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Pigeon Forge Pottery Raccoons
A lovely estate find: a trio of vintage raccoons from the Pigeon Forge Pottery! Each piece signed by Douglas Ferguson, founder of the pottery. (Signature of “D Ferguson” incised on the bottom of each piece.) Each is different at all pieces of Pigeon Forge pottery were handmade. (Even if a molded, not handmade piece, all…
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Handsome Vintage Wooden Smoking Stand Humidor with Freemasons Ashtray
An incredible vintage smoking table, smoke stand, or standing humidor — still with the original copper liner! But it’s the outside the fabulous outside details which really make this a standout vintage piece. Lots of parquet, turned legs and spindle side handles, little storage spaces… A very handsome smoking parlor piece. The ashtray which sits…
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Fargo-Moorhead, Repurpose With Vintage Gardening Ideas
Gardening in dressers & drawers is all the rage now. We posted a bunch of ideas on our Tumblr (this post specifically). And you can keep an eye on our Gardening Pinterest Board too. (As well as Facebook.) Just know that we have a slew of vintage wooden drawers over at F.A.R.M. – and we…
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Adorable Vintage Disney Children’s Pluto Desk
Check out the cute vintage figural kid’s desk! Pluto is made of wood, the legs are metal. The desktop is complete with lifting chalkboard top (so you can store chalk, etc.). Marked Walt Disney Productions, this vintage bit of Disneyana was likely made in the 1960s. Super cute — and in wonderful shape — this…
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Antique Advertising Tins
A trio of lovely antique advertising pieces. The first two are very large tins, one for Sears Rivera Brand Coffee and the other for Sweet Cuba Tobacco. Also shown (a bit) in this photo of the two tins is the antique copper cigar humidor, inscribed “To Schultz.” More photos of these tins: To help you…
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What We Have At SuLaine’s Antique Mall
In case you missed it on our Facebook page, we recently moved into SuLaine’s Antique mall — it’s the largest antiques and collectibles center in Minnesota’s Detroit Lakes area. Here are a few photos from our space (dealer code “YES”).
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Large Antique Painted Plaster Relief Of Mary
People have asked about the gorgeous antique plaster relief of Mary we previously showed you, so here’s some more info: It came out of a very old Catholic church. It’s not so much a wall plaque; this old plaster piece was built into the alter or wall of a church — as evidenced by the…
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What We Have At Fargo Antiques & Repurposed Market (F.A.R.M.)
We’ve been busy, setting up and refilling so often that we’ve been remiss in telling you that we are selling at the new Fargo Antiques & Repurposed Market (F.A.R.M.). Today it is one month to the day the shop opened! It’s a great mix of true antiques, cool vintage, and unique repurposed, recycled, upcycled items.…
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Happy Halloween
This afternoon KFGO’s Bob Harris contacted me to get ten minutes of Dakota Death Trip Hallowe’en tales — listen to it here — in which I talked about: Madame Darrell, the mystic who operated out of offices throughout the West, including Deadwood and Brainerd, speaking to the spirit world and foretelling the future; The little schoolhouse…
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Dakota Death Trip On The Radio!
Yesterday, hubby was once again in the media for his Dakota Death Trip website. This time, Derek was at Fargo’s KFGO speaking with Bob Harris about the website and stories of yesteryear. Here’s a link to the short, but splendid, interview!
