Sunday, September 8, 2013  Things I’d be okay with seeing a lot
less of in ‘antique’ malls  On several occasions recently, I’ve
had the same conversation with a variety of vintage-loving
friends regarding the influx of non-antique, non-vintage items
being sold in some antique malls.  That’s right. Here comes a
rant. Yippee!  Lately I seem to be finding myself in antique
malls that are a combination of a small percentage of vintage
vendors mixed in with a large percentage of new gifts, toys,
collectibles, hardware, crafts, food, and dollar store
merchandise.    While I’m not opposed to any of those items, I
am opposed to them being sold in a shop that calls itself an
antique mall.  It would be like going to grocery store for milk
and finding the refrigerator section filled with vintage linens.
Or something terrible like that.  My antique mall criteria is
pretty flexible -- I’m usually willing to overlook dirt,
digging, poor lighting and piles if the price is right. ( And
the stuff is old. )  And I also get it