I really did not "need" this piece of art. It was at the local Goodwill that I haunt everyday ( yes, everyday - more about that later..) and just look at that face.... So, for $3.99 it had to come home and find a place on my shelf.
Finding a place on my shelves is no easy matter.
I have been a collector since I was a child and I try to limit what I collect - but there are SO many interesting things out there!
Lately, it has been NW pottery that has caught my eye.
Just yesterday, at sale at a retirement home, I picked up a bowl and turned it over and saw it was signed Coleman. It was porcelain and I was pretty sure it was Tom Coleman and for $3.50 - I wanted it anyway!
I stopped at my office to use the computer and found out that I was right. Tom Coleman. Lucky me!
I also bought a mid-century ovoid sofa with teak accents along the front. So the old sofa went to Goodwill this morning. Adios, old sofa - I knew you were just an interim sofa anyway...
I mostly buy things to resell - hence, the daily trip to Goodwill. But Goodwill has their own feeble website now and they pull much of the desirable items and sell them online.
People pay stupid prices, prices they would not pay on ebay or at a mall for items on the Goodwill website. Lucky them.
As I said, I MOSTLY buy things to resell - but now and then - I find it too hard to part with something. There is a Glidden tray I found this morning and I am considering keeping it - but may just put in on ebay tomorrow... Oh, the indecision! :)
Finding a place on my shelves is no easy matter.
I have been a collector since I was a child and I try to limit what I collect - but there are SO many interesting things out there!
Lately, it has been NW pottery that has caught my eye.
Just yesterday, at sale at a retirement home, I picked up a bowl and turned it over and saw it was signed Coleman. It was porcelain and I was pretty sure it was Tom Coleman and for $3.50 - I wanted it anyway!
I stopped at my office to use the computer and found out that I was right. Tom Coleman. Lucky me!I also bought a mid-century ovoid sofa with teak accents along the front. So the old sofa went to Goodwill this morning. Adios, old sofa - I knew you were just an interim sofa anyway...
I mostly buy things to resell - hence, the daily trip to Goodwill. But Goodwill has their own feeble website now and they pull much of the desirable items and sell them online.
People pay stupid prices, prices they would not pay on ebay or at a mall for items on the Goodwill website. Lucky them.
As I said, I MOSTLY buy things to resell - but now and then - I find it too hard to part with something. There is a Glidden tray I found this morning and I am considering keeping it - but may just put in on ebay tomorrow... Oh, the indecision! :)
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