The Sale of the Year!!

Today's estate sale was the sale of the year! I know it's only the beginning of March and the year is still young...but it's going to take a LOT for another sale to top this one!

The weather wasn't very helpful this morning. We got started an hour later than we had hoped, but with all of the black ice, accidents, and freeway closures it was worth it to wait, and be safe.

When we got there (an hour after the sale started), there looked to be about 50 or so people in line waiting to get in! We shopped the garage and then stood in line for about an hour-in the rain waiting to get in.

While we were in line, we saw a rocking chair in the trash dumpster. Anne went and asked the guy running the garage part of the sale if we could have it. He said he'd sell it to us for $5!! Can you believe that?? It was in the TRASH!!!

When we finally got in it was really hard to move around, they house was packed to the gills with all kinds of treasures...and over-run with people-because no one was monitoring the door.

The main thing I went for was the vintage Fiesta-and I wasn't disappointed! Once I had my Fiesta treasures in my bag, I wanted to run up to Anne and say, "Start the car, start the car-let's go!!"

I got a LOT of great treasures besides the Fiesta (which I'm keeping!). Take a look...

 A really cute little hankie.

 A pile of hankies.

 Isn't this tablecloth AWESOME???!?!?!?

 I'm addicted to these little homemade hot pads!

 A few baby planters.

 A cute little jar-look at that price!

 A Watkins spice jar with zinc lid.

 A Lefton Easter candy dish.

 My mom had this same recipe box when I was growing up-she may still even have it today!

 The one and only ornament I found today.

 2 purple bottles.

 A Glasbake loaf pan-I feel an addiction starting for Glasbake too!

 This little donkey is a salt & pepper holder for Harlequin salt & pepper shakers.

 A couple swanky swigs-yep...keeping the polka dot one!

 A drink shaker-the other two I put in the booth sold really quickly!

 Boy and girl cinnamon sugar shakers-still full-original price? 23cents!

 Fiesta!

 A covered casserole in turquoise-sorry blurry photo-my hands are still shaking I'm so excited that I got all of this Fiesta!!!

 There should be a picture here of an orange casserole minus the lid and two Fiesta Kitchen Kraft stacking refrigerator dishes...but I forgot them on the check-out table after I paid for them!! Good thing my pal Anne was still checking out and grabbed them for me-WHEW!!! I can't believe I actually got the stacking dishes-I'm still pinching myself!!!

 Isn't this apron AWESOME?!?!? I've never seen one with confetti before! I keep waiting for the ransom note to show up in my inbox from Anne for my forgotten Fiesta-she fell in love with this apron when she saw it in my arms-LOL!

 A vintage Anchor Hocking juice jug.

A Michigan hankie!

What a GREAT sale!!! I also got a spindle-y wood headboard and foot board to make a couple of benches with...and a free rocking chair from the dumpster! I went back and asked the guy if I could just have it since it was in the trash-and he said yeah, if I could get it out. I got it out alright!! 

Now Kevin has a couple more projects! He says the first headboard bench is going to be really nice-I can't wait to see it!!!

How about you? Did you get to any sales today? What did you find?

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Merry Christmas to Me in February!

Today I used a gift certificate from my boss at LAO, and a gift card from my parents. This is what I got, and it didn't cost me a thing!!!

A couple of vintage Fiesta plates and a giant 8 cup Anchor Hocking measuring cup! LOVE 'EM!!

Is it Boopie or Candlewick?

Yesterday, while Chicken’s Auntie and I were out and about on our road trip to Holly, I remembered she had asked about a photo I had taken earlier of some of my “stuff” when I was digging through some cabinets. She had asked “What is Boopie glass?” So when I saw a cordial glass, I pointed it out to her. She then asked “How come it’s called Boopie?” I had to admit that I didn’t know. I didn’t even know if Boopie was Candlewick, or another brand. I had just always assumed it was Candlewick, by the Imperial Glass Company, and it referred to the water goblets, cordial glasses, and other glasses made with the ball feet.

Of course, Auntie suggested that I research it! It is kind of a standing joke with us…dating way back when we first started working together. I would ask for help with a computer problem and she would say, “Did you check the helps?” LOL! I love it! Now, thanks to Auntie, I try to dig in and do the research and check the helps to get the scoop. But sometimes, I still ask her first because she is such a wealth of knowledge on so many subjects!

So here is what I found out to try to answer her question, “What is Boopie?”


Imperial Glass Company was started in 1901 by a former riverboat captain named Edward Muhleman, who also had many years experience in the glass industry. He decided to build his new glass factory in Bellaire, Ohio (also known as “Glass City”) close to the river. It took three years of planning and building before they were ready to start production, and just a few months into 1904, they were shaping up to be a major force in the glass industry. They started with all of the usual pressed glass household items and ventured into carnival glass in 1909. The first series of Candlewick were put into production in 1920, and was formally introduced at the Wheeling Centennial Celebration in 1936.

The Candlewick design (which started with around 40 items jumped to around 200 items by the 1950’s) quickly became one of their strongest selling glassware patterns.Production of Candlewick ran until the mid 50's.

Anchor Hocking was started in 1937 when Anchor Cap, the Closure Corporation and Hocking Glass Company all merged together. They are still in operation today and are primarily located in Lancaster, Ohio with one plant in Monaca, Pennsylvania. The first glassware produced under the new Anchor Hocking name was Royal Ruby in 1939. I really had a hard time finding information on Anchor Hocking’s history and their Boopie pattern in particular. From the many articles I’ve read, it seems the original name was Berwick and was created around 1950, but most people are only familiar with the name Boopie (which was coined by Hazel Marie Weatherman, who in the 1970’s published several books on depression era glassware).

The best way to tell the difference between Candlewick and Boopie (Berwick) is to take a good look at the balls of glass. The Candlewick pattern has balls that do not run together or even touch each other. They are full circle balls that have a little space in between them. They tend to look more fragile that way. The Boopie or Berwick design has the balls touching each other without any space in between. They almost look welded together. The ever so subtle differences in the two designs have confused novice collectors (including myself) and sellers all over the world. If you look on Ebay right now, you will see several listings where the seller has listed their item and included the names Candlewick and Boopie in their descriptions. I am choosing to believe that their reason for doing so is because they themselves are not sure, rather than believing they are trying to pass off Boopie as Candlewick.

It has been interesting to research this. I have had a chance to go through a few of the pieces in my collection and now realize that I have purchased Boopie thinking I was purchasing Candlewick. It doesn’t make me like them any less though-I love the design! I also purchased (a few years ago) a purple divided candy dish, with balls around the edges thinking it was Candlewick, and have now learned that it is actually Czechoslovakian glass.

I hope you too have found this research interesting! Click on this link to get more information on the differences between Candlewick and Boopie.

 

According to my research, this divided candy dish is not Candlewick, but Czechoslovakian glass.

  

This is Candlewick because the balls are separated with a wafer-like piece of glass.

  

This is Candlewick.

 

This is not Candlewick but Orchard Crystal by Hazel Atlas. Did you notice the little ash tray in the front right corner?