Desk blotters

[BikerBabe]

Hi guys.

Sunday I went to see this antiques-/flea market kinda shop near Roskilde, and I managed to find a couple of funny desk blotters.

First I found this file folder, a piece of A3 paper will fit snugly, and there's room for documents and drawings in one side, the other being a small desk blotter.

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It'll work nicely for my drawings and writings.

Then I found another desk blotter, I think it's kind of unusual in the sense that it can be closed. I guess you can use the two top "lids" as blotters when writing things. I rather like it.

Front, closed:

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Back - covered with green felt:

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Open front - the blotter paper can be replaced on all three sides without problems:

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The brand sticker - "Illums Bolighus" is one of the more posh places where you can buy danish design furniture, accessories and so on. I guess they had these desk blotters made at some point in time, and then sold them.

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[Tracy Lee]

I really like this! I would totally use it every day. I need to start keeping my eyes open.

[Bogon07]

BikerBabe, nice blotter sets,more great finds. Your antiques-/flea market shops seem so interesting.
The ones here only have old clothes and old VHS tapes and crockery.

[KrazyIvan]

Oh I like those.

[jbb]

Nice finds!

[cwent2]

Still say the flea markets in Denmark are sure better than the ones around here.

Just envy - or something

[BikerBabe]

Hi again guys, and thank you for the kind comments.

Whenever I visit flea markets, I get to see tons of vhs tapes, old crockery and tons of other stuff like that too, and judging from the various tv shows - Antiques Roadshow, and all the others about finding old stuff - the various international flea and antiques markets aren't that different from the danish ones.
Take your time, keep a sharp eye out for the various pen and desk stuff, and - this is something I tend to forget (!): Don't be afraid to haggle.
Heheh I even had one of the flea market sellers tell me (- incredulously!) that I was doing it all wrong by just accepting the price she mentioned, and that I absolutely had to haggle!
So she proceeded by teaching me how to do that, and we agreed on a price that both of us liked.
The stuff I bought? The two glass inkwells with green soapstone lids that I have shown here.

Anyway, it isn't very often that I see desk blotters here, it's usually pens, rocker blotters, letter knives and inkwells/desk sets that I find, so I guess I was lucky in finding these two beauties.