August 2012
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GarageATE SALE
Sarah and I ventured out to one sale last Thursday because it looked really good. It turned out to not be really good though, and I bought nothing. They did have this old cooler though:
What’s funny about this is that Sarah’s nickname in high school was Pleasure Chest. I told her to buy this, but she didn’t. Oh well.
Anyway, the real point of this entry is the sale we hit...
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Holy Grail: Super Fancy Porcelain
So the New York posts continue…
While walking around the West Village with Zach and our friend Mary, I spotted this little basement shop called “The Porcelain Room”. It seriously looked like the cutest place on Earth, packed full of tiny porcelain creatures and decor.
I don’t think I realized my love for porcelain until I went in this store. I wanted pretty much...
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Smells like dead.
So my New York adventures continue with a trip to Obscura Antiques & Oddities. You may remember my post from a few months back in which I interviewed Obscura’s Ryan Matthew. He and the store are featured in Science Channel’s Oddities. Since I only knew about the store from this TV show, and from the interview, Zach and I decided to go check it all out in person.
Everything in...
Cindy's Secret Sale
As Erin has mentioned, she was out of town last week, so I was on my own. Except not, because ever since we took my mom out sale-ing with us a few weeks ago, she’s been addicted! Yay! A new convert!
Now, Cindy will tell you that she’s been “doing this stuff for YEARS,” but she was mainly an antique-shopper, rather than an estate sale junkie. Now she has crossed over to...
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Brooklyn.
So, as mentioned, I was in New York last week for work. Zach tagged along and we stayed through the weekend to maximize our fun. On our last day we headed to Brooklyn to check out a flea market there.
I was actually scared about going to Brooklyn. Literally all week people kept saying to me, “You’re not going to Brooklyn right?” It turns out that Brooklyn is a lot like...
Questionable Cards: Bathroom Analogies for Love
This week’s Questionable Card is one of my favorites.
I don’t know what’s better… the passive aggressive sentiment behind it all, or the inevitable mental image of sitting on a toilet.
Also, for the record, it does not “feel good” when a toilet seat is warm.
-Sarah
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Where are all the mammy statues? (Some pics NSFW.)
DISCLAIMER: This post was written almost a month ago. It has been sitting in our drafts folder for weeks, because we (meaning Erin mainly) felt uncomfortable posting it because it contains some crazy sh*t. But Erin is out of town right now, so I can do whatever I want. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.
If you’ve been looking for an answer to that question, I’ve found it. The mammy statues are...
Questionable Cards: No Means Yes
If you missed it, I’ve started a new segment on the blog about some of the strange cards I find during my search for cool vintage ephemera.
This one was found with a bunch of other very weird and sexy (?) cards from the ’60s and ’70s in the “Motherload in Basement” sale. I’m sure I’ll feature others in the future.
Here’s the front:
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Poo Pants and Santa
I was fully prepared to return to the Mega Porn Sale once I realized all those paperbacks could be worth a hot dollar. I also knew I could convince Erin to come because the person who lived there seemed to have a ton of sports-related paper memorabilia and Timmy has trained Erin in the art of spotting when it is or isn’t valuable.
We got a late start but finally returned. I advised Erin...
Breakin' the Law
Last Thursday I had a super long day at work, so I ventured out for a couple of hours in the afternoon to check out a sale in Taylor that looked like it could be both interesting and horrifying. It did seem to contain a large quantity of print porn, but most of it looked pretty old, which made me interested. (Shout-out to Drew for notifying me about this sale… I probably wouldn’t have...
Questionable Cards: Chucky Christmas
I’ve wanted to start this segment for a while, because I have tons of fodder for it.
As I’ve mentioned, I collect vintage greeting cards. I will often ask sellers if I can buy all of the cards at a sale if there are tons and I’m too lazy to sort through them there. So I often find myself late at night or early in the morning on the weekends, sorting through greeting cards. I...
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Three's Company
Sarah and I must be getting sick of each other, because last Thursday we invited Timmy along on our adventure, and the following day, we brought along Sarah’s mom, Cindy. The day started out similar to the dud the day before. Sarah tried on some ugly shirt and I left empty handed at the first sale.
Cindy bought a little German wood box with Christmas figures inside, which we all...
Letterpress Posters & Books
As promised, here’s part two of my report on what we found at the Letterpress sale. Early on when we were there, Adam noticed a really large flat file that people were going through. I could see that there was some cool stuff in it. I hate when that happens because then I get really impatient and annoyed with the person looking at the items, which is really fair and not greedy at all of me....
Letterpresses and Kik-Steps
A few Saturdays ago, Adam and I ventured out to Wayne, MI to check out a sale that looked really weird and cool. The person had a ton of letterpress equipment and ephemera, so of course Adam wanted to check it out. It did not disappoint.
The house was full of stuff, and the draw for me was that the listing said there were “1,000’s [sic] of books.” They weren’t lying....
