Antique sounds

You know how estate sales will usually let unsold items go for 50% off on the last day?  I don't typically go back to get such items, but I made an exception last week to buy this:

a lovely original watercolor of a cathedral in Mexico (I think it's the one in Mexico City.)  It was painted in 1984 by an artist whose signature looks like "J. Hannhauser" or "Hornhausen" or something like that -- but I still need to research him/her.  Can anyone recommend a good art information site, paid or unpaid, that you have used?

I love the colors; at first glance, I thought it was a Parisian scene.

Another thrifty find -- this one purchased from my friend Kathy; it's a lovely wood and wicker basket with a nice, flat base for displaying pretty things.  On it, above, a very cute bird pick that came with the basket.

I've been playing with other things to display on it, like Peter Rabbit pretties...

and this English stainless steel coffee set that is in my Etsy shop; shown with it: a clock that was always in my parents' kitchen.

Also from Kathy, this fabulous box of collars, still in their original waxed paper envelopes!

I have no words to describe the crisp, crinkly sound of those yellowed envelopes; if you love old paper, then you know what I'm talking about!  I had to have them.

Linking up with Nifty Thrifty Tuesday!