Items for Sale
Please note: all prices are in U.S. dollars and payment may be made by money order or PayPal (preferred). All money orders must be either a Canadian money order or the pink U.S. postal money order.
Send us an e-mail if you would like to make an offer of any of these items. In some cases they cannot be shipped because of size and the buyer will have to make arrangements for getting the item.
Baby Bibs$4 USD, plus shipping.
These bibs are 10" wide by 14" long. |
Absolutely adorable reversible baby/toddler bibs. Fit up to 18 months. Made of 50/50 poly/cotton one one side and thick white terry on the other side. Tie at the neck. Fully washable. Hand made by me. |
And a few miscellaneous patterns for little boys and girls too. |
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Full body Baby Bibs$8 USD, plus shipping.
These bibs are a full 24" long. |
Really sweet, reversible baby/toddler body bibs. Fit up to 18 months. Straps go around the legs and there is a velcro closure at the neck to keep the bib in place. |
The one above has white terry on the reverse side.
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Kitchen Hand Towels$3 USD, plus shipping. 2 for $5 |
Hand-crocheted by me. Instead of a button, mine have a neat crocheted flower that you wrap around the stove or cupboard handle and insert through the hold to hang the towel. Fully washable. |
I also have other patterns as well. White backgrounds have white crochet. Cream backgrounds have cream crochet.
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A truly unique item:No one will ever have the same coffee table!!
Best Offer |
Front page, one of the last Linotype done by the Toronto Star.
This lead type 'chase' and 'turtle' are from June 29, 1978, Monaco Rejoices for the Princess & the Playboy. |
For more photos, click here.
The front page, one of the last linotype pages done by the Toronto Star. Linotype and Intertype typesetting machines revolutionized newspaper, magazine and book printing because they were faster and cheaper than hand-setting. Operated with a keyboard, the Linotype created hot metal slugs of type that were formed into columns and then placed into a form, or chase, to make up a newspaper page. This chase that I have contains the metal slugs of type from the edition front page of The Toronto Star,
on Thursday, June 29, 1978, with the wedding of Princess Caroline of Monaco to Phillipe Junot. A heat-resistant sheet of papier-mache was crushed against the type to create a mold. Molten lead was poured into the mold to produce a pair of curved stereotype plates, each weighing 35 pounds. The plates were clamped onto rotary printing cylinders on the press. That method was called hot type - an appropriate description because printers burned themselves often with the hot metal. Large vats were used to melt down the slugs and lead plates. Saws used to cut the plates could cause serious injuries, and daily hands-on work with hot lead sometimes caused the onset of lead poisoning or lung ailments. Eventually, Linotype was replaced with phototypesetting equipment that produced newspaper type on film. Columns of "cold type" were cut, given a wax backing and laid onto each page. Negatives of each page are made and used to superimpose images onto thin, polymer-coated plates. The plates went through a process that created raised images. The plates then were placed on the press rotary cylinders much like the old bulky stereotype plates. A page consists of a number of lines of a fixed width made up of tall |
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Antique Walking Wheel -$190. or best offer. |
Vintage spinning wheel - also known as a walking wheel. Very old, came from northern Quebec, where I bought it about 30 years ago. Still has the original 'blood' red wood finish. This piece
measures about 58" high and almost 6' long. The wood has never been re-touched,
other than an occasional dusting and it shows wear on the wheel just where it would
have been worn from the spinner's hands while turning it. There is a slight
separation on the original join of the wood on the wheel itself A spinner friend of
mine said that this wheel is still in great working condition but I am not so
inclined so I am selling it. |
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Rare, antique papier-mache page from the Toronto Star, 1908.Best Offer |
Papier-mache, framed, from the 1908 Toronto Daily Newspaper.A heat-resistant sheet of papier-mache was crushed against the type to create a mold. The wooden frame is 23 x 19 and the papier-mache itself is 20 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches. |
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Singer 360K Knitting Machine and Ribber with Stand
$400, or best offer |
This is a great knitting machine and I also have lots of wool and patterns to go with it for free.
This machine does anything from baby yarn to a sportsweight yarn - no chunky.
I have not used this machine for a few years and likely will not be knitting for a while since I have a few other interests on the go. |
The wooden stand photo is coming soon.. |
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Antique set of 5 pieces of fine China.$50 or best offer. |
This is a set of 5 pieces of china with a fruit pattern on all pieces. I have had these pieces for
over 34 years and they came from my great aunt before that so I do not know their age. The set includes:
On the bottom of all 5 pieces it says 'Royal Crown, Myotts', Staffordshire, England. Also, I'm no expert, but when I look at these pieces it almost seems as if someone a long time ago hand-painted some additional highlights to some of the fruit and the leaves - they are 'raised' when you run your fingers across the piece. |
China Set -Thumbnails - click on any thumbnail for a larger view. |
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Gravy Boat$15. |
Deep blue and gold, 'Royalty', gravy boat, made in England, by Myott and numbered #1559B.0 As you can see this
set is in great condition, the glazing is not cracked and the gold-rim shows normal wear. There is a small chip in the tray. |
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| More items coming soon!! |
Starfish
Tennis Bears
Home Sweet Home 
Tea cups
Hamburger and Corn on the Cob
