Tag: retro
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What’s The Difference Between “Antique,” “Vintage,” & “Retro”?
Helping buyers, collectors, and, yes, antique dealers, vintage sellers, and resellers, with industry facts. In the strictest sense, age is the difference between antique, vintage, and retro items. Antiques are items which must be at least 100 years old. That means, as of the date of this posting, an antique item was made on or before…
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Letterman Mid-Century Modern Paintings
It’s not often you find oil paintings with such a well-defined and readable signature, but the one on this triptych we have in our booth at Fargo Antiques and Repurposed Market is clearly LETTERMAN, stylized with extended letters to evoke modernity and motion. And, not only is the name so readable, the signature readily identifies…
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This Week’s Story: Smells Like Grandma (Spirit)
(If you prefer, you can listen to this as a podcast! Smells Like Grandma, episode 1 – 5.) A few weeks ago I spent the weekend washing out old perfume bottles. Well, technically, washing vintage & retro figural eau de cologne bottles – because perfume rarely comes in such bottles. Which is why most of…
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Flash sale
Flash Sale! 20% off all items in our vintage & retro craft supplies shop, Kindness Of Strangers!
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Celebrating Independent Retailer Month
We’re celebrating Independent Retailer Month – With a sale, of course!! Check out our Etsy Clearance Sale – 30% OFF Select Items! Remember, if you are in the FM area, local pickup can be arranged! Just convo us!
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Holiday Record Sale, December 7th!
Hey, Fargo-Moorhead record lovers, we’ve got a pop-up flash sale for you! This Saturday, December 7, 2019, ALL records in our booths at Fargo Antiques & Repurposed Market (aka The Farm) are HALF OFF! Yes, this includes all our vintage vinyl: 33 1/3 LPs, 78s, 45s – even classic kitschy kids’ Christmas records! Even if…
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Vintage Playground Rides, Anyone?
Just scored a pair of vintage playground rides — and brought them into the Fargo location of F.A.R.M.! Both are believed to be made of cast aluminum, with modest wear to what’s believed to be original paint. As always, contact us with your interest. We will ship — however, due to size and weight, we…
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New Vintage Clothing Shop In Fargo-Moorhead!
The Fargo Antiques & Repurposed Market (F.A.R.M.) has expanded, opening a new, second location in the Moorhead Center Mall — and we’ve expanded too, taking another two booths there. You can see a bit of our space in this photo taken for the article about the new location in the July 7, 2016 issue of…
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June Is For Brides
June is for weddings! Here’s a bit of what we have for sale at F.A.R.M.: A vintage boxed set of handkerchiefs – with blue embroidery, so it’s both the “something old” and the “something blue” (and maybe even covers “something new” as it’s new to you!) And a pretty vintage bride doll. She’s made of…
