Category Archives: Antique Show

NYC Big Flea – 2015

NYC Big Flea

 

One of the events that Chris and I look forward to is meeting with friends to explore the NYC Big Flea. This year’s show seemed to have a more diverse selection of dealers and it was not an exact copy of the biannual Pier Show. As always, we saw a many great Art Deco goodies.

 

Me arriving at Pier 94.

Me arriving at Pier 94.

Here are some the booths that we always like to browse at –

Don Selkirk of Past Pleasures Moderne has many great Art Deco items.

 

Another fun stop is at Twentieth Century LTD.  They sell Deco objects for the kitchen and bedroom; all in excellent shape. If you are in the market for a vintage thermos, bakelite flat-ware or other useful and decorative Deco items, this is a must see booth.

 

 

This dealer featured Art Deco British pottery of Clarice Cliff and Susie Cooper –

 

Art Deco pottery.

Art Deco pottery.

 

The one and only purchased I made was from John and Francine Gintoff’s 20th Century Objex. I have always stopped by their booth when I’m at the Big Flea or the Pier Show.

20th Century Objex - and the Roseville lamp in the center background.

20th Century Objex – and the Roseville lamp in the center background.

I am very excited and happy to be the new owner of a Roseville pottery lamp. Often pottery companies would convert vases into lamps, this is one of those conversions. This Roseville line is Futura, introduced as the modernistic craze was starting to sweep across the United States in 1928 and like many other things introduced in the late ’20’s, the line did not survive much past the stock market crash. Here is a link to a great website dedicated to art pottery and excellent information about Futura: Art Pottery Blog. I saw this lamp at the Brimfield Antique Show this summer but the price was way beyond my pocketbook. I couldn’t believe the deal offered by 20th Century Objex; it was over $900.00 less than at Brimfield!

 

 

 

Now the search for the perfect lampshade begins . . .

 

Chris & Anthony (The Freakin’, Tiquen’ Guys)

 

Check out these past posts of our visits to the Pier Shows

 

Chris ready to start some big game hunting for Deco treasures.

Chris ready to start some big game hunting for Deco treasures.

Chris in brown coat getting ready to enter the show.

Chris in brown coat getting ready to enter the show.

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Brimfield – Day Three

I think the videos will tell the story, but after another not too successful “Freakin’ Tiquen'” day in which our only purchases were two 1940’s neckties for me and a rather nice 1929 French Art Deco fashion print for Chris, we have decided to call it quits and move on. Enjoy the videos?

 

 

 

Now onto Maine and hopefully some Deco finds.

 

Chris & Anthony (The Freakin’ Tiquen’ Guys)

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Brimfield – the second day.

Again getting up at 5:00 A.M. we headed off to the Brimfield Antique Show. Arriving around 7:00 we found that most dealers weren’t open yet. So after walking to the very end of the show we found a field that was mostly open, where we made the first purchase of the day. But I will let the videos tell the story of the day and all we bought. And I was just joking about buying the 1940 Desoto – but I would love to own it, maybe some day I will have an old car.

 

Chris & Anthony (The  (not so lucky today) Freakin’ Tiquen’ Guys)

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Brimfield Antique Show – Day One

Today was the first day that Chris and I attended the Brimfield Antique Show. The alarm went off at 5:00 A.M. and shortly after 6:00 we were on our way. Getting there before 7:00 and leaving around 12:30 we managed to go to 4 fields (out of 21) and one building. On the way back to the hotel we stopped at the Quaboag Valley Antique Center, a two-floor  multi dealer antique store where we found a couple of Deco items.

Here are some videos of the day –

 

 

 

This was our first day’s haul. Can’t hardly wait to see what tomorrow brings.

 

Chris and Anthony (the Freakin’ ‘Tiquen’ Guys)

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