The Gems of Sharpless: July 11, 2012
Judging by the crazy amount of stuff at Sharpless today, I do not think there was an auction last week. The place was packed to the gills.
On to the gems.
Is nothing sacred?
This was a very odd find, especially among Christmas related items: a Pet Shop Boys concert DVD.
Also odd was the placement of a Boards of Canada CD next to a picture of a guy in an office. (Boards of Canada do not interest me, but it has been a while since I listened to their stuff.)
Another Bible. This one has a custom cover with the previous owner’s name on it. In gold lettering. Ironic, no?
This was a gem: a sheet of ICPD officer cards from 1994 (that was the copyright date printed on the back, anyway). Each card depicts an officer in action, such as this one…
What can I say other than: priceless.
Here is a turntable that comes with a Kraftwerk album.
A box of matchbooks. Collecting custom matchbooks on trips was apparently a big thing back in the day. My parents had a box of matches like this, though smaller.
So the first two buildings featured almost no breweriana (the word for beer-related stuff). In the yard, though, I found this Falstaff box sitting in the corner. It was a sign of things to come because…
…the next building housed a ton of Falstaff and beer stuff. I think it came from a former Falstaff distributor or bar.
My dad likes looking through the old Playboy’s. This one was from 1968 and featured the college pigskin preview.
Sadly, it was not.
On to the gems.
Is nothing sacred?
This was a very odd find, especially among Christmas related items: a Pet Shop Boys concert DVD.
Also odd was the placement of a Boards of Canada CD next to a picture of a guy in an office. (Boards of Canada do not interest me, but it has been a while since I listened to their stuff.)
Another Bible. This one has a custom cover with the previous owner’s name on it. In gold lettering. Ironic, no?
This was a gem: a sheet of ICPD officer cards from 1994 (that was the copyright date printed on the back, anyway). Each card depicts an officer in action, such as this one…
What can I say other than: priceless.
Here is a turntable that comes with a Kraftwerk album.
A box of matchbooks. Collecting custom matchbooks on trips was apparently a big thing back in the day. My parents had a box of matches like this, though smaller.
So the first two buildings featured almost no breweriana (the word for beer-related stuff). In the yard, though, I found this Falstaff box sitting in the corner. It was a sign of things to come because…
…the next building housed a ton of Falstaff and beer stuff. I think it came from a former Falstaff distributor or bar.
My dad likes looking through the old Playboy’s. This one was from 1968 and featured the college pigskin preview.
Sadly, it was not.
