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#260401 - 03/26/14 11:45 PM
Re: Thrift store find
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Santa's Helper
Registered: 04/13/99
Posts: 3803
Loc: Pasadena, Maryland
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Thanks Luckdragon and Sue! The woman who collected all the ornaments passed and her 82 year-old husband said she and her mother used to go Hallmarking together, big time, and boy did she amass a huge collection. He thought it was funny that I was taking so many ornaments (hundreds, lol) and I made sure to tell him they would be loved.
I was seriously overwhelmed sorting through the boxes and boxes at the sale though. I didn't know about the Ambassador ornament line until I got home, otherwise I would have looked harder for more of those. Now I know for next time! I did not realize that it was literally thousands of ornaments from which you were choosing!! Were there many others there going through the boxes, too? I would have found it so nerve racking to think that I might be looking through a "dud" box and all the good stuff was in a box someone else was going through!! But you certainly picked some good ones to look through as you brought home some enviable ones. Sue Pasadena, Maryland
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#261472 - 04/10/14 06:27 PM
Re: Thrift store find
[Re: susan in florida]
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Elf
Registered: 09/07/01
Posts: 91
Loc: Hanover, PA
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This isn't a thrift store find but it's pretty amazing! http://www.ebay.com/itm/221409146028?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
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#262280 - 04/28/14 06:20 PM
Re: Thrift store find
[Re: susan in florida]
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Elf
Registered: 11/30/11
Posts: 97
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It wasn't a thrift store, but this topic seemed the best match. At a yard sale, I found a 1976 merry miniature santa holding a cat with the number 4 on the bottom. I already have one with the number 3. Does this mean anything? Should I keep both, or try trading for the many merry miniatures I don't have? Thank you.
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#262325 - 04/29/14 11:23 AM
Re: Thrift store find
[Re: vais4lovers]
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Santa's Helper
Registered: 05/15/99
Posts: 8536
Loc: Shawnee, KS USA
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It wasn't a thrift store, but this topic seemed the best match. At a yard sale, I found a 1976 Merry Miniature Santa holding a cat with the number 4 on the bottom. I already have one with the number 3. Does this mean anything? Should I keep both, or try trading for the many Merry Miniatures I don't have? Thank you. I'm by no means a Merry Miniatures expert, but your question reminded me of something a friend of mine talked about once. She had two Santas that were very similar, but one was holding a cat and the other a present. The Santa was the same pose but what he held was different. And I'm thinking there were some presents by Santa's feet. Are these the Merry Miniatures you're talking about? I don't think she saw different markings on hers.
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#262337 - 04/29/14 04:38 PM
Re: Thrift store find
[Re: susan in florida]
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Elf
Registered: 11/30/11
Posts: 97
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Thank you both for the education. Y'all knew which Santa Merry Miniature I was asking about, but I'm gonna have to look again to see any differences. I'm pretty sure both are holding a cat and both have presents at his feet. I'm amazed Hallmark made 4 different versions. Is this common for Merry Miniatures?
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#265935 - 07/18/14 08:52 PM
Re: Thrift store find
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Santa's Helper
Registered: 03/01/02
Posts: 5328
Loc: Duncan, OK USA
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Duncan has a city wide garage/yard sale this time of year, so not exactly a thrift store find, but close. At one sale, I found a 1986 Thimble Partridge in it's slightly used box for 50 cents. Also for 50 cents, I got an Avon ornament that is a candy cane see-saw on a gum drop base. It has Santa on one end and three elves on the other. The gumdrop is a little bigger than the recent gumdrop ornaments, but I think it will look fine with them.
At another sale, I found a set of three little mice. This house was not very well lit so I couldn't tell if they were Hallmark, but I liked them. Also 50 cents. When I got home, I looked and they have a sticker on the bottom 1995 Hallmark Cards, so I was able to find them on Yulelog software. It is the 1996 The Sewing Club Merry Miniatures. No box, but the mice seem to be in great shape.
Having to work all day sure puts a kink in going to all these garage sales! I've got a couple of more marked to go to tomorrow when we get home from seeing baby hummingbirds.
Linda
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