Step back, honkey cat...

well, Elton John may sing that tune, but this gal knows how to make an auction hum in her favor.  It was a fantastic auction at the Atlanta Auction Company this Saturday with lots of great furniture on the auction block.  Really wasn't in the market to purchase furniture but I came home with four great pieces.  

First win was this fantastic, 1870s Victorian marble top, walnut parlor table.  This is a big one and is a beauty.

I already have 4 Eastlake chairs and wasn't in the market for anymore, HOWEVER, when I can bid and win a pair for a total of $15.00, I bid and I win.

I watched practically new sofas go for $25.00, a huge dining room table set with 8 chairs for $35.00 and assorted antique pieces go for pennies on the dollar.  But when I saw this amazing, pitch pine, step back cupboard, with original bubble glass on the block and nobody  bidding on it, my paddle went up and this beauty came home with me.  

 Almost eight feet high, this 1870's piece is in amazing condition with pegged shelving and locking drawers and doors.  Beautifully hand glazed, oak grain finish is the real jewel to this piece.  My plan was to sell it but when I got it home...it whispered to me...put me in your kitchen.  So I did.  

 Top cupboard now holds my treasures and for the first time, they are not on top of each other.  This is such a large piece that I can actually display them rather than stack and pack.

The bottom portion of the cupboard is huge and I was able to load it up with small appliances, tablecloths and large platters.  

 A few of my antique transferware, flow blue and copper pieces that love their new home.

 My vintage West Point Military Academy pieces can now be seen.

This was my original cupboard, a classic, 1900s, oak cupboard that was painted a rich green sometime during the Depression era.  Smaller than the new cupboard, this pretty piece is now in my main booth at the Buford Queen of Hearts.  I purchased this in Clinton, Iowa in the early 1990s and it traveled with me to Flagstaff, AZ and then to Atlanta, GA.  She has been a marvelous piece for me and now she is looking for a new home to enjoy.

This pretty cupboard is the perfect display for antique and vintage yellow ware, transfer ware pieces.

Another auction win, a fantastic Tobacco Spit glaze, whiskey jug.  Circa 1900s.  The story goes that potters would spit their chew on the pottery to test the firing state.  The spit tobacco would react to the applied glaze and burn off leaving a tobacco spit mark.

 Had to drive to Snellville to find fabric for Halloween costumes for my Alaska raviolis so I stopped in at one of my favorite shops, Vintage Village, to see if I could find treasure.

This pretty little vintage spun aluminum pail in Halloween orange nearly leaped into my arms so it came home with me.

 One of my favorite spaces, the Glory spot, always has the must fun items and this grinning jack-o-lantern is huge and I just had to have it.

Pages from a book on biology were a must have.

I don't come across these too often and this lucite purse is a beauty with no cracks or issues.

I love scientific apparatus and this vintage, metal micro cope with original box is perfect for Halloween decor.

And finally, a pair of delightful, antique books--The children's book is filled with the most delightful illustrations and the Milton book is just that, a 19th century, leather-bound book with the works of Milton.

It was a lovely weekend for finding treasure and the cool weather we had today whispers that fall is just around the corner.  Hope everything has a delight week and wishing blessings to you and those you love.  Sea Witch