No my head has stopped spinning since my exorcism. Just kidding. These last few weeks have been horrible and I needed a pick me up. Well I got it two fold starting with a phone call from my husband's uncle. He is a picker/antique dealer and bought out an estate. He doesn't deal in clothing but knows I do. He called stating this was the most clothes he had ever seen and wondered if I was interested. How fast could I get there?
I went yesterday and made the deal and came home with my first load. I am going back today for more. There are two houses packed full from 1940's - today of clothing. The woman was a shopaholic and never threw anything away. The only problem is most of the items aren't of the greatest quality. She mainly shopped at Kmart and Monkey Wards. There are stuff that is new with tags and most of the items are in great condition. For those of you who love the thrill of the hunt, I will tell the story of the houses. Yes that is plural. There is a house in the front and another house in the back. They have lived in both at some points and have stuff in both the homes. We started in the front house (the one with the heat). I wasn't too impressed when we started. These were newer clothing from 1980's - today. A lot of these items have never been worn and are still in bags. Also, she stored many items in rubbermaid bins and wrote what was inside and when she put it there. Like 1990 - 21 pairs of jeans, 7 summer shirts, etc. Uncle Joe told me there were more jeans than he had ever seen. Boy was he right. Tub after tub of jeans.
Anyway, when we got upstairs we went a little back in time with the clothing. We were now in the 1970's with polyester printed elastic waisted pants and crazy print pointy collar shirts. There one back of the closet is filled with a collection of velour zip up sweaters. I got a little more interested but still looked like a lot of work and not much $$$.
We left the front house and headed to the back house without any heat. Again stepping back in time, we are now in the 1960's with striped shortsleeved polyester mini dresses and great printed cardigan sweaters. As we head upstairs the closets are getting fuller and the items are getting better. The one back bedroom has two avocado green plastic laundry basket filled with vintage 1960's tooled leather purses and 1950's patent leather handbags. I also spotted the boxes of summer clothes including sleeveless striped tank tops and 1970's halters. In one box we found 17 pairs of super short but high waisted white polyester shorts. Who needs that many pairs of white mini shorts?
The very last room was the motherload. This was when I knew I wanted all the clothes I could get. There was a large walk in (kind of) closet with four bars filled with those hanging plastic closet bags. The first one has a 1950's sheer pintuck pleated nylon blouse and a few cute cardigans. The next one was filled with cute full pleated 1950's skirts. The one behind that had two of the best 1950's dresses I have seen in a while. (Pictures will follow tomorrow) We then made the deal. I get all the clothing I want for $400.00. I started loading what I wanted to really take and left for the day. We are meeting back today for more. The only problem is he wants to start in the front house because it has heat and he needs to clear that house out first. I really want more in the back house but will take what I can get. I will get back tonight or tomorrow with more info and photos.
