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The Vapors

After the new year, I met my friend Sarah in nearby Chelsea to check out a local antique store that neither of us had been to before. You may recall that we hit up another place in Chelsea a few months ago, and we ended up going back there, but first let’s talk about what we found at Chelsea Antiques.

They had a nice variety of items, and most everything seemed to be decently priced (on the high end but not the highest I’ve ever seen).

The really nice thing was that items were arranged well so that like things were together. They had a LOT of antique postcards which were fun to sift through.

Sarah found that one and we could not stop giggling about it. What the hell does it mean?!

I am certain that this is what goes through Adam’s head every day.

I love seeing books like this. I’m sure the stories are full of hunting, sports, and farting. Right?

They also had a few “new” items mixed in with the antiques. I liked this Autumn Mouse, preparing for winter:

I also saw this cool thing that looked like something Erin would like, but $40 was too risky to take a chance.

Good thing I didn’t buy it for her, because she told me it looked a little too Buddhist for her tastes.

I did end up buying a few things. First, I found some postcards that I liked. They were all individually priced between 3 and 8 bucks… but I splurged. I can’t show you a few of them because they are gifts. I thought this image was so weird and creepy. I had to get it.

Same with this one.

I also found this cute wooden Russian girl for $12.

She fits right in with my other wooden carvings.

Before checking out, I noticed a bunch of jewelry by the counter so I started sifting through it. I found these cute vintage dog earrings:

…and then a pair of sterling native american earrings. The sterling ones were a little pricey ($20) but I really liked them. They were pretty tarnished but I was ok with that. When I went to check out, the woman asked if I wanted her to polish them for me. I said no at first but she insisted it would only take a couple of minutes. I reluctantly agreed, and she pulled out this tube of the most toxic smelling stuff ever. I stood there patiently while she polished them, wondering what the horrid smell was doing to my insides. When they were done they looked nice and sparkly, but I’m still not sure it was worth the brain cells lost due to the odor.

When we left the store, we decided to hit up the antiques mall again because it was just down the street. I’m sure you’re shocked to hear that Baked Big Boy was still representin’.

I did buy one item here but I’ll save that for another day.

-Sarah

Hard to Resist: Clown Doctor, Baked Big Boy & Much More!

I mentioned last week that when I went to the Chelsea Antiques Market a few weekends ago, there were many things to see that were very hard to resist. Here are a few of my faves.

Frankly, I don’t understand this terrifying plate, who would want it, or where it came from. I hated it so much–it just made me feel icky inside. Clowns are already scary enough but this one has a SAW in his doctor bag, a hammer in his hand, and golf clubs for no reason. WTF?

Sarah and I were dying when we saw that someone had, with a red sharpie, made poor Big Boy’s eyes super bloodshot. Either that or he smoked some powerful ganja.