Do any of you work with antiques?

[Marsha Cassada]

I have tons of wooden antiques, never thought to use the 0000 steel wool and oil on them.I will have to give it a try. Where would one get the Watco Danish oil and the Skidmoor's beeswx?

I know Home Depot/Lowes carry Watco. It comes in different colors but I usually use Danish Walnut or clear.

Skidmore's you can order from the company. It is in Montana. 800-785-2466. Sometimes it's called Woodfinish Cleaner, sometimes Leather Cleaner. Same product and used for both applications. I use it on my harness and my wooden cart. I've used it for 20+ years. It is beeswax and natural oils.

 

[Marsha Cassada]

I went to an auction yesterday and bought a box with two figurines in it. I believe they are 18th century. One is a hunter with the 1883 Dresden mark and one is a lacey lady made by the Derby company. Her lace was probably perfect before they tossed her into the auction box lot. But even with a little lace damage she is beautiful. There were old German porcelain candle holders in the box also, but they had too much damage to interest me. Special care had been taken by the auction company with modern nicknacks. I guess they knew their buyers, as those brought a lot more than my figurines. I got my box for $15; probably could have got it for $12 but I'm rusty at auctions. It had rained the night before so all the box lots were soaking wet. Some other items in mine might have been good if they hadn't been rained upon. All the cookbooks, very old record albums, and other paper things were wet.

I wanted a couple of other items but they were part of large, junky lots and I didn't want to bother with the other stuff. Did manage to buy a nice spool of grungy waxed string out of someone's lot, which will be perfect to use with my crafts.

We are VERY glad of the rain, however, so no one complained.

 

[chandab]

Auctions are way too much fun. Sometimes you get a good bargain, sometimes you get a box full of crap to get one good thing. We have a tendency to visit the closest dumpster after an auction.

 

[jacks'thunder]

My hubby went to a farm auction last Saturday. Thank gosh he did not have more then a few bucks to spend or he would have came home with a 1950's truck and trailer! Not that I would have made a fuss but that all we need is another vehicle that gets less then 10 miles to the gallon! LOL! He did pick up a 2 ton cherry picker for for 35 dollars and this awesome 1875 straw/feed chopper for 40 bucks! It's so cool! If I could figure out how to use it for decor in the house I would. LOL! But it works so last night he chopped up some her for my 29yr old girl. Hopefully she eats it, it would be great if we could actually use the cool antique! I mean how often do you come across things from the 1800's, i don't come across them often, so I think it's cool!