Pearl Harbor Aloha Shirt

Friday, July 29:
The amazing Kalaheo aloha shirt I won on ebay arrived today. Along with the palm trees & hibiscus, the shirt is covered with images of the Battleships that were in Pearl harbor on December 7, 1941. I stole this shirt for $11.50. A small price to pay for fine fashion!

Bleary-eyed Flea Marketing

Sunday, July 24:
Stumbled out of bed at the crack o dawn & headed west to the Hadley Flea Market. Alll in all, a pretty good day. I scored abunch of stuff for small money:
Treasure Craft Florida Tiki bank: $1.00
Tiki Farm coconut mug from Hukelau: $1.00
2 Rebel Lures, (my secret weapon), & a pack of swivels: $4.00
Tupperware Picnic S&Ps: $3.00
An amazing, WWII War Rations wallet with Ration Coins, Gas Coupons & War Ration Books:
$3.00
Therma-a-Jug picnic jug: $2.00
Soundtrack Of The Day:
Henry Mancini-Midnight, Moonlight & Magic
Sinatra At The Sands
Stan Getz-Getz For Lovers
Ruth Brown

Summer Brimfield Day 2

Thursday, July 14:
Got to spend a full day at Brimfield. Met up with my buddy, Pete, at our usual parking spot & headed out on the hunt. Not an Earth-shattering day, but I score a few things.
10" Wooden Ku, Made In Hawaii: Asking $25.00 Paid $20.00
Great photo of a WWII pilot or mechanic in front of his plane in a vintage "V" for victory frame:
Asking $30.00 Paid $25.00
1952 Bell Auto Parts catalog: $5.00
Soundtrack Of The Day:
Swing & Doo-Wop on ipod shuffle
Surf & Drag
Mr. Gasser & The Weirdos

Summer Brimfield Day 1

Wednesday, July 13:
Summer Brimfield is here! Headed out solo today. the weather was perfect & there was good stuff to be had. Here's what I scored:
2 Lava wahines, one HIP Original & one Coco Joe's: Asking $30 Paid $25
A nice Pearl Harbor hanky: $8
A Proctor-Silex Electric Juicer NIB: Asking $26 Paid $22
2 Page Mobilgas ad, featuring a Corsair taxiing in front of some palm tress, "Give 'er the Gun_and WHOOSH!" "that's FLYING HORSEPOWER": $5
Also had a great Pilgrim sandwich for lunch from one of the food vendors. I'll do that again!
Soundtrack Of The Day:
Swing on shuffle
SBF4

Shopping At Newbury Comics

Thursday, June 23:
Found myself with a Lone Wolf night, so I decided to finally check out Newbury Comics' flagship store in Norwood. This is supposed to be their biggest store with the best stuff & I had a pocket full of cash. I hit the road with visions of killer vintage music dancing in my head! When I pulled into the parking lot, it was ovious this was their biggest store. Oh, boy! Upon entering, I found about the same amount of music as the much smaller Natick store & a crapload of trinkets & doodads. Oh, well! There's still got to be some good vintage tunes in here. Two hours of shopping yielded 2 CDs, one of which, I don't consider vintage. It was still better than staying on the couch, but if you're looking for vintage tunes, the Natick location is definitely the place to go. Here's the 2 CDs I bought, showing my ecclectic taste in music:
Songs That Got Us Through WWII
The Runaways-The Runaways/Queens Of Noise
Now, I'll have you know, I've been a Runaways fan since I was a young buck in the 80s & I still have a crush on Cherie Currie! haha

Headhunter & WWII Photo Album

Thursday, April 21
Well, I managed to make a couple extra bucks between Sunday & Thursday, so I headed back to Greenville, RI to pick up a couple items I had set my sights on. The first item is this cool, carved Headhunter statue. He's holding the head in one hand & his machete in the other, while straddling the torso of his unfortunate donor. haha! He fit right into the Tiki bar. The second item is one of the most amazing pieces I've ever found. It's a photo album from a serviceman who served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. It includes photos of the serviceman, his buddies, native huts, the young man posing with 2 native girls & even some sort of tribal dance that looks straight out of Gilligan's Island. The most amazing part is that I only paid $10.00 for it. I've already been contacted about loaning it to a museum in Paris to be part of an exhibit.