Guess what! I’m giving away a $50 gift certificate to Etsy Etsy is one of the places I go to satisfy my vintage clothing cravings. Now you too can waste some of your valuable time obsessing over what to buy. All you have to do is go to my Astor Place Vintage page on Facebook, take my little “Author or Model” challenge and you’ll be automatically entered to win. That’s right. Even if you get every question wrong. I...

After leaving Etcetera Consignment Shop (Part 1 if you missed it!) I walked down Route 25 into town and came upon Antiques at Meredith Bay. I walked in and checked it out. This store has a good selection of collectibles and antiques, though no vintage clothing is to be found. The stock is from different dealers and prices are reasonable. At least, I didn’t get the feeling that everything would’ve been less on eBay. There...

My husband and I spent the weekend up in Meredith, New Hampshire and I had a chance to look around the town to check out the junktique situation for the day while he spent the afternoon playing golf. Meredith is very pretty, by the way, and right on a lake. My plan was to check out a couple stores, take a walk along the lake, have a sandwich, and then hit a couple more stores. My first stop was Etcetera, a consignment store that’s on...

“I snuggled my hands inside the muff. Something hard pressed against my knuckle. Strange. I looked inside. The black satin lining had been torn at the seam and mended closed with uneven stitches. Had someone sewn something in there?” –from ASTOR PLACE VINTAGE   I’ve begun a new Pinterest board of fur muffs matched up with quotes from books mentioning “muffs” from the same era. Here’s a couple:   Source:...