- May 16, 2023
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My wife and I went to an antique store / flea market place yesterday. It was mostly what you'd expect, but I did find a few things worth taking home, and a couple worth mentioning here.
First, some silver. I saw these sitting in the back of a case -- four 1972 German Olympic commemorative coins. They're silver, 0.31 ounces each. The vendor wanted $39 for the set. I looked online and see them going to that much per coin, so that seemed like a steal to me. Even if I'm wrong and they're only worth melt value, that's still not too bad.
Then I found a couple of old bottles that looked interesting. One of them has a base that looks a lot like fragments I've dug in my yard, so it caught my attention. I gave $2 for it. Then the second one I just thought it was kinda cool, and gave $6 for it.
But the thing that made my day was a bunch of old mason jars. We had seen lots of them scattered throughout the building with prices anywhere from $8 to $20 and up. So we happened to come across a table full of old mason jars that the vendor was just putting out. He said he wanted them gone and had cleaned and bleached them all and they were good to go. There was one in particular that caught my eye -- a mason jar with the "Patent nov 30th 1858" on the front. I have found several fragments of that kind of jar in my mystery house dig, but haven't yet found enough pieces to reassemble one. But here was one, completely intact, including the zinc lid and a porcelain lid liner! I had to have it. Then he had several others, including some of the big (2 quart?) blue mason jars, some "old judge coffee" jars, and one MFA coffee jar. MFA is the Missouri Farmers' Association. Apparently the coffee jars are pretty rare. So I did what any self-respecting Missouri boy would do -- bought it, took it home, and filled it with coffee!
All in all, we bought eight mason jars -- the 1858, three old judge, the MFA, two large blue "Ball Perfect Mason" jars, and one "Ball Ideal" jar with the glass lid and metal latching mechanism. All the jars had intact lids and liners. And the best part -- they were only five bucks apiece. We are very happy about that. I have all the coffee jars on my shelf full of coffee now. They can look cool and still be useful at the same time.
First, some silver. I saw these sitting in the back of a case -- four 1972 German Olympic commemorative coins. They're silver, 0.31 ounces each. The vendor wanted $39 for the set. I looked online and see them going to that much per coin, so that seemed like a steal to me. Even if I'm wrong and they're only worth melt value, that's still not too bad.
Then I found a couple of old bottles that looked interesting. One of them has a base that looks a lot like fragments I've dug in my yard, so it caught my attention. I gave $2 for it. Then the second one I just thought it was kinda cool, and gave $6 for it.
But the thing that made my day was a bunch of old mason jars. We had seen lots of them scattered throughout the building with prices anywhere from $8 to $20 and up. So we happened to come across a table full of old mason jars that the vendor was just putting out. He said he wanted them gone and had cleaned and bleached them all and they were good to go. There was one in particular that caught my eye -- a mason jar with the "Patent nov 30th 1858" on the front. I have found several fragments of that kind of jar in my mystery house dig, but haven't yet found enough pieces to reassemble one. But here was one, completely intact, including the zinc lid and a porcelain lid liner! I had to have it. Then he had several others, including some of the big (2 quart?) blue mason jars, some "old judge coffee" jars, and one MFA coffee jar. MFA is the Missouri Farmers' Association. Apparently the coffee jars are pretty rare. So I did what any self-respecting Missouri boy would do -- bought it, took it home, and filled it with coffee!
All in all, we bought eight mason jars -- the 1858, three old judge, the MFA, two large blue "Ball Perfect Mason" jars, and one "Ball Ideal" jar with the glass lid and metal latching mechanism. All the jars had intact lids and liners. And the best part -- they were only five bucks apiece. We are very happy about that. I have all the coffee jars on my shelf full of coffee now. They can look cool and still be useful at the same time.
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