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found something cool at the local antique fair. (it is held annually and hosts about a hundred stalls from all over Australia) I thought I'd share the photos, since it's hot today and i can't go outside. Mods or anyone else, if this is in the wrong place, or should be a post in an already existing thread, or just plain shouldn't exist, please tell me. I found a Victorian top hat in its original box (the price was actually okay. between 4 and 5 hundred AUD) lookie!!! (apologies for the crap camera skills. i made the pictures little enough i hope) aaand some glasses i bought which actually fit my tiny head: there were also lots of Victorian doodads, a giant brass telescope (for viewing the heavens), WW1 leather and brass gaiters, something that looked like a giant vacuum tube crossed with a light bulb, and a whole heap of fake jet jewellery passed off as the real thing. i have other photos but i thought i'd not spam so much, given that this is a pointless post anyway. (plus lots of beautiful netsuke, if anyone else here is as much a fan as i am. they were hideously expensive, but i love them so much) what have you guys found lately?? |
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« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2008, 06:48:11 am » |
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Oh my! That tophat is gorgeous!
*gollum voice* I wants it!
Very nice specs too!
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« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2008, 06:51:17 am » |
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Oh my! That tophat is gorgeous!
*gollum voice* I wants it!
Very nice specs too!
i wanted the hat too. it didn't sell, but i think i forgot to write down the shop name of the stallholder *rifles through event booklet* |
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« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2008, 07:20:19 am » |
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Sounds like you had a great time!
Netsuke are interesting little things. The Smithsonian's Museum of Asian Art (I can never remember the proper name) has some really fantastic ones on display from time to time. What I want is the perfect yatate.
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« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2008, 08:27:46 am » |
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Sounds like you had a great time!
Netsuke are interesting little things. The Smithsonian's Museum of Asian Art (I can never remember the proper name) has some really fantastic ones on display from time to time. What I want is the perfect yatate.
yatate?? feed me information <3 |
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« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2008, 05:24:57 pm » |
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That top-hat is wonderful.
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« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2008, 10:46:12 pm » |
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my god. <3
You know how they say that addicts have "triggers?"
...I so wish I didn't know where an antique store is...*bundles up to face the Chicago cold*
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« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2008, 01:18:20 am » |
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I have so been wanting a pair of AEF gaiters....damn my giant calves!
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« Reply #9 on: March 09, 2008, 01:25:45 am » |
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I have so been wanting a pair of AEF gaiters....damn my giant calves!
Could not use shaped copper or steel plates with attached leather straps? |
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« Reply #10 on: March 09, 2008, 01:59:15 am » |
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I find that, when I read of the fabulous findings of ladies and gentleman who have plumed the unknown depths of their local charity/antique shop and found all sorts of wonders and marvels...
...One can't help but wish the charity shops in his local area were as well stocked as theirs!
I loved the hat and goggles, wonderful items!
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« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2008, 02:12:23 am » |
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I have so been wanting a pair of AEF gaiters....damn my giant calves!
Could not use shaped copper or steel plates with attached leather straps? I hadn't considered that...I will most certainly investigate further....many thanks |
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« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2008, 02:42:55 am » |
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found something cool at the local antique fair. (it is held annually and hosts about a hundred stalls from all over Australia) I thought I'd share the photos, since it's hot today and i can't go outside. Mods or anyone else, if this is in the wrong place, or should be a post in an already existing thread, or just plain shouldn't exist, please tell me. I found a Victorian top hat in its original box (the price was actually okay. between 4 and 5 hundred AUD) lookie!!! (apologies for the crap camera skills. i made the pictures little enough i hope) aaand some glasses i bought which actually fit my tiny head: there were also lots of Victorian doodads, a giant brass telescope (for viewing the heavens), WW1 leather and brass gaiters, something that looked like a giant vacuum tube crossed with a light bulb, and a whole heap of fake jet jewellery passed off as the real thing. i have other photos but i thought i'd not spam so much, given that this is a pointless post anyway. (plus lots of beautiful netsuke, if anyone else here is as much a fan as i am. they were hideously expensive, but i love them so much) what have you guys found lately?? Awesome finds. Congrats on the glasses! Should you ever find yourself in Chicago, Illinois, The Field Museum of natural history has a marvelous collection of netsuke for your perusal. The "ball of mice" is my favorite. DB |
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« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2008, 05:24:12 am » |
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Great finds! The hat is fantastic.
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« Reply #14 on: March 10, 2008, 11:16:56 pm » |
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i can use wiki :p i wanted you to tell me, since you're interested in them |
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« Reply #15 on: March 10, 2008, 11:18:05 pm » |
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That top hat is certainly very beautiful. I miss my silk opera hat... stupid fragile antique clothing, doesn't like to travel.  |
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« Reply #16 on: March 10, 2008, 11:20:07 pm » |
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found something cool at the local antique fair. (it is held annually and hosts about a hundred stalls from all over Australia) I thought I'd share the photos, since it's hot today and i can't go outside. Mods or anyone else, if this is in the wrong place, or should be a post in an already existing thread, or just plain shouldn't exist, please tell me. I found a Victorian top hat in its original box (the price was actually okay. between 4 and 5 hundred AUD) lookie!!! (apologies for the crap camera skills. i made the pictures little enough i hope) aaand some glasses i bought which actually fit my tiny head: there were also lots of Victorian doodads, a giant brass telescope (for viewing the heavens), WW1 leather and brass gaiters, something that looked like a giant vacuum tube crossed with a light bulb, and a whole heap of fake jet jewellery passed off as the real thing. i have other photos but i thought i'd not spam so much, given that this is a pointless post anyway. (plus lots of beautiful netsuke, if anyone else here is as much a fan as i am. they were hideously expensive, but i love them so much) what have you guys found lately?? Awesome finds. Congrats on the glasses! Should you ever find yourself in Chicago, Illinois, The Field Museum of natural history has a marvelous collection of netsuke for your perusal. The "ball of mice" is my favorite. DB ah, that is sadly unlikely, as i don't travel well. haha i saw one like that. there were more than i managed to get snaps of, but it was so hard to photograph them through glass with a silly non-slr camera that kept focussing on the wrong bits. i miss my own camera XD at least one lovely gentleman took it out of the case for me and laid it on a piece of papar. |
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« Reply #17 on: March 10, 2008, 11:21:21 pm » |
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That top hat is certainly very beautiful. I miss my silk opera hat... stupid fragile antique clothing, doesn't like to travel. aww, poor thing! sadly it is very hard to find antique clothing in good condition in the first place |
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« Reply #18 on: March 10, 2008, 11:28:13 pm » |
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It is, definitely... Anything from before about the 'forties, it seems like, simply does not like to be worn. (Really... I found a dress from the 1910s once that was beautiful, falling apart, and wouldn't have fit me anyway. Broke my heart, it did.)
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« Reply #19 on: March 10, 2008, 11:51:17 pm » |
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i can use wiki :p i wanted you to tell me, since you're interested in them Ah, I see. I did find the right one. I'll take pictures when it arrives. Basically it's a lidded tube and ink well carried by samurai to hold their brush and either an inkstone or a piece of ink-soaked fabric in lieu of a full writing set. Call it a variation on the pen. When researching an acceptable writing utensil for my gear I found a gorgeous Meiji era yatate that unfortunately was entirely outside of my budget (I've seen running cars that cost less). But that was it, unique while staying period. Initially I thought to find a simple one and make it steamy. The one I just bought is simple, bronze with no ornamentation, but I don't think I can bring myself mess with it. I'm not completely sure of the age, but it's probably early 1900s and therefore I feel it wouldn't be wise to alter it. Even as is it's quirky enough to fit in. It's highly doubtful I'll use it as anything more than a show piece. I'm not carrying around anything soaked in ink. I know me too well. Centuries of samurai may have done this without getting inkstained, but I am not a samurai and I will end up covered in ink. Also my kanji and kana aren't very pretty, so I won't be showing them off either, not yet anyway. |
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« Reply #20 on: March 11, 2008, 03:23:46 am » |
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i can use wiki :p i wanted you to tell me, since you're interested in them Ah, I see. I did find the right one. I'll take pictures when it arrives. Basically it's a lidded tube and ink well carried by samurai to hold their brush and either an inkstone or a piece of ink-soaked fabric in lieu of a full writing set. Call it a variation on the pen. When researching an acceptable writing utensil for my gear I found a gorgeous Meiji era yatate that unfortunately was entirely outside of my budget (I've seen running cars that cost less). But that was it, unique while staying period. Initially I thought to find a simple one and make it steamy. The one I just bought is simple, bronze with no ornamentation, but I don't think I can bring myself mess with it. I'm not completely sure of the age, but it's probably early 1900s and therefore I feel it wouldn't be wise to alter it. Even as is it's quirky enough to fit in. It's highly doubtful I'll use it as anything more than a show piece. I'm not carrying around anything soaked in ink. I know me too well. Centuries of samurai may have done this without getting inkstained, but I am not a samurai and I will end up covered in ink. Also my kanji and kana aren't very pretty, so I won't be showing them off either, not yet anyway. XD mine aren't pretty either. but that still sounds awesome. do you have a picture somewhere of your bronze one?? |
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« Reply #21 on: March 11, 2008, 04:02:11 am » |
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but that still sounds awesome. do you have a picture somewhere of your bronze one??
Only the seller's and as a hobbiest photographer I'm funny about using other people's pictures. No worries, as soon as I have it in my hot little hands I will post pictures. |
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« Reply #22 on: March 11, 2008, 07:38:48 am » |
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i knew a guy who had a yatate, he used it for "other things"
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« Reply #23 on: March 11, 2008, 08:25:20 pm » |
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Sounds like you had a great time!
Netsuke are interesting little things. The Smithsonian's Museum of Asian Art (I can never remember the proper name) has some really fantastic ones on display from time to time. What I want is the perfect yatate.
I believe you are refering to the Freer and Sackler Galleries near the Smithsonian Castle. |
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« Reply #24 on: March 11, 2008, 09:20:52 pm » |
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Sounds like you had a great time!
Netsuke are interesting little things. The Smithsonian's Museum of Asian Art (I can never remember the proper name) has some really fantastic ones on display from time to time. What I want is the perfect yatate.
I believe you are refering to the Freer and Sackler Galleries near the Smithsonian Castle. Yes, thank you! The buildings themselves are works of art. |
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