Super 8 Movie Night

Sunday, July 31
Set up at Amherst again today. Made decent money & bought a nice, Bell & Howell Super 8 projector & movies, including: The Lively Set, I Was A Teenage Frankenstein, What Indians, Mighty Mouse & more.

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!

Esquire Pin-Up Calendar

Monday, July 25
The small, 1951 Esquire Pin-Up calendar I won on ebay arrived. I'm going to use a couple of these pin-ups for my next batch of pin-up shift knobs.

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

Happy Tiki Hunting

Thursday, July21:
Stopped at North Main Street Antiques & scored a bunch of Tiki stuff:
2 Brown, frosted, double-faced goblets
Crossed arm mug from Bali Hai
Geisha Girl mug
And a Polyart, transparent blue wahine bust
Not bad pickins' for a day when I wasn't really looking!

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