Where we find our stuff

We get this question alot- "Where do you find your stuff?"

Well, fair customers, I assure you, there is NOT a pull in and load up type place.  At least not that we have found on a regular basis.

I told you in a previous post, that we buy primarily at auction. That's true.

Oh sure, we pick stuff up at Houseworks or Artifacts in Iowa City and we get some special touches at Sister's Garden in Kalona, but most of the time, we battle it out at auction.

Occasionally, we get lucky.

I showed you some of these frames that Judy painted in a previous post.

Great stuff.

a set of 12 Catholic Stations of the Cross, some with perfect paint, some chippy. 
They made the trip to the last Kane and got a lot of attention, but we are still enjoying them.
Email us if interested. $350 for the set. 



sold right away last Kane to our friend Judy!



Beautiful day.

Fun crowd of regulars.

That was the case at an estate auction in a neighboring town in October.

 (Geez, I gotta keep up on my posts!)

And then once in a while, you are rewarded for your patience.

And everyone looks at you like you are a nutjob for wanting something so bad you almost pee your pants because you don"t wanna chance being in the port-a-potty when they sell...and auctioneers can jump off in strange selling directions sometimes, so you wait it out.

And you bid ONCE and get something you think is F.A.B.U.L.O.U.S. for the price of 2 Starbucks Mochas.

Like these angel candelabra...

I mean, they are huge (almost 4 feet tall each), with original paint, a few nicks and each has one small crack.



And a childhood memory runs through your mind and so you put them in your dining room where you walk by them 100 times a day and feel blessed.  And you DON'T EVEN CARE that they are missing their wings and would be so much more valuable if they had the wings, as 10 people pointed out at the auction.  Because you saw them with their wings every Sunday at your own church for 18 years of your life with your family and they are still there!
(That's my Dad's cousin and his wife at the wedding of their daughter a few weeks ago- see the angels in the back?)



Ahhh. I love auctions.
Come see what GREAT THINGS you can SCORE for incredibly fair prices at our booth
THIS WEEKEND.
Kane County Flea Market
Kane County Fairgrounds
Sat, Dec 3 noon-5
Sun, Dec 4 7-3pm

We will again have our double booth in the Main Robinson Building, right next to Mark and close to Rhubarb Reign, Paper Patty, the Notre Dame nuns French pastry table, Diane Passi, Judy from Tapestries of Nature... come see us.


We'll even hold your purchases while you run to the bathroom :)