Vintage pumpkin teapot from the 70s

I remember staring at a similarly coloured brown dachshund teapot with a whole row of cups hanging by both sides when I was little .

Thus when I chanced across this teapot , the very familiar looking glazed ceramic with the crackled effect ,got me intrigued .

Could it be from the 60s or 70s ? 

Alternative spools for vintage typewriters

Managed to open up the top and inspect the ribbons on the Olympia SM 9 and Traveller de Luxe typewriters. Ribbons were either dry as a leaf or about to run out very soon. How else would I have gotten them for a song ?

It was either I depend on messy carbon paper or get new ribbons .

Thus my quest began .

Olivetti Lettera 32 - the cursive typewriter

How I managed to find this typewriter is one thing .

Sat on it for around one week before I posed the all important question to the seller.

" Is this a cursive typewriter ? "

When he said yes , I wasted no time in securing it .

Olympia Traveller de Luxe - my first vintage typewriter

 This typewriter below, is one of the reasons why I am willing to chat with any "ulat" or scalper who may be able to get me whatever it is that I am impatient to lay my hands on , almost instantly .

The general notion is never to talk to strangers but to me , hey , willing buyer , willing seller and these people are exactly the shortcut which I need . They're just trying to make a few bucks and they will go all out to assist you . Unless , you got yourself a trickster , which always presents a risk , in Malaysia , if they're local folks , out of 50 times maybe you will get one cheating case . Today marks my first time dealing with one in a flea market and I am so glad it turned out so well .

Though he had tailed me from an antique dealer , the instant he knew that I sensed him behind me , he opened his mouth and made the offer. He was eager to offload what he had . Revealed that he was formerly a printer technician .

 And it certainly helped that he looked like Donnie Yen with tatoos lol . I told him to show me the goods . Because he was so cooperative , we decided to wait 3 hours and meet up again with him closer to his home .

Hello Kitty teapot set

Sometimes , you never know when some unexpected surprises pop up. Like when you're in a boring supermarket and this is on the bottom shelf looking back at you.

Although this is a copy and it was already priced so cheap at just RM25 only for the full set , the fact that I got it for free since I had a cash voucher, made it even better. 

Elsewhere, online sellers are hawking a similar 4 cup ensemble at RM69.