MVA is at White Elephant Emporium!

Saturday we moved into our new booth at the White Elephant Emporium.  It was a lot of fun but also a lot of work.  I would like to send out a big hug and thank you to Dan and Jim. I would probably still be there working if it wasn't for their help.  So thanks again!!

This was my first experience at setting up a booth.  For anyone interested, my advise is do lots of planning ahead!  For example, we found a great wooden shelf at Potters House that measured 7' long and about 4'tall for the back wall of the booth.

 

I set up the shelf at the house Friday night and figured out all the glassware arrangement and snapped a photo on my iPhone.

Then on Saturday when we put the shelf in the booth, as we unwrapped the glassware, I just looked at the photo and knew exactly where to put each piece.  What I didn't want to have happen was to be arranging everything on the shelf 100 different ways during set up.  Dan was even able to help put items on the shelf by looking at the picture and everything made it to it's correct spot and none of my OCD had to come out!!

The coolest part of the day was having folks "ohh & ahh" at the items in the booth as we were setting up.  We even sold 3 things before we were done.  The space next to us was vacant, so we used it as a staging area.  We sold one of our most expensive pieces out of the staging area before it even made it into the booth!  It made me very happy because once we got the booth all put together, it was apparent that we wouldn't have had room for it anyway!

Jim and I checked back on the booth Sunday afternoon and another small piece had sold.  I guess we did a good job of picking and staging.  I hope the good sales continue!

So if you're in South Fayetteville and are looking for a bargain, come check us out at the White Elephant.  They are located on MLK kind of catty corner and across the street from Zaxby's. Our booth is downstairs and it has a big MVA sign in it.  Hope to see you there!

Casey

Vintage Cookie Jar Collections

Last week Jim and I were at Cornerstone Auction House and we picked up a black Americana piece.  It was the "Cooky" half of the "Mammy and Cooky" cookie jar set.  Cooky was not in perfect condition as he had a couple small areas that was missing some paint, but other than that he was great!  Jim has always been drawn to the black Americana salt and pepper pieces, so this was right down his alley.  There was a salt and pepper set with it but we didn't win that bid.  I quickly Googled Cooky and found all kinds of crazy numbers attached to him.  I found we he had sold on Ebay numerous times ranging from $76 to $128 and at separate times and I found him listed on an auction site as having a value of between $200-$400 dollars.  We have him listed on Ebay and hope to turn a small profit!

As I was researching Cooky, I discovered a whole new world of vintage cookie jars.  I had never paid much attention to them but decided to take a closer look.  Companies like McCoy, Brush Pottery, American Bisque, Red Wing and Hall have very collectable vintage cookie jars.  They are fun to research and look great sitting on your kitchen cabinet.  Consider a cookie jar collection if you are looking to start collecting something new.

Happy hunting!
Casey