Sunday, 19 June 2022

A Nice Thing For Not A Lot Of Money.


We went carbooting again this very morning at a carboot sale in Rathcormac.  It felt very cool and probably the coldest June I can ever remember.



 I picked up this oil painting and asked the lady seller how much was the painting?  She said something and I wasn't sure what she said and a lady next to me said: "I think she said twenty Euros". 

I asked the seller again and she said:"two Euros.  It's worth that for the frame". 

I didn't haggle and handed over a two Euros coin.  

The oil paint is signed G Truman I think?

It reminds me of the corrugated roof cottages you sometimes see in the Irish countryside.  Please click on the picture to enlarge it.

More carboot treasure finds another day.




6 comments:

  1. You've done it again!
    Bargain hunter supremo.

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  2. Minus the Diesel. Hmm...?😊

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  3. Is corrugated iron a 'thing' in rural Ireland too? It is so iconic in NZ my brother clad his entire new house in it. Actually it turned out to be a rather impressive house - suprisingly.

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    1. No but you do see some rural dwellings with corrugated iron roofs Tigger. It's used more for farm buildings. I find the rusty patina quite attractive on old buildings in the countryside.

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  4. Car Bootin’ across the universe
    In the old jallopy with Jean and Captain Dave
    Car Bootin’ across the universe
    With another pile of stuff, someone call a nurse!

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  5. You could have a number one hit with that Ditty YP.

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