Exterminating The Zeitgeist

No other store rides the zeitgeist with the marketing savvy of C.H. Martin in Ewing, New Jersey.  

Such timely grace.  Such merchandising class...  Truly inspiring.

Christmas Umbrella Tree

 Part of me wonders "Why bother?" but the other part of me asks if they were trying to make a Christmas Umbrella with the running rope lights on the trunk and the icicle lights on the edges of the lower branches.  Either way, it's kind of fun.  Stirling, NJ.  23 December 2010.

Piñatas, Dolls, Ornaments, Produce, Books, Trolls, Diamonds, Elvis, Velvet Unicorns & That Painful, Burning Itch

 

NOTICE: There are some things you should NEVER buy at a "dented can" store in a flea market.

What would a trip to Zern's be without Elvis, trolls or unicorns on velvet?

Just remember... Take care of that painful, burning itch someplace else.

However, if you have a painful, burning itch... You probably caught it here.

Zern's of Gilbertsville, PA.  26 November 2010.

Crystalline Insanity

Crystalline insanity: Three chandeliers @ $1 million each.

Deep in the gaudy WTFness of the Trump Taj Mahal:  Atlantic City, NJ.

Wanna Buy A Luxury Cruise Ship?

Short sale: Going cheap... Looks like its nose hit an iceberg, though.

A moment of retail WTFness in Gillette, NJ.

Polyester Records

Cover graphics from two early 1970s records. Polyester pleasure discs bought at Zern's Flea Market in Gilbertsville, PA.

Virtue & Vice

10 more 1940s, 50s & 60s postcards from my collection: Naughty & Nice.

Penetrating Lubricant & Other Sundries

Items with hilarious names, everyday trinkets from decades past, health and beauty aids and even a paper bag from a 1950s supermarket: Fun loot from two recent flea market sweeps.