What Younger Vintage Dealers Are Buying Now

I am so excited to get to go to the Springfield Antique Extrav this coming weekend. I didn't get to go last year because I was sick. My friends held my space for me and they did some video and we're gonna do a reaction video to their video because I'll get to see the show, remember how our space sets up, and it's something to do while I look through this pile of costume jewelry that I'm bringing. All right, so we have arrived. This is our first day, a Springfield, Ohio antique show. We're excited and there is a long line to get in. It looks like we're starting out early in the morning. If you get there early, you can pay 50 bucks, get in the lines, and some people start selling early. There's gonna be a lot of early birds and people ready to buy. Ah yes. They didn't deliver all of our tables. That's not surprising. These folks do a wonderful job bringing a huge crowd. They are a little disorganized on the setup. The first time I did the show there, I got put in front of the Dog Pavilion, which is a guy's space that he's had for 25 years. Oh, it looks like they're delivering them now. I finally finished, for the most part, setting up. That's my art down there. Are those paint-by-numbers? Those are paint-by-numbers. Well, thank you. Beth used to work for Zig Zag, so she's got all this great Zig Zag gear. It's so much fun to share the space and have a bigger space and a bigger presentation, and everybody has a different view of the market, so we all bring cool stuff. Just hilarious. More scarves. I just always pick them up at the bins for really cheap, and I always think they're so pretty, so I don't know if those will sell or not. We'll give them a try. Bag of ties. It's another thing I'd pick up from the bin. Sell this antique steamer trunk. I'm not taking it home. I'm not taking it home. What that means is if it doesn't sell, it gets left behind. That's a very strange thing about this particular antique show. They will actually let you leave behind anything you don't want to take back. I got a really great dresser for free that I sold for $100 because my neighbor drove off and left it at the end of the show. Got some more art. Some books. Oh, yes, collector's reference books. The market has come back for those. They are very handy because they're so well-researched. You can just learn a ton about a subject and see it all in one place instead of having to doomscroll trying to find the thing you want. And then we got some great Mooseite grapes, some Mexican folk art. We got a Joseph's Original back there. Some M. Hadley. Mary Hadley. I just got a big collection that I put in my Kentucky Antique Mall, and now that the factory is back open again, collectors have renewed interest. I got a bunch of clear glass, but it's great clear glass, so I will see if it sells. If it doesn't, I'll probably just leave it here. So clear right now is overlooked by a lot of resellers, and it's inexpensive to buy, but I do sell it. I've sold cut crystal this year. I've sold etched pieces. Yes, clear is good. You just have to be selective. Of course, I got a little bit of kitsch, some spaghetti poodles, salt and peppers, which reminds me, I got some more somewhere. Yeah, that's the thing that every dealer says as they're unpacking. Where's that thing that I packed? And sometimes you find it in the bottom of the box at the end of the show. Some gorgeous celluloid box, and it's in really good conditions. Ooh, I want this. Sometimes these are not in the best condition, so you got a good price on that too. $25 is a good price on that. Oh, I want it. Got a fused art glass dish. Oh yeah, that's Peggy Carr. I think it's signed... I thought it was that lady who always does a fused glass. I forget. She's right. Gobble bird, music box, got a rare fentanyl piece here. It's the Tree of Life pattern in Wisteria. That's $65 on that. Yeah, Wisteria is a tough color to find. I got this monstrosity that I have to sell. Hopefully. Got a Kanoa applied glass swung vase. Oh, I've always liked those little Kanoa vases. They are just a fun design with that ring around them. No one else did that. Some Carlo Moretti glasses back there. She always finds the Carlo Moretti. I bought a set from her the last time I did Springfield with her, and they sold for me right away. It's great stuff. They must have sold a lot of it in Cincinnati, where she lives, because I never run into it. Got some cookie jars. Ooh, yes, those two cookie jars, the teapot with Aladdin and then Mrs. Potts from Beauty and the Beast. Treasure Craft made those for Disney in the late 80s and early 90s, and yeah, they're pretty collectible. And then I love eclectic items. I love selling them. They're not as popular as your pretty stuff, but if I was buying a house, I would fill it with this. Okay, I beg to differ actually. It is a different customer than fancy porcelains and that sort of thing, but I think ethnic does really well, and I've seen houses decorated in it in ways that are really interesting, and it feels like the home of the world traveler. So there is definitely a customer for this kind of thing. It's a West Germany mid-century modern pottery vase. Ooh, interesting with that sort of scarification in the raised ceramic there. That's kind of cool. I'll have to take this out into the sun and show you. It's got like the sandstone glitter, and it's amazing. And the nice thing about putting pottery in the sun is it doesn't damage it. It doesn't turn it lavender-like glass can or yellowish if it's newer glass. I love that ring dish, but nobody's bought it yet, which surprises me. Me too. My mom has. Wade Lindsay's. Excuse my nails. Kind of comes with the territory. Yeah, it really does. Her nails are at least clean, and at an outdoor show, that's not always guaranteed. So please forgive us if we do not always look perfectly clothed and manicured. This photo of the lady with the parasol, I love it. I'm half tempted to keep it. I might. Okay, I'm going to keep it. That's also something that happens when you're setting up at shows. You realize, wait a second, I bought that for me. All right, now we're rounding to best area. I love her Sasha Brasov Lucite Bear. It's so pretty in person. It's more like an aqua blue. Yeah, $140 for the Sasha Bear resin is not a bad price at all. She always got great kitsch. She's got the stunning beaded bag. So beautiful and in great condition. Those are hard to find in such good condition. You know, the funny thing is the place I find them is at this show, strangely enough. The few places I can go and buy those kinds of purses, I guess they were popular in Ohio back in the 20s. Antique. This one's really pretty too. And really surprisingly reasonably priced, considering they're 170 years old. I've never seen the cat before. Cat's awesome. She's got great prices on all of her vases. Wow. Lots of trunk vases. She sold some yesterday when she was setting up. Yeah, you will sell it set up. Oh, and that's a neat counter. Richard, you were there, the orange. It's my vase here. We put them together, the Bill Campbells. We've got the crystalline glaze on it. Gorgeous. She took the words out of my mouth. This is my creepy clown painting I just got recently. Okay, I don't think that's creepy at all. It's just really fun and interesting and moody. And then that dude that looks like the man of the sea. Oh, I like that too. She's got a really interesting eye where art is concerned. I like what she's picking up. It's not that these are major listed artists, but they're all compelling in some way. That is the Gordon Fisherman. That's what he reminds me of. I picked him up at an estate sale. I haven't even scoped out the Terrell's booth yet. Well, I'm scoping out that clock down there that it had an alarm that was a light that flashed as well as a regular sound alarm. And they were made originally for people who were deaf so that the flashing light would wake them up. But they also could be set to do two different alarm times. And during the war when people were working different shifts, couples who were sharing a room would have those and the alarms would go off at different times. They always have some really cool and unique stuff. We got some World's Fair salt and pepper shakers. I love this purse. It's so beautiful. 24 bucks. Lots of bling. Cat trying to find places. Yeah, it can be. Cameo jewelry box. Oh yeah, little jewelry boxes. I always sell at shows because people who collect always need places to put things. Oh, he's got some really cool stuff. Oh, the treasure craft. The treasure craft foot with the lei. Yes, that is the peacock glaze from about the time of my birth. Okay, that is so cute. Little bug on his nose. Oh, that's so awesome. Like, it's a cool bobblehead pincushion. That is so weird that I kind of like it. So we just finished up and it was a lot of work. Wow, it looks good. And we're gonna have four tents this time. And since there's me as well, I mean, wow, they filled the booth without me. So we're gonna just extend it. This is giving me ideas about how we'll set up. I'm gonna go around and see if I can snag a couple of deals before this thing starts. Hi, Indy. Are you sweet? Can I come close to you? Yeah. Hi, Indy. Indy has a mohawk. That's so funny. Oh, but this isn't recording any of my reactions. I'm gonna end. I'm gonna go around and see if I can snag a couple of deals before this thing starts. Hi, Indy. Are you sweet? Can I come close to you? Yeah. Oh my gosh, you're adorable. So I took a little break from our booth. Beth is manning the fort. And I came to check out my two favorite vendors inside. This is one of them. She's always got really good deals. Yeah, she really does. The whole table is a dollar each. I would grab that for a dollar. Even with the missing stone, you could find one to replace. And I'd take those star photos too. Mighty Mouse is on the way. There are people selling things from a dollar to $10,000 at this show. Anything you like. Serious true antiques to blotters. It's there. $3 jewelry. Yes. Now in their video, their videos are very atmospheric and have lots of background music, but they have the rights to it. And I don't. So I had to cut it out. I really like this piece for $3. That would be fun to put a scarf through, or you could even put a pin on the back and wear it as a brooch. Some of these found object pins from the late eighties, early nineties were done by artists who are actually known now. And some of those sell for pretty good money. Trifari, but that's later. Oh, this snail's cute. He's adorable. Yeah, true. Costume jewelry isn't always about being fancy. Sometimes it's about being fun, sometimes fancy and fun, but always fun first. Ooh, I like that bracelet. How much is that? The one of the silver there with the stones in it. I like rhinestone jewelry. It just, the glass is what got me into jewelry. So I always look for pieces with rhinestones like this one in the bag here that I should be sorting, but I'm getting distracted by the video. I'm looking at their jewelry and I should be looking at mine. Videos are inspirational. Now I see why you all like to watch them. It gets you going. And this is a good buckle actually, because it's got the Hopi dancer on it. It says rain tree. I'll pick it up. Yeah, good decision. 12 bucks. That was a good price. It's a rosary. Gold. Otherwise I'd pick it up for mom. Oh, she's got some turquoise. I gotta stop this for a minute. Right above the turquoise, that piece of paper with the woman and the man and the baby, that was a leaflet that was dropped on American servicemen by the Japanese in World War II to try to convince you to surrender so that you can be sent back to your wife and child who were missing you while you were gone. Okay, so please ask to see. So I, once she's done talking to her friend down there, I'm going to ask her the prices on those turquoise rings. Those turquoise rings are really nice and I definitely have some turquoise in this pile, which I've got to locate. I really like that doll head. I believe that one is German. The French are valuable too, more so actually. Oh, he is interesting. $25. Oh, that's cool. That's got to be from the 60s or 70s, but he's great. I feel like that's a really good price for that, but it's out of my wheelhouse. Oh, the price is fine. I love the old spooky stuff. Clement's service manual. See, we all look for different things. I'm noticing stuff she's passing, she's noticing stuff I wouldn't think to pick up, and she's finding some good things. Turquoise rings did not fit me, but I got that little batch of jewelry for 20 bucks. All right, so now I need to head over to my other favorite seller. And before I go back through this, so hard to English shop at two places without looking at anything else, and I can't leave my friends stranded. Yeah, there's so much to shop at this show, and I do a lot of buying and selling in my booth. Hello, how are you doing? Good. I always have to stop at your booth. She's right. I always buy something out of this booth, too, because their prices are good, and they have a pretty nice selection. It's a jar. That's really... Oh. It's pretty. Victorian spangle glass. Yes, I like that a lot. Oh, the spaghetti poodles. I love these. Who doesn't? Does it say 20? 20? Oh my gosh, I might have to take both of those. I think it's a guy that used to work for Yadro. Is the N-A-O the Nao, I think it's called? Yeah, he was one of the brothers. That was a good piece. Great stuff. Great prices. So pretty. Sparklies. I'm looking at their sparklies. I should be looking at mine. That was a quick way to spend $60. Both of the pink spaghetti poodles, they're not exactly spaghetti. I forget what they're called, but they're bigger. He always asks for under market for his stuff. That's why I always return to his booth. I do, too. I shop with that booth every single time I do the show, and things I buy there, I take to my booth, and they sell at the same show. And that's okay. I sell stuff to people who sell it down the aisle from me, because it is such a huge show. You just are not going to see it all, and you have a different customer than I do. So everybody wins. So I got a couple things for my booth. Hopefully it sells. Food smells so good. Oh yeah, the food thing. That's right. I have a very different diet than I did two years ago, because I used to love all of this. I think it's going to be lunchtime soon, but I'm getting a little peckish. I've been up for our Texas tenderloin time. This is my favorite thing that I eat here every time. It's amazing. I got a bacon cheeseburger, and some crinkle cut fries, and a Mountain Dew. Nobody put it away? No. It's still fine. Oh God. There's nothing like morning after pizza out of the fridge. I love cold pizza. It's not in the fridge. She said it was left out. I'll eat it left out. Note to self. Bring box lunch. It's so fun seeing the show through someone else's perspective. Sarah and her husband Jason are in their 40s, the new vanguard of collectors, so it's really interesting to see what they look for that's maybe a little different than generations past. And also, it's giving me a chance to untangle all this cool stuff. And wow, look at this one. Really beautiful crystal green beads, and I wonder if it glows under a blacklight. We'll have to check. So it is a little spicy today. Very spicy. We have a good spot, so people do like to come into our booths and cool off a little bit. I love our spot because we are under a giant shade tree. We have sold during rainstorms. We've sold during really hot weather. We've sold when everyone had their coats on. So rain or shine, we will be there. We're going to check other people's boots out. I bet this is nice with the shade. Let's check it out. Oh, I like this. That's pretty. That's a very tiki bar. It is very tiki bar. We're your neighbors. We're from a few boots down the road. It looks like blue onion up there. Oh, a welch dresser. I like this whole living room vibe we got out here. It is interesting to me that some dealers actually recreate a room setting as their display it shows, and if you're selling furniture, it can be a great way to do it. I'm so into smalls, I just like to pile a whole lot in a small space, so I can't pull this off. I like the squirrel. That squirrel is so freaking fun. Did you make the clothes? No. Yeah. I think it was kind of project started because they need finished, but I don't know if somebody started because he didn't have clothes on, he didn't have hair. Well, now he has a kilt. Cow art. I like the cow art. Yeah. I like the udders. I have no comment. The greatest Dracula ever. Christopher Lee. Oh, my Lord. I mean, nothing against Bella, but Lon Chaney. Wait, is that Lon Chaney? Is that the Hunchback of Notre Dame? I think so. Oh, my next favorite, Peter Cushing. Yeah. Horror movies and Star Wars, cannot go wrong. Speaking of Star Wars, Tusken Raider. Popcorn wall art. I'd be careful with those because they can melt in the sun. Yeah, that is true. In fact, there are certain things that are really bad to have out at shows. Now, this Mexican jewelry with the inlays will be just fine because this is enamel. So it's fired in that if you have stones that are glued in rather than prong set, don't leave those out in the sun at a show because glue just melts. The stones will fall out. I love these. Yeah, those are cool. Sold crap out of these in my antique booth. I'm not surprised. They're great sellers. What can you say? Silhouettes. Hmm. Pretty good prices. That one's kind of cool. Yeah, I like the colored background. Das Boot. Ooh, Das Blanco next to Das Boot was better. That booth is hopping. What are they selling? Looks like some St. Louis Cardinals things. I won't judge being a Reds fan. Well, we just won't even go in there. Oh, hold up. Oh, it's the Nesquik bunny. I thought that was the Dominoes one. Oh, you were thinking of the Noid. Now, this and this is probably later because he used to wear a Q and then they changed it to Nesquik. Oh. Used to just say quick. Oh, okay. And in like the 80s, they did the Nesquik thing. So I'm thinking this is like an 80s. Oh, very interesting. This is what I love about this. We all learn from each other. I did not actually pick up on that back in the 80s because I was after my Nesquik drinking days. Look at these cows. Look at their faces. So fun. Their eyes are about to pop out of their heads. That one is so happy to dump clean into your coffee. Yeah, you got to love the 50s Japanese stuff. The eyes are sometimes really Google-eyed. The one sitting down does not look happy. Let me pour cream in your coffee. Oh, I have one of those lamps with the proper bulb I will be bringing to this show. So we'll see how that does. And I like the motion lamp. Nice chair. Really pretty carving. European. So pretty. Yeah, it really is. I like the chair. What'd you find? Well, I see Peter. Oh, so this is the Diamond King's painted cards. Okay. And you put the best right on top. We definitely see a lot of people looking for baseball cards and those sorts of collectibles at these shows too. And a lot of guys come. Blow molds. That's cute. But yeah, it's not just fancy things. Pretty things for feminine tastes. It's really a very broad show. She's had better days. Yeah, it's having me all. Got some pretties in here. That's good stuff over there. I like that one. I bet you do. That's really a price even with the missing stairs. Yeah, that's not really a bad thing because you could fill that with helo clay and make it black or do some other kind of filler. And really, because it's black, it's pretty easy to restore. And 10 bucks. That's cheap. You know, that's my putty out there. No matter what. I will still. I'll still appreciate it. I got a Green Hornet putty. It was an amazing show out around the same time as the old Adam Less Batman show. It was $3, which I think is actually a really amazing price. Yeah, actually, that is an amazing price. The little display plus the pier. Those are $10 to $40 depending on. Okay, so they're marked. Okay. Do you have any Exotica? What is Exotica? Yes, Exotica is something that people have and they don't know they have because it's a term not a lot of people know. It refers to the kind of music you hear in tiki lounges like Wes Baxter and others in the 50s who did music that was jazzy and easy listening but also had conga drums and noises of the tropics and things like that. Also, Ima Sumac might even be considered things that just had a feel of being from some exotic foreign land. So this band is Black and Blue. They were out in the late 80s. But the interesting thing about this is it was produced by Gene Simmons of Cass. And the guitarist is Tommy Thayer, who joined Kiss and was in Kiss at the end of their touring phase. And he's been with Kiss for many years. He's written a lot of songs. I don't have any of Black and Blue. So I'm going to pick this up. Obviously, Gene Simmons influenced their hair. You're just enjoying riding that boat. Once again, no comment. Oh, we're knocked over here. We'll fix you. Oh, that's very nice. It's very kind when somebody comes along and streams them out because it's a lot to keep up with at a show. They fixed you. Oh, look at her. She's saucy. Cool. That is a neat bowling ball. Oh, the dwarves. I love the dwarves. The faces. And then these are really cool. Look at those. Those are wooden. Yeah. Really fun stuff. We got Bambi, Mickey, Bambi, Dumbo, Bumper. Look, there's a vinyl lunchbox up there. You know, I love Mary Poppins. That is beautiful. Jason is a big Disney collector. I'm not surprised they found this booth. Look at the little guy in the kilt. I love little people in a kilt. I love big people in a kilt. I love wearing a kilt. And squirrels in a kilt, because why not? We just love kilts. I do. These little dolls. He's got cool stuff. Just cool little sunbathing beauties. Oh, yes. My mom collected these. There was a book called Naughties, Nudies, and Bathing Beauties. All about these 19-teens, 20s era women wearing the one pieces in provocative poses on the beach. They're very collectible. Things that were little five and dime in the original days they were made, they're often selling for $60 to $100 and more. More sunbathing beauties. Some of them are getting more of a tan than others do. That's true. Got some Cogram glass here. Little minis. They did a lot of miniature ewers. Other companies did too, but Cogram probably did the most. They also did glass animals and a lot of other things people don't realize, so I am working on a book on them. If you find interesting pieces of older pilfering glass from the 1950s and 60s, I'm very much in the market. There's a Moody Wools pen. That's cool. Caesar's Palace, so it's probably like the 80s or so. Of course, the most valuable ones are from when these bands were new and touring for the first time in the late 60s and early 70s, but there are collectors for them regardless of age. Cool. Yeah, look at these. They're all from Caesar's Palace and different casinos. There's Chicago, Manhattan Transfer. Cool. Just stocking up. 3, 4, 5, 18, 19, 20. I've got $20 worth. All right, we are going back to our booth. We got a phone call while we were in there asking how much our cookie jars were, so hoping that we sold those. Ask Springfield and whoever sells first wins bragging rights. Bragging rights are kind of big in this circle. Yeah, but what is it? We don't know. That was the quandary. We're like, we have no idea what's inside of it. Was this just somebody's... All right, we got to find out about those. But I can't... But if I break into it, you can't sell it. Oh, I think I'm liking this game, so bring something that's a real quandary that people have to figure out and then make them sell it. All right, what do I have? This is... Oh my god. This is a monster. I'm already confused. Oh, oh my. Yeah, that's spooky. It's f***ing hideous. I think Morano is what they say, but I don't believe it. That is not Morano. The fine people at Morano did not make it. Turn it sideways and see what that is. Maybe it's Morano. Lift it up and turn it sideways. A sperm? Looks like a swimmer to me. Must be Godzilla's. It's on like a lucite base. This is the most bizarre piece of glass I've ever seen. So if there wasn't enough proof that not everything that says Morano is Morano, do your research. Don't believe just what somebody wrote on a tag or those terrible little round gold on red Morano stickers that they're putting on everything. What do we think is going to sell first? How much are we going to sell these things for? Because that's going to play a factor too. Yeah. That'll sell first. I think that'll sell first. What the hell? You gave us cute stuff. I did. It's weird. All right, I'm going. The all-seeing, all-knowing. Oh my gosh. We sell, we sell Patinol at my work. Patty Patinol. I love it. The scary one in the family is Fanny Fentanyl. You don't want anything to do with her. Oh, we're going to have fun playing this game this year. Good luck. Hello there. If you liked our video, please give us a thumbs up. Please subscribe. There are so many more adventures we'd love to take you on. Well, I can't say I got very far on untangling the jewelry, but I sure enjoyed watching this video. You'll just have to come see us in person at the Springfield, Ohio show. We are in front of the dog pavilion, thankfully, in the same space that you saw, and we're looking forward to seeing you this weekend. If you enjoyed this video, check out this one. 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