Fleamarket Finds Worth Waiting For: Antique German Seashore Puzzle, Vintage Film Reels, Souvenir of Buffalo China, Tuck's Postcards & More

Summer may be behind us... but it is certainly not forgotten! This week, more finds from our fun day at a local antique flearmarket: (Click here to go straight to the website)

I really really really really REALLY like this puzzle. I secretly hope no one buys it. LOL!


A Tuck's Thanksgiving Day postcard. We sold another one recently but this version has a gold edge around it.

Sweet vintage sweater guard.

Very interesting! Antique shoe decor. Gorgeous marcasite "buckles"

You can see on the reverse side where they had been stitched to the shoe.

Nice heavy quality to them.

Beautiful rosey china!

Ut oh! Look who's coming to town next month!

I listed a couple of Tuck's Halloween postcards on EBAY here.

Let's see how this spooky gal with a RED gown does.
Halloween postcards are usually more desirable than other holidays.

A couple of vintage glass beaded Christmas tree garlands.

This one is great if you are "GOING GREEN" this year.

Recyled trim! Yay!

Antique children's book from about 1892.

Given to two daughters by their father for Christmas.

Amazing illustrations on EVERY page.

Another Halloween postcard, listed on ebay instead of Bella Rosa.
I know, just the right person would have to find this Souvenir of Buffalo NY china cup appealing... but I have found a new owner for other souvenir pieces and I'm going to try again.

So pale and pretty, these three postcards just seemed so

Rachel Ashwell, don't you think?

My nicest piece of vintage beaded garland... 8 feet long!

How sweet...get a puppy for your birthday, by Tuck's of course.

All these and more, JUST LISTED!

I was fine until I saw this...

We reached another milestone in Bebe's life.

Pre - School!


Here she is about to go in... new backpack and a big grin.

New teacher and new friends... but she had no trouble at all and made the transition without any problems.

No crying, no fears or tears.

Mommy was fine too until I opened my "Parents Survival Kit" on the way out to my car.

Inside was this note and a few little goodies:

Your child is beginning a new journey today.
Enjoy some TEA while they're away.

If the tears should come when you say good-byes
Here are some TISSUES for your eyes.

If their presence you should miss,
Here's a special little KISS.

This first day of preschool will be over soon,
Celebrate the day...here's a BALLOON!





I'll be taking pictures of some extra goodies I found... things may appear on the website tonight or maybe tomorrow morning. Stop over and see the JUST LISTED page when you can!

Here's hoping for a nice boring week

It has been crazy around here. One week we have an earthquake, the next a hurricane. Then a flood!

This is a photo of the front gates in Hershey Park last week.

Even the county I live in had some bad flooding. An old historic covered bridge was washed away. Built in 1885.

But now we are starting a new week... one we hope is well, very boring!

I'll be listing some more things found at our local antique fleamarket on Labor Day.

Stay tuned!

Just Listed: Victorian Advertising Cards, Antique Moustache Cup, Mini Mannequins, Pink Rose Plates, French Fan, Antique Porcelain Ink Well

Just listed to BellaRosaAntiques.com

Victorian Basket of Roses Advertising Card....

A nice pairing: Cherub porcelain pin dish with a "Forget Me Not" antique post card from 1908.

Satin baby bonnet. Adorable!

I just loved this and picked it up as soon as I saw it. The dealer told me she put the picture on herself. I think she did a great job! Reminds me of the girl from "Les Miserables"

Milk glass slipper in the Daisy Buttons and Bows pattern.

Beautifully posed woman, nicely framed... a lovely piece to hang in a group or by herself!

Great pair of vintage Sarah Coventry earrings for fall!

This is one of the two vintage candy tins we are offering this week... the other is a Schrafts.

So unique... use them for displaying doll clothes or just display them as art!

A gorgeous old "Beauties of Tennyson" book, gold gilded pages. Twenty beautiful illustrations inside.

These are the ultimate "shabby chic" plates but look at them closer and you can see just how yummy they are! Embossed and ornately edged, just delicious!

Old porcelain ink well. These are rare and hard to find! Gorgeous ornate design.

Lovely old moustache cup.

Advertising fan with a French scene... ooh la la.

My favorite find of the day. Love this German print from Berlin in 1901. Signed W. Unger.

A needlepoint chair cover....use it for a footstool or make a pillow!

Showing some wear but this little evening purse with it's back belt loop makes me nostalgic all over. The roses are lovely....teeny little needlepoint stitches. The clasp has black crystals adorning it. Sweet!

All available in my JUST LISTED category on BellaRosaAntiques.com

Labor Day = Antique Fleamarket

A long weekend... a return this week to the normal schedule of life. We bid summer adieu but went out with a hurrah!

Yesterday we attended an annual antique fleamarket in the park. They have it every year... in fact TWICE a year. How does a vintage gal like myself get so lucky? The funny thing is, I just started going to it on a regular basis a few years ago.

It did not disappoint. Found all kinds of great old things!

There were things I just LOVED, but couldn't purchase because the prices were out of my range.

Like the man who had a whole table of vintage Christmas pieces. Oh how I would have liked to fill my HOLIDAY category with it all.

But it is fun to browse.

Stay tuned as I get my haul into the "photo studio" and uploaded to Bella Rosa.

I think you're going to like what I found!

A Little Vintage History: Givenchy L'Interdit Perfume & Audrey Hepburn

Givenchy. A well known name in perfume and fashion. Thought to be the "Ultimate Chic."

I decided to take a closer look at the history behind the name and the perfume we have in the shop below, L'Interdit. I find unique pieces and then wonder about their origin. It is part of why I love what I do!








It all started with Hubert de Givenchy. Here is an excerpt from the Givenchy website:

As soon as Parfums Givenchy was founded in 1957, it became identified with what is now a legendary story: the meeting of Hubert de Givenchy and Audrey Hepburn, a charming young star of American cinema. Together, they invented the "Givenchy style", in which French elegance meets American glamour, a combination of light-hearted sophistication and dazzling modernity.

Hubert de Givenchy created his first fragrance, L’Interdit, in homage to the delicate, romantic, big-hearted femininity of Audrey Hepburn.


Over time as an antique dealer I've discovered there are collectors of perfumes. Vintage bottles, unique scents, French perfumes, you name it. And the girly girl in me thinks it is a lot of fun!

Our purse sized, collectible Givenchy L'Interdit perfume is available in our

"La Donna Bella" category, here.

Second Chance Tuesday: Beautiful Antique Book Ladies of the White House

Not only is this a beautiful antique book for display, Ladies of the White House is full of wonderful information about the women who were not only married to some of our earliest United States Presidents but also took on the role of being the First Lady. What did that mean in their time? From Martha Washington to Dolly Madison to Mary Todd Lincoln and more, read the life and times of these Ladies of the White House.
Copyright 1881 By Laura C. Holloway

(Available in the Bella Rosa Antiques store... link to by clicking the name of the book. Never before discounted... but it is today!)

Farewell to Summer: Looking Back at Vintage Bathing Suits

We've come to a point in the year where we enjoy the last bit of summer and look forward to fall.

But before we do let's take a look back at some of the bathing suits our Grandparents (and parents) wore. They're fun to decorate a beach house or lakeside cottage... just hang on the wall and voila! (Photos are from Cottage Living)


This one is considered unisex and was made of wool, by Catalina. I cannot imagine wearing wool in the heat of summer, on the beach.... but it happened! It is very rare to find a suit like this that has not been eaten away by moths.

This suit shows how styles were changing... logo by Jantzen. Synthetic fabric mixed with wool.

Some of these vintage suits can cost you a pretty penny....hundreds of dollars now!
This one is a bit more affordable at 200.00!

This Catalina suit is too pretty to wear to the beach! And it is a whopping 500.00.

Around the 1940's for this style. Here is another cutie.... a "Bubble suit" moving along to the 1950's... a coral pink!

This one is adorable! I love the rickrack border. According to the writer of the article, this 1960's suit was found at an antique mall for 20.00!

The aqua bottles with simple greenery, combined with a seashell, make this a great beach vignette. Try it in the laundry room for year round fun!

We're going to try and make it down to the beach one last time before Labor Day is here.

One last walk along the water and a stroll along the boardwalk...hoping

that the memories keep us going until next year!

As noted by Country Living, some of the suits were found on GlamourSurf.com

Vintage Treasures: MZ Austria Rose Plate, Art Deco Clocks, World War II Ephemera, "Mad Men" Jewelry, Flapper Girl Purse

What a week for the East Coast... an earthquake and now a hurricane!

So hunker down, stay in, and browse through my latest vintage treasures... and if you're not bracing for a hurricane, just take a minute to check out some neat old finds:

Beautiful, embossed, pointed edge MZ Austria petite roses plate.
This one was hard to part with!

Two sets of (5) Haviland Limoges plates.
A romantic trio of things... antique Paris (Le Tour Eiffel ooh la la!) postcard, large brass skeleton key hanging from a pink ribbon, and a World War II soldier's photo. I love the push pin holes to show how often his photo was pinned up.

The reverse side of the Paris postcard. In French!

A sweet petite point Flapper girl style purse. Very old, showing some shabby wear but a great

example of vintage fashion. There is a belt loop on the back to show it was worn.

Vintage baby fork and an antique 1908 family photo postcard.

Gold is back this year! I see this awesome "feather swirl" pin

on a black, red, or ivory sweater for this year's holiday season.

Vintage 1968 Baby Cheerful Tearful.

Looks brand new. She has red hair too!

Brass skeleton keys tied up with ribbon.

Antique song book sheets, old brass keys, and baby pink ribbon

put a song in my heart.

Vintage wooden folding Christmas tree fencing. This one is larger than the norm...

I counted 13 ten inch pieces plus the two shorter gates.

This will definitely fit around a larger tree.

I saw these pins and thought of the show Mad Men.

Vintage retro is so much fun!

And so are these clocks. I LOVE the art deco design of the square clock.

Both by Ingraham. And they both do a lot of tick tocking!

Sitting next to each other, they were driving me crazy.

Wind 'em up each night before you go to bed, just like Grandma did!

A Gregorian copper watering can. I did not take a copper cleaner to it. Some

people like the vintage patina... so I'll let the new owner decide.

And some bits of history from old War War II letters.

In high school I was in the musical "South Pacific."

This photo made me think of the song "Nothing like a Dame!"

I think mixed media artists and scrapbook lovers will

enjoy this collection of ephemera.

Thanks for taking a moment to check out my finds....there are a few more surprises left on my website. (Vintage Atlantic City beach pennant, Tuck's postcard, Check them out, here.

I'm also linking to Pink Saturday!