What is this stoneware crock? Seller called it an oyster crock.

Dick and Ellie's...Yup, that's the one. MAN o MAN did I ever get some EARLY stuff there. A slip decorated redware plate and a sgraffito decorated redware "egg" bank, both circa 1820-40, 20 bucks the pair, come to mind. Made d*** near a grand on those two pieces. Another time there turned up a box of about a dozen Dags including a memento mori of a baby holding a rose with hand tinted pink on the cheeks and rose, 100 for the box. Sold the baby for 600. Yeah, I really liked ol' Dick and Ellie's.

It was probably 20-25 years ago I got that Marblehead vase. It was literally a yard sale. Sheets on the lawn filled with stuff.

I haven't been to the Cape in ten years at least. My wife is really missing it though. We might try a Cape excursion this year.

 

I LOVED pickin' New England.

 

Anyone been to the Newfane Vt. market? Another sweet tiny little picker's paradise market in the most pristine "New England Towne" setting. Got a great pair of Pitkin swirl flasks, circa 1790-1820 there. Guy wanted a buck ($100) a piece. I got'em for 175 the pair. kept 'em for a dozen years or so. Sold 'em by the piece for around 1200 combined. If i remember correctly I also got an A.C. Williams cast iron take apart '34 ford coupe in NEAR MINT condition there. I paid a bit for it, because I was collecting cast iron cars at the time, but it was a centerpiece of my collection due to the PRISTINE condition. This car is one of the few things I kinda wished I held on to over the years. It was really a sharp piece.

 

Last time I was there was around '99.