Vintage Walter Bosse Brass Fox

Jose and I recently found this great example of a Walter Bosse brass figure at The Charleston Antique Mall. Walter Bosse was an Austrian designer/artist who specialized in small animal sculptures and figurines. Design Within Reach briefly created and sold reproductions of some of his more popular designs, but have ceased selling them. Many of his designs also had a practical use, with this one likely being used as a shoe horn.

Thrift Find of the Day

I found this little stone carved face container at Savers on Tropicana. It has a few chips and blemishes, but overall it's a really cool piece. I believe it will find a home on my desk as a usb stick/memory card holder. Price: $2

Thrift Finds of Yesterday

Sundays are usually a pretty good day for thrifting here in Las Vegas.  Goodwill has their .99 cent sticker specials, where any item with a certain color of sticker will only be .99 cents for that item, no matter the original cost.  My first 4 stops yielded nothing.  They were the Goodwills on Eastern, Warm Springs and Tropicana, along with the Savers on Warm Springs.  On my 5th and final stop, I found some fun stuff.  First up was a brass Bull figure.  It's pretty sweet, as it's more of an modern take on the shape of a bull.  $5.99 and then 50% off.

Next up I found a couple really cool vintage electronic items.  The first was a Cybernet Mini Concert cassette player/recorder.  Nearly perfect condition, with the leather case showing hardly any wear.  It's was only $2.99, with another 20% off.

My final find was vintage Honeywell Elmo 8mm camera.  It's in excellent condition, and even included the original leather camera bag!  It was priced at $14.99, with 50% off.

So there you have it!  3 excellent finds from this past weekend.