Disco Fever
Adam’s grandma passed away last week, so we spent the Friday and Saturday in Buffalo for her funeral. I’ve only been there a handful of times, and it’s an… interesting place. On our way from the funeral to the luncheon, I spotted this sign and made a mental note that we should hit the place up on our way back home.
The place is called Miss Josie’s and obviously, they specialize in 1970s gear. I learned recently that this is because Buffalo, NY hosts the “World’s Biggest Disco Party” each year. I’m not sure that’s much to boast about but… I guess they should be proud of what they have!
Apparently this store is normally a regular vintage resale shop but before the disco fest (November 30th this year), they specialize in disco gear.
Had enough? Wait… there’s more.
They also had a ton of vintage jewelry, but a lot of it wasn’t my style.
Though, if you look close, there’s a vintage Jorgen Jensen necklace on that table (bottom row, five necklaces from the right). It was too beat up for me to buy it, but I was happy to see it!
I asked the owner (I think) where he gets all of his stuff and he said that “it walks in the door.” Hmmm… there must be a lot of disco fanatics in Buffalo. I guess if they host a giant party each year, people probably sell a lot of it back after they’ve worn it once.
In the end, I did find one treasure. A vintage Pendleton coat that’s in super good shape! All the gay men at the store were raving about how good it looked on me so I had to buy it. In fact, when one guy told me it looked fabulous, I said, “I know.” I didn’t realize how b*tchy that sounded until a few minutes later!
I also got this cute set of vintage transfers, and a yummy bag of chips in Canada.
-Sarah
P.S. from me: I forgot to post a picture of this crazy record player we saw in the window!
Hats Off
Sarah was on vacation this past weekend so I hit some sales with Zach instead. There weren’t too many to choose from since it was Labor Day weekend, but we decided to visit one in Detroit and another in West Bloomfield.
The Detroit sale was interesting, but also a letdown. We had lots to look at, but nothing worth buying. The woman had a bunch of crazy hats so of course I tried them on.
There’s a good chance I would have actually bought some of these hats, but they were charging around $150 each for them!! Now, I love me a good joke hat, but not a $150 joke hat.
Zach and I both left empty-handed. On the way to the next sale, Zach and I spotted a secret sale. We both properly started chanting, “SECRET SALE! SECRET SALE!”
I wish this sale had remained a secret. It was lame, and overpriced. Again, we bought nothing. At this point, we were bummin.
The next sale in West Bloomfield was the highlight of our day. There wasn’t an abundance of items, but we found some quality stuff right away. My first find was this monkey for $2.
I bought this monkey because he was so cheap, and because he is clearly old. His stuffing is straw, which I know makes him collectible. His head moves when you turn his tail, so for the rest of the day I made this monkey answer all of Zach’s questions.
After doing some research, I found out that this is a “Yes/No” monkey, and was probably made by a company named Schuco. He is already up to $22 on ebay and that’s with 3 days left in the auction!
We also found two vintage Pendleton “blanket” coats that were in just about perfect condition. I thought for sure these were going to be expensive, but when I went to check out, the lady said $5 each! What a deal!
I would certainly wear either of these coats, except that they are XL. Instead, they are blowing up on ebay:
Look at all those watchers! I can’t wait to see how high these go! And I’m really glad that fellow Pendleton lovers will own these. I might actually use the money from these auctions to buy a Pendleton handbag that I have been coveting for some time. So stay tuned for that.
-Erin