Vintage Shop With Me! | Antique Show Shopping & Selling

Antique shows are happening again in airy rural places! The Petoskey, Michigan Fairgrounds fills twice a year with antiques under huge tents, and we explore my reselling booth and the rest of the outdoor show in this fun video. I bring fresh stock to every show…my first chance to set up a show booth since March provides shoppers and viewers a chance to see my finds during the lockdown! My eye is as eclectic as my videos, so antique Satsuma vases and a Japanese ikebana bronze vase share space with Skookum dolls, race car memorabilia and the Royal Carriage from Queen Elizabeth’s 1953 Coronation. After buying and showing off an Erphila dresser doll, I take us on a tour of the rest of this fascinating outdoor selling venue. So many vintage delights! Victorian cast iron garden ware and one-of-a-kind hand hewn primitive furniture attract one sort of collector, while kitschy 1970s lamps and a 4’ beer bottle entice a different crowd. Among the finds are fun facts and important things for resellers and collectors to know. How do you tell a new burl table from vintage? What is a “Kentiki” tumbler? What popular reselling reality show overly inflates its values? We tell all as we show real examples to help interpret the past—and help you avoid mistakes in the present. Here are some more of the items we see along the way in this tour: Fox print, Peter Marsh lamp, Fenton lamp, Bill Elliott signature, Native American beadwork, school map, pre-Columbian jaguar effigy vessel, Wash-ette, Tom’s store jar, Starburst candlesticks, Wedgwood tea set, Lenox princesses, Vernon Kilns, corbels, lawn jockeys, computing scale, nurse sign, felt pennant, stamp set, portrait chair, Hudson’s Bay robes, Squash Blossom jewelry, turquoise and sterling concho belts, onion bin, forestry sign, taxidermy, antlers, Paul Marshall mirror, folk art, crocks, truck scale, carnival glass swung vases, glass birds, 1970s furnishings, reflector road sign, lunchboxes, childrens enamel top tables, shaving stand,