This morning I ventured out to Ville St Laurent for one of their heavy trash pickup days. I hoped to find some bigger stuff, maybe some nice vintage furniture. There wasn’t much of that this time around but I still came away with some cool items.
This pile was on Cote-Vertu west of Alexis Nihon. There were a lot of older things here.
The pieces of this punch set were wrapped individually with a newspaper from 1988. Overall they filled one black trash bag. A few pieces had broken, but it’s still a nice set which I’d guess was made in the 1960s.
I saved this cookie jar of approximately the same vintage from another bag. It was a bit grimy but it cleaned up really nice. It’s an old “Made in Japan” piece.
I also found an old 1950s Smirnoff mug marked as being made of “solid copper.” It would have been part of a set. Too bad I didn’t find more because these mugs are pretty collectible. I found one that sold for 13$ at auction on Ebay, meaning that I could probably get 20$ for it if I were to set a specific price. It needs a bit of cleaning but I’d guess that it wouldn’t be too hard to get it shiny again.
I found these five unopened containers of sugar in a bin next to some obvious moving-related garbage. They seem fine and I’m sure they’ll be put to good use.
I came across this baby pile later on. I think the bin had already been emptied and taken away. I took the drink mixer and the crock pot. The former doesn’t seem to work but the crock pot seems to work great. It’s an older one with a ceramic insert.
Not far away was another baby pile. Too bad the bin was gone as I would have loved to have looked inside.
There were a few interesting old things, including this Newsweek magazine from 1972. It’s from around the time that the US realized they weren’t going to win in Vietnam.
I thought this old framed print was really beautiful. The glass was pretty dirty when I found it but it cleaned up very well. It’s in great condition. I think it’s a lithograph from the 1930s or 40s.
I checked out a little bit of a Rosemont trash day on the way back and came across this collection of books, cassettes, video-cassettes and records. Some of the stuff was damaged by must or moisture but I managed to salvage several records.
The records themselves are in excellent condition, barely even any scratches. That gives them a bit of value even if some of the covers are a bit warped. The most interesting is probably the soundtrack for the 1976 Summer Olympics that took place in Montreal (bottom right).
I was looking through my finds from last week and found a couple of things I had previously overlooked. I found this French-English dictionary on Thursday in Glenmount. It’s a pretty awesome dictionary, one that cost 36.95 in 1985. According to the Bank of Canada that would be 73.72 today.
I also found this massive fur in Hampstead on Tuesday. It’s a scarf that looks to have 5 different tails on both ends. It also has pockets. It’s in really good condition and I’m sure it must have cost a pretty penny when it was originally bought. I imagine this’ll end up on my Etsy store but I have some research to do before setting a price.
Tomorrow I plan on going to a different part of Ville St Laurent and perhaps Hampstead as well. I’ll let you know how it goes.
That old print is sweet! What are its dimensions?
That’s an unusual cookie jar. Cookie jars have their own collector crowd. There’s quite a variety on ebay.
That fur is in great shape. I’m looking forward to seeing your new and improved Etsy store.
I believe the name of the last item is mink “stole” (rather than scarf).
Poor minks, at least 9 had their tails and hides stolen.
A coworker donated multiple, inherited fur coats to an animal shelter for animals to cuddle in.
How do I find your etsy store?
Jan
There’s a link to it in the “Buy my garbage” tab above. There’s nothing on there right now, I’ve been pretty lazy about getting things up there, but I hope soon to get a whole bunch of stuff up. Keep checking back, though once I get the store set up I’ll likely mention it on the blog as well.