Overboard

Ahoy! Lately, I've been going overboard in both the literal and proverbial sense. I had two whole gorgeous sunny weekends off at home! I've been busy sailing the latest addition to my armada of outdated boats. The Sailfish is even less stable than the Sunfish, and both are classified as "bathing suit boats." Going overboard is part of the deal :) When I'm not sailing, I've been buying everything in sight. So I'm over-extending my working capital, overstocking, and my basement is overflowing. The forecast is rain for this weekend, but clearly I'm not afraid of getting wet, and I can't abide this stuff staying up here in RI, when all the people who want it are down there in Brooklyn. So please email if you see something you want. If the market is rained out, I might be peddling out of my van.

A few points of interest:
• May 2011 Brimfield was my best show ever in 12 years of marketing.
• If you want the Italian wall fixture with prisms, please email. Those things are sharp and scrape up everything else in the van, so I’ll only bring it if I know I have a sale. It has a plug! No wiring needed.
• Let me know if you’re into vintage watch tools. I will probably have some available.
• An army of GI Joe’s commandeered my living room. They’re on eBay. 1990s, not vintage.
• I hope you don’t mind the photos of stuff I keep for myself. It’s salesmanship by example. I get excited about keeping some treasures for me too :)
• Unfortunately I pulled out of the Sowa Vintage market. Overextended. Sorry Boston.
• I need to hire a woman or man with a van. Job description: storage unit to market in the morning…market to storage unit in the evening. $100 per day.
• Forgive me for keeping the doctor’s office furnishings away from you so long. Sometimes I just drag my feet about transportation logistics.
• I’ve hired a new necklace minion! Welcome Xenia!
• Terri, The Treasurer, says you’ve all been lovely to work with and she wants to keep the Brooklyn Flea in her life. Wow!
• Jewelry has dropped dead on eBay, so for the rest of the summer, the Flea Market shoppers are getting first crack at the signed and highly collectible stuff.
• I’m reading The Big Oyster by Mark Kurlansky. It’s a history of New York City told through the history of the oyster beds. Fascinating. Oh, I have time to read. Thank you, Necklace Minions!
• The yard sales have been great this season too. But I really hate yard saling. It’s such a gamble…
• I’m knee deep in necklaces.
• You have a friend with a house on the beach. Remember that :)
• I’ll personally be at the market every third weekend this summer. When I’m not there, I’ll be sailing, spending every last dollar on necklaces, figuring out what to do with the latest van full of furniture and binging on oysters. In short, going overboard.