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Found: Vintage Card Catalogs

July 25, 2012 by Brynne 4 Comments

The story goes like this: the man and his wife from whom I bought these card catalogs and the flat file work for the government with airplanes (I can’t remember exactly how they explained it) and got a huge lot of old card catalogs, flat files and barrister bookcases from said government job.

After using some of the pieces in their own home, they listed the card catalogs on Craigslist as “Hardware Bins”, because somewhere along the way someone put mdf boards in the bottom of each drawer and used the drawers to hold assorted industrial parts and oddments.

[Ed. note: oddments such as “x-ray powders” and, my personal favorite which is picture below and I know stands for “assorted”, but I find hilarious all the same.]

Warning: the following picture may be unintentionally offensive.

The last time I had three of these, they sold within twelve hours of posting them, so I’m asking a little more this time and keeping my fingers crossed 🙂

Brynne
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Filed Under: Craigslist, Found Tagged With: Vintage Furniture

Comments

  1. Magen Smith says

    September 1, 2013 at 5:44 am

    I have three just like these! How much did they sell for if I may ask?

    Reply
    • brynne@thegatheredhome.com says

      September 1, 2013 at 4:14 pm

      Hi Magen, I prefer to keep money talk off my blog since I am far from a professional appraiser and sale prices will vary depending on location and the current market. My best advice is to research on sites like eBay and Etsy to see what similar items are going for currently!

      Reply
  2. Ashley Mayes says

    March 24, 2014 at 7:42 pm

    I cant believe you sold these! Next time you get some, seriously LET ME KNOW. =)

    Reply
    • brynne@thegatheredhome.com says

      March 25, 2014 at 3:48 pm

      I know, right? We were apartment dwellers at the time & it didn't really cross my mind to keep them!

      Reply

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