My one indication that someone may not be a dealer is when they ask me what I’m going to do with a big crate full of antique notary seal I just won. Um, I plan on using them as stocking stuffers this holiday season?
This by the way was something I won last night. Twenty-one antique notary seals that dates back from 1909, my husband and I had so much fun last night stamping and finding out the dates and locations of the seals, we even found Humpty Dumpty's.
I love their industrial look and shape and when I saw them on the table my heart went pitter patter. They’re super heavy, one weighs almost two pounds so they would be great as paperweight or bookends.
I’m listing them next week together with my back to school vintage items. What else would you use them for, any ideas? And If you say meat tenderizer, hubby already thought of that.
these are great! i think they would look good on a bookshelf ... like my bookshelf :) right next to my grandmothers 1st camera.
ReplyDeleteThose are so fabulous looking - I think they would even be great for just being a book stop (if that how you say that.. grrr) so pretty :)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE them! I'm dying to know what those went for, but I'm too classy to ask, lol. I get that question sometimes when I am buying at thrift stores- mostly by the people who work there and see me all the time. I have different answers depending on what I'm buying and who is working (and listening), too :) Have a great weekend!!
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ReplyDeleteThey would make great bookends for sure. What about Christmas stocking holders - like the ones people put on mantles to hold stockings? They'd be cool for a vintage seller to use to stamp packing lists - just for fun. Unless that would be confusing, but it might be cool. : )
ReplyDeletei think scrapbookers might like them to add texture and so would collage and mixed media artists. i almost bought one this spring but passed on it, thinking 'what will i do with that?' now, of course, i have so many ideas :)
ReplyDeletethanks for all the input guys, I'm excited to list them next week.
ReplyDeleteI am interested in buying one, can you provide more details? Shipping? Cost?
ReplyDeleteI am in search of someone who can repair an antique press - specifically, I need someone who can recast the strike plate, and possibly also realign the die so that it lines up correctly rather than being about 7 or 8 degrees offset (my organization's original press was damaged beyond repair but the original die is intact, the replacement press didn't line up right).
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