Show Me Elegance! Antique & Vintage Shopping Scarcities
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- čas přidán 14. 01. 2024
- A great gathering place for great antique and vintage discoveries is Cape Girardeau, Missouri! Antiques are helping revive this 19th century riverport downtown, with a collection of antique malls and vintage shops spread over several blocks of Victorian brick storefronts. Resellers here contribute to Antiques Roadshow and national glass shows, so there's some high-powered stuff for us to see today!
Our first stop-and-shop is Back Porch Antiques, a decades-long established collective of everything from MCM lighting and vintage children's books to one dealer whose elegant glass choices are unusual enough to have filled the pages of the renowned Mauzy's price guides. Craftwork comes to life in the form of colorful 90-year-old brocade etched vases and vessels, a bowl as old as the Everglades national park and a real Odd Ball set of Morgantown drinkware that modernists prize and is seldom found anymore!
We take a tour that leads to vibrantly elegant Juliana jewelry, a fun basket purse with a local story and a piece that explains why Aunt Clara collected doorknobs, then preview a brand new antique mall that's forming right in front of us as we head towards Spanish Street Emporium...and what a fun place this turns out to be!
A Willys Americar fills the lobby of the ice cream parlor as we enter another multi-story mall, where elegantly designed spaces make you feel like you've entered a banquet hall, a walk-in closet of vintage clothing or an attractive kitchen pantry filled with vintage ironstone, brass accents and tableware! But we find our fun (and a bargain-priced Alaska carved totem) in cases and spaces specializing in everything from vintage denim and jadeite to farm junk, bakelite utensils and a fun bowling ball decanter set at a bargain price.
Our walk through time has to end before we can hit all the town's elegant offerings...there's so much in this antique town known as 'The Cape' that we'll have to make a trip back for more shopping soon!
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I'm 4ft 11 and I look low all the time and stand back to look high
I can't believe I've never found a penguin ice bucket, lol!
Hi George. My mom used a laundry sprinkler in the 1940s/50s that was a cork and metal top that fit into a glass soda bottle (Dr. Pepper, of course, being from Texas).
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My friend departed and I have her Morgantown "glasses" ....I thought they were votive/candle holders lol
always enjoy these videos.
The Willys Autombile Company's claim to fame was the original military-issue Jeep, made in huge numbers during WW2. Surprisingly, I learned recently that the "Willys" name is actually pronounced "Will-iss," like "What you talkin' bout Willis?" 😊😊😊
Ive been an auto-ficionado for 40 years and only learned the correct pronunciation recently.
That's interesting! I've heard it mispronounced (and have done so myself) forever, I too have been into the car thing for decades and didn't now better. I thought the story about how the Jeep ended up getting the contract and the Bantam was forgotten is interesting too
Hi George and all!
Hi Pam
That childs high chair was a health and safety nightmare. 😮❤
I imagine it needed a good couple of straps, but the design was certainly easy to clean
Occupational therapy is fun 😊 I'm an occupational therapist years ago 🤭
Thank you for showing me that book very interesting piece of history
Thank ypu George, lots of fun !! 🎉
Your question of the evening doesn't have a "none of the above" option.
Xeno told me it should, you are right
I really enjoyed this tour through the antiques. Thank you for bringing them to us! 🙏💚
Cape is about an hour and a half from me! I went antiquing there last summer and also visited Back Porch Antiques and the Antique Mall! Found a few places I had been looking for ❤!
So cool! Me too
Hello from Lexington Kentucky it's really cold here
Brrr! Good luck and stay warm
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Thanks George! Many people arent near so engaging to newer viwers. I appreciated this a lot and enjoyed myself. Will be headin to centrLia after the weather breaks and yep. Subbed and hit the thumbs up!
$8 for the Inarco blue dog! Oh I would have grabbed him and brought him home for myself, so kitschy cute! 😍
So much info from George, thank you.
Reminds me...... time to buy antique is when you see
True story! I saw a few things I wish I'd bought in retrospect
I remember being a kid and watching my mom stitch up the turkey. lol.
In dubai you had to say cat n boots came out when we there
Lol that's so silly and sounds like what happens when zealots take over government
@@TheAntiqueNomad yep but their country their rules
Lots of very hard to find glass, thank you!
Missed the live but enjoyed the. Video!
I saw the wall and knew you were in Cape!!! There was a restaurant right across from the river where I had pickled black eyed peas and loved them!!! Had lunch there with my mom many times!!! OMG I remember old Main Street!! There was an old Woolworths and it still had the old soda fountain!! My dad would take me Christmas shopping on Main St for my mother… I am Originally from Memphis but we lived in Cape when I was 9-12… out in the country where we’d be gone in the woods and creeks all day long!! I lived in Tampa Bay for 35 years and now in the PNW south of Seattle… I can’t imagine how we haven’t crossed paths… yet! 😉.
How fun! It's not the smae now, but the old buildings are so great for the antique business. Interesting we've been so many places in common! I'll be south of Seattle in a week
@@TheAntiqueNomad Awesome!!!! I’m just south of Puyallup in Graham… I think I’d fall out if you came to my GW 😉
It is crazy how many times we could have crossed paths lol… are you on a personal visit next week or doing a show/appraisal?
Also it’s great you really take the time to get to know your peeps and take the time to read every comment… I enjoy your channel and knowledge very much !
I had those
Great video George! Thanks for sharing!
Very happy to see a shopping video.
Thanks for sharing guys . Lots of goodies.
Great video! I only live like 20 mi from Cape Girardeau, Missouri a great town with a lot of history.
Zeno is distracting sometimes to your flow. I will live. haha.
Sounds like a terrific place to go antiquing or even just to visit.
Looking forward to your video George and my favorite cameraman, Xeno! 🎬
Aww thanks!
Hello George and Xeno
Hi there!
Thank you!! I couldn't get on live chat tonight🤦don't know why🤷
Those fostoria candlesticks are goooooorgeous!!
I have coke bottle n metal sprinkler so saddd
I like them!
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Hi george n xeno here
Wild George like I always say. You find the needest places and the needest stuff. I really enjoy when you do this. They are great, thanks for the adventure.
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At first glance, I thought that was Xeno lounging on the leather couch! 😂😂😂 Great video guys. Take care darlings xx
Close! lol
Blenko water pitchers actually retail for $78.
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As a kid in the 1960s I remember being given some kind of Lydia E. Pinkham's tonic. I think it was considered to be like a vitamin. It was an opaque, dark brown liquid. I seem to remember it tasting like licorice.
Yes! They changed the formula enough to last
Good evening, George! Those opera glasses were something I would go after. There was a floor lamp close to the blue boudoir lamps that I liked. The old traps always get my attention. I'd like to have a collection of those and of old mouse traps. Those looked like fun places to browse and shop. Thanks for taking us along!
Hi there, my friend! I liked those a lot. The floor lamp, I should've pointed that out, it was pretty neat too...that space was particularly interesting to me. Interesting that you go for traps, I do too, I don't necessarily like their function but I think they look cool! If you ever have reason to go up the Mississippi, Cape Girardeau is a good stop for antiquing. Thanks for coming along!
Not as bad as I thought it would be watching with CC waitng for new puter....remember ironing with a sprinkler on pop bottle for mom...top of sheets, tablecloths, dad's hankercheifs, and pillowcases,,and we sprinkled them and put them in a plastic zip bag right before doing..lol...wash, dry, sprinkle, iron...like fixing my niece's hair for dance recital when her mom was gone...all looks just wonderful and fun...thanks so much you two.
Oh good glad the CC worked! I use a lot of steam when I iron and honestly think a sprinkler would make more sense.
I found a piece of jadeite that actually glows like uranium. It was Mckee
So, so many lovely treasures in this one George! The pics in that little book at the beginning were intriguing! Oh the polka dots! Those 2 hanging lamps at front of store! Am a glass freak so I love learning from you George-thank you!!!!
The Back Porch Antiques shop had a great glass collection.
That dealer has such a pedigree, being part of the national glass events and all
@TheAntiqueNomad I know. Do you think she d be on social media? It's worth a try to look.
We had a contemporary lucite lamp/ chandelier much like that one at the beginning of the video! I still love that style - although don’t have the grandeur decor that I used to have. Do you recall how much it was?
So many beautiful Things, and pleasant company too! Thank you! ❤ I just ordered a copy of the schiffer Morgantown Glass book, hoping it will help me identify more pieces in the wild and of course the mystery pieces in my own collection...I am forever trying to i.d. stuff that I have grabbed because it grabbed me!
George thank you so much for always sharing all your knowledge with us. At 22:55 next to the State Teachers College China is a saw with a decorative wood handle. Do you or anyone reading this know anything about that saw? I have one just like it - probably from my grandfather’s house. He was a carpet layer and I have many of his old tools.
I’ve been going to Cape G at least once a year for the last twelve years, and somehow have never made it to an antique store! There was a man there who decided, around 2009, to reproduce a 1923 circular sock knitting machine that he found on eBay. It has become quite popular, and many sock machine knitters make their way there every spring to get together with other “crankers”. I’ve often wondered if you ever come across old sock machines in your travels. I never have (here in Nebraska), but a friend in Pennsylvania often does. Maybe this spring I’ll go a day early and try to get some antiquing done.
Interesting! My family in Delaware are more about weaving lambswool, but I have seen some sock machine knitters there
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One of my favorites
@@TheAntiqueNomad me n daddy watched his show soo funny
Was Lydia Pinkham the source of “Lily the Pink” (song by The Scaffold). Seems quite a coincidence.
You are correct! They spoofed an original folk song about Lydia Pinkham
Always love your videos!
Nice town!
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Oh, you're in Cape, how fun! I just started the video but had to comment (I've been a subscriber for a long time!) - I'm in Sikeston, which is just 30 minutes south. I hope you check out the beautiful levee mural down the street (Water Street - I guess we'll see!) Thank you so much for always making such happy videos, George! ❤😊
(My husband was from Cairo, and I'm still drawn to it, despite everything - still some absolutely exquisite buildings, and a few magnificent private homes!)
And I need two camels for my 1960s Woolworth's Nativity (my Mom only got me one - I guess the other two kings had to walk) - I'm going to check those out - thank you!
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I have pink princess phone
Great color! Is that the pushbutton, or the rotary?
Check over the film, their was a Hi Ho silver. Not much in cowboy collecting.
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Can you do a video on getting started on Poshmark
Do you carry a black light to test for uranium glass? Might be nice to show viewers what it does.
17:20: is this baby scale really from the 40ties? I have my baby music box with a pull string with a similar design from the 60ties.
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New store - if you get a new one, go on opening day., Odds are good some dealers put in some really good stuff. It's worked in thrift stores too. The last grand opening I hit was a total bust, but other times you're batting clean-up and they lob you a 25mph "fast"ball. (and it goes out into the parking lot over the center field fence!)
Yes, that's been true in every antique shop or thrift I've hit when they're new!
My mother i law hadn5hatblarge bittersweet vase n offered to me but i dont like orange
You forgot Rush Limbaugh……
Oh well that had me worried for you....a "father"?? And his son's beating each other up right in front of the store.
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U n xeno like to fish
We both did it as kids. I'd do it again out of need, but I'm not good at sitting still that long
Incorrect Puerto Rico was named that ( rich port by the Spaniards) the Gringos decided to change it to Porto because they weren’t smart enough to pronounce puerto….lets get history straight here.
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I found a piece of jadeite that actually glows like uranium. It was Mckee