Ralph Lauren Inspired

When I headed out this past week and weekend to find treasures I didn't realize that I would find things that were Ralph Lauren inspired or at least to me they were.  What do I mean by that?  Things that have texture and history and are so appealing to you that you can't move fast enough to see them before someone else eyes them.

I was first invited to a sale before anyone else even had arrived.  And from what I could tell when I first walked up to see the sale is that they had some amazing things and many things were yet to be uncovered but you could tell there were going to be some great things for sale.  We are talking about a homeowner and family that collected things from around the turn of the century and expanded through the 1920's and later and to them they probably weren't collections, but more heirlooms that had been passed down from the generations.

Things that had hand written notes attached to them explaining who owned them and where they had come from, that was just amazing to touch a piece of history that came over from Germany.  One note read:

 "Plush table cover, grandpa Schumacher brought from Germany. Was in his family many years, so it must be 150 years old" and that was written in 1977. 

Other notes found were kept by the family.  It was just amazing to see these notes and the treasures they had collected over the years.

Here's my favorite treasure found at this sale:

Even though as soon as the owners saw it you could tell it had special meaning and brought back memories, they still choose to sell it but kept what was inside.  Inside was the finest pair of men's ice skates that I had ever seen.  They were black and brown leather and still in very good shape even though the owner said they were from the 1920's.  Then, he pulled out a fabulous brown leather bomber's jacket that was to die for.  He said these things probably belonged to his uncle when he went to the Texas Luthern College in Sequin Tx. On the back side of the suitcase it has a very large 'T' and while the handles are worn it's still pretty fabulous.  I actually found several suitcases at this sale and a few others I found at other places that we went to. 

The plush burgandy cover that the note referred to above can be seen here:

It does have some wear on it but overall it's still in good shape.  I also bought the brown purse and white trash can at this place.  They had several pieces of really old burlap that the family had used to wrap things in.  These old pieces were really great.

This sale was different than what I'd been to before because they didn't have it all laid out for you to see.  You had to keep going back everyday to see what they had unpacked.  As they were unpacking they might tell you oh that's not for sale.  It was the unknown, what would be in the next box, would they sell the item or keep it.

Here's an overall view of what I found at the sale and few other places that we went to as well:



The frames were found at other places as was the aqua industrial chair.  The gold lamp was also found at another place.  The box of gloves, old books which are really cool cook books with hand written recipes (or receipts as they used to call them), the black phone, cameras, letter boxes, a few other things were found at this sale.

I've decided to sell some of these things, so if you are interested click HERE for more information. 

Have you found any cool things lately that remind you of something Ralph Lauren would go out looking for:

He always inspires me to find similar things. Hope you all have a great week and hit the junkin trails sometimes this week.