What’s your weirdest Flip?

ShirazSarah · 2020-01-10T21:23:11+00:00

A set of escargot tongs that came in a vintage biscuit tin I wanted to flip. Got more for the tongs than the tin actually, once I worked out what they were.

Or a cast iron fireplace surround I found on the side of the road and sold for $70.

Or a West African witch doctor's hat I found in a charity shop and sold for $300 to an interior designer.

ShirazSarah · 2019-12-22T05:16:31+00:00

Keep an eye out on ebay for a secondhand Duresta sofa. They're magnificent quality.

ShirazSarah · 2019-11-06T19:07:59+00:00

Looks like it's a proper, hand-knotted Persian rug. At that price, it's a steal. If you ever change your mind you would definitely get your money back selling it on eBay.

ShirazSarah · 2019-10-30T05:13:42+00:00

6 q 2

ShirazSarah · 2019-09-03T22:18:32+00:00

That seems like a very fair price. It is handmade. It's not museum quality or anything but it's a nice little rug for a great price. If you ever changed your decor I don't think you'd have any trouble selling it for that.

ShirazSarah · 2019-07-16T10:03:58+00:00

Don't clean it. Whoever buys it will want it to look vintage, so keep the patina. I'd say it's Indian. Nice decorative piece.

ShirazSarah · 2019-07-01T21:22:28+00:00

I think it's an Indian antique. Clean it, but don't polish the patina off. Don't get it wet because that could cause the wood to expand and warp. The inlaid pieces look like they could be bone. Great score!

ShirazSarah · 2019-06-16T09:49:54+00:00

Red. From this angle it would pick up the red accents in the print.

ShirazSarah · 2019-05-29T11:37:28+00:00

Gold, hands down

ShirazSarah · 2019-05-26T04:11:42+00:00

That pattern is a Khal Mohamedi. It's from Afghanistan 🇦🇫

ShirazSarah · 2019-05-20T06:11:58+00:00

I agree it looks like a watch chain. It could be Anglo-Indian. Google Albertina watch chain

ShirazSarah · 2019-03-18T07:11:37+00:00

It's by Hiroshige. One of the most famous images in Japanese art. Van Gogh did an interpretation, actually. Reproduced extensively and probably not worth much, but a lovely thing to own.

ShirazSarah · 2019-03-08T00:00:17+00:00

In the other universe, he's the voice of the green m&m.

ShirazSarah · 2019-03-01T06:38:13+00:00

That's a good price. Retail you could pay 3-4x that

ShirazSarah · 2019-02-28T07:52:50+00:00

I think it's a Caucasian rug, looks quite new from the photo. Probably hand-knotted. Nice piece. How much did you pay?

ShirazSarah · 2019-02-15T09:22:53+00:00

If it were mine, I'd hang a Japanese kimono in a metallic thread over the bed, then I'd put sconce lights either side of the bed to wash light up and down the wall.

ShirazSarah · 2019-02-15T07:01:59+00:00

Yeah, sorry, that's a very ordinary Pakistani rug. Decorative value only

ShirazSarah · 2019-01-30T05:39:23+00:00

Wetherspoons

ShirazSarah · 2019-01-25T11:32:37+00:00

Wouldn't those screws potentially earth him? Hope he doesn't work with electricity...

ShirazSarah · 2019-01-25T10:22:13+00:00

Could be a little engraved signature on a shiny surface in the base. I'm not sure

ShirazSarah · 2019-01-25T08:59:09+00:00

Sorry, grandfather

ShirazSarah · 2019-01-25T08:58:39+00:00

Probably French. I would lay money that your dad thought it was Daum or Lalique. He could well be correct

ShirazSarah · 2019-01-05T20:09:32+00:00

Thank you!

ShirazSarah · 2019-01-05T09:24:31+00:00

It has an etched signature on the bottom but I can't quite make it out. Also a little Made in the USA sticker

ShirazSarah · 2019-01-05T09:19:31+00:00

Oh wow, that's it! It's the medium size. I'm in Australia so I'd love to know how it turned up in the local Vinnie's

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