Tag: Minnesota
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Vintage Inspiration
I don’t like to throw anything out, if I can help it. I suppose that’s true of most lovers of vintage items and antiques… Many of these “old used things” can go on to live another life — if you can only see what they can be! Sometimes, however, no matter how inspired I am,…
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Antique Child’s Chair & Other Goodies
More photos of great things we just brought in for sale at Exit 55 Antiques in Fergus Falls, MN, that I just love. The feature of this little set-up is the antique child’s chair. Details on the chair can be found here. Other special pieces include the antique doily holder, a ceramic black poodle bank,…
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Primitive Chippy Paint Wood Heaven
Sometimes, decorating a booth space at an antique mall is much fun as decorating your house. The only sad thing is seeing how cool the set-up looks and wishing you could take it all back home with you and re-do the house. Unfortunately, hubby won’t let me do that. But if you love chippy-paint antique…
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Feeling Folksy
We’re working at Exit 55 Antiques today. (The store is open until 5pm.) Not only are we looking forward to seeing you, but we’ve brought in more new-to-you-but-old-stuff, like this vintage wooden folk art shadowbox shelf. Don’t you just love the zig-zags?! Handmade, slightly primitive, and just $69. If you can’t come in, call and…
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Antique Football History Book
Can an antique book be called a history book? It can when the book covered 30 years of history before its printing! This lovely hardcover copy of Football at Minnesota: The story of thirty years’ contests on the gridiron (Minnesota Alumni Weekly, November 9, 1914) is in our case at Exit 55 Antiques. It features…
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Antique Native American Gourd Canteen
One of recent auction finds, a beaded Chippewa or Ojibwa gourd canteen from the former museum in Two Harbors, MN. It’s now in our case at Exit 55 Antiques.
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This Saturday!
We will be bringing in some new old items to sell at Exit 55 Antiques (Fergus Falls, MN) when we’ll be working at the store this Saturday, October 20, 2012. The store hours are 10 am to 5 pm, and whether you want to buy, sell, talk about antiques and collectibles, or just want to…
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It Takes A Lot Of Hard Work To Make It Look Like Magic
If you’ve been following our Facebook page, you know that we’ve expanded our antiques and vintage collectibles business by going from a case at Exit 55 Antiques to a booth. While this image makes it all look like magic, we spent nearly five hours Saturday night moving all the items in, arranging them, and vacuuming…
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Vintage Flavoring Bottle
If you’re a collector of items or advertising from Minnesota companies, check out the vintage glass bottle of Gold Cross liquid “concentrated beverage base” in “imitation strawberry” flavoring currently in our case at Exit 55 Antiques. The syrup was made by Brechet & Richter Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota; here’s the article I wrote about the…
