More Unsold Vintage Stock From Thame Fair Now For Sale - All Circa 1930s

This afternoon I have been able to put up for sale on KT Miniatures website, some of the final pieces from the stock that was taken to Thame Fair; all from the 1930s and part of the wonderful collection that was found in an old attic by a builder.

There is this delightful wooden kitchen dresser, thought to possibly be Tiny Toy. It is in a good played with condition and  has been put up for sale on the Antique 1/12th scale Kitchen Page along with the other kitchen items below. The two drawers with bead knobs open and there are three little nail hooks....would look fabulous with some old china teacups hanging from there.  A nice touch is the pale greenyblue worktop - so pretty!

The German carpet sweeper is all metal with a bristle brush underneath...how fabulous is that? From the fluff that has collected on the bristles....one can imagine the previous young owner back in the 1930s embarking on her miniature housework....(sorry if I sound sexist but back in those pre WW2 days the dolls house would undoubtedly have belonged to the female children of the household)!!!



 There is also a wonderful metal mop with woollen mop head over a metal frame plus a little feather duster. Judging by the slightly grubby mop head,  does make me wonder whether the original young owner did actually mop her dolls house kitchen floor with it?

I think this 1930s metal framed mirror is wonderful...... admittedly the mirror is sligthly tarnished and the gold paint has worn away in places...but hey, this is just how I love it!!! I spend hours making my handmade items to look naturally aged. The mirror can be found on the Antique 1/12th Living & Dining Room page however it would look grand in various dolls house rooms such as a hall or even bedroom.

Finally there is quite a rare Tiny Toy gas cooker that has just been listed on the Vintage 1/16th scale Others Page.....it is the first one that has come in over nearly 15 years of trading....so that gives you an indication on how this particular piece does not come along very often.  The mottled paint finish may not be to everyone's taste but I think it is delightful. It is of wooden construction with a metal plate rack and hob top.

Most of the unsold stock from Thame Fair has now been listed....there are just two room boxes then that is more or less it. Sorry if anyone is waiting to see the c1920s G&J Lines Dolls House listed for sale on KT Miniatures.....it has now been sold.

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Very Old Grecon Dolls, Some Pit-a-Pat Pieces Plus G&J Lines No 30 Now For Sale

I have finally finished uploading most of the unsold Thame Fair stock of handmade pieces under the Exclusive Items section on KT Miniatures website, so am now in the process of uploading many of the vintage items. And what wonderful items there are!!

Pit-a-Pat Clock

Pit-a-Pat Wireless - unusual one (had first thought to be a Tiny Toy wireless?)

As soon as I was loading the Pit-a-Pat items yesterday they were being snapped up almost immediately. However, the above and a few other items are still for sale at the time of posting this. I absolutely adore Pit-a-Pat items.....there is just something very special about them.....probably because I am potty on the 1930s era so I find the Pit-a-Pat style so appealing. CLICK HERE TO VIEW PIT-A-PAT PAGE

You have seen this G&J Lines No 30 CIRCA 1907-1915 before on an earlier posting, however it has now gone up for general sale, in a restored condition with some wonderful original features.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL LISTING

And finally today I have been able to put up for sale the remaining 1930s/early wartime Grecon dolls. They are adorable and quite rare. Their feet are kipper like, not like the normal kind of Grecon feet so these could have been alternative feet during early wartime when the normal supply were unobtainable?

CLICK HERE TO VIEW OLD DOLLS PAGE





New Handmade Vintage Style Items For Sale

I would just  like to extend a warm welcome to several new "Followers" to this blog who have recently joined over the past few days.

Ok..am now embarking on the mammoth task of uploading all new unsold stock (handmade and vintage) from Thame Fair.......commencing with the handmade items first & will highlight a few pieces here. Many of these items have been created with a slightly aged finish to give a hint of realism so can be used in both reproduction dolls houses and vintage houses alike.

Just loaded up to KT Miniatures LIVING ROOM PAGE yesterday are various  items such as yet more filled 1930s bookcases (which has been one of my best sellers for years), three more aged settees, several 1930s -1960s tiled fireplaces (large & small) and some handpainted flying ducks.

On the KITCHEN PAGE there are various 1930s/40s packaging sets (all made by KT Miniatures), various wall food cupboards with mock glass doors, 1930s/40s gas cookers.....and more!




Instantly recognisable, painted  in such a way to make it suitable for use from 1930s onwards. There is a grill pan too and the oven door opens to reveal two shelves.



Today I have uploaded items to the WORLD WAR 2 PAGE . There are still all the usual favourites including at long last some more ARP shelves - apologies for those who were waiting for these....finally got around to making some more!!!

Another aged cream metal bed with mattress plus some more biblical prints and aged enamel potties have been added to the BEDROOM PAGE.

These beds proved to be a big seller at Thame and only have one left.

Several new set pieces have been added to the CHILDHOOD PAGE including boxes of children's books, more 1930s children's quoits, shelves filled with children's books plus some set pieces of various toys with books etc., including this castle with several 1930s children's books & an Oh My Hat game.  There are even some tiny soldiers inhabiting this castle!

Tomorrow I hope to upload all the unsold stock from the handmade General Page....plus make a start on loading many of the unsold vintage pieces that were seen at Thame Fair last Saturday.

Final Post About Thame Fair 2011 & Amount Raised

I am chuffed to announce that the amount raised on Saturday at Thame Dolls House & Miniatures Fair for Breast Cancer Campaign was a magnificent £2,520.66 (and theres still a bit more to come)!! As we are slap bang in the middle of a recession this makes it even more amazing. Huge thanks to everyone who contributed.

I would just like to give special thanks to these two exceptional ladies who have run the charity sales table at Thame from the very beginning.... Melodie and Jill, two mates of mine who I have known for literally years. Visitors to Thame Fair will immediately recognise them. 

 The charity stall was totally overwhelmed by both customers and continual donations that just kept on coming so the volunteers were totally rushed off their feet. Jill and Melodie said that in all the years they have run the sales table, they have never know such a constant stream of customers or for donations of items to be so plentiful...it was simply amazing.  

Members of the Thame  Dolls House Club rallied with extra help plus my daughter and another very special lady who will probably blush hugely when she reads this - Norma, a visitor from Wiltshire,  literally rolled her sleeves up and stepped behind the stand to serve for a couple of hours too.

THANK YOU LADIES - YOU WERE ALL BRILLIANT!!!!

PHEW........SO THERE YOU GO, ALL OVER FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

However I understand from the organisers that the next Thame Dolls House & Miniatures Fair is already booked for Saturday 18th February 2012....so roll on next year!!!

Now that my injured wrist is healing, I can embark properly on loading up new unsold stock to KT Miniatures website. I am starting with the handmade items....more news about them tomorrow.

Thame Dolls House & Miniatures Fair - Wow!

I am pleased to report that Saturday's Thame Fair was a fabulous success. Congratulations to the new owners Ron & Felicity Holland on putting on a wonderful fair. It has been hard for me to let go having been the previous organiser but I can safely say  that it is definitely in safe hands! The atmosphere was as always, lovely - there is something very special about the event.

As soon as we have an amount raised for Breast Cancer Campaign from the day, I will let you know. I still have several raffle winners to contact...so you may be one of the lucky ones if you bought a ticket on Saturday!!!

For those of you who were not able to come to the event, I do have lots of stock (handmade and vintage) to load up for sale onto KT Miniatures. I will start photographing them and listing them today however......umm...lets just say as I sit here my right wrist is strapped up and hand like a balloon due to spraining over weekend from carrying heavy stand shelving etc, so am attempting to type with left hand mostly and the odd finger from my right hand - ouch!!! So listing is going to take much longer than anticipated and will be spread over the next few days.

Thanks again for everyone who contributed to the charity and it was lovely to see so many of you. We had some wonderful "chats"!!!!