Month: May 2022

A carload full of memories

While the Indy 500 was in full swing, I was making my way around the city of Indianapolis in a race for treasures. …and a few true treasures I did manage to find.

Some of my favorite finds are the ones I have to painstakingly reassemble…that was the case for the pieces of the 1950’s version of “the Game of the States,” the “Bionic Woman Beauty Salon” the collection of plastic vintage toys, a set of vintage cookie tins, and the remanents of a set of Shiny Brite ornaments.

Other things pop up when you least expect them (though when something exciting appears in a bin I’ve previously searched, I suspect they are often the things that other shoppers cast off) – that was the case with the vintage bingo-like game and a stack of vintage books.

1950s version of Game of the States
Bionic Beauty Salon

And the winner is…

A quick trip to the airport gave me a chance to duck into the Goodwill Outlet in Indy for just about an hour…and I found a few treasures…can you spot the winner?

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Despite it being a short visit, this Goodwill trip provided quite a few “winners.” But one was a bigger win than the rest. One of the items above is worth more than $500.

Was it the collection of Indy 500 collectors cards?

Was it the 1829 newspaper (TBD whether it is a reproduction)?

Was it the box of 4H ribbons from the 30s and 40s?

The Abraham Lincoln pamphlets and book?

…Or rather…something worth its weight in gold…or silver?

Ding, ding, ding! The bowl, an award for sales from the mid-fifties, turned out to be sterling silver. It was the last thing I grabbed, just on a whim, and turned out to be the best find of the day.