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Johnnyfive Collectables: Depression Era Ingenuity - Recycling At Its Best (Part 2)
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SE Qld Antique and Collectables Fairs 2016. Wednesday, 7 May 2014. Depression Era Ingenuity - Recycling At Its Best (Part 2). The tool box is rather crudely made but quite robust. It measures approximately 55cm wide x 36cm deep and 28cm high. Unfortunately, it has some small damage to the drop down front. We will probably never know. Both the top and the bottom are marked with FIRE TEST 150º indicating the burning quality of the kerosene that would have originally been in these crates. Top shelf revealin...
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Johnnyfive Collectables: September 2013
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SE Qld Antique and Collectables Fairs 2016. Monday, 30 September 2013. 2013 Queensland State Bottle and Collectables Show (Part 2) - Johnnyfive Collectable's Perspective. Photo of me taken by "The Caboolture News" photographer to promote the show in our local newspaper. Rob (my son) and Karen looking after my swap and sell table. My Depression Era Tool Box Display (2nd Place in the Single Collectable with a Written History category). This tool box will be featured in more depth in a future post. The foll...
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Johnnyfive Collectables: November 2012
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SE Qld Antique and Collectables Fairs 2016. Monday, 19 November 2012. A Little Bit More Shed Decor. I have added a few bits and pieces to my shed recently. Some I made myself and some I picked up at the last Collectorama at Nambour. The first photo shows three 3 dimensional barnstars that I made. They are made from some thin galvanised sheet tin that I actually bought probably over 30 years ago. I was going to use it to make trays for the bottom of some birdcages that I intended to build. I actually saw ...
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Johnnyfive Collectables: October 2012
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SE Qld Antique and Collectables Fairs 2016. Monday, 15 October 2012. I've finally got my pharmaceutical collection into some form of order. At least the best stuff is all displayed together with the overflow stored in my stationary cupboard close by. I'm using the display stand that I made for my recent club show to house all my dispensing bottles (and a bit more). It's always nice to see a collection come together in a display. Large Pink Drug Jar. This jar is also in excellent condition. The third item...
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Johnnyfive Collectables: JAPANESE MANHOLE COVERS
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SE Qld Antique and Collectables Fairs 2016. Wednesday, 1 April 2015. Small coloured cover from Tokyo near the Koishikawa Korakuen Garden (one of Tokyo's oldest and best Japanese gardens). Large brightly coloured cover from Kanazawa featuring the stone lantern from the famous Kenrokuen Garden in Kanazawa. The actual stone lantern in Kenrokuen Garden featured on the above cover. A really nice coloured round cover from Osaka featuring Osaka Castle surrounded by cherry blossoms. Another cover from Toyota.
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Johnnyfive Collectables: My Want List
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SE Qld Antique and Collectables Fairs 2016. Thought I would put up a want list of some of the items I would like to add to my collections. Who knows, some of you just might have and want to sell one of these items or know of someone else who does. If so, I might just be the person who would be interested in buying it. Cast Iron Washing Mangle. I have a few Edison cylinders but nothing to play them on. A cylinder gramophone would make a nice addition to my upright 78rpm gramophone and my portable 78rp...
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Johnnyfive Collectables: May 2014
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SE Qld Antique and Collectables Fairs 2016. Friday, 16 May 2014. Depression Era Cotton Reel Leg Table. I finally went to my first Antique Auction this week. It's something I've wanted to do for a long time but just never seemed to get around to it. So I jumped at the chance when the opportunity arose. Depression era cotton reel and pokerwork table. The table stands 65cm high with a 18.5cm diameter top. King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922. The top (and bottom most) cotton reels each have a convex shaped centre.
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Johnnyfive Collectables: November 2013
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SE Qld Antique and Collectables Fairs 2016. Saturday, 2 November 2013. My Birthday Visit to the Historical Brisbane Home MIEGUNYAH. We left early so that we could arrive at "Miegunyah" just when it opened. Unfortunately, I didn't check the opening times before we left and we turned up half an hour early. At least we weren't late. Thank goodness for electronic devices such as laptops, iPads and mobile phones to while away the spare half hour. The Drawing Room - most likely originally the main bedroom.
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Johnnyfive Collectables: May 2013
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SE Qld Antique and Collectables Fairs 2016. Tuesday, 28 May 2013. Some Treasures from Dayboro Day Antiques and Collectables Fair. At the fair I found six treasures which I very happily brought home with me. Below are a few teaser photos of what I found. Some of these items will be featured in more detail in future posts. Ash and David also had a nice child's trio in a Noah's Ark design which I just had to have to add to my juvenalia collection. This probably dates from the 1950s / 60s and was made by...
