Antique Picnic Basket

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Most people that are looking for an antique picnic basket are doing so in order to use it as a decor element in their homes and houses, rather than actually taking it out for a picnic. There are several places where you can find one of these. The main ones are Ebay As we all know, nearly everything legal is available on Ebay! Just keep an eye on the sellers reputation, research your subject and don’t get carried away when bidding and you should be fine.

Craigslist

Some advice as for Ebay, plus buying locally, in person also helps to minimize the risk of spending money on a basket that is only ‘nearly’ antique.

Flea Markets

Perhaps your best bet. You see and feel what you buy and can hackle to your hearts content over the price.

Antique Shops

Most of the time a bit pricier than flea . . . → Read More: Antique Picnic Basket

Antique Baskets

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Antique baskets are the newest rave, both for collecting as for interior design. If you are interested in the different types of vintage baskets you should look further then just vintage fishing or creel baskets, because there is so much more to them! Lets look for example at the famous baskets from Nantucket island, they are also called ‘Lightship Baskets’. The island of Nantucket is in the North East in the state of Massachusetts, a rather small island, I might add. The lightship basket is a specialty of the island that has developed over many decades and is by now a much sought after collectors item, both in America as well as in Europe. Their development started in the early 19th century when Algonquin indians used wooden splints to fabricate their baskets. The inhabitants of Nantucket adopted this method very quickly and expanded it through the use of hardwood . . . → Read More: Antique Baskets

Vintage Fishing Basket

vintage fishing basket

A fishing basket or creel should be actually be more aptly named a fish basket. Typically it is a small basket made out of wicker or a similar, natural, material and used by anglers and fishermen to carry their freshly caught fish, crayfish etc. It is a simple transportable cooler that works with the system of evaporation. The basket is lined out with moss and dipped into water. The lid has a slot through which the freshly caught fish is inserted and which is hold in place with a leather strap. A second, larger, leather strap allows the angler to carry the basket and to lower it from time to time in the water. The water evaporates and cools so the basket plus containing fish. Please kill the fish before inserting it, if not you only prolong its suffering. Keep a live fish in such a basket is forbidden . . . → Read More: Vintage Fishing Basket