Sunday Antiques Fair Finds

Yesterday and first thing this morning were both wash outs. Yesterday because the kid looking after his dad's antique store up in Lincolnshire was pissy when I went to check if I could get a discount for buying multiple items. I had an early Bay vase that was a little dull to be honest and a vase they'd marked as "continental" tha tI was a little dubious about actually being German.



I'd had a chat with the guy's Dad about them and had the usual little discount mentioned with phrases like "look after you if you buy multiple".



Problem was by the time I got to the counter the father had gone leaving his son in charge - a son who seemed far more interested in watching football on the TV than talking to customers. And certainly he had no interest in giving the discount. So, end result, he kept the vases.



And nowhere else I went had any WGP at all.



Fast forward to Sunday at the day starts with rain - or no car boots for me. not a good start to the weekend.



But then there was the antique fair in St.Ives in Cambridgeshire. Okay these things mean you will always a pay a little more for vases so it has to be an unusual piece for me to want to pay the price, but there is always a chance of finding something.



And today I did fond something, or rather three somethings - two Carstens vases (the orange one in the picture below being 50cm tall) and a D&B.

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So a not too bad weekend - and next week I'm off to Glossop to see Aidan and Emma. That will mean a few more vases.