BigHair & LittleHeads...PinkSaturday#2

I'm very glad you are here for my 2nd PinkSaturday.

I'd like to continue a bit about last weeks story...just a little bit about the graduation part.
I'll try and keep it short so you won't get to antsy to see the Special PinkThing that is coming.

Did you notice today's banner?
Scroll back up and look over some of the Graduation Cards I received in 1965.

Last week I showed you the special gifts I received from my parents and my Grandmother Minnie,
and I kind of thought you might like to see some of the beautiful cards they made in 1965.
Different from todays, aren't they?

A very special card is the one from my Mother and Daddy.
Isn't it wonderful to know that other's wishes for you do come true?

Okay...Pink Time

My Head Vase Collection began

'en el cuatro de bano'
or
'dans le salle de bains'.

That's Spanish then French, which both sound much better than the English

'in the toilet'.

I know, that's a terrible thing to say about some of the most highly collectable and hard to find items in the Antique and Collecting world...but it's a True Story.


The Pink Vase belonged to my Grandmother Minnie and is a McCoy.
The BigEyed Girl was a gift my Husband found in an antique shop in McKinney.
He was really proud to find her for the bargin price of $20 until I showed him the original price tag from Woolsworth of 39 cents.
Today she's worth about $35... so, he's okay with the price he paid.

Pink Lady with the Feather in her hat was made by Inarco in 196l, has the original foil label, is 5 3/4 inches and is listed in
David Barron's Head Vases Identification and Value Guide published in 2004.
Her value is at $135, and she is one of the few I have bought on eBay.

The rest of my collection...about 25...I found in the toilet!
Really!!! Well,Okay...one of them was...


Once upon a time this GRIT was assigned to clean the bathroom of a 'Christmas Shop' to be by her fellow shopkeepers to be.
GirlsRaisedInTexas do not balk at bad bathrooms, they just roll up sleeves, don pink rubber gloves, cover their nose with a pink bandana, grab the Comet and stuff and go to it.
While cleaning around 'el cuarto de bana...I'm better at Spanish...this lovely lady was discovered.
Now this little shop, with it's little bitty potty room, was once 'JoLynn's Beauty Shop' in back of 'JoLynn's Dress Shop.
It opened in the early 1950's...I know this because my first store-bought formal was purchased there in 1961...Oh! you should have seen that dress.
If this were 'Red Saturday', I'd show it to you, but I'd better start winding up this 'Pink Saturday Saga' before I loose you.

Anyway, JoLynn's Beauty Parlor closed shop sometime in the late 1960's...JoLynn sold out and the new owner didn't 'Do Hair, Honey'.
So, twenty years later, I find and claim this
'VaseThingy' as my Bathroom Booty.
Even years later, I discover the Art of Collecting Head Vases.
I know you're thinking...It's like finding a painted over picasso.
Well, almost, she's listed in the Head Vase Book for $400.
Yep, I'd say that was pretty good "PottyBooty' and we kinda look alike with our
Big 1960's HairDo, Honey!

PS...I know I'm leaving you with some questions about Head Vases. Like what was she doing behind the toliet in a Beauty Shop? How much was that 'Awesome Red Formal' in 1961? And, why is this GRIT in Texas better at Spanish than French? That one I can answer right now...when you have time...Just Ask Any Texan. The others I'll be posting about next week. So, ya'll come back!

PPS...In keeping with Beverly's 'Visit and give a ShoutOut' to a new blog...to me...I'm presenting The Old Parsonage...last week she showed Her HeadVases.
Speaking of last week...It was hard to pick just one to recommend from all the wonderful visitors I had.
So, I Listed and Linked...until my LinkerBroke...alot of you from my First Pink Saturday.
Again, Thanks for Coming and Commenting!