August is vacation month, and many people are out enjoying themselves and spending money–maybe perusing antiques stores and flea markets, or going to outdoor antiques fairs, like one of my favorites, the Maine AntiquesFestival in Union, Maine, which is the site of one chapter of Killer Stuff and Tons of Money. (Celebrity sightings there the last [...]
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It’s fly season in Maine (also mosquito, no-see-um, greenhead, tick, and other insect pest season). What to do? If it were the 1920s, you’d fumigate your house with Fly-Tox. Those fat buzzing houseflies aren’t just annoying–they are vomiting all over your house… possibly in your cake and pie. Just look! (click to enlarge). [...] What is it about warm crispy bread, the staff of life, the stuff of breakfast? The pleasure of my repast this morning –peanut butter on whole-grain toast– reminded me I’ve been wanting to write about vintage toasters. But first a little about toast, or ‘tost,” as it was called in Britain in the [...] The paperback edition of Killer Stuff and Tons of Money was released on May 29, 2012, with a fantastic new cover design and even a more user-friendly subtitle: “An Insider’s Look at the World of Flea Markets, Antiques and Collecting.” The paperback cover features a mid-19th century Staffordshire porcelain hound dog figurine (especially cool [...]
In homage to my mother, who “picked” treasures out of our town dump and refurbished them in the 1960s, I found this wonderful vintage lawn recliner at my local transfer station in the “free” section. The tag reads: “Airlite Aluminum Corp., Brooklyn, NY, 167 – 41st Street.” There’s a date of 1948, updating a [...] My sister, Sue, took this photo of me at the Brimfield Flea market in Brimfield, Massachusetts in May 2011. These figures of the Blues Brothers were for sale in the booth of Jimmy D’s Antiques Plus. (I think these statues would qualify as the “plus.”) The price tag dangling from the hat of Jake Blues [...] I like when it rains on summer days and there’s no pressure to work on the yard or house, or even to organize myself to go to the beach. I spent this rainy Sunday at the Fort Andross indoor flea market in Brunswick, Maine, which is right next door to the more upscale Cabot Mills Antiques group [...] |
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