteThe other thing that caught my eye was the pram (behind the big train). Reminds me I still have my own forest green Silver Cross doll's pram from 1954 under the stairs.
They may well have been some goffering irons among the huge collection.
DeleteYour pram is worth a small fortune!!
I love estate sales and occasionally find something that must come home with me. I've never seen so many lamps, flat irons and Cornish wear in one place. Having many choices is a collectors dream.
ReplyDeleteI want the Cornishware measuring pitcher w the cups etc marked inside. Very nice piece.
ReplyDeleteMemories this morning. We lived in a rural area in an old Victorian house when a small child. My bed lamp had a lead that went to the light fitting in the center of the ceiling,no power outlets in the bedrooms. There was always a warm flat iron on the wood stove to take out a wrinkle in a hurry! I have it holding the laundry room door open for the dog!
ReplyDeleteI would have loved to buy the biscuit mould. Like the earlier comments I think it looks like a squirrel too. Arilx
ReplyDeleteThat was fun!
ReplyDeleteLove the Cornish Ware. Lots to choose from.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the sale with all of us.
God bless.
That is alot of good items to view and possibly purchase. Nice dishes! A tea pot would be nice to have. I have alot of mugs I bought when I lived in England years ago. Bought some other places as we drove through USA from east coast to west coast and to New Mexico. I did donate some mugs to thrift stores. I enjoy the photos you took and shared on your post! Have a good week!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like an interesting place to visit and have a walk around and a look. Thanks for sharing the photos!
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