Orange Monster ? card

Where : Uncle Raul's Bargain Basement, Jersey City
Paid : 10 cents

Beauty Book

Where: Uncle Raul's Bargain Basement, Jersey City
Paid: $1

Maybe I'll learn something !!!!

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1980's Waring Coffee Grinder, NIB

Where: Uncle Raul's
Paid, about $7

Was new in Box! Waring Burr grinder. This has 10 settings from Coarse to Fine. Nice transparent Red plastic hopper and grind catch. burrs can be hard to clean, but since I have a lot of different coffee makers, this helps when I run into some Whole Beans.

 

"Juice O Mat' by Revere Vintage Juicer

Where, NJ Yard Sale
Paid $8

They put it out on the table, I took it from the table. Right Away.

Fire-Engine Red. Paint is peeled in places, but a real beast indeed. Compliments the Ice-O-Mat quite nicely.

Republic Transistor Radio

Where: Uncle Raul's
Paid: $5

Nice '8 Transistor' Vintage Radio. Not working.  Real cowhide case

Gilbert Vintage Fan

Where, NJ Estate Sale
Paid: $10

Great looking fan. Needs rewiring. It powered up! Heavy.

Vintage Congratulations cards

Where: Estate Sale NJ
Paid: $1 for a box of 50ish cards

Congratulations and sympathy cards seem to be the least used-

I love the paper quality, the design, and fonts used in old cards,
cards today can cost up to $8 and they're inferior by far.

This has the exact message as the previous card !!!

Taylor Candy Thermometer (Hg)

Where: Teaneck NJ Town-wide garage sale
Paid: $1.oo

I like kitchen gadgets and toys that help your cooking go a little smoother.  This one caught my eye because it's a Mercury-filled thermometer. You definitely don't see that anymore, it's all red colored alcohol or digital.

 

'Soft or Hard Ball?... eh- HARD CRACK!!'

More Vintage Red-handle Kitchen Toys

Where: Teaneck town-wide garage sale (Potato masher) & Random Clark, NJ Garage sale (Pie cutter)
Paid: Total $5

Continuing the collection of the red-handle kitchen gadgetry, are these lovely new members of the family!

'Kalkometer' Mechanical Calculator c.1930's

Where: Teaneck Town-Wide Garage Sale
Paid: $1.oo !!

If you read my post about the Japanese Adding Machine a while back, I was very pleased to stumble upon this American specimen of similar ilk. It was complete with instruction booklet, metal stylus and carrying case. There wasn't much info other than this might be from the 1930's. Judging by the numerical font, that might be correct. In wonderful condition, just minor scratches on the faceplate where the stylus was dragged a little too much.  $1!!

It's handy, it's New!!

What times what is 1,277.54 ??

Copal 222 "Zero Jewels" Vintage Flip-clock

Where: Lincoln Park, NJ Town-wide sale.
Paid: $0.50  (Half off!)


Nice clock, working! Iconic 70's drab Olive Green color.  I love flip clocks.  There's an orange neon bulb that illuminates and there's a little white and red striped dial that spins when powered up. Keeps time quite well. Oh, ZERO (0) JEWELS if you were wondering....

Time Recycler!

NO!! NO (0) JEWELS!!

Box Candy included!

Domo aregato, Mr. H. Gocho!

Vintage Lapel Microphone

Where: Lincoln Park, NJ Town-wide sale.
Paid: $2.50  (Half off)


Recoton makes consumer electronics and these microphones. This one is probably 1970's, early 1980's. I had a pile of lapel mics from them back in the old studio. This one is nice, Requires a AA battery to power it up. Very sensitive, similar to a stick-mic on someone's computer. I recorded a bass drum with this and it sounds sick! The downside was the lapel clip was broken. So what?

Power multiplied!!

Vintage Swingline 113 'Strong Arm' and Red 'Cub' Staplers

Where: Lincoln Park, NJ Town-wide sale.
Paid: $3.25 total for both


I love vintage office gear. The Stapler collection is growing.....


This $3.oo 113 was dubbed "Strong Arm" for the big ol' bar across the top and uses heavy-duty staples to puncture through a nice stack of office work.

This (25¢) Cub was the mini-stapler offered from Swingline, and comes in a nice array of cool vintage colors. This one is a nice Fire-Engine Red.

Good Old Long Island City