The Vintage Bazaar Flea Market: Part 2!
Here is the follow up to my coverage of last Sunday's Vintage Bazaar Flea Market held at the historic Aragon Ballroom and adjacent parking lot in the Uptown neighborhood on the North side of Chicago. Check out part one HERE if you missed it. Linda of Morning Glory Collectibles always brings fresh merchandise to each market but I can always spot her booth right away-- it's definitely a mark of her strong point of view when curating her items.Her booth was a color explosion, a perfect mix of 1960s and 1970s orange, avocado green and florals.Teehee, I was tempted to snag one of these signs to hang in my bathroom. According to Linda they're actually road signs for Amish settlements in Pennsylvania. Amazing, right?The eyes on this glasses holder actually were "winking" holographic stickers.Chalkware animals and huge letters below seen in Zip-Dang's booth.Sisters Tanya & Lisa of Bunny's Trunk Show are both super sweet and always tempt me with their jewelry offerings. The sparkly pendant and the next 2 photos are from their booth.Mid Century Modern goodies galore in Century Chicago's booth above and in the next 2 photos.If I had a patio I would have snagged the pair of rattan Mid Century Modern chairs above. Both my friend Alex & I enjoyed the offerings from this booth (and the next 7 photos are from it) but unfortunately I didn't get the name of the vendor! Can anyone help identify the shop?Pink 1950s rotary phone!Colorful novelty print circle skirt featuring illustrations of New York City.We discovered that vintage hats suit Alex-- doesn't he look dapper?I always look forward to checking out the stock at Walter Meyers's booth, he has an eclectic mix of Mid Century Modern, industrial and quirky finds that define classification. A stack of picnic baskets were outside his booth above and a boat wheel was next to them-- would be interesting mounted to a wall?Animal bones side by side with vintage foreign hats on top of industrial metal furniture in Walter's booth.He always has gorgeous pottery and artwork too.I'm not sure what kind of wild cat this is but it was both cute and fierce.The iris of this eye looks like a heart.Walter also had a mix of ephemera and photos this time including this little boy in the 1970s at a Dinosaur Park.Whoa the craziest pair of boots seen in Walter's booth. Platforms and patent leather!New at the Vintage Bazaar was a vintage bike-powered sewing machine used by a tailor to fix up and customize your clothing finds. Here my friend Maranda of Persnickety Vintage is demonstrating the process.Both Maranda and I were enchanted with this vintage blueberry pin-- we've seen plenty of cherry jewelry but never a blueberry!I saw a fun mix of pop culture items and pretty accessories in the booth above (also in next 2 photos). Anyone know who owned this booth?Adorable tiny painted creatures that were a souvenir from Denmark seen in Orange Haus Company's booth.Orange Haus tempted me with their teak animals and housewares.After spending a couple hours shopping and taking photos outside, Alex and I headed inside to browse the vendors set up in the Aragon Ballroom. Now a music concert venue, The Aragon was built in 1926 and was originally a dance hall. A majority of the original Moorish style architectural details are fortunately still intact today. Of course we had to stop in the lobby for a few quick photos.The lighting was a bit dim indoors and the booths were packed with customers so I didn't take as many photos as I intended. The photo above and the next 3 are from a new vendor, Daily General. Is it a wolf or a tree branch? A clever piece of folk art seen in Daily General's booth.Modernist home decor (above) and jewelry finds (below) in Martha's booth.Kyla of Lost & Find Vintage surrounded by her purses for sale.A suitcase stuffed with vintage patterns and a groovy dress seen in Leah of Onomatopoeia Vintage's booth.Inexpensive painted frames & art (children's book illustration) seen in 3 Wren Street's booth.More from 3 Wren Street, I loved the color of the toy tractor below.An appropriate subject for the ballroom setting, an illustration of what looks to be a jazz or blues band (in an unknown booth).Back outside there was a food court of food trucks including Duck 'n Roll, a truck dishing up pan-ethnic Asian style sandwiches and tacos. I opted for a miso short rib and a pulled pork taco that were served in Bao (chinese dumpling) rather than a tortilla. YUM!A quick outfit photo of Maranda of Persnickety Vintage, who has sold at previous Vintage Bazaars but was helping out another vendor this time around-- she's wearing a dress from TVB vendor, Dethrose Vintage and a necklace from another vendor, Estate Chicago.Close up of Maranda's necklace, it features hand carved wooden bows.Everyone was buzzing about Nicole of Bombshell Shock's find-- a HUGE 1950s upholstery/carpet purse featuring kittens on one side and puppies on the other. I wanted to snatch it from her and run away! I'm not sure what vendor she purchased it from.India of Apartment 528 took home a new ride-- a vintage Schwinn bicycle from vendor Mike's Bikes.I was good and only took home 2 pieces, a1960s Danish Modern pewter ring above by designer Bent Larsen. It was the only piece of jewelry in Orangehaus Company's booth.
If you're curious my bracelet features little perfume bottles and was a giveaway item from Bourjois Paris (I think it's from the 1970s?).I also snagged this 1950s drip pottery gravy server in my favorite color, aqua. I liked that it had two spouts, one side has a 'filter" for people who don't like pieces of meat in their gravy. The server is from the One Tail at a Time Dog Rescue (all proceeds go to help care for dogs).The Vintage Bazaar flea market is held the 2nd Sunday of the month, every month through September. You can catch the next one August 12th at the Aragon Ballroom 1106 W. Lawrence Avenue in Uptown just east of the Red Line Lawrence CTA station.