Yard sale season has started since April 1 and is ramping up into full swing. The flea markets have opened and folks are anxious to buy and sell. The weekend warriors are out in abundance. It has been a long winter of discontent.
On Saturday yard sales, I bought some German beer steins from circa 1960 from an amiable old codger who said he worked top secret projects in Wurzburg, Germany from 1959 - 1966. And drank a lot of beer from these steins. His second wife had died last year and he was unloading stuff. He was contemplative and solemn but seemingly wanting to talk about things. I appreciated the personal story behind the steins.
At a separate sale just down the street from the old patriot, I was able to purchase a cute Hummel No. 255/31, A Stitch in Time. It is 6 1/2 inches tall and has what is known as a TMK-4 trademark, the three line mark, and is dated 1963 which places it at about the same time and place as the beer steins.
Copyright James E. Martin 2015 A Stitch in Time
My wife was born in 1962 in Weisbaden, Germany when her Dad was in the Air Force. These are nice pieces contemporaneous to her birthplace and time. Adding to the memories and making connections. A Stitch in Time.
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