I thought I'd share some pics from the 127 Corridor Sale (aka world's largest yard sale). I didn't even LOOK at the price on this cool Donald Duck bike. I had never heard of Silver Fox beer, but the sign reminded me of my grandfather, who was nicknamed "the silver fox" in his 20's due to prematurely gray hair. Everyone still calls him "Fox". He's "Grandpa Fox" to me. I really wanted the sign, but it was $110. Yow! And I'm pretty sure this was the same Texaco sign from my picture in
this post.
Very old barbershop chair.
"Tight Squeeze", a Mattel game from the 1960's. I almost bought this game just because of how ridiculous the premise is. The box included a bunch of straps, to be used as demonstrated on the box. "Look, we're all having so much fun strapped together!". I didn't read the directions, but I do believe this game was meant to appeal to randy teenagers.
I really wanted the 1950's child's waterskis. They were even better than they look in this pic, as the sun washed out the nice bright turquoise color. At $40, they were a little outside my frugal budget.
Last year there were booths set up in front of this house, which appeared to be abandoned and filled with junk. I love this old house, and it appers that someone is fixing it up. Well, sort-of anyway.
An interior of the home, now tidily filled with vintage wares, but nothing that appealed to me. The closet's walls are still wallpapered with newspaper from the 1960's. Beautiful front door and fireplace!
The only interesting dinnerware that I saw all day was this pattern, and sadly the only piece was this dirty saucer. I probably should have bought it. I love this pattern and many have to start collecting it. "Broom" by Royal Stafford, English Bone China.
Old fire engine turned ice cream stand. This was brilliant. The sign atop rotated 360 degrees.
I skipped the ice cream to save room for this blueberry fried pie. I would drive the 80 miles to Crossville just for one of these fried pies. I usually go for apple, but this being the first year that blueberry pies were available, I couldn't resist. One family makes these apple, peach, cherry, and blueberry fried pies for the yard sale every year (and luckily the apple pies are available again in September at the
Homestead Apple Festival). These pies, as well as the hot dogs, chili, pinto beans, and cornbread also served at this unnamed food stand are famous amongst locals and yard-sale goers. Sorry for the half-eaten pie pic, I forgot to take one before I bit into it. Priorities...
If I were serious about eating healthier, I should have eaten some fresh fruit from this stand instead. The eggplant was gorgeous, but I didn't think the produce would survive in the hot car.
Just one of many fantastic old bikes available.
I dig this huge old U-Haul truck toy. I don't usually display stuff like this in my house, but as often as we move, it seemed like a good fit. Again, dealer price of $55 was a little too high for me.
This dealer had several dozen stunning vintage chandeliers.
I saw several pairs of matching brightly painted kids' chairs. They were so cute, but I couldn't figure out what on earth I would do with them. This pair was $20, a fair price for how cool and sturdy they were.
The most interesting auto of the day, below. I think this truck belonged to a beautiful, very tan, 20-something hippie chick whose tent you can see behind the truck. She made a lot of cute womens skirts and childrens jumpers from brightly colored hemp fabrics. However bizarre her car, she was not even close to being the most colorful character of the day. A gray-bearded, beer-bellied, happy-go-lucky drunken vendor cheerfully slurred "my ecosystem is a bit out of balance" as he stumbled about his booth, empty 12-pack beer boxes in the backdrop. I think he meant his equilibrium instead of ecosystem. Sorry, I couldn't get a pic of this character without seeming rude. Ok, sorry for the tangent. Cute hippie-chick's truck:
The message on the door reads "the hell with the dog beware of owner hoss".
More great vintage bikes. The red bike is just like the one pictured on the Fat Tire Ale bottle, and was priced at $600.
We had a great time at the sale, although next year we will get an earlier start, as many vendors were packing it in early on Sunday due to a few rain showers, heat, their long trip home, etc. I was just a little disappointed this year because we didn't see anything profoundly weird. Next year maybe we'll make a mini-break and try to do a couple hundred miles of the sale. What did I bring home? Sadly, nothing for myself (we are so short on space in our small house that we are super-choosey about what we collect). But I did find some fun items for the Etsy shop: A coconut monkey, some vintage pencil sets, a West German butterfly brooch, a rattan breakfast-in-bed tray, and some groovy orange and yellow tablecloth fabric.
