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Hanging a metal tray on the wall?
Hiya, I have recently bought a vintage Beatles tin tray and would like to hang it on the wall. Obviously I don’t want to make a hole in it and I have tried sticking some string on the back with sellotape but it wont hold – any ideas of how I could fix to wall without damaging tray? Thanks!
Buy or have a Picture Frame made that will hold it.
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VINTAGE 1960′s METAL Tin Dollhouse 22″X 12″X19 1/2′, 2 STORY 4 ROOMS W/FURNITURE $15.50 |
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VINTAGE 1950′s MARX TIN DOLLHOUSE SUBURBAN COLONIAL STYLE $39.99 |
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Vintage Marx Tin Lithograph DollHouse Doll House, Dolls, Furniture, Extras $19.00 |
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Vintage German Dollhouse Beer Stein Tin #M $49.99 |
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VINTAGE TOY TIN CLOTH Washing Machine HAND OPERATED WORKING DOLL HOUSE APPLIANCE $65.00 |
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SS JAPAN VINTAGE TIN NICKEL PLATED MISS JUNIOR DOLL House Kitchen UTENSILS MIXER $19.95 |
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TIN TOY GIRL GIANT VINTAGE HOME COOKER STOVE DOLL HOUSE & Frying Pan TRAY GRILL $155.00 |
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Vintage Dollhouse Made In Japan Items-Tin Stove & Bisque Doll + Pot W/Lid, Ladle $9.99 |
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Vintage Dollhouse Made In Japan Items-Tin Refrigerator & Celluloid Doll-Veggies $13.50 |
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Vintage TIN Candle CHANDELIER /Perfect Lighting Fixture for Larger Dollhouses $29.99 |
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VINTAGE Mid Century MARX Tin Litho DOLL HOUSE w GREAT Colors, NO RUST / Damage $45.00 |
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VINTAGE 1950′s MARX TIN LITHO RANCH HOUSE WITH FURNITURE $65.00 |
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Vintage Tin European Style Doll House Kitchen with Accessories Dollhouse $10.55 |
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Vintage Toy Building Ref Book Tin Litho Dollhouses Marx $44.95 |
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Vintage 40s Tin Metal Lithograph T. COHN Colonial Spanish Doll House! Flex ship $39.95 |
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Vintage 1960s Wolverine Tin Metal Toy Dollhouse $30.00 |
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VINTAGE Tin DOLLHOUSE Sweet!!! $19.99 |
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VINTAGE CAST METAL KITCHEN UTENSILS Pots Pans TIN Dollhouse Furniture $9.99 |
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Vintage German Dollhouse Items-Bisque/Composition Doll & Tin Grandfather Clock $18.38 |
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Vintage Tin Dollhouse Great Condition! Metal tin Marx? Colonial W Furniture $13.00 |
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Vintage Tin Lithograph Dollhouse~2 Story House with Attachment Room~Excellent! $51.99 |
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Antique VTG Dollhouse Miniature Litho Tin Metal Cabinet Oven Hoosier Marx $10.00 |
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BNIP Vtg. Dollhouse Miniatures (6) Pc. Set BLUE SPECKLE TIN Coffee Pot w CUPS $0.99 |
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BNIP Vtg. Dollhouse Miniatures TIN PUNCH GOOSE Wall Hanging 1994 $0.99 |
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Vintage Two Dollhouse Toy Food Tins Late 1800′s $5.99 |
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Vintage Ideal TIN DOLLHOUSE Furniture Kitchen Sink Stove OVEN REFRIGERATOR $9.99 |
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VINTAGE ARCO TIN DOLLHOUSE Furniture Living / FAMILY Room Set $9.99 |
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Two Vintage MARX TIN LITHO MATCHING TWO STORY Doll Houses BAY WINDOWS NR $9.99 |
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Vintage MARX Tin Litho 2 Story Dollhouse 6 Rooms, Patio, Chimney & Furniture $69.99 |
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Vintage Miniature DUSTPAN,Tin, Painted Pattern $14.99 |
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VINTAGE HANDMADE TIN CAN Miniature Chair $0.99 |
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VINTAGE TIN Metal Doll HOUSE KITCHEN CUPBOARD MINIATURE $15.67 |
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Great Vintage 1950′s tin Marx Ranch Dollhouse full of Marx furniture and family! $70.00 |
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Vintage tin Kitchen Stove. $4.99 |
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Vintage 1950′s Line Mar PINK REFRIGERATOR Miniature Tin Toy For Dollhouse $24.00 |
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Vintage Tin Lithograph Dollhouse on base with some furniture $49.99 |
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Vintage MARX Disney Tin Dollhouse 1950 $35.00 |
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Vintage Tin Doll House Furniture Table Chair Signed Made in U.S.A. $35.00 |
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VINTAGE Dollhouse Size TIN FOIL Food Wrap Box #RW $2.60 |
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VINTAGE OLD DOLL HOUSE PINK TIN TOY BUCKET PAIL $15.00 |
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VINTAGE CORONATION BISCUITS TIN DOLL House Miniatures $5.00 |
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Vintage Dollhouse Miniature Handcrafted Tin Metal Water Pitcher 1/2″ Tall NICE $11.99 |
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VINTAGE HUNTLEY & PALMER CORONATION BISCUITS TIN Doll House Miniatures $6.00 |
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VINTAGE TIN VICTORIAN CHAIR & FOOT STOOL Doll Furniture $9.99 |
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VINTAGE TIN VICTORIAN Love Seat SETEE DOLL FURNITURE $9.99 |
Vintage Treasure Hunting In London
There are very few places in the UK better for hunting out vintage treasures than the world famous Portobello Road, West London. Fifteen minutes walk north from Notting Hill Gate underground station, or five minutes east from Ladbroke Grove station, under a giant tent beside the M40 flyover, Portobello Green Market flourishes on a Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
On Friday and Saturday at least thirty good dealers can be found selling a fantastic range of vintage clothing and vintage accessories. It’s definitely not to be missed. Many of these dealers come to London each weekend from the provinces with new vintage and antique treasures gleaned from charity shops, auctions, house clearances and rag yards to sell on at very reasonable prices.
Serious vintage buyers are there early – 7am – and, in winter, take a torch. You will have plenty of competition, even at seven, because anybody who buys and sells vintage in London will be there. It is also popular with designers – established and student – Cath Kiddson is a regular, but most big-named designers, like Paul Smith – will usually send a representative buyer.
These designers are looking for vintage ideas for conversion. Vintage clothing was constructed quite differently when compared with today’s fashion garments made in China or India, as cheaply as possible. It is interesting to see how vintage garments were cut and put together and sometimes, for just a few pounds spent in Portobello Road, a forgotten piece of dressmaking skill can be rediscovered. These details incorporated into the design of a new garment can often improve the shape and fall, possibly making the difference between success and failure of a whole line.
Designers also covet vintage prints and weaves, to be copied and converted. Cath Kiddson has made a huge success of incorporating vintage textile motifs into her designs for home-wares. A colourful printed design on a vintage skirt, dress, scarf, apron or even a lampshade that may have been popular in the nineteen-thirties is now out of copyright and free to convert. Textile print motifs that would have been very familiar to our grandmothers can now be seen copied and used, sometimes with slight alterations or additions, on book covers, plastic bags, tin boxes, rucksacks and (Kiddson again) even tents.
As the sun comes up, activity will be frenetic. Stallholders running back and forth between their vehicles and stalls carrying colourful armfuls of vintage clothing or pushing wheeled rails laden with vintage coats and dresses. Some arrive with anonymous black-plastic sacks bulging with vintage secrets, which are simply tipped onto the floor. Buyers rush from place to place rummaging and haggling over vintage handbags, vintage shoes and even scraps of cloth. Arguments are common, but quickly settled; after all, everyone is there for the same reason, to trade and arguments are bad for business.
There are always famous faces around Portobello Road so don’t be surprised to see celebrities haggling along with everyone else. In fact, if you don’t see at least one famous face, I’d say, you weren’t looking. Actors and models not only buy vintage, they also sell it. More than one stallholder on Portobello Green is a “resting actor” and there are a few ex-models too.
I guarantee, that if you deal in vintage textiles, wear vintage clothing or vintage accessories, or are furnishing you home in Vintage Style, a visit to Portobello Green on a Friday or Saturday morning will always be interesting, often exciting, definitely fun and sometimes very rewarding.
Sunday on Portobello Road is a little different. There is no need to be there before dawn as less established, casual traders dominate a much smaller selection of stalls with more emphasis on crafts. For the vintage hunter Sunday is much more hit or miss.
But, on any day in Portobello Road and the surrounding area you will find plenty of friendly coffee shops and cafes where, after vintage treasure hunting, you can have breakfast, read the morning paper and people watch.
One particularly amusing sight, if you are eating breakfast in the popular Mick’s Caf
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