cedar cabinet possibly 1880s

well another day on the road this time outer western suburbs saw us bringing back a wonderful old cedar set of drawers ,the lady originally wanted $500 , but after a little smoozing we settled on $400 , it has a deep rich old weathered patina that can only come with years of use , great pearl inlaid drawer handles and brass locks ..... it does however need much work done to it , so ive entrusted it with my good friend ben from RED POINT RESTORATIONS to complete its partial restoration , he reckons about a months work so fingers crossed he can find the pieces he needs to bring this beauty back to its former glory......

ebay listing

well i found some cool chairs today at the local op shop , they will match nicely with my table , unfortunately the lady behind the counter now thinks anything that comes from the 60 s or 70 s is RETRO and has decided that she is an antique dealer and so expects top dollar for anything she sells , i admire her nous but op shops are no longer the favoured haunts of people like myself , anyway i have listed a few things tonight on ebay my user id is revival-6070 so check out my stuff, and bid away .......

ellis ceramic ram 1960

i couldnt believe my luck i found one of these little beauties on sunday morning at dapto markets in mint condition, lime green and black , the marketeer wanted $75 , i thought thats pretty good , im sure ive seen one before fetch well over $200 on ebay , we settled on $70 ....apparently this little fella was made in 1960 by ELLIS ceramics , a highly collectable and sought after piece of australian mid century design, a number of animal figures were made in this time , including heavily glazed stylized lions and rams ........i will hang onto him for a little while and enjoy .

Supertrash , the start

whoa its been a busy few weeks , we ve had some fantastic sales in the shop and on EBAY ive come to realisation that i need SUPERTRASH to morph into different areas ,my role as ceo is about to become far greater .my techno partner has convinced me to start blogging so here i am writing my first blog .....i am a hunter gathererer , i dont find and kill prey , i seek out church fetes , garage sales , op shops and the like for stuff , not just any old stuff but stuff that i know will sell in other market places for lots lots more , or thats my idea anyway..Over the past few years ive learnt so much about different stuff , my obsession is mid century items ,1950s - 70s furniture and homewares ..This industry is full of interesting characters,and hopefully i ll show you some along the way on my video blogs . Anyway i cant spend too much time blagging on ive got stuff to sell and old grannies to haggle with so till next time .......

Shop 12 Wollongong Antique Centre