u/Colonel_Steglitz

For my birthday I figured I’d take myself to some out of the way estate sales and boy did it pay off! I went to an estate sale at an old property that was apparently about to be torn down and it had EVERYTHING. I ended up walking away with a Fire King Delphite mug! Which I’ve been searching high and low for several years. A uranium glass console bowl! And…a fairy lamp! I know the fairy lamps are really popular right now and I haven’t seen them at all the past year. When I was rummaging through the glass I saw the bottom of said fairy lamp by its lonesome and figured I’d still buy it and see if I could buy a top for it. Well, after some more rummaging around in one of the other rooms and I found its top on a couch buried under a pile of clothes. The estate sale was on its last day so everything ended up being 50% off and they definitely didn’t know what they had. I was utterly floored that I walked out of there having spent a total of $10! I also bought a really cool antique cast iron bell! Talk about a great birthday surprise! 🥹

Hey y’all serial uranium glass collector here with a special love for cadmium! For my birthday today I decided to go out to some far out estate sales. And well, I did good! I was rummaging through some glass at one estate sale and found what I believed to be the bottom of a fairy lamp. After having done a pass through the house I looked around to see if I could find the top. Much to my surprise, I found the top buried under some clothes that were resting on a couch! I lucked out and ended up only paying a $1 for the fairy lamp since it was the half price day at the sale! After I gotten home, I had shone my UV light on it and realized it had cadmium in it!! Talk about a fun birthday surprise! 🥹

For my birthday I figured I’d take myself to some out of the way estate sales and boy did it pay off! I went to an estate sale at an old property that was apparently about to be torn down and it had EVERYTHING. I ended up walking away with a Fire King Delphite mug! Which I’ve been searching high and low for several years. A uranium glass console bowl! And…a fairy lamp! I know the fairy lamps are really popular right now and I haven’t seen them at all the past year. When I was rummaging through the glass I saw the bottom of said fairy lamp by its lonesome and figured I’d still buy it and see if I could buy a top for it. Well, after some more rummaging around in one of the other rooms and I found its top on a couch buried under a pile of clothes. The estate sale was on its last day so everything ended up being 50% off and they definitely didn’t know what they had. I was utterly floored that I walked out of there having spent a total of $10! I also bought a really cool antique cast iron bell! Talk about a great birthday surprise! 🥹

Hey friends! I know some of yall have seen my posts as of late with my lava lamp thrifting finds. I got a question.
My middle lava lamp is a 1974 century.
The my century to the right is a screw cap and I can’t find the date.
And the aristocrat to the left of my old century is from the 90s. It’s my understanding that all of these lamps require a 40 W a15 appliance bulb. However, the aristocrat and the 90s century are really overheating. And making the wax extremely bubbly.
My question is: Do I have to use a 40W a15 bulb, or can I just use a 40W bulb? The 1974 century I recently thrifted came with a small 40W bulb and it seemed to be working fine with a normal lava flow and hasn’t been overheating. Im sort of leaning on just buying more of these 40W bulbs, but I don’t want to risk ruining the lamps or worse, causing them to explode. Alternatively, I take it I probably need to buy dimmers for the aristocrat and 1990s century? Thanks.

I was out in rural Tennessee today and stumbled on my favorite lava lamp model at a garage sale! A 1974 Century model and it works like a charm! I used to have this exact model as a kid, unfortunately the lamp didn’t survive a move across the country. I’ve been looking for a long time and I finally have it again’ the brass coating has faded off the base but I don’t care. I love it. Nothing will ever beat that red color wax of the OG century lamps! I’m on cloud 9 today! 😊