Vintage Avon find

[linux_author]

saw a number of vintage Avon containers today - screwdriver, CB mike, and cars... but none interest me... does anyone else have an interest? (honestly, my interest is not pecuniary)

willie
on the flea-market Gulf of Mexico

 

[freebird0064]

I'm hoping to find a couple of the truck decanters to go with the CB mike that I have.

 

[TheVez2]

View attachment 572019picked this up a few weeks ago, kinda interesting.

I have the 18th edition. That's where I get all my Avon knowledge from! Anytime some asks about a year a certain decanter was made, or what aftershaves can in it... This is where I look.

 

[sharkbite111]

I just came across a 20+ lot all NOS with boxes. Lots of cars, a couple of pipes (corn cob and uncle sam), A really cool coleman lantern and others. I'll try to get a pic up later tonight!

Chris

 

[troy]

I picked up a solid gold Cadillac from Salvation Army still full of Wild Country for $3.15.

 

[TheVez2]

Great score!

 

[Musikmann]

Great score!

+1. Our Salvation Army doesn't have a storefront but Good Will does. I've never looked for any AS there but I probably should. A guy who does Estate Sales says the best place to find various shaving paraphernalia is at flea markets but I haven't checked any of ours lately.

 

[troy]

It was the first shaving related thing I picked up at salvation army I see empty bottles but that's usually it. I love the local flea market though, just spent $23 and walked away with a 59 Fatboy, late 40's ball end tech, gem bullet tip and Weck hair shaper.

 

[Happy Dad]

Pick this up at an antique store Saturday. The pipe is in very good condition and still has a lot of "Spicy" aftershave left. The scent is not something I enjoy nor do I care to display the pipe as part of my den so I intend to offer it up in the Gentlemanly Deals forum soon. It was an impulse buy.

 

[linux_author]

Found this full of Wild Country this morning for a buck! It will go nicely with my Coleman Avons!



willie
on the cheap-shaving Gulf of Mexico

 

[TheVez2]

My fellow Avon Hunters. Just a reminder about the ALPHA Team thread in the Clubs and Brotherhoods section. Keep posting your finds here in this thrwd, but feel free to join the ALPHA's for any other discussion on Avon products.

Found this full of Wild Country this morning for a buck! It will go nicely with my Coleman Avons!

Great Score!

 

[DCRIII]

Here are the two bottles I currently have, the brush and barber pole. And a picture of the razor and brush I got on ebay.
View attachment 588402

 

[Eleven Pass]

Very cool!
The Avon bottle in my collection is a fire alarm box (looks like this: https://img1.etsystatic.com/003/0/5918311/il_570xN.358276195_n7xt.jpg) that I inherited from my grandpa.

 

[freebird0064]

I found the trucks that I was after, plus a couple extras. The Train Lantern and Mack truck are 90% full.

 

[TheVez2]

Hit an estate auction over the weekend. All this for $20.

Full of Wild Country:


Full, assorted scents:


Women's scents:


Empty bottles:

 

[freebird0064]

The store I found these in had quite a few empty ones along with a few more full ones but they didn't fit in with the others that I have

 

[troy]

I picked this up at the Salvation Army today. They were having a half off the entire store sale so it cost me $0.58. It is half full of Island Lime. The scent smells pretty good not to over powering I am not really fragrance kind of guy, but I may actually use this on occasion.

Dose anyone know how to fix the cap so it sits straight when tight? I tried to just pull it off but it seems to be stuck pretty hard.

 

[mmack66]

Island Lime is one of my favorites. That plastic piece should pull off of the actual cap so that you can reposition it.

 

[TheVez2]

Yeah, they are two separate pieces, if they are stuck, try sucking the whole cap in water for a while.

 

[Musikmann]

Yeah, they are two separate pieces, if they are stuck, try sucking the whole cap in water for a while.

Ditto, this happened to one of mine. I still need to soak it because they are stuck pretty badly.