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It was the seahorses that that made me get it. This is now the largest piece of manganese glass in my collection. (Quarter for scale) That it was only $3 didn’t hurt either 😉

A small little decrative plate that unforunately has a small chip at the top 😢 but it was only $1 so I still wanted it. It says “•THE WEDDING DAY• AND THREE WEEKS AFTER”

Another reddit user “happydisasters” viewed my original post and new they had a matching cream pitcher and decided to mail it to me in a random act of kindness!! So here are both of them together. (I don’t yet have a display case for my collection, but I’m keeping an eye open for one that strikes my fancy) Thank you for the gift/raok happydisasters! 😁

$2.95 for this “Manganese” heart glass molded AVON 3 1978 on the bottom. (Glowing under 265nm uv light)

Honestly I’m not 100% sure if this is supposed to be a fancy toy set or a real coffee/tea set people would actually drink out of 🤷‍♂️ the cups only hold 2oz so maybe a “shot” of Espresso? It appears to be new condition, it still has foam sheets inbetween the saucer/plates. For $12 I figure it will make a fun gift for one of my many nieces or if it’s actually meant for adults to drink from a fun gift there too? (Looks like you can get them shipped on the auction sites without much trouble so it’s nothing rare)

For $2 I thought it was worth picking up today.

So I stopped in the local thrift store and all three of the Avon bottles were sitting next to each other on a table priced $2ea for larger ones (stamped “AVON 7” on the bottom) on the bottom and $1 for the small one (stamped “12”) on the bottom (I think). Scooped them up right away, finished my walk through and checked out for $5 total. Both of the larger ones had dried up white stuff on portions of the inside and around the tops of the bottles. I put some rubbing alcohol in all of them and shook them up to clean them and it worked great! The snail heads are in VERY GOOD condition too!

I got this VERY nice heavy frame w/Leopard print from a used furniture store for $42 and I knew exactly what I was going to do with it! Taking it apart and saving the custom matt was the hard part (but totally worth it imo) I was able to save 95% of the original print (named “Gilded Leopard” by artist Chad Barrett) and reframed it in a 11x14” frame for my daughter who wanted it. The outer dimesion of the original frame are 27x31”. I think the gold tone evokes the memories of Leia’s bikini from the ROTJ movie and works really well with the black & white composite.

So I picked this up at a second hand furniture store for $42 marked down from $60. I knew what I wanted to do with when I saw it, until you try taking it apart you never know what you’re in for (and I really wanted to be able to also reuse the nice matt). The original print inside was glued onto a piece of foamcore board and that was glued to the matt. Print was signed by Chad Barret art piece named “Gilded Leopard”. Just a standard copy/print that can be printed a million times (though it did have his signiture on it) unfortunately it got a couple tears from me getting the matt off of it. The frame is also a very well made wooden frame! I can still save most of the leopard print and put it in a smaller 11x14” frame because my daughter wants it. Nothing personal against “Gilded Leopard”, but I like the print I chose for it 😎 the outside frame demensions are 27”x31”

I’m interested in purchasing more of these crescent moon shaped frame back holders, but I haven’t had any luck searching online yet. I’m sure this is because I’m just not using the correct name/term for what they are. Thank you for helping!