...and we were greeting by King Moonracer on the way!
Our second stop was not on our planned list of places to go. We did not even see their sale advertised but we saw their sign on the way to our first stop and it was only a few moments away from our first stop. We have been to many of their sales in the past.
It was a house sitting along a canal. Here is a view from the back of the house. Baby swans were starting their morning swim under the careful eye of their mom.
It was a house that was devastated by Hurricane Sandy. There was no first floor left!
The cool wallpaper in the basement!
Rob looking for finds behind the basement bar.
Look at the cool front of the bar...
...and the cool old floor!
The kitchen had great old metal cabinets and drawers and a "cracked ice" countertop!
A close-up of the "cracked ice"
Rob had a craving for Imperial Margarine!
We found this in the garage. It is an old chemistry set in a metal case with really cool graphics. We did not get it but we did find a few cool things here.
After a break to get some breakfast, we arrived at our third stop, a "Red Tag" sale. This is the new name of a tag sale company that we know. Really nice people work there. All we found was one record here (which Rob left in the hot car and it warped by the time we came home. Oh well...it was only a $1 and it was not our favorite find of the day).
Monica posing in front of our next stop. It did not have a lot but we did get a few fun records here!
On to the next stop. It was run by a tag sale company that we know fairly well. It was a really cool old house!
The basement was really cool!
This was a music room which was packed into a closet-sized space. Turntables, records, cassettes and 8 tracks!
The house even had a pink and turquoise bathroom! In the end, we spent about an hour here and found some great old Christmas stockings, records and a few miscellaneous things!
Our last stop...an estate sale run by a company that was completely new to us. It was a digger and we had great fun at this one. It was an old house with lots to search and very nice people running the sale. Their prices were great!!!!
Some records
Some more records
Some Christmas records
A pretty vintage dress for Monica
Some cookbooks
Rob rummaging through the records in the basement
The downstairs bar
Rob blinded by the flash of Monica's camera!
Here are some of the things we brought home:
Some other books and an unused postcard (bottom right) from 1964 from the Long Island Railroad promoting the World's Fair
Some Christmas items
Some old Christmas gift tags, cake toppers and elf Christmas card clips
Drink picks
Some vintage wrapping paper
Other miscellaneous items
Lots of old Christmas stockings!
We got home after a long, hot day and look what we found in our mailbox...
We sent off our $7.98 and it arrived. We wanted the 8 track but that was sold out. No wonder! Slim Whitman has sold more records than Elvis and The Beatles combined!!!!
Oh yes...we found this when we got home too...
He was climbing up the downstairs wall! Rob safely transported him outside where he would be happier!
Our visitor went back to his home on Tuesday, July 2nd
We know he enjoyed his stay as much as we enjoyed having him here!
Thanks so much for doing a close-up shot of that fabulous musically inspired wallpaper- and that bar, wow! Wish I had room for it at my house. Looks like you guys had a lot of fun. I'm trying to cut down on my own thrifting/picking so it's nice to live vicariously through you :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mod Betty! We LOVE running across old bars and have been lucky enough to find really cool wallpaper like this on occasion. We wish WE had room for that bar too! One day...one day! (Rob)
DeleteWow! Looks like you went to some fab estate sales. Love the vintage gift wrap and those Xmas stockings are fantastic!! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Astrid! It was a fun day! Those Christmas stockings belonged to one family (except the second from the left on the top row). They were the kids' stockings in the 1960's! Thanks for visiting!!! (Rob)
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