Gift Guide 2022: 5 Vintage Finds on Our Wish Lists
Photography via Home & Found
Old things as holiday gifts? Absolutely. Many of the items shown here are one of a kind; if they happen to become unavailable, join us in the hunt: Etsy, eBay, Craigslist, Buy Nothing, and the many online shops with vintage listings make it easy to flea market from home. Here’s a sampling of what’s on our own wish lists.
Thanks to her Swedish grandparents, Julie is forever hunting down Nordic classics that remind her of childhood holidays; this blue example, part of a collection of four 1970s Viborg Dala Horses, is $204.88 from Etsy seller Dala Horse Sweden.
Margot has a midcentury slag glass bowl from a friend’s parents that looks like the companion to this 1930s Mandarin Slag Glass Candleholder from Sunny’s Pop in Narrowsburg, NY.
Justine has plans for this Set of Three Vintage Libbey Smoke Glass Sake Cups; $12.75 from Han Ban The Shop on Etsy. “I inherited a couple of these. I love them as votive holders.”
Margot's friend Meg friend surprised her with The Observer’s Book of Trees' Observer Books on all sorts of topics, from birds’ eggs to pottery, are $10.69 each from White Space Press.
“It’ll never happen, but I would love this Midcentury Abstract Painting, £800, from Home & Found,” says our UK contributor Nell.