I know you thought that this video was a little long, but the pace was perfect. You showed each object fairly thoroughly and shared what provenance that you had. I thoroughly enjoyed this video.
Completely agree. It's also lovely to read through the comments and the amount of support offered to Alexander on items that may be outside his expertise (like thinking this is a kid's scrapbook for example!)
@Emily Ferrante when I am watching his videos I sometimes ask him to turn the page, or see the underneath of things. Lol. I even freeze the video so I can read (or trying to read) what is written on cards and books and tags... i know he can't hear me, but I do it anyway... 😂
The Lucy movie I think was called "The Long, Long Trailer" and she collected rocks from each place they stopped, which of course shifted the weight of the trailer (poor Dezi!)
William Pfunder (as seen on that trade card) was an Oregon pharmacists who began operation in the early 1870s. His trademark was a healthy baby's face. This can be found on his patent medicine bottles of Oregon Blood Purifiers. His early amber bottles do not have the trade mark baby face on them and then around 1878-80 he started incorporating it. I have dug several of these through the years. Another fun fact is that William Pfunder used Oregon plants and herbs in his concoctions.
A quick Google search of 'Posson's Seed Store, Portland Oregon,' resulted in one hit from the US Department of Agriculture. It was a special collections exhibit of a catalog from Posson's Seed Store in Portland, dated 1896. It appears that there are digital copies of that catalog available for viewing online through various libraries. I live in the Portland area and know exactly which streets you referenced, so this was a fun quick bit of research to do!
Before Alex even said anything, I did a double take when I saw that shirt. A milli-second later came the "flour" joke/groaner! Oh Alex, thanks for the chuckle. And what a wonderful find this batch is!
Whoever called you about these antiques, sure picked the right person....Loved watching as you unboxed these wonderful treasures from yesteryear!!! 💞 Best to all, from BC
This is a wonderful collection Alex. Everything is in such good condition! It's obvious that this person was a serious collector after seeing how the dolls and postcards were protected and the number of notes you're finding. I hope you are able to get more from this house. It seems to be a treasure trove of history.
*fingers crossed* the family changes their mind and Alex gets a second wind and a crack at buying the contents of this house! SO MANY COOL THINGS ALREADY!!!!
I commented on the dolls you found in the last house that you would be surprised at what they are worth. A couple of dolls in this video looked like Bru or Bebe dolls and they could go for thousands especially in such good condition. Maybe you should find out if they are worth more just as is with the extras added in or to dress them. Most doll collectors I think want to dress the dolls themselves. Those books are wonderful, just to see the history and the art of the eras. 🥰
I think this collector did just that, dressed them herself. The clothes look too nice. No wear to them much at all. Definitely have age & the lace is old but it's easy to collect linens & make your own clothes.
I lived in a 3700sf late Victorian Sears & Roebucks kit house. It was the best quality home built with high quality materials, straight grain woods, bevel edge leaded glass windows with lots of Mahogany throughout. I miss that house and all the room it had in it. It is in Oregon.
So many great items! Also the reason the dolls purse had money in it was (as my mom always said) is you never give a wallet or purse with no money as it will bring bad luck. You always put money in them so they will always have money. Brightest blessings~
My grandmother also taught me the purse/ coin rule of etiquette, as well as, " never retun a loaned dish empty" if someone gave you food on a plate, or container, you would wash the dish, and bake cookies, or pie or whatever, and give something back with the returning dish.
The icebox and the wood fired stove from a previous episode could also be salesman’s tools to bring to homes, because the real thing might be to heavy to carry around with you to show homesteaders.
For the first twelve years of my life, we had an outhouse. If toilet paper was even a thing at that time, we never saw it. We had Montgomery Ward and JC Penney catalogs. Hated the colored pages. Too slippery…
A purse should never be empty and if you give a purse as a present, you should always put a silver coin in it. Same if you gift a knife, you should always tape a silver coin to it (supposedly to keep the friendship).
My mother in law did this, she "didn't want to sever our connection" so taped a penny to the knife which I then very bemusedly gave back to her as part of the non-severence. Little does she know she can't get rid of me that easily! 😁😁
I’m forever telling people not to give knives as a gift because it servers the friendship. Now I can say tape a coin on it for the person to give back to the giver to solidify the friendship.
Wonderful finds! I believe the drawings with each doll depicts what each doll should have come with it if bought brand new off the shelf. Showing all the parts of the outfit and accessories that would have came with the doll. This person researched these dolls extensively and took great care to add notations with each doll, which is what real collectors do. I suggest going back to that estate and see what things you might have missed.
Fun video, Alexander - I wonder if you would ever consider doing a video on collector pens - especially fountain pens and types and what you can still get ink for and use. THhanks.
OMGee! I truly said to myself “1895” when you asked if anyone could guess the date of the doll! I rarely get these kind of “make your best guess” trivia questions right! I deserve a gold star from the teacher today. ⭐️😊
I have very little interest in dolls or dollhouses or scrapbooks or postcards and such, but I found this absolutely interesting! Even @ almost 45 minutes, I wanted more. It was the same with the teacups, lol!
I have many catalogues. I'm a catalogue collector. I have over 10,000 in my collection. I have three copies of that same volume. Are usually pricing out at around $25 a piece. Due to this condition of this catalogue I make it around $20. catalogues don't go for much unless they're really one of a kind. in-house catalogues. Those catalogues that never left the store are worth a little bit more. You could probably get about $75 for one of them. And if they're really good condition up to $100. I usually price everyone's catalogues. Eaton's catalogues now are $15 a piece. Hudson Bay catalogues are worth 25. Rarity of European catalogues are worth a little bit more around $50. I usually just buy bundles of catalogues here in Winnipeg. If I see them. I am trying to build a website where I scan all my catalogues. And put them on the Internet. 1950s Eaton's catalogues are made with a certain Inc. That makes it's very smelly and hard to keep. This is due to the lead ink they were using. At the time
I love these type videos where we see historical pictures. We take everything for granted in our lives tvs are not even 100 years old and look where we have come in 80 years it's amazing.
I think my grandmother had a stove like the green electric one, she was born in 1927, and talked about it a lot. Also, that's the second time I've seen an image of the "oldest wooden house in California" this month
Love your shirt it is so cool. That oldest doll has great reflex and a sweet face. You have hit the mother load of very collectable dolls it looks like . The treasures keep on being remarkable. Thank you for this dapper day exploration of finds. Always with the greatest of host. Hope , all your items bring as much history and promise.
"Ladies were just so elegant back then." Yep. But I'd still rather have the freedom we have today (not perfect yet, I admit). I can't imagine having to do my hair and makeup to that degree every day, and then put on several layers of heavy clothing. Not to mention the pain and discomfort of the shoes. And yes, I do smell better :) I think you need a separate building for all your sorting. Don't forget that when you designed the house that you still had the store to sort at. A small building, matching the house style, to the side of the garage would be ideal imho. You could have tables permanently set up, and a more open area for placing the treasures when they first come in.
What an extra to have all the notes of explanation on most items. That really adds to the collectability. I am dying here looking at these beauties. I can never afford them, but I love these old dolls.
Looking at that catalogue made me think about how my parents described life in UK at the same time. There were clothes, bedding etc available because a lot of people lost everything when their home got bombed. There was very little selection though and items carried a utility mark.
My sister's extending dining room table is a piece of 'Utility' furniture from WW2. It's Oak and solid as a rock to this day. Junk shops in the UK were full of such items for years after the post-war austerity period was truly over. She probably paid 5 shillings for it [or less].
I'm from canada and I remember my grandma telling me once she bought the house the were living in, in the Sears catalog! Like a whole house! Blew my mind!
Wow amazing Alex, so much fun to go through so much history really cool. I think it's almost a stroke of luck you keep on finding all the hidden treasures in the world such Rich history pictures all around the world historical events. This is very cool.
Hello Alex and family. I have been following your channel before the Potter House. Thank You for years of intertainment, and many more to come. Very informative.
While fascinated by your treasure sorting I was stunned to observe you begin to rub 50 years of dust into the pristine but dusty dress and head of a 140 year old china head doll, using a greasy looking micro fibre cloth, while a tin of compressed air appeared to be sitting right beside her on the sorting table. I wondered why a pro dealer like you doesn’t use a tiny archival vacuum to meticulously clean valued items & avoid damage to retain the condition of these rare historical objects, retain their marketable value to you & prevent 50 years of dust floating into your workspace the air you breathe. A vacuum hood above your work bench would help to protect you and your families healthy
I love all of the Victorian Era scrap books! If i owned a Victorian House (which I have always wanted) I would love to use them for decorations! My house was built in 1940, which made that catalog very interesting! I can just imagine the original owners looking like that! I've always loved the styles from the 30's and 40's!
From a historic point, the books allow a look into the life and interest of a person alive then. I would suspect there might be information on note able people that was lost over time. Quite often, the trivia of life describes it better than the landmark happenings, like say the Titanic, or the San Fransisco Earthquake, or other snapshots of an era. Well done Alexander.
Hi Alex - I believe that those metal pans in the miniature ice box were not baking pans as you said - but designed to catch the water as the ice melted. Take care
Heubach was a doll factory founded in Germany in 1887. Early doll models were marked with a horseshoe and the year of manufacture, but the trademark could also be noted... in your case the number 275. In World War II, however, a Heubach heir was with the NDSAP and SS-Oberscharführer. He was convicted and shot by the Sovjets in September 1945 for mocking prisoners of war. The company was then merged with other ceramic producers and nationalized by the GDR. It shouldn't be particularly valuable.
I collected dolls and did some repair. Love that you found some nice dolls. Size of head, manufacurer, height are importsnt. Condition with hands, original body adds value. Numbers indicate mold number on bisque and china head dolls. Pierced ears usually mean better quality.....and possibly French mfg. German manufactuers were prolific. Simon Halbig is also a respected German doll mfg.The mounty looks to be composition....and if it is it is in pristine condition. Suseptable to crazing and cracking. Would be terrific to find a pristine rubber doll....rare. Not many survive!
Wow! Alexander, you get the BEST stuff! I don’t collect toys but I wouldn’t pass these up, especially the ford car pulling the trailer, no I changed my mind! I can’t decide! What a fun haul! You seem to be enjoying this much more than your last hoarders house! You deserve to get the goodies without extreme measures. And this collector kept good records which helps you . I have a Christmas postcard sent to my great grandfather from his older sister that she signed “ from your old sister”. Postal stamp 1881. I put it on the fireplace mantle for the holidays. 😊 ❤ this video!
I remember Montgomery Wards in Wyoming, Michigan as a kid in the sixties, and that was the family go to store. The catalog brings back fond memories of all the things we used to shop for in their stores.
At 7:25, that canning pressure cooker for $10.95 in 1941 would be $193.58 today per the Bank of Canada inflation calculator, and $236 per the US Bureau of Labor statistics inflation calculator.
Very interesting stuff so far! It looks like whoever collected the dolls was making new outfits for them but what great attention to detail! That child's rocker is very cool. Love the MW catalog. My parents bought a lot of clothing and household items from MW. It wasn't mail order - you placed your order and then picked it up at a distribution center when it came in. This was 1950's to 1960's. Sears was best known for selling the kit houses, but I am sure there were others.
If you found any old Halloween postcards, you've scored! Love all the history of Oregon in there too. BTW: There is both a SE 2nd & Taylor, and a SW 2nd & Taylor in Portland. In SW there is one old building still standing, and in SE again just one old building, but I'm not a historian or an architect so there's that. lol Great videos. I'm a treasure hunter too, so this was fun to watch this morning, as always. Thanks!
My guess was 1889 for the 1895 doll. Her clothes seem to be very nice too, the pulled hem of the apron and lace on the mere petticoat . I‘m not at all into dolls, but these are impressive!
Sure hope you read this: Scanitran Company, Portland, OR. patented a "system for reproduction of sound in moving vehicles, consisting of a moving scanner mounted on a vehicle in conjunction with a fixed sound track attached to the surface of a roadway." 1945. Seems to have been around until 1970.
I found this in a listing of (at the time) upcoming exhibitions: "The Scanitran System of Highway Sound Tracks."by D.L. Brown, Portland General Electric Company; June 21, 1945. And then I found a patent application listing stating what you have listed and includes a first use of November 10, 1945.
You might for the future want to consider a separate building to do all your sorting in. A lot of really neat things in that one box alone, looking forward to seeing what's in the other boxes. Loved the catalog and the card and picture albums.
The dolls should never be in plastic.....need to use acid free tissue paper....and store face down to keep the eyes in place. The glue dries and weakens.
My mother was 13 and my dad was 15 in 1941 when that Montgomery Ward catalog was printed. 2 years later at age 17, with his mother's permission, my dad joined the Navy and was aboard the Flagship USS Texas on D-Day. Such different times. They had to grow up fast back then, and that trend continued in the next generation.
Wow....My Dad made certain I knew about my Family links to WWI & WWII. While we didn’t have any Family fighting at Juno Beach on D Day, my Uncle & a Cousin fought in Italy & took part in the Liberation of Holland. The Stories my Cousin shared w/me...I’ll never forget. He said when they encountered the first Dutch People they liberated, his heart literally broke at seeing the shape those People were in. They truly were being starved to death. He also said they’d been wondering what had been the point of the entire War. Then they met the Dutch & they understood. I also had a Great Uncle, & recently found out, a few Cousins fight at The Battle of Vimy Ridge during WWI. For us in Canada, Vimy is considered to be the moment in History when we stopped being another backwater Colonial Dominion of Great Britain & became a Country in our own right. It was also the first time ever in Canadian History where Canadian Troops were Commanded by Canadian Officers, who took their orders from Canadian Colonels & was planned by Canadian Generals. It was also the very first big Victory for the Allies in WWWI. Everyone had tried to take it from the Germans, but none managed it until we did. I knew about Dad’s Uncle Albert having served & survived both it & the Somme, but I didn’ know until recently I had 5 Cousins who had also fought at Vimy & 3 of them are at rest in the Vimy Cemetery. As Alex himself knows, it’s amazing what you find when doing a deep dive into Ancestry. I’d love to go over someday & pay my respects. Anyway....I hope he shared some of his Stories w/you. The only way we keep alive what our Veterans went through is by honouring their Service & telling their Stories. I was lucky enough to attend The Invictus Games in Toronto in 2018, the ones Prince Harry founded for Wounded Warriors, & let me tell you... The stories & People I met that week will stay w/me forever. If you have a chance to attend one, you really should go. It truly will change you. Anyway....From a Great Niece, Niece & Cousin of Canadian WWI & WWII Veterans to you & your Family : Thank You for their Service. Take Care!! 😊
38:57 The Listowel-Ballybunion Railway was opened in 1888 and it ran for 36 years until it was closed in 1924 after it suffered severe damage in the civil war. The story behind how it came to be built is fascinating, just search Lartigue monorail.
Wondering if the miniature appliances are toys or sales samples? The green stove is a TERRIFYINGLY DANGEROUS toy for sure but the cast iron stove and icebox look like sales samples to me. Could be wrong. You made me laugh with some of your assumptions about the hygiene of earlier years, as the undergarments, products and hygiene practices were different but people have been obsessed with cleanliness for most of recorded history. Just sayin! 🛀🚿🌹
Really interesting finds! I've never really been into older dolls, but those were so interesting with the cards of information left about them. I can see why people collect them now. You need to definitely go back to that house for more things if this box and it's quality is a sign of what is still in the house!
I’m so glad you quit calling the dolls’ petticoat a dress! I had a doll collection at my mum’s house that got stolen in the 80’s by people that were fixing her house. Ever since I’ve watched for them or any of them showing up at antique sales or dolls’ shows. So far no luck. I loved each of my dolls so much.
Wow the detail in the advertisement cards was amazing, if you look at the first root beer one it actually has the 2nd advertisement card on the table. Brilliant finds. Love the shirt Alex
Alex! I love you, honey, and you know your stuff...but PUH-LEASE quit touching the dolls so much...or use cloth gloves, (to avoid finger oils). They are in such pristine condition. (My guess is that the drawings were done by the collector, as they are a bit sophisticated for a young child.) Humbly yours, Laurel
Recommend building a drive through building on your property so you don’t have to use your garage. Don’t know how much metal buildings are in your location, but in the US they are very reasonable. Enjoying the channel. Tks for sharing.
Ladies could purchase 'scrap', (papers , cards and coloured prints )for the newly fashionable past-time of 'scrapbooking' in the late 1800's. Then of course all turned to cutting out and pasting in pictures from everything that came to hand, calendar pictures, greeting cards, advertisement brochures and then catalogues, etc. all glued in with homemade paste made from flour and a bit of water, just as you would have done for putting up wallpaper, so everyone knew how to do this!. my mother showed me how to do this, in the early 1960's, when I got inspired to start making scrapbooks like the ones my grandmother had exquisitely made as Christmas gifts for me and my brother in 1959 ( yes we still have them) and it sent me on a life-long enjoyable way to preserve collections I have made of info, stories, and pictures and photos of all kinds of lore, quotations and pictures on all kinds of subjects. Like making my own personal multi-volume Encyclopedia! Still on-going and love it. Thank you Grandma Olga!
Sir! That college flag on the tiny house rug is NOT Michigan State! It is for the maize-and-blue Michigan Wolverines! As a grad myself, I am duty-bound to keep you on the straight and narrow!😆
This group of children in the photo are the children of Queen Victoria and the princess victoria will grow up to marry the Kaiser and be the mother of Kaiser willhelm II, Prince Albert of Wales is the future Edward VII who ruled from 1901 till 1910. Cool picture.
No, they were toys. Lots of the cast iron stove ones around (though I don’t know about that particular maker, but not so many of the ice box. It’s no different from kids’ okay kitchens now.
Seems like those dolls were never played with, almost like salesman samples. Amazing collection that couldn't have gone to a better person, Alex! Good for you! Love those scrapbooks!!
Good afternoon Alex. Congratulations and Happy Thanksgiving. What a haul - so many items to choose from in that big truckload of boxes. Simply Amazing!! Fortunately, it appears that none of those cardboard boxes contain any edible contents.
To be sure, Alexander runs a good channel, but in all of the internet, you will rarely find a comment section so positive. Kudos! The fact that it is 90+% women could have something to do with it…
That flag rug is from the University of Michigan (school colors, maize and blue), not from Michigan State University (school colors, green and white). Due to their somewhat fierce in-state rivalry, the schools' alumni tend to get annoyed when anyone confuses the two. We'll let you off the hook this one time, being from Alberta and all.
The China Head dolls are a glazed white porcelain and the others are bisque. Bisque is unglazed porcelain. I have two bisque that are in rough shape. An Armand Marseille that was my grandma's, b.1912 and a large Kestner from the same time period. Sadly her eyes are broke and head is off of her kid body. Cool finds Alex!
I bought a 1930s-1940s doll recently and the sales lady spent a lot of time telling me how creepy it was!! Not the best sales technique, but kind of funny. I don't find the doll creepy at all.
Me too! When he was cutting that one loose from the chair I was saying if that doll haunts you in your dreams, you'll know too late why it was tied down!
@@laureendavis2369 You made me laugh 'cutting the one loose'. I think that creepy doll must of been restrained for everyone's safety. Chucky and Annabelle have a new recruit 👿😰
I recently acquired tote after tote of old family pictures along with hundreds of postcards. What a delightful surprise when you came across the dilapidated building in Monterey, California. I have the same postcard!
I know you thought that this video was a little long, but the pace was perfect. You showed each object fairly thoroughly and shared what provenance that you had. I thoroughly enjoyed this video.
Completely agree. It's also lovely to read through the comments and the amount of support offered to Alexander on items that may be outside his expertise (like thinking this is a kid's scrapbook for example!)
Me too...
Yeah my thoughts exactly
@Emily Ferrante when I am watching his videos I sometimes ask him to turn the page, or see the underneath of things. Lol.
I even freeze the video so I can read (or trying to read) what is written on cards and books and tags... i know he can't hear me, but I do it anyway... 😂
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The Lucy movie I think was called "The Long, Long Trailer" and she collected rocks from each place they stopped, which of course shifted the weight of the trailer (poor Dezi!)
And that's a good movie 🍿
I LOVE that movie. Have it on a DVD.
@@heehaw8401 should have said same thing have it on DVD as well.
My Son recently drove to Texas RV from south CA told him don’t let wife collect rocks along way from KOA campground
Sounds like something I would do
William Pfunder (as seen on that trade card) was an Oregon pharmacists who began operation in the early 1870s. His trademark was a healthy baby's face. This can be found on his patent medicine bottles of Oregon Blood Purifiers. His early amber bottles do not have the trade mark baby face on them and then around 1878-80 he started incorporating it. I have dug several of these through the years. Another fun fact is that William Pfunder used Oregon plants and herbs in his concoctions.
Thank you so much for the information, interesting 🧐
When I was a kid my mum made glue with flour and water, it looks like that was used in the scrapbooks where there are white patches. Fascinating books
My mom did too and before we had pre-pasted wall paper the flour and water glue worked great
@@cherylbee9899 flower and water paste
@@stevek6432 ? I never used flowers in my flour and water glue
In my case it was not my mom using the flour and water glue, it was me. Cannot wait to see the rest of these items.
So did my mom, I made tons of collages lol
A quick Google search of 'Posson's Seed Store, Portland Oregon,' resulted in one hit from the US Department of Agriculture. It was a special collections exhibit of a catalog from Posson's Seed Store in Portland, dated 1896. It appears that there are digital copies of that catalog available for viewing online through various libraries. I live in the Portland area and know exactly which streets you referenced, so this was a fun quick bit of research to do!
Good stuff! I couldn't find any information.
I found that also, that 1896 catalog was the 17th annual catalog so that puts Possen's date back to at least 1879.
I'm also in Oregon. South of Portland but this was cool to see..
Alex, your bad jokes are EPIC, and I truly look forward to hearing them every time🤣✨️💗 Yes, that shirt is LOUD and covered in flour!lol!!!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was laughing so hard... my dogs didn't understand...
Before Alex even said anything, I did a double take when I saw that shirt. A milli-second later came the "flour" joke/groaner! Oh Alex, thanks for the chuckle. And what a wonderful find this batch is!
Whoever called you about these antiques, sure picked the right person....Loved watching as you unboxed these wonderful treasures from yesteryear!!! 💞 Best to all, from BC
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Go pros make me nauseous. Thank you so much for operating the camera! You do you it's perfect!
This is a wonderful collection Alex. Everything is in such good condition! It's obvious that this person was a serious collector after seeing how the dolls and postcards were protected and the number of notes you're finding. I hope you are able to get more from this house. It seems to be a treasure trove of history.
what a fantastic find
*fingers crossed* the family changes their mind and Alex gets a second wind and a crack at buying the contents of this house! SO MANY COOL THINGS ALREADY!!!!
The owner of this stuff was a very caring collector!!
I commented on the dolls you found in the last house that you would be surprised at what they are worth. A couple of dolls in this video looked like Bru or Bebe dolls and they could go for thousands especially in such good condition. Maybe you should find out if they are worth more just as is with the extras added in or to dress them. Most doll collectors I think want to dress the dolls themselves. Those books are wonderful, just to see the history and the art of the eras. 🥰
I think this collector did just that, dressed them herself. The clothes look too nice. No wear to them much at all. Definitely have age & the lace is old but it's easy to collect linens & make your own clothes.
It’s hard to guess but “attic finds” are desirable. Dont wash or fix them.
these dolls could be worth quite alot,Definetly worth looking into
I lived in a 3700sf late Victorian Sears & Roebucks kit house. It was the best quality home built with high quality materials, straight grain woods, bevel edge leaded glass windows with lots of Mahogany throughout. I miss that house and all the room it had in it. It is in Oregon.
It would be great to be able to still buy one to put together and live in!
I love watching you unbox treasures. I learn a lot of history. I also feel a sense of peace and relaxation for some reason. Thank you! 😊
So many great items! Also the reason the dolls purse had money in it was (as my mom always said) is you never give a wallet or purse with no money as it will bring bad luck. You always put money in them so they will always have money. Brightest blessings~
My grandmother also taught me the purse/ coin rule of etiquette, as well as, " never retun a loaned dish empty" if someone gave you food on a plate, or container, you would wash the dish, and bake cookies, or pie or whatever, and give something back with the returning dish.
I learn so much on this channel and with your comments 🦋
Scrap books were kept by many adult women back in the day, not just kids. My uncle (b.1913) kept a scrapbook of his Hollywood idols, too…
All of this is so cool! That Lucille Ball movie was called, "The Long Long Trailer".
The icebox and the wood fired stove from a previous episode could also be salesman’s tools to bring to homes, because the real thing might be to heavy to carry around with you to show homesteaders.
That’s a really good point. You see Salesman’s Samples like these on the Antiques Roadshow all the time.
For the first twelve years of my life, we had an outhouse. If toilet paper was even a thing at that time, we never saw it. We had Montgomery Ward and JC Penney catalogs. Hated the colored pages. Too slippery…
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Unfortunately I know what you mean all too well
A purse should never be empty and if you give a purse as a present, you should always put a silver coin in it. Same if you gift a knife, you should always tape a silver coin to it (supposedly to keep the friendship).
My mother in law did this, she "didn't want to sever our connection" so taped a penny to the knife which I then very bemusedly gave back to her as part of the non-severence. Little does she know she can't get rid of me that easily! 😁😁
I had no idea. How interesting!
I’m forever telling people not to give knives as a gift because it servers the friendship. Now I can say tape a coin on it for the person to give back to the giver to solidify the friendship.
Wonderful finds! I believe the drawings with each doll depicts what each doll should have come with it if bought brand new off the shelf. Showing all the parts of the outfit and accessories that would have came with the doll. This person researched these dolls extensively and took great care to add notations with each doll, which is what real collectors do. I suggest going back to that estate and see what things you might have missed.
Fun video, Alexander - I wonder if you would ever consider doing a video on collector pens - especially fountain pens and types and what you can still get ink for and use. THhanks.
OMGee! I truly said to myself “1895” when you asked if anyone could guess the date of the doll! I rarely get these kind of “make your best guess” trivia questions right! I deserve a gold star from the teacher today. ⭐️😊
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I guessed 1840. She appears to be a peasant.
It was the long red trailer
Wow! What amazing treasures! Can't wait to see the next show! Thank you, Alexander! 😊
I have very little interest in dolls or dollhouses or scrapbooks or postcards and such, but I found this absolutely interesting! Even @ almost 45 minutes, I wanted more. It was the same with the teacups, lol!
I have many catalogues. I'm a catalogue collector. I have over 10,000 in my collection. I have three copies of that same volume. Are usually pricing out at around $25 a piece. Due to this condition of this catalogue I make it around $20. catalogues don't go for much unless they're really one of a kind. in-house catalogues. Those catalogues that never left the store are worth a little bit more. You could probably get about $75 for one of them. And if they're really good condition up to $100. I usually price everyone's catalogues. Eaton's catalogues now are $15 a piece. Hudson Bay catalogues are worth 25. Rarity of European catalogues are worth a little bit more around $50. I usually just buy bundles of catalogues here in Winnipeg. If I see them. I am trying to build a website where I scan all my catalogues. And put them on the Internet. 1950s Eaton's catalogues are made with a certain Inc. That makes it's very smelly and hard to keep. This is due to the lead ink they were using. At the time
The dolls will be worth a fortune ,I would have been so happy, if I could see them for real.
I love these type videos where we see historical pictures. We take everything for granted in our lives tvs are not even 100 years old and look where we have come in 80 years it's amazing.
I think my grandmother had a stove like the green electric one, she was born in 1927, and talked about it a lot. Also, that's the second time I've seen an image of the "oldest wooden house in California" this month
My grandma was born in 1906. So it was pretty neat seeing things she grew up with! Ty Alex .
those were pretty expensive though
exactly, lovely memories
Mine was born in 1907, Germany. 🙂 But they were quite poor.
@@hexenwerk-passau I believe most of our grand mothers were not able to get such dolls
You have the soul of a historian. I enjoy listening abd seeing what you discover.
Love your shirt it is so cool. That oldest doll has great reflex and a sweet face. You have hit the mother load of very collectable dolls it looks like . The treasures keep on being remarkable. Thank you for this dapper day exploration of finds. Always with the greatest of host. Hope , all your items bring as much history and promise.
This is my most favorite haul of anything you've ever done and that's saying A LOT!!
I agree, this is really special, my favorite too
me tooooo
Tillamook is home to the Tillamook Cheese factory that opened in 1909. It's still in business and making very good cheese!
Such a great first box. I have always loved old dolls. The scrapbooks are so nice, a look back in time.
"Ladies were just so elegant back then." Yep. But I'd still rather have the freedom we have today (not perfect yet, I admit). I can't imagine having to do my hair and makeup to that degree every day, and then put on several layers of heavy clothing. Not to mention the pain and discomfort of the shoes. And yes, I do smell better :) I think you need a separate building for all your sorting. Don't forget that when you designed the house that you still had the store to sort at. A small building, matching the house style, to the side of the garage would be ideal imho. You could have tables permanently set up, and a more open area for placing the treasures when they first come in.
okay, my first comment in the 2 years I've been tuning in, your shirt is the total BOMB! sincerely from Peck Idaho!
What an extra to have all the notes of explanation on most items. That really adds to the collectability. I am dying here looking at these beauties. I can never afford them, but I love these old dolls.
I love the fact that the person labeled things. I think you should keep the cards with them.
A secret dollhouse!! How precious!
Looking at that catalogue made me think about how my parents described life in UK at the same time. There were clothes, bedding etc available because a lot of people lost everything when their home got bombed. There was very little selection though and items carried a utility mark.
My sister's extending dining room table is a piece of 'Utility' furniture from WW2. It's Oak and solid as a rock to this day. Junk shops in the UK were full of such items for years after the post-war austerity period was truly over. She probably paid 5 shillings for it [or less].
I'm from canada and I remember my grandma telling me once she bought the house the were living in, in the Sears catalog!
Like a whole house! Blew my mind!
Alex, this was so interesting and lovely to see what good condition things are on. Thank you for sharing.
She was certainly a dedicated collector. A real joy to watch. Thanks Alex🤟🏼🤍
Wow amazing Alex, so much fun to go through so much history really cool. I think it's almost a stroke of luck you keep on finding all the hidden treasures in the world such Rich history pictures all around the world historical events. This is very cool.
Hello Alex and family.
I have been following your channel before the Potter House.
Thank You for years of intertainment, and many more to come.
Very informative.
Wonderful collection Alex! The dolls are in amazing condition 😊
I appreciate the previous collection’s owner having information on everything, very cool finds.
While fascinated by your treasure sorting I was stunned to observe you begin to rub 50 years of dust into the pristine but dusty dress and head of a 140 year old china head doll, using a greasy looking micro fibre cloth, while a tin of compressed air appeared to be sitting right beside her on the sorting table. I wondered why a pro dealer like you doesn’t use a tiny archival vacuum to meticulously clean valued items & avoid damage to retain the condition of these rare historical objects, retain their marketable value to you & prevent 50 years of dust floating into your workspace the air you breathe. A vacuum hood above your work bench would help to protect you and your families healthy
What great finds Alex. Can't wait to see the rest of the unboxing!
I would definitely go back to that house they have definitely taken great care and love with the things they collected in really good condition
I love all of the Victorian Era scrap books! If i owned a Victorian House (which I have always wanted) I would love to use them for decorations! My house was built in 1940, which made that catalog very interesting! I can just imagine the original owners looking like that! I've always loved the styles from the 30's and 40's!
From a historic point, the books allow a look into the life and interest of a person alive then. I would suspect there might be information on note able people that was lost over time. Quite often, the trivia of life describes it better than the landmark happenings, like say the Titanic, or the San Fransisco Earthquake, or other snapshots of an era. Well done Alexander.
Hi Alex - I believe that those metal pans in the miniature ice box were not baking pans as you said - but designed to catch the water as the ice melted. Take care
Taking a break from cooking...thank you Alex for giving USians a much needed distraction---love the vids. PS, your wife rocks, such a good partner.
Heubach was a doll factory founded in Germany in 1887. Early doll models were marked with a horseshoe and the year of manufacture, but the trademark could also be noted... in your case the number 275. In World War II, however, a Heubach heir was with the NDSAP and SS-Oberscharführer. He was convicted and shot by the Sovjets in September 1945 for mocking prisoners of war. The company was then merged with other ceramic producers and nationalized by the GDR. It shouldn't be particularly valuable.
I collected dolls and did some repair. Love that you found some nice dolls. Size of head, manufacurer, height are importsnt. Condition with hands, original body adds value. Numbers indicate mold number on bisque and china head dolls. Pierced ears usually mean better quality.....and possibly French mfg. German manufactuers were prolific. Simon Halbig is also a respected German doll mfg.The mounty looks to be composition....and if it is it is in pristine condition. Suseptable to crazing and cracking. Would be terrific to find a pristine rubber doll....rare. Not many survive!
It was so much fun looking at everything. My eyes kept going to the Pyrex set in the other box.
welcome to dad-jokes central...😂
The cabinet is actually upside down. It was a bathroom cabinet. As a wood bathroom wall cabinet, it’s worth about $150
Upside down???
Extreme treasures in this haul! Incredible saves. Appreciated all the more by your comments about them. Bravo.
Wow! Alexander, you get the BEST stuff! I don’t collect toys but I wouldn’t pass these up, especially the ford car pulling the trailer, no I changed my mind! I can’t decide! What a fun haul! You seem to be enjoying this much more than your last hoarders house! You deserve to get the goodies without extreme measures. And this collector kept good records which helps you . I have a Christmas postcard sent to my great grandfather from his older sister that she signed “ from your old sister”. Postal stamp 1881. I put it on the fireplace mantle for the holidays. 😊 ❤ this video!
The 1940's catalog is really cool. 🙂 I could spend hours browsing through old catalogs.
I remember Montgomery Wards in Wyoming, Michigan as a kid in the sixties, and that was the family go to store. The catalog brings back fond memories of all the things we used to shop for in their stores.
Yes my mom worked for Sears and Robuck. Spent many many hours looking through the catalogs
Have any of you guys watched cataloguing catalogues? It’s a series on the closet historian it’s such fun 🤩
At 7:25, that canning pressure cooker for $10.95 in 1941 would be $193.58 today per the Bank of Canada inflation calculator, and $236 per the US Bureau of Labor statistics inflation calculator.
@@jhn146 so instapot prices?
the Lucy movie you refered to was called "The Long Long Trailer"
Very interesting stuff so far! It looks like whoever collected the dolls was making new outfits for them but what great attention to detail! That child's rocker is very cool. Love the MW catalog. My parents bought a lot of clothing and household items from MW. It wasn't mail order - you placed your order and then picked it up at a distribution center when it came in. This was 1950's to 1960's. Sears was best known for selling the kit houses, but I am sure there were others.
If you found any old Halloween postcards, you've scored! Love all the history of Oregon in there too. BTW: There is both a SE 2nd & Taylor, and a SW 2nd & Taylor in Portland. In SW there is one old building still standing, and in SE again just one old building, but I'm not a historian or an architect so there's that. lol Great videos. I'm a treasure hunter too, so this was fun to watch this morning, as always. Thanks!
My guess was 1889 for the 1895 doll. Her clothes seem to be very nice too, the pulled hem of the apron and lace on the mere petticoat . I‘m not at all into dolls, but these are impressive!
my guess also,loved seeing these treasures of yore
Sure hope you read this: Scanitran Company, Portland, OR. patented a "system for reproduction of sound in moving vehicles, consisting of a moving scanner mounted on a vehicle in conjunction with a fixed sound track attached to the surface of a roadway." 1945. Seems to have been around until 1970.
I found this in a listing of (at the time) upcoming exhibitions: "The Scanitran System of Highway Sound Tracks."by D.L. Brown, Portland General Electric Company; June 21, 1945.
And then I found a patent application listing stating what you have listed and includes a first use of November 10, 1945.
The clothing doesn’t look old enough. These dolls belonged to someone who was repairing and dressing them.
You might for the future want to consider a separate building to do all your sorting in. A lot of really neat things in that one box alone, looking forward to seeing what's in the other boxes. Loved the catalog and the card and picture albums.
yes
This is his garage.
The dolls should never be in plastic.....need to use acid free tissue paper....and store face down to keep the eyes in place. The glue dries and weakens.
My mother was 13 and my dad was 15 in 1941 when that Montgomery Ward catalog was printed. 2 years later at age 17, with his mother's permission, my dad joined the Navy and was aboard the Flagship USS Texas on D-Day. Such different times. They had to grow up fast back then, and that trend continued in the next generation.
Wow....My Dad made certain I knew about my Family links to WWI & WWII. While we didn’t have any Family fighting at Juno Beach on D Day, my Uncle & a Cousin fought in Italy & took part in the Liberation of Holland. The Stories my Cousin shared w/me...I’ll never forget. He said when they encountered the first Dutch People they liberated, his heart literally broke at seeing the shape those People were in. They truly were being starved to death. He also said they’d been wondering what had been the point of the entire War. Then they met the Dutch & they understood.
I also had a Great Uncle, & recently found out, a few Cousins fight at The Battle of Vimy Ridge during WWI. For us in Canada, Vimy is considered to be the moment in History when we stopped being another backwater Colonial Dominion of Great Britain & became a Country in our own right. It was also the first time ever in Canadian History where Canadian Troops were Commanded by Canadian Officers, who took their orders from Canadian Colonels & was planned by Canadian Generals. It was also the very first big Victory for the Allies in WWWI. Everyone had tried to take it from the Germans, but none managed it until we did.
I knew about Dad’s Uncle Albert having served & survived both it & the Somme, but I didn’ know until recently I had 5 Cousins who had also fought at Vimy & 3 of them are at rest in the Vimy Cemetery. As Alex himself knows, it’s amazing what you find when doing a deep dive into Ancestry. I’d love to go over someday & pay my respects.
Anyway....I hope he shared some of his Stories w/you. The only way we keep alive what our Veterans went through is by honouring their Service & telling their Stories. I was lucky enough to attend The Invictus Games in Toronto in 2018, the ones Prince Harry founded for Wounded Warriors, & let me tell you... The stories & People I met that week will stay w/me forever. If you have a chance to attend one, you really should go. It truly will change you.
Anyway....From a Great Niece, Niece & Cousin of Canadian WWI & WWII Veterans to you & your Family : Thank You for their Service. Take Care!! 😊
mine also
My mom worked for Montgomery Ward during that time, filling catalogue orders!
38:57 The Listowel-Ballybunion Railway was opened in 1888 and it ran for 36 years until it was closed in 1924 after it suffered severe damage in the civil war. The story behind how it came to be built is fascinating, just search Lartigue monorail.
Thank you 😊
Wondering if the miniature appliances are toys or sales samples? The green stove is a TERRIFYINGLY DANGEROUS toy for sure but the cast iron stove and icebox look like sales samples to me. Could be wrong. You made me laugh with some of your assumptions about the hygiene of earlier years, as the undergarments, products and hygiene practices were different but people have been obsessed with cleanliness for most of recorded history. Just sayin! 🛀🚿🌹
Really interesting finds! I've never really been into older dolls, but those were so interesting with the cards of information left about them. I can see why people collect them now. You need to definitely go back to that house for more things if this box and it's quality is a sign of what is still in the house!
I’m so glad you quit calling the dolls’ petticoat a dress! I had a doll collection at my mum’s house that got stolen in the 80’s by people that were fixing her house. Ever since I’ve watched for them or any of them showing up at antique sales or dolls’ shows. So far no luck. I loved each of my dolls so much.
That is so painful. So sorry.
Wow the detail in the advertisement cards was amazing, if you look at the first root beer one it actually has the 2nd advertisement card on the table. Brilliant finds. Love the shirt Alex
Awesome shirt, Alexander! Love it! We also got a Alexander joke! How lucky our we? :-)
Alex! I love you, honey, and you know your stuff...but PUH-LEASE quit touching the dolls so much...or use cloth gloves, (to avoid finger oils). They are in such pristine condition. (My guess is that the drawings were done by the collector, as they are a bit sophisticated for a young child.) Humbly yours, Laurel
Recommend building a drive through building on your property so you don’t have to use your garage. Don’t know how much metal buildings are in your location, but in the US they are very reasonable. Enjoying the channel. Tks for sharing.
Some type of sorting barn would be a nice addition, indeed!
That’s a great suggestion, made just for processing all the stuff. Definitely need conveyor belt or roller belt like in warehouses too
Ladies could purchase 'scrap', (papers , cards and coloured prints )for the newly fashionable past-time of 'scrapbooking' in the late 1800's. Then of course all turned to cutting out and pasting in pictures from everything that came to hand, calendar pictures, greeting cards, advertisement brochures and then catalogues, etc. all glued in with homemade paste made from flour and a bit of water, just as you would have done for putting up wallpaper, so everyone knew how to do this!. my mother showed me how to do this, in the early 1960's, when I got inspired to start making scrapbooks like the ones my grandmother had exquisitely made as Christmas gifts for me and my brother in 1959 ( yes we still have them) and it sent me on a life-long enjoyable way to preserve collections I have made of info, stories, and pictures and photos of all kinds of lore, quotations and pictures on all kinds of subjects. Like making my own personal multi-volume Encyclopedia! Still on-going and love it. Thank you Grandma Olga!
Dezi and Lucy movie I am pretty sure was called The Long Long Trailer
Sir! That college flag on the tiny house rug is NOT Michigan State! It is for the maize-and-blue Michigan Wolverines! As a grad myself, I am duty-bound to keep you on the straight and narrow!😆
Happy Thanksgiving , Love your shirt, wish my hubby would where one like it :D. Great haul, thanks for sharing.
This group of children in the photo are the children of Queen Victoria and the princess victoria will grow up to marry the Kaiser and be the mother of Kaiser willhelm II, Prince Albert of Wales is the future Edward VII who ruled from 1901 till 1910. Cool picture.
I believe the little ice box and cast iron stove are salesman samples, not toys.
No, they were toys. Lots of the cast iron stove ones around (though I don’t know about that particular maker, but not so many of the ice box. It’s no different from kids’ okay kitchens now.
Seems like those dolls were never played with, almost like salesman samples. Amazing collection that couldn't have gone to a better person, Alex! Good for you! Love those scrapbooks!!
The cast iron stove would be a salesman sample, not a toy 👍🏻
Yeah, you don't want that doll to be off her rocker. What would the neighbors say!!!?
Good afternoon Alex. Congratulations and Happy Thanksgiving. What a haul - so many items to choose from in that big truckload of boxes. Simply Amazing!! Fortunately, it appears that none of those cardboard boxes contain any edible contents.
To be sure, Alexander runs a good channel, but in all of the internet, you will rarely find a comment section so positive. Kudos!
The fact that it is 90+% women could have something to do with it…
What a really interesting box of treasure! Can’t wait to see the rest.
That flag rug is from the University of Michigan (school colors, maize and blue), not from Michigan State University (school colors, green and white). Due to their somewhat fierce in-state rivalry, the schools' alumni tend to get annoyed when anyone confuses the two. We'll let you off the hook this one time, being from Alberta and all.
The China Head dolls are a glazed white porcelain and the others are bisque. Bisque is unglazed porcelain.
I have two bisque that are in rough shape. An Armand Marseille that was my grandma's, b.1912 and a large Kestner from the same time period. Sadly her eyes are broke and head is off of her kid body.
Cool finds Alex!
'Ladies were just so elegant back then ... Mind you, overall, they probably smell a bit better now' :D
i loved seeing a snapshot of bygone times! i really love the old dolls. my mother had some that her mother had as a child. they were so cool!
The Long, Long Trailer is the Lucy and Desi movie. Very funny. She starts a rock collection on the trip. Hilarious!
As someone who finds Dolls creepy, I have found myself hiding behind a pillow 😱, thanks Alex 🤣
I bought a 1930s-1940s doll recently and the sales lady spent a lot of time telling me how creepy it was!! Not the best sales technique, but kind of funny. I don't find the doll creepy at all.
Me too! When he was cutting that one loose from the chair I was saying if that doll haunts you in your dreams, you'll know too late why it was tied down!
@@laureendavis2369 You made me laugh 'cutting the one loose'. I think that creepy doll must of been restrained for everyone's safety. Chucky and Annabelle have a new recruit 👿😰
@@barb-jm7990 I'm glad yours doesn't creep you out, as much as I'm willing to give dolls the benefit of the doubt, I just cant look at them.
Don't even get me started on the ones with teeth!
Oh no. You stopped before the Pyrex! Can't wait to see the next video. Such great finds.
I recently acquired tote after tote of old family pictures along with hundreds of postcards. What a delightful surprise when you came across the dilapidated building in Monterey, California. I have the same postcard!