Happy new year!

It's been a wild past few months.  We got very busy over the holidays enjoying time with family and focusing on our etsy businesses. 
Picking has been slim, we have mostly been buying lighters and a few signs for ourselves.  We've been spending winter going through our stuff and with hopes to move sometime in the near future (no worries, staying in Chicago), we are downsizing like crazy. 
This Wednesday we are taking a whole van load to Shipshewana antique auction.  It'll be our first time consigning after many years of enjoying and buying there.  It starts at 9 am sharp eastern time.  Row 5 spaces 12 and 13.  We are selling everything no reserve (except for one item)  - minimum starting bid is $5. 
We are ready to clean house, downsize, and make room for all new and awesome merch! 
We hope to see some of you there.  It's a really fun auction with so many killer pieces and is so worth the drive!

More stuff

Here's a few more things we picked up this week.  We will be selling at the vintage garage chicago holiday market tomorrow from 10-5!  Come visit! 

First trip to Indiana in months!

What a day!  We've been sick the past week but started feeling better so decided to go on a big trip to indiana.  Two auctions, spanning from 9 am til 10 pm.  Challenge accepted! 
Didn't get too much at the first one... a bit more at the second.  It was dark when we were loading out so I didn't get any pictures,  but will update with them tomorrow.  Tons of smalls, a few cool military pieces, lamp, skull, deer mount, and more!  Felt really great to be out on the hunt again.

Old church

We fix our van this week and are mobile again!  We went to a pre pick at a vintage church.  Found a couple of interesting pieces - old altar cloths, some cool lamp shades, memorial vases, and a nifty box of old darts (apparently they used to be champion dart players.) 
The church is set to be demoed later this year so once they get to that stage we are going to get some of the architectural pieces - there are a bunch of nifty old exit lights, ceiling fans, light fixtures, etc. 

Peotone!

All set up at the peotone petroleum and advertising show.  It's open sunday from 8am til 1pm.  Come by and visit!  $5 admission after 8.  Don't try to break into our van - all the good stuff is in our room. Hah.

Just a few finds

Sorry for the lack of updates!  We have been doing a lot of shows and haven't done too much picking.  Found two nifty vintage counter top displays, a singer featherweight, and a few odds and ends. 
Next weekend we will be setting up at the peotone gas and advertising show.  Saturday it's $50 admission and open from noon til 5, Sunday it's open from 8-3 with $5 admission (or 630 am admission at $20.)  
We will be bringing a bunch of our stuff and we are also helping out a friend with an amazing gas/oil collector clearout.  Lots of cool stuff!

Busy busy

Sorry for the lack of posts as of late!  We've been crazy busy for the past two weeks.  We sold at vintage garage chicago, then did Elkhorn the following weekend.  Elkhorn was so crazy packed we never had a chance to shop, but did manage to pick up a few old kodak signs from our neighbor and a beautiful antique mirror. 
We also started a new djing gig.  Now most thursdays we will be spinning punk rock at christinas place from 9pm ish to 4am (as if we weren't busy enough already.)
Also, while we were working elkhorn senior nilles was at an auto jumble in england and picked us some amazing british car badges!
Next Saturday we will be selling at the bark and art festival at the harley Davidson in palatine from 12-5 so come on by for a visit and to support some awesome artists and dog rescues!