Monday, November 21, 2011

Archie's Resale


Archie's Resale was a legendary antique "store" and second-hand ice skate emporium. Archie was eccentric and his "store" was a series of barns and lean-tos all strung together. After he passed away a few years ago, the place closed although his wife continued to live on the property. Now that she's passed, the property is for sale and will likely lose all of its unusual "ambiance" with new ownership. As backward as the place was in most ways, Archie did put up a big installation of solar panels in later years (visible in the third image). I've no idea whether they worked. His emporium was filled with mountains of bric-a-brac, "alleged" antiques, junk and other detritus. He did have an enormous inventory of second, third, fourth and fifth-hand ice skates in nearly every size; some even in usable condition.


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