Hello!
It was a whirlwind Sunday for KBD, Terra (one of my other besties), and I as we challenged ourselves by walking the whole
Alameda Point Antiques Fair with Beckett (KBD's baby boy). KBD and I go to the fair maybe twice a year. It's not really our cup of tea because we love bargains. We go to the fair if we need to look for something specific or in our case yesterday for some exercise. But we were to be incorrect in our assumptions on both accounts.
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| The Chairman and the back of KBD's head |
Firstly all the gourmet food trucks were there today along with the usual staples of gyros, kettle Corn, and sausage vendors. The Chairman has the best crispy pork tacos. They are VERY tasty and it's possible to eat four in one sitting. Although I find them a bit pricey they are worth the wait in line. We basically ate our way around the fair.
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| Plays cylinders instead of flat records |
If you've never been to "The Point" know this one thing. Everything is good there. There's no real rummaging to find a jewel in the garbage. They are all jewels and you'll pay a premium for someone else doing the dirty work. Above is a beautiful Edison Talking Machine with horn. I had to snap a pic of it. Though we already have our replica gramophone for the picnic, this vintage piece is definitely a show stopper. I didn't ask for the price since I was on a budget.
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| Let your spirit animal be your guide |
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| Cha-ching! |
We saw a pair of one armed bandits yesterday. Kim wanted a photo with Ronald McDonald since he's her spirit animal and Terra found a dark knight in shining armor willing to take her money.
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| As Beckett slept, bargains slowly began to accumulate on his mode of transport |
As for the deals, we actually found some! I don't have pics of everything, but we found a beautiful Indian brass table with base for only $25 (bargained down from $35), a round oriental run for $15 (talked down from $20), a picnic basket for $10 (bargained down from $15) and a couple more 78 RPM records for the gramophone for 50 cents each. All and all good items for the Gatsby picnic at great prices. Who knows, maybe the overcast weather was making vendors pliable to offers.
Well, I'm going to soak my sore muscles and try to find more space to store some of this new stuff!
-HWC
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I try to go to the antiques fair every month, to look for gatsby and just vintage in general. True that there are a lot of wonderful items that make you drool with wanting that way expensive. But i have found that some sellers toward the end of the day aren't really wanting to pack there stuff up and thats when there more willing to bargin. I also have several sellers who i constantly buy things from who give me better deals cause im a repeat customer. One lady impaticular who usually has tables with prices ranging from 1 to 5 dollars of just random stuff and specific things, i always linens and hankies and even jewelry when she has it.
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