It's not much loot, but (sadly) it's better than what I found up North at the Olmsted County Gold Rush Antique Market And Flea! But this all came from 2 fleas here at home. The Wentzville and the new St. Louis Swap Meet.
It's not perfect, but it was super cheap. This enameled copper on wood art is missing a piece and a
little veneer, but it's still pretty cool! If someone wanted to, they could pull off all those bits and
pieces and mount them on a new piece of wood. It's a shame that single piece is missing, right?
Both the art above and this fantastic retro Dazey ice crusher were both found at the Wentzville flea
and were both from the same vendor. It had rained Sunday morning and the vendors were scarce.
Probably only about 25% of them showed compared to a normal Sunday. It took us 40 minutes to get
there and 40 minutes back but we were in and done with the flea within 25!
This Dansk lidded pot was the only item I found at the St. Louis Swap Meet. This was their first day
of the new endeavor. I had hoped that with all the talk (on Twitter at least) that there would be more
old stuff available, but alas...even with sold out vendor space, there was just way too much NOT old
stuff.
Yup, there was WAY too much of THIS kinda vending at The St. Louis Swap Meet. Obviously not
what I was hoping for. But, there was a HUGE turnout...so these folks do know how to market!
...And it wasn't totally lame. There were a handful of vintage sellers here and there were a good
number of craft vendors as well. The pair of food trucks that were on hand were a welcome sight and
seeing more of those in the future would rock. Speaking of "rock", the Swap Meet even had a local band
playing some tunes near the food trucks for a little entertainment while ya nosh! Nice idea! It was a
good day for bargain hunting and hopefully the curation of the vendors will improve. I was
considering setting up there myself, but decided to wait and see what kind of sellers I'd be setting up
next to. I'm glad I did, but I'm still hopeful that this might grow into something quite cool like
The Brooklyn Flea. We'll have to wait and see.
Cool finds, MMT and it looks like you had a great time but those ice crushers are only fun to look at, IMO. Sheesh, when I was a kid the ice cube trays were enough of a challenge but then to have to put a few cubes at a time into the crusher and turn the crank while smashing the lid down was waaaay too much work! And then there were the uber “low tech”, crushed ice, bar hammers that you smashed your fingers with too. I’m so spoiled rotten now. - midmichigan
ReplyDeleteHi Midmichigan.
DeleteWe ALL are spoiled rotten now! I often find it strange that we consider people with microwave ovens and clean drinking water "Poor" in this country. Enough soap boxing. If you got a vintage bar and want to celebrate it's vintage-ness...you gotta have a cool ice crusher on hand, if only to admire!