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October 7, 2006
If I Were In Brooklyn, I Would Go To Mark Newgarden’s Garage Sale
The mind boggles:
You and your friends are invited to a COLOSSAL Multi-Family GARAGE SALE! So big, it's practically an entire Flea Market!
This weekend! Saturday, October 7 & Sunday, October 8, 10am - ?
Selling selected items from years of crazy accumulation!
A MOUNTAIN OF TREASURE INCLUDES:
Collectibles, Antiques, Art Books, Kid's Books, Vintage Paperbacks, All kinds of Books, Old Magazines, Advertising, Comics, Paper Ephemera, Posters, Records, Record Players, Vintage Toys, Vintage Games, Projectors, Vintage Film Shipping Cases, 20's Oak A/V Projector Stand, Old Cameras, Electronics, Vintage Women's Clothes, 30's & 50's Kitchenware, Housewares, Eames Era Designer Chairs, Antique Linens, Fabric, 60's Moroccan Rug, Tables, Chairs, Homemade Stools, Shelves, Lamps, Clocks, Old Office Supplies, Antique Tractor Seat, Medicine Cabinet, Portable Wine Rack, Rocking Horses, Antique Child's Desk, Old School Chairs, Kitschy Paintings, Rude Vintage Gags, Antique Brooklyn Soda Bottles, like-new 70's TWA Flight Bags, religious Statuettes, Folk Art Butler Ashtray, Elephants, Mannequins, and too many Oddities to list!
Cheap prices for excellent stuff.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn @ 266 N8 St (& Havemeyer) on the corner (A.K.A. 18 Havemeyer Street)
By Subway from Manhattan:
Take the L train from Man. anywhere along 14th St. towards Bklyn. Get off at BEDFORD AVE. (1st BKLYN STOP). Subway lets out on Bedford & N.7th. Walk down Bedford to N.8th. Turn right on N.8th (towards BQE in distance). Walk past ROEBLING, DRIGGS Aves. to HAVEMEYER ST.
From NYC by car:
Take the Williamsburg Bridge. Drive outer section of bridge left in lane. After bridge DON'T go straight and DON'T GO LEFT onto the BQE ramp - veer SLIGHTLY left and take street exit ("S.5th-BROADWAY"). At light go left directly onto HAVEMEYER ST. Stay on Havemeyer until intersection with METROPOLITAN AVE. (Havemeyer St. is "interrupted" by METROPOLITAN Ave.) You need to turn right, then a very sharp left making a tricky semi-circle around island in front of church. Then a sharp right BACK ONTO Havemeyer. Proceed 2 more blocks straight ahead on Havemeyer.
From outside NYC by car from Queens:
TAKE BKLYN-QNS EXPWY (278 WEST). Take the METROPOLITAN AVE exit (exit number 32B). At bottom of ramp make cross Union Ave and make immediate RIGHT onto N8th St. Drive one block to Havemeyer St.
From outside NYC by car from Brooklyn:
TAKE BKLYN-QNS EXPWY (278 EAST). Take the METROPOLITAN AVE exit (exit number 32). At first light continue straight for 1 block. Make LEFT at second light (1 block) onto Union Ave (going UNDER BQE). Turn LEFT immediately onto Meeker (under BQE going in the opposite direction). Then make immdiate RIGHT onto N8th St. Drive one block to Havemeyer St.
De-Accessed from the collections of:
Mark Newgarden
Megan Cash
Beth Pearson
John Keen
Brian Dewan
Sydney Cash
& other veteran conservators
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