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Thursday, January 18, 2007

Artsy Chance to Score Cool Shit on the Cheap This Weekend

Posted by Chas Bowie on Thu, Jan 18 at 11:47 AM

Rich people: Love em or hate em, you’ve got to admit—they own cool stuff. And short of them kicking the bucket and having wicked estate sales (every estate sale I’ve ever been to, incidentally, was decidedly non-wicked and chock full of Ziggy calendars and obsolete video cameras), there aren’t many options to swoop in and gank their gear for pennies on the dollar. But just such an opportunity is arising this weekend, and it has the promise of major booty-scoring.

Neighboring art galleries Augen and Froelick (817 SW 2nd, Second Floor) are having a collaborative attic sale this weekend, promising “sexy, vintage, rare, estate quality, best values.” What kind of schwag is it? “Office equipment, frames, furniture, decorative treasures(!), shipping crates, and other ephemera.” The sale runs Friday and Saturday from 10 am-5 pm, and if you need to phone ahead just to see how sweet the booty will be, call 224-8182 or 222-1142.

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The reason estate sales suck to normal people like you and me is because the professional foragers sign up sometimes days beforehand to get first dibs. My friend Ken is one of these people, and believe me, he'll leave you all the Ziggy calendars you can handle.
On the plus side, a lot of the good stuff that these people get first dibs at is for sale at the Eagle's Club on 50th and Hawthorne on the third Saturday of the month from 5pm-9pm. It costs you a buck to get in, but where else can you go thrift-shopping that serves $1.50 PBRs? You can smoke cigarettes and furnish your studio apartment simultaneously.

Posted by martin | January 18, 2007 1:42 PM

I love the Eagles' Rummage Sale so much, I almost became an Eagle. I would've had to lie about believing in God though.

Posted by Rummager | January 18, 2007 2:01 PM

If there are Eames storage units then I'm so there. But, I'm afraid there won't be.

Posted by jim | January 18, 2007 3:19 PM

Yeah, I just used that pic because the last art gallery owners that I worked for had a ton of Eames in their storage. No promises on how cool the stuff will be here, but gallerists tend to have good taste (even if it's not always reflected in their shows).

Posted by chas | January 18, 2007 3:37 PM

Okay, just went. It's really bad. I had high hopes but... let's just say a Ziggy calendar would've been a welcome find.

Posted by jim | January 19, 2007 1:26 PM

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