Rustnstuff: Home with a suitcase of treasures

Fiona and I have been away - as you know from my Friday post we were in Townsville to attend a number of school reunion events for me. We survived; and the peace leaves were gifted to folk who attended my old boarding school - well received - may they bring a little peace.

Whilst in Townsville we managed to squeeze in a couple of art events including a sculptural walk that I think Fiona will blog on today. I will add my perspective at a later date.

We also scoured a few collectable places and hit the jackpot with one that had masses of stuff and had officially closed down; but opens for a few hours on Saturdays as the owners sell stock at reduced prices - so we were in town on the right day. I of course was hunting metal - I scored a suitcase full as you can see from the photos below - I fitted about 25 small trays into Fiona's small carry on suitcase - great packing. All the clothes etc went into my tightly packed suitcase. Didn't do carry on as it would have set the security off.

The trays are all in dirty condition and I asked what the run pout price for the stash was - $60 for 20 small trays - even though some were marked $25 and $30. From the photos of some of the details below you get the idea of the build up of dust etc - but given they will be cut up and annealed and polished they will come up well. One has to look below the grime.

And I managed to pick up a few other so mall bits I will use including: small crystal bowls that will support shallow beaten metal bowls; a beautiful deep blue glass cylinder; and s set of aluminium napkin rings that will also be come bowl supports.