I can't quite understand what kind of a sale you are talking about. Would it be like what we call a Flea market here in the US??? We also call that part of a car a trunk. Sometimes convertibles have an area in the back called a boot. ...BTW, I love your videos, especially the ones with Birds in them. Well, have a great day.
At a carboot sale, cars arrive at daybreak in a field or other venue, with the back or boot filled with unwanted houeshold items, bric-a-brac etc. Most people bring their paper pasting tables to display their stuff on. Very little in our house gets thrown away, we take it to a carboot and try to sell it - it's a great atmosphere, and if you get a good one, thousands of people can look round your stall over a 2-3 hour period.
haha at first i couldn't figure out what you were talking about when you said "car boot sale" i soon realized car boot is what we call in canada a car trunk.
He is cold, he is heavy, he is smooth and he is yours frank for the bargain price of £2.00,even though he is an african gentleman. sounds like what our ancestral slave masters used to say.... Funny how humanity never saw the gentleness in the great african man. but you found it frank lol. just glad it not me. love your budgie stuff though keep it up.
It's amazing what some people collect. I have a friend who collects milk bottles with advertising printed on the side, and I have an interest in that being a milkman, but can't imagine may other people would be. He has them on a long narrow shelf all around his kitchen.
How fantastic it would look if I had such a shelf with all these soapstone figureheads along it!
My Mother has had one of those since I was a kid. I didn't pay much attention to it, but they really are quite pretty actually. I have no idea where she got it.
We have garage sales over her Mari, but that is just one person selling off their unwanted items. A carboot is usually held somewhere in a field, where anyone can load up their car with their unwanted items and set up a stall. There can be just a few to hundreds of stalls depending on the popularity of the venue. There is usually a charge of 5-10 pounds for the pitch, and a small fee (50pence) for the punters.
It it were me selling, I might have asked what you wanted to pay. And I am sure you would have said more than 2 quid, even as your starting price for bargaining! Hehe!
I guess the most joy I get from him Lesley, is just to hold him and feel his cold, smooth features, much as you did when you held that pebble in your hands, something that has lingered in my mind.
I can see him every time I sit at the computer Chris, and I can't help but run my fingers gently over his beautiful contours when I pass. Lots of(((hugs)))back to you Chris.
It certainly looked like a great deal to me Frank! I need to go to more sales this coming summer than I did last summer. I used to go to quite a few. I might need to buy some things to possibly use as YouTube props!!!
I'm sure you were never short of props in the basement of your old house Blink. But yes, I think there is many a good story behind a bargain buy at one of these sales.
Something I miss about England, a good old car boot sale on a sunday morning! We had a few bargains from them each time. I think that was were my Delft collection started!
The only bad thing about car boot sales in England is when it rains. This Summer, it rained for three months solid and we got withdrawel symtoms when we were unable to go to car boot sales for weeks on end.
Good deal! The best bargain I ever got was when I was just a boy. I went to a garage sale and got fully functional, full-face gas mask for 50 cents. I loved that thing until my mother stored moth balls in it one year.
That was a nice story =0) Stephen and I went to a lot of flea markets last summer and found the most silly things. I bought an old suitcase from titanic times for $10, it was beautiful. We bought a lot of glass items aswell, like mirrors, or pictures frames, vases... those kinds of things. And we'd paint them. I love flea markets! One thing I can't buy from though is clothes... Just imagining other people wearing them and sweating in them and doing what people do... Gross!!
That's strange about the clothes. We love charity shops over here, where nearly new second hand clothes can be purchased relatively cheaply. As long as it isn't underwear, it never worries me who has worn it before.
Glad you've found some bargains. It's surprising what rubbish some people try and sell.
We did a few sales when my husband sister passed away. We used to nearly clear our load within the first hour, but we would see the same old rubbish on sale each week with the others. I sometimes wondered if they ever broke even after paying the fee for selling.
There is always a frenzy of buyers whenever we set up our stall, then it slowly fades away through the morning. The one thing that always baffles me is that you can sell loads of stuff, and still have a job getting the unsold items to fit back in the car!
Ha ! We Bought A Charly Chaplin Theater Coin Or Something Like That For 20p And Sold It For Over 50 Pounds !
hfdshfgksghl 1 year ago
I can't quite understand what kind of a sale you are talking about. Would it be like what we call a Flea market here in the US??? We also call that part of a car a trunk. Sometimes convertibles have an area in the back called a boot. ...BTW, I love your videos, especially the ones with Birds in them. Well, have a great day.
Zerah
Pennsylvania, USA
zerah777 2 years ago
At a carboot sale, cars arrive at daybreak in a field or other venue, with the back or boot filled with unwanted houeshold items, bric-a-brac etc. Most people bring their paper pasting tables to display their stuff on. Very little in our house gets thrown away, we take it to a carboot and try to sell it - it's a great atmosphere, and if you get a good one, thousands of people can look round your stall over a 2-3 hour period.
gumleyboy 2 years ago
haha at first i couldn't figure out what you were talking about when you said "car boot sale" i soon realized car boot is what we call in canada a car trunk.
tanyabond07 2 years ago
I've heard of trees with trunks, elephants and even roads, but never cars! How different our common language can be.
gumleyboy 2 years ago
Put little eyeglasses on him, he will actually resemble you. Little Frank.
MagiMysteryTour 3 years ago
That's a very nice piece, especially for 2 pounds!
PrisonerInGlass 3 years ago
i think you got a great deal..even a steal! he is beautiful and i love the other two as well. good eye!
orfan49 4 years ago
He is cold, he is heavy, he is smooth and he is yours frank for the bargain price of £2.00,even though he is an african gentleman. sounds like what our ancestral slave masters used to say.... Funny how humanity never saw the gentleness in the great african man. but you found it frank lol. just glad it not me. love your budgie stuff though keep it up.
webmastersam 4 years ago
It's amazing what some people collect. I have a friend who collects milk bottles with advertising printed on the side, and I have an interest in that being a milkman, but can't imagine may other people would be. He has them on a long narrow shelf all around his kitchen.
How fantastic it would look if I had such a shelf with all these soapstone figureheads along it!
gumleyboy 4 years ago
Is Quid and Pound the same thing ?
ludwig222 4 years ago
About 4 dollars.
gumleyboy 4 years ago
What is that in us dollers ?
ludwig222 4 years ago
Nevermind I think its about $4.
ludwig222 4 years ago
Fabulous! I do love a bargain.
My Aunt Geneva collects those as well ... also mahogany warriors.
Not much chance of finding a soapstone budgie, I suppose!
bunnytube 4 years ago
.... or a soapstone bunny either!
I've noticed though that you can buy soapstone kits on the Internet to craft your own ornaments - now that would be a challenge.
gumleyboy 4 years ago
It has been years since I have explored a flea market. Hmmm... maybe when the spring rolls around.
Sandguy99 4 years ago
My Mother has had one of those since I was a kid. I didn't pay much attention to it, but they really are quite pretty actually. I have no idea where she got it.
Route625 4 years ago
Sadly, all the bargains will have gone before we roll out of bed on a Sunday lunchtime...
On second thoughts Steve already has more than enough junk for the two of us.
StoneygateSquirrel 4 years ago
Hmmm.... most stalls have packed up and gone by then!
The thing you have to remember about Steve's junk is that like I always say, "it may come in useful one day" :)
gumleyboy 4 years ago
I learned a new word... carboot....Is that like a garage sale? or a swapmeet? That is what we have in the USA...
Wow, the figure heads are beautiful...!!
MsGirlee 4 years ago
We have garage sales over her Mari, but that is just one person selling off their unwanted items. A carboot is usually held somewhere in a field, where anyone can load up their car with their unwanted items and set up a stall. There can be just a few to hundreds of stalls depending on the popularity of the venue. There is usually a charge of 5-10 pounds for the pitch, and a small fee (50pence) for the punters.
gumleyboy 4 years ago
Wow, quite a bargain.
I'd love to do the car boot thing, but I have far too much stuff already.
billpg 4 years ago
Well Bill, maybe you could have a stall at the next one and sell some of your stuff, then you will have lots of room to to buy some more!!!!
gumleyboy 4 years ago
I love soapstone figurines! Your's are beautiful!
Gosh! That's beautiful! And quite a bit of life in the stone as well. And 2 quid?!! You lucky so-and-so! :-)
Marihani 4 years ago
Yes, I know I was so lucky with that one, but if only the stallholder knew that I would have paid much, much more eh?
gumleyboy 4 years ago
It it were me selling, I might have asked what you wanted to pay. And I am sure you would have said more than 2 quid, even as your starting price for bargaining! Hehe!
Marihani 4 years ago
I can see why you're so proud of him Frank. You really scored! a beautiful example.
LeSaMilano 4 years ago
I guess the most joy I get from him Lesley, is just to hold him and feel his cold, smooth features, much as you did when you held that pebble in your hands, something that has lingered in my mind.
gumleyboy 4 years ago
Oh, he's beautiful Frank! And, what a bargain. Good for you. Thanks for sharing your find. hugs, Chris
bugsinrug 4 years ago
I can see him every time I sit at the computer Chris, and I can't help but run my fingers gently over his beautiful contours when I pass. Lots of(((hugs)))back to you Chris.
gumleyboy 4 years ago
It certainly looked like a great deal to me Frank! I need to go to more sales this coming summer than I did last summer. I used to go to quite a few. I might need to buy some things to possibly use as YouTube props!!!
Blinkazoid 4 years ago
I'm sure you were never short of props in the basement of your old house Blink. But yes, I think there is many a good story behind a bargain buy at one of these sales.
gumleyboy 4 years ago
Something I miss about England, a good old car boot sale on a sunday morning! We had a few bargains from them each time. I think that was were my Delft collection started!
bobross95 4 years ago
The only bad thing about car boot sales in England is when it rains. This Summer, it rained for three months solid and we got withdrawel symtoms when we were unable to go to car boot sales for weeks on end.
gumleyboy 4 years ago
Good deal! The best bargain I ever got was when I was just a boy. I went to a garage sale and got fully functional, full-face gas mask for 50 cents. I loved that thing until my mother stored moth balls in it one year.
Enjoy your soap stone!
NaturalTwentyFilms 4 years ago
Haha, I can just imagine you wearing that gas mask when you were a little boy. But what a strange place to keep moth balls!
gumleyboy 4 years ago
That was a nice story =0) Stephen and I went to a lot of flea markets last summer and found the most silly things. I bought an old suitcase from titanic times for $10, it was beautiful. We bought a lot of glass items aswell, like mirrors, or pictures frames, vases... those kinds of things. And we'd paint them. I love flea markets! One thing I can't buy from though is clothes... Just imagining other people wearing them and sweating in them and doing what people do... Gross!!
Avath 4 years ago
That's strange about the clothes. We love charity shops over here, where nearly new second hand clothes can be purchased relatively cheaply. As long as it isn't underwear, it never worries me who has worn it before.
gumleyboy 4 years ago
Glad you've found some bargains. It's surprising what rubbish some people try and sell.
We did a few sales when my husband sister passed away. We used to nearly clear our load within the first hour, but we would see the same old rubbish on sale each week with the others. I sometimes wondered if they ever broke even after paying the fee for selling.
positivesue2u 4 years ago
There is always a frenzy of buyers whenever we set up our stall, then it slowly fades away through the morning. The one thing that always baffles me is that you can sell loads of stuff, and still have a job getting the unsold items to fit back in the car!
gumleyboy 4 years ago