well, I think I made a mistake by passing up a great deal with shopping for antiques... what do you think?
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@junedussault40010 ай бұрын
I took my mother’s/grandmother’s antique butter churn as flight carry on ! I got stopped at security and the young man was much in doubt about letting it pass. Before my tears came out, an older tma came by and peeked and said, “That’s a butter churn; it’s fine.” I was so grateful for her! It made it home safely!
@beverlystickney10 ай бұрын
Really bad day yesterday. My wedding anniversary and anniversary of my husband's passing 6 years ago. Your videos make me feel better . Thank you.
@carolynkautz870710 ай бұрын
Just to let you know, I have that pink Pyrex set with four bowls, not a mark on them, also a brown set. Got them for a wedding present in 1964 and have used almost weekly. Mine don’t chip or fade, although I have seen some faded. You wouldn’t have worried about taking them home in a paper sack. They made things to last then!
@SHERRY001010 ай бұрын
Why they fade or are totally washed out, is that they’ve been put in the dishwasher . Also, I would never use abrasive cleaners or scrubbing pads on them .I have tons of Pyrex from my mom . I treasure it . It’s all in excellent shape as well .
@MDSMITH910 ай бұрын
I’d never put mine in paper sack. They are sturdy but they do break.
@GuyWithTheDogs10 ай бұрын
@@MDSMITH9 Whoosh!
@carolynkautz870710 ай бұрын
I was kidding about the sack, just to make a point
@polly258710 ай бұрын
My moms are pink too! Probably from the same place and year. Mine are blue from 1985 because I wanted what my mom had. I have fallen into using the stainless steel because it’s lighter
@MKCarol-ms7lg10 ай бұрын
Hearing the floors creak as you walk around the old store buildings brings back childhood shopping memories of the 5 and dime stores. My aunt had one of those rotating lamps with a waterfall picture. Possibly because she worked in the lamp department of a large 5 & dime store. Gazed at it for hours as a child.
@krisr170410 ай бұрын
my grandmother was a Rosie the Riveter except her name was Ruby and they called her Ruby the Riveter instead lol cool piece of history for u from someone who not only knew a riveter but is closely related to one ...i was so very proud of my grandmother she was a strong , independent woman well before it was accepted and she laid the ground work for the women in my family to be successful independent women ...she was mighty special she even told stories about the Oklahoma land run b/c her mother was in it and helped settle Oklahoma ... which is cool but also sad to think about... cool b/c of the way they gave land away through a race... but very sad b/c the land was already occupied and they ran off the original owners the Indians and they mostly perished b/c of that loss they suffered tragically ...either way its history and very interesting ..we learn from past mistakes and i pray to god that anything like that never happens ever again ...
@janicec119610 ай бұрын
If it makes you feel any better, that set of bowls was incomplete. It's missing the smallest bowl. I have my grandmother's set just like that and there are 4 bowls in the set. Thanks for taking us along with you. So much fun!
@Bob_the_bottleman10 ай бұрын
Great stuff Alex!!!
@shinyshinythings10 ай бұрын
Fun to shop with you Alex! Going antiquing or even just thrifting is one of the best pastimes, because just as you say, you can’t help but imagine the lives that go with the items.
@nanachick0510 ай бұрын
Loved your videos for many years, thank you Alexander!
@mariefarchik808710 ай бұрын
Love your videos.
@extrabijou10 ай бұрын
The pink bowl! I have the set and quite a few of the matching refrigerator dishes.
@marypaquette870510 ай бұрын
Husband bought the same set for me in the hardware store, $5.00 for the set, in the 1960's lot of money then, making $ 35.00 a week!😮
@Lou58Lou9 ай бұрын
The first shop kinda reminded me of your old shop, lots of cool finds. great decor.
@sharonobryan971310 ай бұрын
Didn't mean to stay up so late, but I get to see your video early!
@edithwarria479410 ай бұрын
Hello Alex good to see you again 👍🌈🦋❤️🙏🏻from Edith in cairns Queensland Australia 🇦🇺
@bauertime10 ай бұрын
Those campaine buttons are reproductions from 1972. They had a blue plastic frame. Worth about $30.
@juliatownsend232410 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing thoroughly enjoyed wandering around with you. Was like a history lesson as well. Roll on the next one. Xx
@walterglomp103510 ай бұрын
One of your best videos!
@annaolivarez257810 ай бұрын
I really like your videos! : ) I think about who possibly parted with certain item. Had the good fortune to find a 1914 Panama Canal commemorative plate that was given out to the customers at a dry good store in 1914. All I had to go by was to decipher the name on the store’s sticker. For $3, I. now own a piece of history that affected international trade. Another recent beauty was a piggy bank was given out to customers when a certain bank opened on “that” location in 1977. Luckily for me, I used Google lens to track down two pictures and found the info. : ) A practical beauty for $6.00. : )
@allegro6510 ай бұрын
That was a cool little series of your visit to Colorado. Such a variety of interesting and eclectic items. Thanks for bringing us along with you as always. 😊
@charlottebruce684110 ай бұрын
That pink Pyrex bowl set is just like I used to have. Sure brought back memories. Sorry you missed a good deal!
@angellocke84739 ай бұрын
I love watching your videos, thank you for sharing and have a great evening!
@Viking-xl7zr10 ай бұрын
Awesome show. You need to come to Vegas on a trip. Seriously we have a TON of various Estate sales on the outskirts of "The Strip". Sooooo many collections from all over the World.
@shinyshinythings10 ай бұрын
That would be fun. I think also Florida - or Palm Springs. There are so many retirees that end up going to those areas with all their lifelong possessions in tow, that then end up going to auction.
@veb681410 ай бұрын
Absolutely nothing like going antiquing!
@susanorr753510 ай бұрын
Awesome
@scottstewart388410 ай бұрын
Alex.... I'm surprised that you missed the Saskatchewan License plate that was to the right of the dog racing sign.... LOL
@jagoq5310 ай бұрын
Looks like that gas pump was a 'Phillips 66' - the original logo had the '66' slanted to the right a few degrees. I actually visited Frank Phillips' ranch in OK a number of years ago - very interesting museum and collection of early Colt firearms too!
@dulciemidwinter19257 ай бұрын
Many years ago in England, my friend married a very unsavoury character. He sold off all her mums antiques, stole things, and lied about everything. It broke my heart as my friend was the gentlest, kindest lady you could ever hope to meet. He started up a small business and used to buy old pine and wood furniture and used to strip and repolish them. One day he knocked on someone's door and bought an old chest from them, might I add, for a song! He stripped all the embellishments and decoration of it and waxed it, and tried to sell it to an antique dealer. The dealer asked him if it was decorated when he bought it and when he told him that he had stripped it all away the dealer told him that he had just completely ruined and devalued a piece of furniture that dated from the 17th century. It was worth nothing anymore. I couldn't help thinking that karma might have been involved!
@nanafivelittles541810 ай бұрын
Pyrex is very good find.
@OriginalNethead10 ай бұрын
The Gooseberry Pyrex was priced well. Someone no doubt made off with them in short order. 05:35 Some of pins might have been repro, but the chunk of Murano glass sitting in back of them was real. 08:52 When I was really little, about age three, my grandparents had a refrigerator with the coil on top just like the one behind the pump. It probably came with the house when they moved in, in 1946. (the replacement was avocado green.) Bet with a little tinkering that thing would run just fine.
@vintageresalemama9039 ай бұрын
I saw an old brown bakelite radio that's almost identical to the one that I inherited from my parents. Theirs was from the 1940s. It still works too; I can get about two local channels on it.
@stephaniepowers-tanguay634610 ай бұрын
Ooh I saw a squash blossom necklace in the Mezzanine store’s display! I wonder how much they were asking. Those necklaces are usually very pricey, rare and very desirable.
@karenkernell94059 ай бұрын
I saw it too!! Wonder how much they were asking for it.
@barbaralavoie104510 ай бұрын
I enjoy watching your many adventures. Thanks for sharing your antiquing while you were in Colorado. It’s been fun watching🥰👍
@lisaloy201110 ай бұрын
Oh the gooseberry pyrex pattern. I've been looking for a deal lol. Yeah right that won't happen. Neither my mom or my Nonie had any Pyrex.
@reeserichard322410 ай бұрын
You passed right over the rare medium green Fiesta platter 😮
@suzanneknollinger553310 ай бұрын
I have a full set of the gooseberry pink refrigerator dishes from Pyrexx. I have used them daily for years and they still look just as good as the day they were gifted to me. I would love to have the bowl set but Out of my price range
@birdie442610 ай бұрын
I have a full set of the gooseberry cinderella bowls and a full set of the casserole dishes with the glass lids. I'm on the lookout for a reasonable priced set of refrigerator dishes.
@ohthatbread517410 ай бұрын
Love browsing along with you, so much fun. Thanks for bringing us along.
@donnasanchez207310 ай бұрын
I love the videos of your travels. I hope you took home a souvenir for Melissa.
@kaceyharms313510 ай бұрын
My grandma had a rotating light. It was a forest fire with deer and other critters escaping it.
@favouritemoon413310 ай бұрын
That first store was great. It's a good job that there's an ocean and a large land mass between me and it because my acquisitive desires outstrip my means.
@jewelssylva373810 ай бұрын
❤
@mariowickel45610 ай бұрын
Alexander you never cease to amaze me, did you see any interesting vehicles whilst in Colorado ?
@The_Smith10 ай бұрын
Anvils! Difficult to bring home in your carryon . . .
@wendy83310 ай бұрын
My family had a log cabin when i was a kid. All the unwanted items ended up there. The pyrex bowls, old metal or tin cups, washing machine that was round and had a washboard and a ringerouter lol. All very valuable stuff now. So sad it was treated like an afterthought.
@maddieadams7510 ай бұрын
Great items, thanks for sharing ❤
@alisonheppell974810 ай бұрын
This time of the year always makes me think of the potters house clearance,,,,,,hope you do another one soon
@philklein513010 ай бұрын
Alex FYI if you buy anything big you can always take it to a UPS store and they can ship it home before you I've done that before
@GuyWithTheDogs10 ай бұрын
I'll bet Alex had NO idea... (lol)
@jordynoleymom10 ай бұрын
Omg that lamp! I remember when I found your channel feb 2019 I contacted you hoping you might come across one! My grandparents had the winter scene one. Some day I’m going to find one to call my own!! Great video!!
@tamarrajames359010 ай бұрын
Your Brother Steve is a cool guy, and definitely shares much in common with you. I think that gas pump wouldn’t fit your carry on lol. My Gran had that exact same motion lamp, I loved it as a kid.🖤🇨🇦
@_JanetLouise10 ай бұрын
fun
@frankiecarrel979410 ай бұрын
That was really cool going through that shop with you😊
@karenkernell94059 ай бұрын
I brought home a LARGE porcelain egg, (14” tall) all the way home (USA), from China in my carryon totally unscathed. Those Pyrex bowls could’ve made the trip easily.
@mildredchester9 ай бұрын
I haven't watched you in awhile. I tend to not gravitate toward " mantiques" and wished you'd looked at the linens and Lucite grapes. I really liked the campaign buttons, though .
@liliamrodriguez302010 ай бұрын
Great video
@carolynsimone864710 ай бұрын
Love looking with you, amazing ...thank you...🥰🥰
@born2soon10 ай бұрын
My aunt's first husband was Andrew James Thompson. He would have enjoyed owning that trunk.
@stevek643210 ай бұрын
wonder if the mezzanine store used to be a theatre, and you came in where the stage would have been
@GuyWithTheDogs10 ай бұрын
It's not likely that the front door would have been part of the stage. It would have been somewhat awkward to arrive late, only to have to excuse yourself as you walked past the actors trying to remember their lines. Many retail stores, both large and small, had mezzanines like the one in that building. It was a way of increasing their selling space without enlarging the footprint of the building.
@rikspector10 ай бұрын
Alexander, Those stores remind me of how you set up in the "old" days. You know what "they" say about hindsight being 20/20 but the Pyrex are ceramic, after all...oh well... next time. Cheers, Rik Spector
@eugeniakyle92159 ай бұрын
I love Pyrex!
@catty2chatty10 ай бұрын
I definitel would've bought the pink Pyrex. My cousin has a restored gas pump outside his garage.
@mannyortiz481410 ай бұрын
Alex my darling. I love going into antique shops. So much to look at and admire. I would love to go antique shopping with you. Thank you for the opportunity to see your adventures. Until next time. Please, my love take care and stay safe. Love ya 🍺😇🌹🇺🇸🌞❤️🙏👍🌈🕊🎃🧛♀️
@gigiwilson912410 ай бұрын
You need help
@hippydippy10 ай бұрын
Can't believe he passed on the bowels. I would have bought them, packed them myself carefully (wouldn't be that hard, especially for someone like him) & shipped them back home before I left. Oh well... Someone else will get a great deal.
@galaxia470910 ай бұрын
Can't you just take it in your handbag on the plane, am I missing something something, i didn't understand his reasoning that it would break on the way back?
@andrearyan81610 ай бұрын
*bowls 😮😂
@GuyWithTheDogs10 ай бұрын
@@andrearyan816 I dunno. "He passed on the bowels" evokes certain interesting images...
@wendyhenschel.10 ай бұрын
Only certain patterns and certain pieces of Pyrex are desirable. Its because there is not many made and/or left of them. Bows with handles are not worth as much as the ones without handles for the simple reason that when you see them for sale there is not all 4 pieces there. The handleless ones are 3 pieces
@pomskylifenova734410 ай бұрын
For sure
@douglasharlos411310 ай бұрын
A Phillips petroleum pump ⛽
@leahr.262010 ай бұрын
I would love one of those metal disk players but $3,000 is out of my budget😬
@barbaradw996910 ай бұрын
I just contacted an Auctioneer. Time to move things out that I am not using and my kids are not interested in.
@kaynefryday663710 ай бұрын
How do you ever know you are at the right place if you never know who you are going to meet ?
@geraldcampbell683410 ай бұрын
Alex that radio looks like a shortwave receiver. Hallicrafter never made CB radios, they only made shortwave receivers, ham gear, and radios for the military during WWII and Cold War!
@louisethomas641610 ай бұрын
The bowls would have made a nice gift for his wife for the new kitchen
@dycook10 ай бұрын
Why...why did you give us only a cursory glance at the fabulous green glass lamps? You are such a guy looker.😉
@kpdvw10 ай бұрын
next trip to Colorado, bring a small box truck for your antique shopping...! Forget the infernal airports, airlines...!
@mckohtz10 ай бұрын
@10:56 silver and turquoise tobacco blossom Native American necklaces!!!
@user-in8ep9tz9r10 ай бұрын
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@ivydickson759610 ай бұрын
Bye for now from New Zealand.
@Jerbod210 ай бұрын
This is what I hate about stores like this, outrageous prices... damn more expensive than ebay
@erniehoffer178410 ай бұрын
I am watching your VW on Bring a Trailer. Up to $500.00.
@lisaloy201110 ай бұрын
You can SHIP UPS to Canada
@gretchenarrant833410 ай бұрын
I thought y'all sold the shop. Did I misunderstand?
@Cate745110 ай бұрын
It’s someone else’s shop😊
@gigicostlow441410 ай бұрын
He did sell the shop. He was talking about having some of those things in his shop when he still had it. He sells mostly through auctions now.
@gretchenarrant833410 ай бұрын
@@gigicostlow4414 thanks.
@lorenat0510 ай бұрын
😊
@toniasalways10 ай бұрын
Leave your clothes behind and take more good stuff with you! You can always buy more clothes ;-)
@Snarkapotamus10 ай бұрын
That Pyrex set isn't worth what they're asking. They can be had sub-$100. My mom used to have that set and many, many more...
@NitrousDiecast10 ай бұрын
First?
@user-qr9eo1wo8y10 ай бұрын
0:24 "Honey, I'm home."
@BastetNoodles10 ай бұрын
I always think Han's, "I'm home, honey" in my head at that point too😊
@laurieedeburn244910 ай бұрын
share
@youareanazingtemunoz996510 ай бұрын
It’s not to expensive to send things through the mail
@BastetNoodles10 ай бұрын
20"×20"×20", 10lb pkg to Canada would be around $72 ~ kinda pricey...esp added to purchase price.
@youareanazingtemunoz996510 ай бұрын
Wooow to expensive
@michaelwarren60217 ай бұрын
Uu7
@chrissettles412710 ай бұрын
Those campaign buttons are the reproduction by kleenex in 1968. They did a good set that has been being mistaken as real every since.