Bank Hol Booty

Blimey where is this week going, only a second ago it was the bank holiday weekend with 3 oh so lovely boot sales!

So this is a bit late this week but here are some of my boot sale finds (there are more buys awaiting a bit of photo action).

We'll start off with a bit of bling:

A vintage scorpion brooch. Being a Scorpio how could I resist this.  I did pay top dollar for it though, a whole £2!

Two more black bird pie funnels - £1 each.  These keep finding me, looks like I now have a collection:

Better get baking some pies!

Vintage soda syphon - £2. This one is a beauty. I have already owned a few soda syphons but have found new homes for them so this black and gold beauty is staying with me :o) I did see another one on a stall which wasn't nearly as nice as this and the seller wanted £20 for it! No chance sweetheart.

A little bit more Elvis with these two vintage books - £1.

Vintage playing card - 50p a pack.  The ones in the silver box are still sealed:

They even have the duty tax wrapper intact around the cards.

 A little bit of history for you, it was James I of England who passed a law requiring an insignia on the ace of spades as proof of payment of a tax on local manufacture of playing cards. Up until August 1960, decks of playing cards printed and sold in the UK were liable for taxable duty and the Ace of Spades carried  the name of the printer and an indication that the taxation had been paid on the cards.The packs were also sealed with a government duty wrapper like this one.

I also stumbled upon the stall to end all stalls for kitsch tack-tastic ornaments. The stall holder was selling her late mothers bits and pieces and among them were these:

 Bambi deer family - 80p

Little 50's donkey - 20p

How cute is this little vintage pink fish - 10p!

 My favourite of the kitsch bunch:

Little bear being bitten by a crab! Love it especially for 30p :o)

Well that's enough buys for this post, hows about a bit of:

Witnessed at a Boot Sale

A rather prim and proper couple in their 50s tutting and complaining about the mud on the car boot field.

A lady wearing a grey jumper picks up a full length grey woollen cardigan

Lady: "How much?"

Seller: "£4"

Lady holds the cardigan up against her "hmmm no I don't think grey is my colour".

A seller shouting out at every female walking past his stall that he has "Salon hair care products going cheap".  Each female then seen touching their hair cautiously.

My pet hate - A stall with a price tag on everything and the seller refusing any haggle attempt with the words "i think that's more than a reasonable price".

I'll be back with some more of my boot sales buys soon.

Happy Thursday all

Scarlett x

Linking to vintage-thingie-thursday- and thrifty-thursday