Monday, February 28, 2011

strip mall estate sale

generally estate sales are held in homes but recently I attended a sale that took place in the empty storefront at a strip mall. apparently the sale was of a collectors many storage units...the rumor was something like 6.




there were lots of different kinds of items like a regular estate sale, including a large selection of hats & shoes...this was only one of the multiple displays:


in addition there was a very large collection of dolls. like hundreds & hundreds of them. sadly I didn't take a photo of the two big areas where the dolls were setup but trust me it was crazy:






there were even boy dolls of the paper variety:


I did take a photo of the holly hobby section, although it's blurry:


here's a closeup of one part:


I did buy some things, although not anything in these photos...I'll post that tomorrow.
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10 comments:

  1. Kitsch and CuriousFebruary 28, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    Oh my days, that is stupendous!!!
    I'd love to look around all that!

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  2. AveenFebruary 28, 2011 at 9:18 AM

    That Fonzie paper doll is pretty much the coolest thing I've ever seen!

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  3. UnknownFebruary 28, 2011 at 9:24 AM

    oh my gosh, the damage I could have done there. amazing!

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  4. cowboybunnyFebruary 28, 2011 at 9:28 AM

    Wow, I believe I would have a hard time narrowing down what to buy, holy moly. I have one of the holly hobby dolls, funny to see it in a box. Can't wait to see what you got ;)

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  5. Briana ShepleyFebruary 28, 2011 at 9:32 AM

    ohmalord, looks like you died and went to my heaven!

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  6. CraftcherryFebruary 28, 2011 at 9:47 AM

    Oh my goodness! I would have loved to go to that! Looks like a treasure chest exploded!

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  7. LisaFebruary 28, 2011 at 1:50 PM

    Jealous. SO JEALOUS. Wow! Barabarino. The hats display. The mini suitcases. Can't wait to see what you bought!

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  8. BeckyFebruary 28, 2011 at 3:38 PM

    So jealous. Was it hard to leave that sale without buying almost everything? Please tell me you wanted to buy the Welcome Back Kotter doll...?!

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  9. sparrows-and-arrowsMarch 1, 2011 at 6:37 AM

    That is an EPIC estate sale....oh sigh

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  10. Missouri JohnsonMarch 5, 2011 at 9:10 AM

    I love your blog. Some great pics that I find inspiring. I am always looking for things to stir the creative pot and when I stumbled across your blog I thought I found another one of my tribe. Great work and keep the creativity coming...

    Missouri Johnson

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