AE | The Weekend Lens via the Coburg Antique Fair
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One of my favorite annual adventures came around this past weekend: The Coburg Antique Fair.
For one day each year this great little town is taken-over (pretty literally) by over 300 dealers. This year my little group of five (Kim, Katie, Jackie and Liz) spent the night here and we headed over there at 5:30am. We go that early to find the "good" stuff and to escape the heat. We dress in layers as the mornings are often cool (definitely a warmer morning than last year). We were on our way home before noon.
Had to take a photo of this sign. Love that.
My annual mirror self-portrait.
Katie found this great container for paper towels and wax paper - love the font used on there.
My big purchase this year was a metal rolling cart with really deep shelves and awesome red wheels. It will be perfect for holding folders, canvases, notebooks and other supplies in my office if I can get it upstairs. It's really, really heavy. We got it in and out of the car and into the house but not up the stairs just yet.
A few other things that made their way home with me include:
A book called The Story Teller. Loved it for the spine and cover at first. Loved it even more when I opened up and saw that the stories inside include Beauty And The Beast, Cinderella, and Jack And The Bean Stalk (among others).
A couple bags of Fisher Price people (found at a really great price for this sort of event). Anna loves these guys.
Two more match holders made it home with me to add to my collection.
The northwest sign, a little table to go next to Anna's bed, and a pull down map of the northwest also all now live here in my house. I saw some maps last year and didn't act fast enough. Love that this one includes Oregon (where I live), Washington and Idaho. The Northwest sign is metal - possibly from the old Northwest Airlines.
Check out my past Coburg adventures in 2010, 2009 and 2008.
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I would love to go to NC, especially since it benefits Autism Speaks, but I just don't think it's in the budget even with a discount at the Ritz-Carlton...I hope that the event is a success anyway!!!!
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what great finds, ali!
i don't know how i would ever go to this event and not want to buy EVERYTHING in sight! :)
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What a glorious grouping of finds from the antique fair. Love that you found some more things for your collection and things your family will enjoy. Thanks for sharing your photos of the hunt!
Aloha, Kate
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MISSED YOU this year...sad not to see Come Play Eugene and was thankfully too busy with work...
next year Coburg or Bust!
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Wow - so much fun! My heart nearly stopped when I saw the printer's tray in the rolling cart photo. I've been looking for one diligently around here ever since I saw your photo project. I'm starting the treks around here now that the kids are back in school. Sounds like a great day.
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oh ali, you scored some wonderful treasures this year! what great purchases. i love your new cart, how handy! and that pull down map? i'd love to see that once it's hung up. amber has one of the entire usa and it's amazing.
i'm tagging along next year, okay? :)
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YES YES YES
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My mom and I went to the Coburg Antique Fair also! We were novices, so we showed up around 9! We absolutely loved it, and I actually took photos of that same sign ("Buy it because it has a story to tell!") and those cameras. My mom and I got some neat stuff too. I'm on a domestic kick so I got a cute floral apron circa 1960's and a similar looking tablecloth! I love that NW sign you got and the map. We will definitely be going back in the future!
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My daughter and I went to the fair yesterday. This was our first time and definately not our last. We didn't get there as early as you did but we scored some fun stuff. We really enjoyed the food and the music as well. This turned out to be a really fun girls road trip. :)
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Hahahaha...this was completely coincidental.
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I wish Michigan had some sort of antique fair!! I love those little people, I had them when I was a kid!!! I wish my mom saved them and the house too!!! The little people now are not the same!! I also love the picture of all the cameras. I am curious, do you remember how much the cameras cost (just an approx.amt)? In the $10's, $20's.......I have no idea!! I have a lot of cameras from my grandpa that I am trying to figure out how to display.
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LOL I had one of those paper towel holders that Katie, it was a must have in the late 70's home and mine was Avocado green ;/
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i would have gone BROKE buying those film cameras. BROKE i tell you.
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Can't believe it's that time of year already! I love your posts about your finds -- you make me want to go and see for myself!
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I love your finds, really like how the orange ties them all together in the last photo with Lily.. oh and I wish we had an antiques fair like that here in the UK!
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So cool! This week I went to the brimfield antique fair in MA. I just found out about it and it was amazing! Too much to look at to take photos, plus I had my two little ones with me. Still, amazing and I can't wait to go back next year. Love seeing what you've found - gives me ideas of what to keep an eye out for nrxt year!
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So awesome! I am a sucker for carts like that, and I scored a banker's utility cart with 18 little drawers and several slots the perfect size for 12x12 papers. It is heavy too, and we had to get it up a flight of stairs just to get it into our main living story, and up a half flight after that. My husband enlisted other men to help. I hope you post pictures of it when it is organized and full!
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completely unrelated to your cool post but - who is your jacket by (north face?) and where did you get it? thanks ali!
LOVE your finds at coburg...
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It's from Patagonia - I think I ordered it from REI.
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[...] past weekend, I found myself hanging with my friends Jackie, Ali, Kim, and Katie for the Coburg Antique Fair. It all started out the day before with a slumber party [...]
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What a haul.No wonder you love going so early. Love that little cart ant the NorthWest sighn.
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I love yardsaling too.
Great finds!
I'm trying to enter the giveaway contest for Claudine Hellmuth’s upcoming online workshop Composition for Collage. Can't seem to find the right spot to comment.
Can you enter me?
My mom's quote is "1% inspiration, 99% perspiration!"
she was a strong proponant of hard work.
thanks.
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Hi Betty Ann - my giveaways only last for one weekend (the weekend during which they were posted) - that one happened back in May of this year.
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Thanks for sharing your thrifting adventure!!! Love this post each year on your finds! Love the maps and the Northwest sign. Oh I am sure it is a old airport one. Very cool!!!!
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