As a collector of anything baskets, especially doorstops and bookends, I found a few that weren’t in my collection. The down side, it makes for very heavy luggage on the return trip to the airport. The black basket bookends are 3 inches tall and perfect for my miniature books. The basket door knocker is going to find a home on my kitchen door. The smallest basket was a vintage shade pull which I am still tempted to use on my key ring. Check back for Brimfield Finds Day 2 tomorrow.
Linking to: Wow Us Wednesdays, Favorite Finds
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Brimfield Flea Market, Brimfield, MA May 14, 2013
The day started at Daybreak which was 4:45 a.m. The weather Day One was cool, in fact cold. I wore a winter coat and gloves and was happy I packed for every season. My tentative schedule for Day One was:
Sunrise: Sturtevant’s
7:00am Mahogany Ridge
11:00am Dealers Choice
1:00pm Brimfield Acres North
My good friend Kathy drove over from Connecticut to spend the day. We both agreed that it was incredible: more antiques than any one person could peruse in a lifetime. Every year I try and explain Brimfield to my vintage friends. That’s just not possible. You need to experience it in person and I believe it needs to be on every antique lover’s bucket list.
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I’m heading to Brimfield, Massachusetts next week for the Mother of all Flea Markets. This is a picture from the May’s Antique Market 6 years ago. I’m looking forward to meeting good friends, great weather and unusual finds. Off to pack.
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Calling all my vintage friends, meet me there!
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It was slim pickings at Kane County this weekend. All of my Christmas friends were there searching, but there was not much to be found. Where did all the vintage bottle brush trees go? I was able to bring home the black alligator purse that has a ring which allows for a little purse decoration. This month, it will be sporting a vintage Christmas tree pin. The tea caddy is silver over copper with an interesting Thanksgiving scene and finally the gold Art Nouveau style cream and sugar was made by the Tillowitz, Germany, factory of Reinhold Schlegelmilch. Not such a bad day after all.
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A beautiful Sunday in October for the Kane County Flea Market. The laugh of the day was the sign in a booth that read: We Speak Haggle. Too funny! There were plenty of gnarly pumpkins and gourds to be found. Unfortunately, I ran out of arms to bring home the pumpkin topiary. Besides finding a super deal on green depression glass plates, my only other purchase was the single church bookend which I couldn’t resist.
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Kane County Saturday was a hopping place. It is turning a tad bit crafty these days and starting to head down the Shipshewana path. Regardless, we enjoyed seeing all the re-purposed vintage made into yard and garden ornaments. Bright, colorful and plenty to choose from. My favorite of the day was the wicker rocker painted black with the buffalo check upholstery. I guess some things never change. I didn’t try the deep fried cheese curds, but the line was around the truck so they must have been good!
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www.sportandspoolantiques.com
I was able to convince my husband to drive down to the Randolph Street Market on Saturday under the pretense that we could meet our daughter there and then head out for lunch. Food was the prime motivator, not antiques. He does, however, own a couple of sets of vintage Harvard and Yale baseball uniforms so we visited the Sport & Spool inside booth to check out the sports memorabilia. He would have rather been at the game. I always enjoy this market. It is very eclectic and offers a little bit of everything within a vibrant urban festival atmosphere. Good food, fun music and I could have stayed all day just for the people watching.
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The Elkhorn Flea Market was today and it truly is one of the best flea markets around. It is a little farther to drive so I left at 6am hoping to beat the traffic. It started out un-eventful, but then I was rear-ended on 294 at 6:45am doing about 70mph. As I’ve said before, I believe in the hand that guides us and today, Holy Flea Market Sunday, I was meant to arrive at Elkhorn on time. I still can’t quite figure out how it happened, but I was fine, my car was fine enough and after a quick stop, I was back on the road. Ok, back to Elkhorn, it reminds me of the Sandwhich in the old days. Tons of dealers, lots of people and unbelievably great finds. It was hot. Unfortunately, I cannot post up my purchases as they were mostly gifts for my peeps who read my Blog now and then. So, the picture of the Bakelite flatware will have to do for now and I’m off to say my prayers.
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It was a first! Both of my daughters, as well as my sister-in-law, went to the Grayslake Flea Market with me for Mother’s Day last weekend. I’m not sure they will return, but I appreciated the gesture. The most interesting prints of the day were these vintage pochoirs from the 1920′s. Fabulous color!
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Kane County in May. I should have brought a wagon and taken home some flowering hanging baskets. Anyway, I loved the green tiles but the one missing on the left was a problem. The bed picture is for my friend Dee Dee who is looking for a twin size vintage Simmons bed like this one. If you have one, email me. We can talk. I bought some cute ephemera which I will post up later this week. I still miss the STRAIGHT rows. I’m never sure I saw everything in that ridiculous maze in the middle!
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The month of May is the opening of the flea market season in Chicago. Yeah!!! Now I know just how my husband feels when it’s the season opener for baseball! Here’s the line-up for the month:
Kane County Flea Market: May 5th
Wolff’s Flea Market: May 6th
Grayslake Flea Market: May 12th
Wheaton Flea Market: Update: not open this month
Elkhorn Flea Market: May 20th
Randolph Street Market: May 26th
I guess these will more than make up for having to miss Brimfield this year. And speaking of Brimfield, the photo above was shot at a campy shop in Andersonville called Brimfield. More on that when I post about our Andersonville road trip. Bottom line, how would you rather spend your time on the weekends? Watching baseball on TV all day or out treasure hunting?
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