The little canary is a water whistle. Put some water in it and blow through the stem...it will warble like the real bird. Had one as a child in the 1950's. Loved it!
@@11thcavcsa Me, too. I'm 75, and the memories of my brother and my playing with our "canaries" came flooding back as soon as I saw this one. My grandmother always had a real pet canary, and we thought of her when we set ours to warbling! Funny how one short glimpse of an object can trigger a whole set of happy thoughts.
Alexander, it cracked me up that you wanted to wash your hands after touching a tooth.. but don't mind blowing on the various whistles/instruments lol.
I’m so glad I found these videos. I’ve been binge watching over the past week. I used to go antiquing with my dad but haven’t had the heart to do it since he passed away in 2006. These videos bring back a lot of really lovely memories of our time together. Thanks for sharing your adventures and discoveries.
Rebecca... if we were friends I'd love to be your treasure hunt buddy. We could talk about our dad's, and find local ma and pop cafes to stop for lunch. (That's what we always did.... or gas stations 😂.)
It’s so sweet to see how Alex looks all tired when he comes back from a pick, but lights up and looks ten years younger as soon as he opens those boxes ☺️
The thing you said was all pins looks like part of a dance outfit. You also have a nice finger woven belt, also part of a dance outfit. Also, there were a couple of beaded pieces. Find someone native to take a look for you. The quills are nice, too. Maybe for earrings? Nice purchase! Terry in St.Ignace, MI.
Yes as he was digging through there I noticed the quills and what looks to be handmade belts and sashes along with chokers. I also noticed a beaded peace that had an arrow motif on it that made me think of the "order of the arrow" Boy Scout organization. In which the members do Native American costumes and preform acts of service.
I love the comments almost as much as the videos, especially the ones sharing thier knowledge about items shown. Such a nice group of people helping out. I know Alexander has voiced his thanks. I just wanted to thank you as well.
I had the cat with the strings when I was very little...I would put on a whole show for my family...the cat would dance and jump around and bow with its two front paws at the end!!! I'm 73 now so must be from the very early 50s...ur stuff is so neat and brings back such memories!!!
The children's dishes are a rare color pallet but are very similar to Hazel Atlas sets made in Ohio, USA. I have a set with pastel pink, blue, green and yellow. My great grandfather worked for the company for 50 years.
I own alot of antique silver if ya want a fast and easy way to clean it i got one my grandfather gave me. Line your sink with heavy duty aluminum foil, add a few table spoons of baking soda to it, the pour boiling water in the sink and add the silver. It removes the tarnish quite well and if need be a a pinch or 2 of salt to help the process. I use this to clean all of mine and it works wonders.
If you’re super in a pinch and just want to spruce up an old sterling silver chain quickly, toothpaste is actually INCREDIBLE, comes out looking like new after about 5 mins, ofcourse for fine silver I don’t know how awesome this would be for it, but for smaller inexpensive items it works well! I believe some toothpastes can also be a bit abrasive over time so best not to do it too too often, but I’ve done this trick on 925 sterling silver jewellery and even costume jewellery that had bad tarnish and it literally made it look new, so wild
You graced us with an hour long video. Thank you for that. The Disney Japanese Lacquerware is a pretty great find. Also, I enjoy reading the comments after unboxings - your audience helps fill in the blanks.
The New York photos reminded me that my father's side of my family were Dutch from New Amsterdam. It was renamed New York, after the Duke of York, James Stuart. What a history lesson your every day life is! My daughter has commented about how smart you are about every area of antiques. God gave you a gift for your lifelong love of all things valuable to collectors. Thanks for bringing us along on your adventures!
When it comes to the violins and their bows if you can get them looked at. Bows can be more expensive than the violins themselves. Thanks for sharing the finds.
Totally agree. My brother-in-law is a luthier at a highly rated music shop in Long Beach and he has made multiple violins from scratch. The bows and the violins should be appraised by a trusted professional. I do hope Alex sees these comments before pricing or selling those. I understand and respect his strategy of making a quick nickel instead of a slow dime, but in this case a hasty sale could potentially cause him to miss out on thousands of dollars.
My parents got married just after the war. My dad's gift to my mom was a beautiful set of stainless. He was a man ahead of his time, and didn't believe in spending time shining silver or even ironing clothes. He spent extra to buy permanent press shirts for work. He honored and valued women in the best way.
Omg. The big old trunk looks like one my dad had.Every time he’d go to it, I’d be there to look at what treasures he had. He would play his mouth organ for me. I’m a grandmother now and that trunk brought me back to my childhood.
6:07 we have one of those birds! That's an instrument as well. If I remember correctly, you have to add a bit water inside it and then blow. Makes a fun sound
The Little Leather Library books are awesome! It looks like you have the whole collection. I have my great grandfather's collection, sadly some of them are in pretty bad shape with missing pages. But I wouldn't trade them for the world. They are the only things I wanted from my grandparents house.
I think that the set in this video may look so good because the child they were for died. Lots of child deaths back then, especially around 1918 from influenza.
I sure had a good laugh when you touched the “partial denture prostheses” in that old jewelry box, especially with the “horror film” sound effect ... so hilarious! Thanks for sharing all your finds & discoveries with us.
My Dad was a surveyor in the US Army during the Korean War. He was on a ship that survived most of the island in the south Sea and Asia. I knew before you even opened the box that a transit was inside. He had that exact one. When I was a little girl I would go with my Dad and help him. It was my job to hold the marker.
Whenever you do an "unboxing" it must feel like a Birthday, some super finds and some awful gifts your auntie decided to gift you ! love to watch you discover all those small treasures i loved the tiny elephant most and would like to know if it is a jade piece lovely colours and id guess very rare if it is jade .
From Wikipedia HMS Niobe -HMS Niobe was a ship of the Diadem class of protected cruisers in the Royal Navy. She served in the Boer War and was then given to Canada as the second ship of the newly created Naval Service of Canada as HMCS Niobe. The Naval Service of Canada became the Royal Canadian Navy in August 1911. The ship was nearly lost when she went aground off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia overnight 30-31 July 1911. Repairs were completed at the end of 1912 and the ship returned to service in late 1914. During the First World War, Niobe patrolled the approaches to the St. Lawrence River and then joined the Royal Navy's 4th Cruiser Squadron to patrol off New York City. The cruiser returned to Halifax, Nova Scotia on 17 July 1915 and never put to sea again. Niobe was paid off in September and served as a depot ship in Halifax. Damaged in the 1917 Halifax Explosion, she was sold for scrap and broken up in the 1920s.
I had just started dozing off (due to lack of sleep not the video!) and 18:02 happened with the horn effect - this jolted me awake and I screamed out "WHAT!?"
And I’m watching from Cape Town South Africa! I was hoping you would play with the water whistle I had a red one when I was little in 87. I loved the sound it made.
The Danish ashtray figure is called Den lille Havfrue (The little Mermaid). Famous sculpture made by Edvard Eriksen, and is located in the Danish capital København (Copenhagen). Its based on a character from a fairytale written by H. C. Andersen
Most kerosene lamp burners are threaded, so try unscrewing it from the collar. Then, after you retrieve the wick, feed it up through the bottom of the burner, while turning the little knob.
I love the Queen Nefertiti vase. I went as her one Halloween in the 60s in New Jersey. My dad made a big cardboard hat painted white and my mom attached all her costume jewelry on it. It was very heavy!!! I had a white gown on with all her necklaces. It was a big hit with the neighbors! 🥰
Hi Alex! My dad had two ocarinas and one was just like yours. He was in the US naval reserve in the late 50's and i think it was a thing they did. He went on to play the harmonica and had a collection of those as well. He usually brought the harmonicas out at Christmas or sometime when the whole family was gathered. I love these videos! Thanks for sharing!
Fun stuff. FYI, concerning genuine pearls: the whole gritty tooth test used to work until those oh so clever Japanese began to create faux pearls from ground up shells. Sigh.
Would have loved to see the beaded butterfly that fell against the box. Yes I thought Metis too. That was a beautiful sash. Noticed the porcupine quills too. It would be nice to see all the beading stuff sold as a lot.
If the bows are made of Pernambuco wood they can be be valuable, as Brazil has limited the harvesting and export of that wood, and the quality of the available new staves is degraded. I hope Alex has the violins carefully appraised.
My brother-in-law is a luthier at a highly rated music store in Long Beach. I sincerely hope Alex has the violins professionally appraised because some of those older instruments are quite valuable and can always be repaired if needed.
I wondered if the violins were small, but Alex is tall, so I thought maybe he was making them look smaller! Those violins look really beautiful - they remind me of the music tradition in Orkney Scotland where "fiddles" and piano accordions played for country dances. The Hudson's Bay company was 98% Orkneymen apparently.
We have been fortunate enough to travel worldwide and there is NO place more beautiful that we have been to than Prince Edward Island. Love that piece!
I love watching Alex unpacking his treasure...you never know what you are going to find. I have only been watching for about 4 months and have caught up on loads of videos. I love them . To be honest my home is very modern and minimal ..they oldest thing in my house is me lol. What an incredible family this is bringing joy to so many
It always makes me a little sad to see items that are 100s of years old. My sentimental heart loves that it was precious enough to be handed down but saddened that someone didn't find it special enough to keep it going. In reality, it was probably just bought at an antique store 50 years ago 🤣
Ocarinas used to be made out of gourds. I remember on the old Disney wonderful world of color show there was an episode called "Pablo the dancing Chihuahua " about a little boy who played the ocarina and the little dog would spin around in circles. It's funny the things we remember. Oh look Pablo and the Dancing Chihuahua Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color: Season 14, Episode 17  Description A Mexican boy searches for his missing uncle. Show: Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color Air date: January 28, 1968 Its actually on RU-vid
I had the same dollhouse when I was a kid! I hope you find the people and furniture. They were all the same off white color and plastic. It was so special! What good memories! 🏠😊
That metal dollhouse is the same one I bought at my very first auction because we had one growing up! Mine's missing the chimney. I found a different one at an antique show that a teacher bought back in the 60's and never took out of the box. Got it about 30 years ago and it's still unassembled in the box!
My dollhouse was out of the Sears Christmas Catalog from the early '60s . Furniture and family were kept in a draw-string bag that was stashed in the living room of the dollhouse. Lots of rainy days spent playing with it.
@@teresatierney4817 We had the furniture and a baby but I don't remember any other people. I also have a dollhouse that is decorated with Disney characters in the baby's room and the baby furniture has Disney characters on it, too.
Somebody was doing Native American artwork that was a porcupine quills in the bag because there was a sample of pieces on the felt and material it was all hand made beadwork
The 75 Ford Pinto was one involved in what at the time was one of the biggest recalls due to exploding fuel tanks. The placement of the fuel tank was responsible for causing explosions when the Pinto was rear ended. I believe some deaths resulted.
I had that very alarm clock when I was in high school in the early 60s. Bet it still works. There's probably more Pinto literature than there are Pintos, given that the car had a tendency to explode when rear-ended... and those trunks are works of art in and of themselves! Nice haul!
Been watching a while now and your practically living my dream, Buying everything to single items from a house, buying in junk yards and owning a shop. When I left school I managed to become the clearance chap for a auction house so would have the rights to clear the entire house after the family and auction house had been in and cleared their items for keeping and selling to raise funds for the family of the deceased. The amount of hidden gems back then was amazing. But being clever at the age of 17/18 and lifting washing machines and other heavy items by yourself ended up giving myself a hernia so had to give the job up. Dabbled since then but not on the grand scale I have wanted. Now at 40 i'm scouring car boots sales/ auctions and charity shops for those hidden gems is hard work. But I still make enough of a living to run it full time. Looked at a shop in the past but the rates and rent totally would of killed the business. Living on a little island everyone is doing the same. Most as personal altho buying to resell which is classed as a business. But I don't live a bad life. Obviously dabbling for over 20 years I have seen the markets change alot and do make enough to live but LOVE YOUR VIDEO's and Good luck to you for the future. Say Safe,
Take the violins to a luthier. Ask the local symphony orchestra for a referral. Please don’t just sell them at auction. You may have some lovely instruments.
100% agree. My brother-in-law is a luthier at a highly rated music shop in Long Beach. I hope Alex sees all the comments urging him to take those violins and bows to get them all raised before pricing or selling them to hastily. They could be worth more than all the other items combined.
That little yellow bird. I had when I was little. You put water in them and blow!! I haven't seen one in probably 75 years!! Such memories!! I have 2 large boxes of my mom's silver service. She hkt in 50 and 60s, some is quite heavy so could be silver, biljt probably sikverplate. I have a huge tray from then, very heavy. Guess I should check. The children's dishes in with the mini books, I had when I was little, mine were pastel colors!
Glad you mentioned the little yellow bird. As soon as I saw it I remembered playing with one when I was young. The water made the bird give a little trill.
You found a nice variety of antiques on this trip! Even though the horsehair was in bad shape, antique violin bows can sometimes be worth more than the violins. Thanks for sharing another haul!
I think what you called a radio knob may be a spacer for a 45 record to enable it to lay on LP record player. Just looks like the ones we used in 60’s and seventies.
