I will always love a good tag sale, but sometimes you have to go where the kindred spirits are. If you are lucky like me, you have such places close to home. Loot has long been one of my favorite shops, and I was lucky enough to sneak in after a long morning at housing court last Friday. But I truly cannot believe that I just today, for the first time, discovered Studio second Canal at the beautiful Paper City Studios along the canal in downtown Holyoke. A friend alerted me to the Craigslist posting and I was intrigued. I got there and I was astounded. I ogled. Then I bought, and chatted with fellow collector, reclaimer and repurposer Barb Hahn. It's such a nice feeling when you can buy an entire box of test tubes without a sideways glance, and your vintage suitcase collection looks tiny in comparison to what's in front of you.
For your viewing pleasure, here's what I scored from 1 old and 1 new favorite shop.
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golf ball basket upside down
providing a hint about its reuse |
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| right side up |
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| this... |
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| ...came with this |
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| putting those test tubes to immediate use |
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According to IMDB, Marvin Digs is an animated short
about Marvin, a teenage ball of fur, who gets the idea to paint the entire city in groovy, psychedelic colors. You will
not be surprised to know it was released in 1967. |
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| coolest lazy susan ever? |
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it's hard to say what's cooler - the film reel
or the MGM engraved box it came in |
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Do you see inkwells?
Because I see shammes. |
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these are apparently textile bobbins, but they
look like clown accoutrements |
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yes, crutch tips
Holyoke produced a lot more than paper
back in the day. |
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| crutch molds |
