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Used-Furniture Trove in Midtown Manhattan
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
Marika’s of Shelter Island
EVERY DAY’S A FLEA MARKET AT MARIKA’S, a mad jumble of used furniture on Rt. 114, the main artery through serene and pretty Shelter Island, tucked between Long Island’s North and South Forks. Truth to tell, I have never bought … Continue reading
Little Shops Around the Corner
THIS fab pink armchair could be had Saturday at Yesterday’s News, corner of Court Street and 2nd Place in Carroll Gardens, for $150. YOU HAVE TO BE GRATEFUL to people who scour the estate sales of Long Island and New … Continue reading
Posted in ANTIQUES & COLLECTING, BROOKLYN
Tagged '50s lamp, 1940s, antiques, Antiques Past and Present, bent plywood, Brownstone Treasures, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, collecting, costume jewelry, estate sales, Frank Galdi, New York skyline, Nostalgia Antiques, paper ephemera, secondhand furniture, used furniture, watercolor, wire cafe chairs, wrought iron, Yesterday's News
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