The Wild Middle West

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Reflections of the best show ever! The year was 1994, we were
acquiring merch at an unbelievable rate, the barns were stuffed to
bursting with huge piles, of tables , cupboards, drysinks , doughboxes,
architectural pcs.

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Garden benches, cast iron urns, wood and iron beds, folk art ,

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whirlybird gigs , weather vanes, game boards,quilts , rugs, mirrors,
decoys,. So even though our sales at home were fantastic, we needed to sell
more, for no other reason than to create some space. So we load up our trucks
with tables , cupboards, drysinks , doughboxes,

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architectural pcs. Garden benches, cast iron urns, wood and iron beds, folk art ,
whirlybird gigs , weather vanes, game boards,

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quilts , rugs, mirrors,
decoys etc. etc. and head out to the Extravaganza,
Rendezvous, Trading Event Extraordinaire!! The weather is absolutely
fabulous, 73 degrees, sunny, with a gentle breeze; we arrive and are instantly
swamped with would be customers, but after traveling for 11 plus hours
we are in need of food, and head over to the concessionaires, I opt for
what turns out to be the best hamburger ever, big & tasty, on a grilled
whole grain bun with a side absolutely incredible potato salad, "World Class" Fred opts for the greasy deep fried fish basket (yuck)while my spouse goes for veggy pita wrap,, prepared and served by the most friendly, pleasant folks, imaginable,
from the local Universalist church, here today my mouth waters just upon
remembering those delicacies , and while we are sitting there I meet Colonel Louie Levee who tells me he is here for serious shopping and lo and behold his wish
list reads like my inventory list, so upon finishing
our repast we head back to our spots which is of instant notice to
other shoppers who precede to follow us and the Colonel back . It is then when it all gets crazy, with the Colonel getting first pick
which drives the rest of the crowd insane ( Louie buys almost every other piece)

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the
feeding frenzy is totally wild! Other folks snatching and grabbing most
of what is left, some obnoxious ones even offering more than what was
asked in a effort to try to buy items already sold to another! By the
end of the afternoon all we have left is 2 rotten cupboards, a dry
sink missing a door, 3 tables with undesirable new york legs , a pile of
washout quilts , and a small assortment of questionable smalls . Well
our sales were so incredible we decide to leave the rest " if they
don't want to buy it why should we own it?" (attributed to Eugene Rappaport)
For the most part people were incredibly friendly and helpful.
We watched an unbelievably fantastic sunset while the chocolate cupcakes with the butter cream frosting danced on the peanut butter ice cream mountain.

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