CURVEBALL...

Well, I had planned to do another post featuring pics of goods we will be taking to Texas but it just didn't work out that way.

Today was loading day, and for the first time EVER we loaded in rain and intermittent thunder storms.

CURVEBALL...

Tough to load when you have to cover everything with tarps, then uncover, then re~cover...

You get the idea... Even harder to take pics of anything when it's under a big blue tarp...

So I got nothin' for ya...

Until I return, and then I will be bombarding you with FABULOUS pics from the show...

Hope you don't mind waiting, IT'S SO VERY WORTH IT!

Back soon...

If you are lucky enough to be coming to the GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH...

MARBURGER FARMS****PLEASE STOP BY AND SAY HELLO!!!

TENT H   BOOTH 15

The magic starts on TUESDAY SEPT. 27TH!!!!

9/11

This post is dedicated to all those who lost their lives ten years ago tomorrow.

9/11/01...

The innocent people at the World Trade Center and on the planes that crashed into the towers...

The Pentagon...

The brave souls on Flight 93 whose act of heroism saved lives we will never know were saved...

The brave firefighters, police and first responders who made the ultimate sacrifice...

And to all the loved ones left behind. The children who will never know their daddy. And the ones who lost their mommy...

The husbands, wives, sons, daughters, parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents and friends who live with a wound on their heart that will never heal...

God bless and let us never forget...

OPINIONS ARE LIKE...

well, you know.

I recently received an unbelievably massive new catalog from RESTORATION HARDWARE.

Right there on page 92 is an interview/feature on Tim Oulton, designer and former antiques dealer, who states,

"Let's be clear. Antiques are finished." "No one's interested," he says of the antique business.

"It's not relevant. Now antiques reinvented, that's what people are interested in."

WHATCHU TALKIN' BOUT WILLIS?

I'll give you this Mr. Oulton, people are diggin' on re~purposing old stuff. We do re~purpose as dealers and so do most of my peeps.

But antiques are finished? I beg to differ. While you are quite talented with your reproductions of old things, your repros don't have the soul of a true antique.

SOUL.

You can't reproduce soul.

As a dealer of antiques and vintage junque I can't imagine what shows like Brimfield and Marburger Farms ( where we sell our wares) would be like if we all unloaded nothing but re~purposed goods. As a dealer, you can't tell me that people don't still dig the old stuff. I see it every show.

So here's where you come in. What do you think? Have you seen the catalog and/or the article? Give me your feedback! Are you a purist or do you love a good repro?

Can't wait to hear from you!

PS~~THANKS FOR YOUR SWEET COMMENTS ABOUT MY VIDEO INTERVIEW AT MY LAST SHOW!