Monday, September 24, 2012

Vintage Le Creuset Knockoff?

We were back in town for the weekend and happened upon a neighbor's garage sale! My dad was visiting, and tipped me off to what he called some Fake Le Creuset.


I scurried over to check it out and sure enough, Le Creuset flame colour, check. Phenolic knob, check. Enamelled cast iron, check! Le Creuset markings, nope!


For three dollars though, still a good quality, heavy vintage cast iron piece, so I scooped it up. I had buyers remorse afterwards, but I was able to sell it on craigslist to a fellow no knead baker who didn't mind the discoloured interior.


Linking up to ATG's Thrift Share Monday!

9 comments:

  1. I don't think that's bad at all for $3. Hopefully you made a little profit, too.

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    1. I just sold it for ten bucks because I wanted to get rid of it, but I had lots of interest! Oh well, sometimes it's fun to have a piece for a little while.

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  2. I think you may have had a great piece of descoware! I collect it, and have found that sometimes the stamp on the bottom wears off. I love descoware! :)

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  3. PS- Happy 7 months to your little guy! Any teeth yet? How about scooting about? I'm so thankful ours was a late mover- she's 9 months today and only started scooting/crawling last week! Now what to do with all the Pyrex... !

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    1. Thanks, and happy 9 months to your little one! Yes two little bottom teeth and starting to crawl, which is kinda terrifying! You are right, we have some babyproofing to do!!

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  4. Good for you for getting rid of it when you didn't want it. When I have buyer's remorse, I usually don't do anything about it, and the offending item just sits there staring at me, making me feel bad. :)

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    1. Oh trust me, that is what normally happens to me but this thing is too big to just tuck away into a closet, haha.

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  5. I like it too despite the interiors... This 70s kind of orange is one of my favourite colours!

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