Monday, March 28, 2011

Everyone needs a pair of glasses

Ive collected these glasses over several trips to estate sales, etc. and have just got around to listing them today. The first pair are very feminine with small short temples and dainty graphics and best of all they are cats eyes of course. They are marked Whitney 1/10 12KGF, and from what i found people are willing to pay quite a bit for these style glasses although i decided to put them a little below what other people have theirs listed at, if you would like to buy them check my store which you can get to by clicking the picture



This 2nd pair is also a pair of cats eyes glasses but they are a bit less dainty and more beefy and in my mind uglier than the first pair, they tried by adding the flowery inlay but it didn't quite work, these are marked Artcraft 1/10 KGF 20 and this pair of glasses are much dirtier and worn out than that first pair, the temple pieces are cracking and very discolored, these may need to be taken apart and somehow cleaned up or restored and they look as if that is possible because there are a couple of screws on the frames where you can remove the bridge or the silver pieces.



This third pair makes me want to pop the lenses out and keep them for myself, they are a pair of army issued glasses from the 60s for sure, they look exactly like the glasses I see in my grandfather wearing in old pictures. They are a cool translucent green color with little diamond patterns inlaid in the corners of the frame and on the ends of the temple pieces. They are in really good shape for their age although i would imagine military issued soldiers a couple of pairs and most of the time one pair stayed buried away in a soldiers footlocker. Again you can see them on my Etsy store by clicking on the photo.



This final pair are the coolest 80s glasses that they could have possibly made, they are Sanford Hutton color in optics glasses. They are that perfect pair of sunglasses being thick, huge and tortoise amber. They are in great shape too, how could somebody not want these sunglasses? I don't know but we will see how soon they sell to another 80s loving home. As with the last three click the photo to get to my listing on Etsy.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Vintage Triumph Radio Find

I found this goodie the other day in really used condition, i took it home and dissasembled and cleaned all the parts necessary and now it can actually be put to use again. The dials and face covering the clock itself were really dirty to where you couldn't even read the numbers anymore, after a few tricks i found they cleaned up great. Anyways here's a picture and a link to the listing on my Etsy store.