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 [...]
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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 [...] 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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