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Life S tyle Yard-Saling: Adventures with Junquetooth By Stacy Dermont Spring is in the air. Smell it? Yard Sale Season is looming! It’s not just the warm weather that tells me it’s time to gear up for the bargainful season ahead. Last Saturday my “junquetooth” started acting up. Some people have a sweet tooth, a hankering for sweets. Not me. I crave material satisfaction. I had all of Saturday off and nothing but a lot of housework to do. I needed more. Every yard sale is an adventure but not every one is memorable. We all have our “big fish” yard sale stories and “the one that got away” sale tales of woe. I drove to a sale on Suwasett Avenue in Bridgehampton. I’d been to this one before, there was a sale at the same address a few years ago. I didn’t buy much last time, but there was a lot of quality stuff on offer. ‘Fingers crossed, they’d hauled out more of the “deep down treasure” this time around. My mother-in-law is horrified by my junque habit. I doubt that it’s what horrifies her most about me, but with so many “objets de crappe” throughout my home, well, it’s definitely a contender. However, even she of the crisply pressed blue jeans
and immaculate hairstyle has a weakness, a chink in her Laura Ashley armor: old levels. You know, those old dark wood tools that look like 2 by 4s with a little glass bit filled with liquid in the middle. This is an item that one never finds at yard sales. On Saturday, on Suwasset Avenue, I picked up THREE old levels. All working, all covered in a fine patina of authentic construction dust. As I was leaving, I noticed that there were a lot of cars parked at the First Baptist Church across the street. I wondered if someone had prayed for me. There are some upcoming events that my junquetooth is jonesin’ for. I’ve never attended a rummage sale in Riverhead, though the Salvation Army store over there holds a special (formerly smelly) place in my heart. I’m definitely going to make it to the Polish Town U.S.A. Trash or Treasure & Giant Indoor Rummage Sale. It’s being held at the Polish Town Civic Association Headquarters at 300 Lincoln Street from 9 to 3 on April 10 and 11. Admission is free. Since my friend Toni lives right around the corner, I’m sorely tempted to “do this one up right”, to go early on the first day and dig, then go back at the bitter end to take away
the big bargains. Toni’s helpful husband Jim has a pick-up truck. I see some homemade baked goods in his future. ‘Time to empty your car trunk – the Annual Spring Rummage Sale at Southampton’s First Presbyterian Church, 2 Main Street, returns on Friday, April 23 4-6 p.m. and Saturday, April 24 9 a.m. to noon. I think this is the oldest rummage sale around. These ladies have it down to a science. So should you. First you go to the “Better Goods” section to grab the best stuff, then you head in on Saturday for the Bag Sale at the end. The Southampton Historical Society is my favorite historical society because they are holding a seasonlong series of Antiques Fairs. Every other Sunday, beginning May 16, and chugging along through October 17, the society will host fairs at The White House, at 159 Main Street in Southampton. Even the property itself is for sale and it’s a beaut. I went to about four of these fairs last year. The selection of dealers varied, but the prices remained relatively low. In addition to tables of antiques, this has been an outlet for some local shops to unload their excess inventory at bargain prices. Last year some folks decided to hold their “yard sales” at the fairs. They did well. I’ll be seeing you out on the “junque trail” this summer. Remember to bring along your canteen of water, measuring tape, flashlight, small bills and plenty of hand wipes. It’s dirty out there.
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