Category Archives: ANTIQUES & COLLECTING

Philly’s Mid-Century Modern Mecca

Posted on November 6, 2018 by cara

IT’S LIKE eBAY NEVER HAPPENED at the vast Mid-Century Furniture Warehouse in Philadelphia, where larger-than-life opera props jostle with well-made 1960s American case goods by such companies as Lane and Drexel, and new, retro-style upholstered furniture and dining sets made … Continue reading →

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Scenes from a Flea

Posted on November 16, 2014 by cara

THE PERIPATETIC BROOKLYN FLEA has a new winter home. It opened last weekend for the season at 1000 Dean Street in Crown Heights. The market was jam-packed yesterday afternoon — in fact, my friend and I couldn’t deal with the level … Continue reading →

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New Brooklyn Resource: Reclaimed Home

Posted on April 15, 2014 by cara

A TRIP TO THE NEW CROWN HEIGHTS STORE, Reclaimed Home, could just save you a longer trip upstate. The architectural salvage and secondhand furniture on offer here are reminiscent of what you might find while foraging at the Stormville flea … Continue reading →

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Used-Furniture Trove in Midtown Manhattan

Posted on January 25, 2013 by cara

HIGH ON MY LIST of things to accomplish this winter, somewhere between “Buy house” and “Update password list” (now 8 typewritten pages long), was “New clothing storage for bedroom.” I had already winnowed as much as I dared, but my … Continue reading →

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Inquiring Minds: Antiques Dealer Tim Lee

Posted on September 20, 2012 by cara

TIM LEE is something of a Renaissance guy — he’s an art photographer and sculptor, and has a longtime party design business. But most people here in Springs (East Hampton), N.Y. know him as an antiques dealer with a great … Continue reading →

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