Sunday at the auctions..

Sunday, we spent a good many hours at the auctions in Tofta at Gotland. Financial recession, still winter and no tourists yet on the island in combination with "beginning-of-the-month" not so very full purses, made a few bids quite astonishing bargains! Here is Ulf, the great conductor of the show in action. My sister happily landed the bid on the lovely Gustavian mirror in the background.

An old "nostalgia" radio with bakelite fittings is changing owner at a fair price..

These are some of the items I landed: the small "Emma" easychair at 20 dollars, the beautiful carved chair with hand embroidered seat for 45 dollars and a field easel for summer´s outdoor painting activties for 6 dollars.
Like this maybe: Wilson Irvine painting en plein air with portable easel

Ulf with assistants auctioning off an old wooden chair..

Anticipating auction feet ..

Old copper..and 100 years of fine dust..

Brique-á-braque and a lovely old turn-of-the century straw hat..

Bambi keeps an watchful eye on his items in the box..

I really freaked out over those two lion´s hilarious smiles..

A pretty stuffed fox gazes out through the window and yearning for the freedom of the woods..
"Who will be my new owner?
What will I do? Where will I go?"