Collecting Vintage Cookbooks

One of the first things I look for when going to estate sales, auctions and garage sales is cookbooks. Cook books to resell is fun and can be profitable.  Just this week I sold a copy of Betty Crocker's Pie shape cookbook on eBay for $19.49 plus shipping costs. It was a 5 ring binder published in 1972 and was in pretty good shape for its age.

Some other fun cook books to search for are old ones that are instructions for vintage kitchen appliances. Recently I found one for a Dormeyer Electric Mixer. I had it for sale on the Internet and sure enough a buyer came along and bought it for $15.00 plus shipping. She had just recently found the same mixer at a garage sale and was so happy to find the one I was offering for sale.  My little instruction book is now sitting near her vintage mixer.

Thanks for stopping by.. hope that you stop by again to see what I have found or sold on the Internet or at the antique store. Grace

Vintage Thingie Thursday - JELLO On The Menu

For vintage Thingie Thursday I am sharing three vintage JELLO recipe booklets I picked up awhile back.

Booklet on the left is dated 1926

Should we make " Camp Fire Pudding"

1 package of orange jello

1 cup of boiling water

1 cup orange juice and cold water

2 oranges free from membane and cut into pieces

8 marshmellos, quartered.

top right booklet is dated 1931

Lets make "Daffodil Sponge"

1 package Lemon Jello

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 tsp salt

1 pint boiling water

2 eggs

2 Tablespoons sugar

bottom booklet 1926

last we will make " Raspberry Delight "

1 package Raspberry Jell -O

1 cup boiling water

1 cup raspberry juice and water

1 cup canned raspberry drained

Today I found a vintage Tupperware Jello mold at the thrift store. All three pieces and in good condition. Will put them up for sale on eBay this weekend and see what happens.

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Rare 1923 Franklin Sugar Recipe Book

I love Estate sales, garage sales, thrift stores and antique stores. We are always on the hunt for some treasure to buy and resell on the Internet to help suppliment our income.

Yesterday we were out hunting and stopped at a small estate/garage sale. Boy was it chilly. November in Northern Minnesota is not really garage sale time.

Well in this garage is a pile of books and as I look through them I found craft books on quilting, basket making and a couple of recipe/cookbooks to sell on the internet.

One of them was " The Franklin Sugar Sweetmeat book printed in 1923. Small recipe book and only 64 pages.

I will be listing it tonight on eBay but until it sell will share some of the recipes with you at my other blog http://www.couponloversunite.blogspot.com/. Stop over there if interested

It is rare and I have only found 2 other copies for sale on the Internet so far.

I will be posting this at

http://apronthriftgirl.typepad.com/apron_thrift_girl/

http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/2010/11/nifty-thrifty-tuesdays-no37-and.html

What have you found recently at sales. Thanks for stopping by..