De-Fencing the Shop

Our April sale at Gypsy Lea's was very good. The weather was great and our customers were there in droves. I worked on Sunday and we sold and sold and wrote and wrote. Dona reset and reset hauling the last of the backroom onto the floor. Unfortunately my antique wrought iron fencing didn't sell. It was set up on the front sidewalk of the building and cannot stay there between sales. So I have a new avocation. Heavy fence dancing. It appears to be a heavier, rustier and sharper version of my normal dancing with furniture. Mike met me at the shop and gave me a big lift in getting the fencing and concrete urns loaded on my trailer. I will unload it by myself tomorrow.

I think that the fence will look spectacular in someones rustic garden. I will haul it back to the shop for the May sale, if it doesn't sell before then.

I have three projects going on the driveway right now. All involve painting furniture, so none are progressing at great haste.

Mr. Flannery

More from April at Gypsy Lea's

I made it back to Gypsy Lea's on Thursday after a meeting for my real job that happened to be held in St. Cloud this Thursday and Friday. It gave me an opportunity to get some photos of the set up outside the shop and the lower level room.

I really like this pedestal water fountain. You can see the tops of some of my hog fencing in front of the windows.

My favorite hog for this sale. A lighted sign.

Mr. Flannery

Lookin' Good at Gypsy Lea's

I hauled my heavy wrought iron fence and some other items into Gypsy Lea's this afternoon. The plan was to do our outside set up tonight, so that it was in place for our opening tomorrow morning. I took a few minutes to get some photos of the inside set up. It is Lookin' Goooood!!!

My heavy concrete urns will be selling for about $.03/pound.

Well here you go - a cockeyed cow.

My aircraft size table is buried into the center of the shop. Hidden in plain sight. It will be a great craft/project table for one of our customers.

Mr. Flannery

The Things that I Can Find in the Garage

So I was working in the garage yesterday getting some things ready for our April sale at Gypsy Lea's. I was searching through some boxes for hardware that I needed for a table. Well there among the debris I found a little box that I knew was there, but I may have forgotten about for a little while. It is a Tiffany Studios desk set. Now doesn't everyone have a spare Tiffany piece boxed up in the garage? It is beautiful. And it made my search exciting and profitable.





Mr. Flannery

Its an Aircraft Carrier Size Table

I have transferred one of my most troubling live auction traits to the on-line auctions. I have always said that I buy the heaviest thing that isn't a tractor. Well it seems that plan applies to on-line auctions too. I bought this great art table last week on-line. It is over 40" wide on the wide end, 8' long and more than 3' tall. The base is welded steel with curly-que stretchers. In place, the top has the looks of the deck of an aircraft carrier.

I traveled to Minneapolis to pick up the table at the bankrupt art shop. Unfortunately I had not got back on line to bid on other wonderful items before the auction closed. And fortunately I had not got on line in time to bid more. Because there were many more wonderfully heavy items. I loaded the table to the cart and in to the pickup by myself and headed for Gypsy Lea's.

We are in set up mode at Gypsy Lea's. The sale starts next Thursday and Gypsy has been mobilizing the dealers to get things ready earlier than usual. So here I come, with a bright red dresser and an aircraft carrier size table to add to the mix. Most people would have said, nope the table is just too big to fit in now, but not Gypsy. She said lets get it in.

We moved some of the already set items, disassembled the base from the top of the table and reset it inside the shop. It is so big that it really didn't take up that much room. That's because we stacked items under, on top and around it without destroying its visual impact. A very neat trick, hiding it in plain sight.

So the table is incorporated in the shop. Next I have 11 large pieces of antique wrought iron fence and 6 large concrete urns to bring in. All in keeping with the theme, heaviest item that isn't a tractor.

Mr. Flannery