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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Saturday at the Auction

We spent all day Saturday at one of the best auctions I have ever been to.    It was held in Friona, Texas,  a little town about 30 miles from here....only about  4000  people.  The estate they were selling belonged to a little lady that had just moved to a retirement home in Amarillo, Texas.   She had excellent taste and everything was of the best quality.
I was able to bring this gorgeous FF teapot home with me.....
$21.00.....
I bought a couple of  "lots" of Christmas totes..   If you have never been to an auction,  they sell things in "lots" sometimes.
Entry 76 was a "lot" of 8 totes of Christmas  and  entry 102 was 5 totes of Christmas.    It was just like Christmas going thru all of those totes!   I found lots of treasures to keep and we loaded the Yukon full and took the rest to the Light House to share our blessing.....
I fell in love with these wise men.....I hope that I can find a Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus to go with them......

Here is another Santa teapot  and pretty figurine that I think will look good displayed together at Christmas.
I found this Easter basket in one of the totes marked Christmas....
I don't have any other Jim Shore pieces so I was happy to find this one in my totes.
There was also a Jim Shore nativity set.....
There was only one wise man,  so I hope I will be able to find the other two to complete the set.
I won't be able to show you the rest of what I found in all those totes because we boxed everything else up til Christmas.......

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22 comments:

  1. What beautiful, beautiful finds, Penny! And the prices are ..amazing! How I long for auctions of that nature..but nothing in our area. Our tiny home is about at it's max anyway..but I love to look at your things. Will these be staying home with you or off to your booth? I DO love F&F. I try to add one little thing each Christmas...but...I would need extra space like you have. YOU did good!! (trying hard not to covet your pretties here! :)

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  2. Oh the lady did have excellant taste. Your finds are just awesome. I love the teapot!

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  3. Oh my word...I collect nativities and I sighed when I saw that beautiful Jim Shore one. That alone would have made my day!

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  4. Many fun items and a great haul!

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  5. Wow! I wish I could come across an auction like that! I love your nativity, it's so beautiful. I have pieces by Jim Shore and treasure each one.

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  6. Great find with the Jim Shore items! They do not come cheap!!

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  7. Beautiful Christmas items , Penny!!

    Love all of it especially the tea pots!!

    Hugs,
    Deb

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  8. Hi Penny!!! It's a great pleasure to see again your beautiful home...how many great finds for Christmas! The tea pots are gorgeous
    Kisses
    Alessandra

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  9. Great finds -- I do love Fitz and Floyd, that Santa is beautiful!

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  10. Interesting items... glad for you. :)

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  11. Hola Penny... tu enamoraste de los hombres sabios y a mi me has enamorado con todo lo que nos enseñas!
    Yo nunca he asistido a una subasta y por lo que cuentas tiene que ser interesante.
    La tetera es divina!!!
    Lola

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  12. I have never been to an auction. Looks like you had a very nice day. Great finds.

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  13. I love your Christmas items and the Easter one thrown in for good measure, what a bonus. What a a great auction for you.

    Diana

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  14. What a score! Great Christmas and Easter items.

    Big Texas Hugs,
    Susan and Bentley

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  15. What beautiful treasures you found. I love nativities and the Jim Shore one is gorgeous. Thank you for sharing at Share It One More Time. Cathy

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  16. Some really great finds Penny! I love the teapot! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
    hugs,
    Jann

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  17. You got some major steals! Thanks for sharing @ TTF!

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  18. these are amazing! Wonderful finds! I do appreciate you sharing with Home and Garden Thursday,
    Kathy

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  19. What beautiful Christmas finds! Thanks for sharing!

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  20. Christmas is coming...wow. Great finds...thank you for sharing them at Revisionary Life!

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  21. Oh wow did you hit the other lode....great finds!!

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