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05/07/2026

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🐎 Drop #224 | 2 x AREAWARE Fauna Large Cat Cushion | $30 each or $50 for pair | Ross Menuez Design | Two AvailableMeet ...
05/07/2026

🐎 Drop #224 | 2 x AREAWARE Fauna Large Cat Cushion | $30 each or $50 for pair | Ross Menuez Design | Two Available

Meet the cat that never sheds. These are genuine AREAWARE Fauna cushions, designed by New York's Ross Menuez. Part cushion, part soft sculpture, they bring instant character to a reading chair, bed, or shelf.

I have two available, so grab one or take the pair for a matching set. The Fauna series takes its inspiration from Victorian shaped pillows, with artwork drawn from the first mass-produced animal illustrations of the 19th century. The result is something that feels both vintage and quietly modern, which is exactly why these have a cult following among design lovers.

Made from 100 percent organic cotton with a plush fill, and each carrying its original AREAWARE Fauna label.

📖 Details
• Brand: AREAWARE, Fauna collection
• Designer: Ross Menuez
• Series: Large, Series No 3
• Material: 100% organic cotton, soft fill
• Original brand label intact
• Two available: $30 each or $50 for the pair

📏 Dimensions
• Height: 61cm
• Width: 28cm
• Depth: 7.6cm

🪞 Condition
• Clean and well kept, print bright and clear, no marks or damage visible. Original label intact on both.

🏡 Decor Style
• Eclectic, mid-century, retro, maximalist, kids room

📍 Location
Collection from Takapuna or Grey Lynn, Auckland
Regular trips to Tauranga so can drop in if you're TNG based
Postage NZ-wide at buyer's cost










🐎 Drop #223 | Portia Actinotherapy Goggles | $20 | Boxed & Complete | Made in EnglandStraight from the golden age of "a...
05/07/2026

🐎 Drop #223 | Portia Actinotherapy Goggles | $20 | Boxed & Complete | Made in England

Straight from the golden age of "artificial sunlight" treatment, these Portia Non-Flam Actinotherapy Goggles are a genuine slice of early medical history. Made by Solport Brothers Ltd in England, they were worn to protect the eyes during ultra violet ray therapy, a hugely popular treatment from the 1930s through the 1950s believed to cure everything from skin complaints to low spirits.

The deep bottle-green lenses fold flat into their own little dome, and the original twisted elastic strap is still intact. "Non-Flam" was a genuine selling point back then, because rival goggles made from cheaper material had a nasty habit of catching fire under the lamps. These survive complete with their bold red original box and all its charmingly earnest instructions.

A brilliant conversation piece and a rare find in this condition. Perfect styled on a shelf of curiosities, a bookshelf vignette, or as a quirky gift for the collector who has everything. Objects like this rarely turn up complete and boxed.

📖 Details
• Brand: Portia (Solport Brothers Ltd, England)
• Era: circa 1930s to 1950s
• Green cellulose acetate folding lenses
• Includes original red box and elastic strap
• Genuine vintage medical curiosity

📏 Dimensions
• Box height: 7cm
• Box width: 9cm
• Box depth: 2cm

🪞 Condition
• Goggles excellent for age, lenses glossy with no cracks
• Elastic strap intact
• Box worn at edges with light creasing and a partial old price sticker, lettering still bright and clear

🏡 Decor Style
• Curiosities, industrial, apothecary, steampunk, mid-century

📍 Location
Collection from Takapuna or Grey Lynn, Auckland
Regular trips to Tauranga so can drop in if you're TNG based
Postage NZ-wide at buyer's cost












🐎 Drop #222 | Antique Salter N.Z. Post & Telegraph Postal Scale | $125 | Genuine NZ P&T provenance | Made in EnglandStr...
05/07/2026

🐎 Drop #222 | Antique Salter N.Z. Post & Telegraph Postal Scale | $125 | Genuine NZ P&T provenance | Made in England

Straight from the counter of a New Zealand post office, this is a Salter Postal Parcel Balance stamped N.Z. P.&T. dept, the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Department. Salter had been making scales in England since 1760, and this one crossed the world to weigh parcels and letters for the Kiwi postal service. The enamel dial still reads beautifully: SALTER, Postal Parcel Balance, For Postal Use Only, 30lb by 1oz.

This is the larger 30lb model, so it has real presence. Cast iron body in its original pale postal green, with a generous curved scoop and that lovely aged patina only a working piece earns over a century. The dial face is clean and crisp, the pointer intact, and every marking still clear.

Bought as decor rather than a working scale, it is a statement shelf or console piece with genuine local history behind it. Rust and worn paint throughout are part of the charm and honest to its age. Style it as is with a soft brush and light oil, no restoration needed.

📖 Details
• Salter Postal Parcel Balance, Made in England
• Marked N.Z. P.&T. dept (New Zealand Post & Telegraph Department)
• Reads 30lb by 1oz, "For Postal Use Only"
• Cast iron with original eau-de-nil postal green paint
• Clean, readable enamel dial face
• Early to mid twentieth century (estimated from model and marking)

📏 Dimensions
• Height: 47cm
• Width: 47cm

🪞 Condition
• Sound and stable, sold as a decor piece
• Heavy surface rust throughout, particularly the scoop interior
• Original paint worn back with age
• Enamel dial clean, crisp and fully legible, pointer intact

🏡 Decor Style
• Industrial, farmhouse, vintage office, rustic, antique collector

📍 Location
Collection from Takapuna or Grey Lynn, Auckland
Regular trips to Tauranga so can drop in if you're TNG based
Postage NZ-wide at buyer's cost












🐎 Drop #221 | The Weston "Mounty" Stamp Album | $25 | RCMP cover art | Starter world collectionA little window to the w...
05/07/2026

🐎 Drop #221 | The Weston "Mounty" Stamp Album | $25 | RCMP cover art | Starter world collection

A little window to the world, printed in Rhyl, North Wales and carried home from Woolworths by some lucky kid decades ago. The Weston "Mounty" album came out of Thomas Cliffe Ltd, the famous Welsh "Philatelic Factory" that sorted stamps by the ton and sent them out in packets across Britain from the 1930s. The cover is the star: a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer on horseback, shading his eyes across the pines and mountains in that bold red and black print that only mid century paper does properly.

Inside is a genuine starter collection, hinged and tucked in by hand. You'll spot pages of used world stamps including India, Pakistan, Kuwait, Iran (printed here as its older name, formerly Persia), the USA, Peru, Paraguay and more. Half the romance is in the geography that no longer reads the same on a map. There's even a printed "How to start a Stamp Collection" guide in the front, complete with the old trick of soaking stamps off envelopes.

📖 Details
• Made by Thomas Cliffe Ltd, Rhyl, North Wales
• Printed in Great Britain, mid twentieth century
• RCMP Mountie cover illustration
• Partial collection of used world stamps included
• Includes printed collecting guide pages

📏 Dimensions
• Height: 25cm
• Width: 16cm

🪞 Condition
• Aged and honest, consistent with its era
• Cover tanned with edge wear, corner chips and creasing
• Back cover has edge tears and small chips
• Interior pages loose at spine with old tape repairs, light foxing
• Partially filled, sold as a decorative and collectible curio

🏡 Decor Style
• Vintage, retro, mid century, eclectic, cottage

📍 Location
Collection from Takapuna or Grey Lynn, Auckland
Regular trips to Tauranga so can drop in if you're TNG based
Postage NZ-wide at buyer's cost













🐎 Drop #220 | 1993 105mm Military Ammunition Crate w/ documentation | $175 | Original stencilling & rope handles A pro...
05/07/2026

🐎 Drop #220 | 1993 105mm Military Ammunition Crate w/ documentation | $175 | Original stencilling & rope handles

A proper statement piece with genuine service history. This is a full-size timber artillery crate that once carried two 105mm smoke rounds, dated 1993 and still wearing its original olive drab paint, hand-stencilled markings and factory packing label inside the lid.

Thick rope carry handles, sprung metal latches and a hinged lid that all still work as they should. One end carries the batch and weight stamps, the top shows the full 105MM HOW and SMK HC BE stencils plus the intact hazard label, and the inside lid still holds the typed packing card signed off by the packer in 1993. Little details like that are what make surplus pieces worth keeping.

📖 Details
• Genuine surplus 105mm howitzer smoke-round ammo crate/ammo box
• Original olive drab paint and hand-stencilled markings
• Batch 30C, dated 1993, original packing label present inside lid - potentially Gulf War?
• Rope carry handles both ends
• Hinged lid with working metal latches
• Empty and decommissioned

📏 Dimensions
• Length: 96cm
• Width: 31cm
• Height: 19cm

🪞 Condition
• Honest used surplus condition
• Paint wear, scuffs and minor staining consistent with age and service
• Structurally sound, latches and hinges functional, handles intact

🏡 Decor Style
• Industrial
• Military / Militaria

📍 Location
Collection from Takapuna or Grey Lynn, Auckland
Regular trips to Tauranga so can drop in if you’re TNG based
Postage NZ-wide at buyer’s cost








SOLD 🐎 Drop #219 | Vintage Fawn Pyrography Lidded Bowl | $15 | Hand-Turned Wood | Mid-Century Bambi Charm A sweet piece...
05/07/2026

SOLD 🐎 Drop #219 | Vintage Fawn Pyrography Lidded Bowl | $15 | Hand-Turned Wood | Mid-Century Bambi Charm

A sweet piece of mid-century warmth. This hand-turned wooden bowl comes with its own fitted lid, and the lid is where the magic is: a delicate fawn, wood-burned in fine pyrography lines and washed with soft rust tones, standing alert as though it’s just heard a twig snap. The Bambi-style fawn was one of the most beloved decorative motifs of the 1950s and 60s, and it still pulls at the heartstrings today.

Turned from a warm honey-toned timber with a lovely mellow patina, this is the kind of object that earns its keep on a dresser, bedside or shelf. Lid off, it’s ready for rings, studs, cufflinks, hair ties or the little bits that always go missing. Lid on, it’s a quiet piece of nostalgic decor.

📖 Details
• Hand-turned solid wood bowl with fitted lid
• Fawn motif in pyrography (wood-burning) with rust tint
• No visible maker’s mark
• Style consistent with mid-century craft, exact date unverified

📏 Dimensions
• Height: 4cm
• Diameter: 14cm

🪞 Condition
• Good vintage condition, warm patina throughout
• Light surface marks and minor age wear in keeping with its era
• Lid sits well, no cracks or splits visible

🏡 Decor Style
• Mid-century, retro, cottagecore, woodland, farmhouse

📍 Location
Collection from Takapuna or Grey Lynn, Auckland
Regular trips to Tauranga so can drop in if you’re TNG based
Postage NZ-wide at buyer’s cost












🐎 Drop #218 | Antique Double Faced Landers Frary & Clark Hanging Shop Scale | $285 | Patent 1912 | Complete with Ename...
05/07/2026

🐎 Drop #218 | Antique Double Faced Landers Frary & Clark Hanging Shop Scale | $285 | Patent 1912 | Complete with Enamel Pan

Step back in time with this genuine antique general store scale by Landers, Frary & Clark of New Britain, Connecticut. Patent dated October 15th 1912, this is well over a century of history hanging in one gorgeous piece. The dial still carries the maker’s original advertising in beautiful old English lettering, framed by a warm brass bezel and glass front, with the capacity marked at 30 pounds and the serial number 11828 stamped into the yoke.

Scales like this once hung in grocers and produce stores, weighing out fruit, dairy and dry goods for customers across the counter. Today they are one of the most sought after statement pieces for a farmhouse kitchen, country cafe or rustic fit out. This one is wonderfully complete, keeping its porcelain enamel weighing pan, both hanging rings, the balance arm and the lower hook, which is rare as most survivors have long lost their pan.

The dial has aged to a soft foxed patina that collectors love, the brass and nickel carry a genuine century of character, and the whole thing hangs with real presence. A true one of a kind original that will anchor a room and start conversations. Sold as a decorative piece.

📖 Details
• Maker: Landers, Frary & Clark, New Britain, Connecticut, USA
• Patent dated October 15, 1912 (so 1912 or later)
• Dual dial face : see weight on both sides
• Capacity: 30 pounds
• Serial number 11828 stamped to yoke
• Original paper dial with maker advertising, brass bezel, glass front
• Complete with porcelain enamel pan and full hanging hardware

📏 Dimensions
• Overall height: 90cm (top ring to base of pan)
• Overall width: 40cm
• Dial face: 27cm diameter, 7cm deep
• Pan: 37cm diameter, 10cm high

🪞 Condition
• Genuine antique, sold as decorative
• Dial paper softly foxed and spotted, adds to the aged charm, all lettering still legible
• Brass and nickel with natural age patina and tarnish
• Enamel pan has chips and surface rust to the rim, plus a scatter of small holes through the base (visible from above only, does not affect display)
• Mechanism not tested for accuracy

🏡 Decor Style
• Farmhouse
• Country
• Rustic
• Industrial
• Vintage Kitchen

📍 Location
Collection from Takapuna or Grey Lynn, Auckland
Regular trips to Tauranga so can drop in if you’re TNG based
Postage NZ-wide at buyer’s cost















SOLD 🦢 Drop #217 | Vintage MCM Lion Head Automatic Jigger | $25 | Boxed 1970s BarwareHe roars, he pours, and he never g...
05/07/2026

SOLD 🦢 Drop #217 | Vintage MCM Lion Head Automatic Jigger | $25 | Boxed 1970s Barware

He roars, he pours, and he never gives you a short measure. This Lion Head Automatic Jigger is peak 1970s bar theatre: press the bottle down and the lion delivers a perfect one ounce shot every single time. Self repeating, consistent, and far more fun than any plastic pourer will ever be.

The chrome tone lion head still has beautiful crisp detail in the mane, and the whole thing arrives in its original box with that unmistakable brown and cream dot graphic that screams retro rumpus room. Boxed vintage barware in this condition is getting harder to find, and this one has clearly been tucked away rather than worked behind a bar.

Set it on the drinks trolley, gift it to the cocktail fan who has everything, or actually use it and watch your guests do a double take. A proper conversation starter with a job to do.

📖 Details
• Self repeating automatic jigger, one ounce measure
• Chrome tone lion head design
• Original illustrated box included
• Made in Hong Kong

📏 Dimensions
• Box: Height 17cm, Width 7cm, Depth 5cm
• Jigger: Length 15cm, Width 6.5cm

🪞 Condition
• Jigger clean with crisp detailing, light surface marks consistent with age
• Box shows shelf wear and a small mark to the front, plastic window creased
• Please check the mechanism and cork/washer seal up close before posting, as these can perish with age

🏡 Decor Style
• Mid Century Modern, Retro, Kitsch, Bar Cart

📍 Location
Collection from Takapuna or Grey Lynn, Auckland
Regular trips to Tauranga so can drop in if you’re TNG based
Postage NZ-wide at buyer’s cost












SOLD 🐎 Drop #216 | MCM Richards Sheffield Vanadium Steel Steak Set | $80 | Rosewood & Brass | Original Box + Papers | 1...
05/07/2026

SOLD 🐎 Drop #216 | MCM Richards Sheffield Vanadium Steel Steak Set | $80 | Rosewood & Brass | Original Box + Papers | 1960/70s

There is something quietly confident about a table laid with proper Sheffield steel. This boxed set from Richards (Cutlers) Ltd carries the marks of a golden era of British cutlery, blades of stainless serrated vanadium steel paired with warm rosewood handles and brass rivets that have only deepened with age.

It arrives the way it left the factory. Nestled in its original two-tier presentation box, complete with the printed care pamphlet and the Good Housekeeping Institute guarantee sticker still in place. Sets this complete rarely surface, and this one looks to have been kept for best rather than used hard.

Bring it out for a long Sunday roast or a proper steak night. It is the kind of piece that makes an ordinary dinner feel like an occasion, and a genuine talking point for anyone who appreciates the craftsmanship of mid-century Sheffield.

📖 Details
• Maker: Richards (Cutlers) Ltd, Sheffield, England circa 1950-1960s
• Stainless vanadium steel blades, rosewood handles, brass rivets
• Service for 6 serrated knives and 6 forks
• Original two-tier box, care pamphlet and Good Housekeeping guarantee sticker included

📏 Dimensions
• Length: 23cm
• Height: 6.5cm (closed)

🪞 Condition
• Excellent vintage condition, appears little used
• Blades bright with only light surface marks consistent with age
• Box with minor foxing and light storage marks, structurally sound
• Please note: as with all vintage pieces, best inspected up close on collection

🏡 Decor Style
• Mid-century, retro, English country, farmhouse, vintage tablescape

📍 Location
Collection from Takapuna or Grey Lynn, Auckland
Regular trips to Tauranga so can drop in if you’re TNG based
Postage NZ-wide at buyer’s cost















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