from Coney Island’s CYCLONE roller coaster c. 1977
this was attached to the very front car to celebrate the 50th year anniversary of the ride
now, it’s in our store
flea market find
found in stack of frames
flea market find
We’re gonna be on the radio!
89.5 FM
5/31/2012 @ 9 PM
Carlos and Sarah from Surplus of Options will join us in studio for this week’s show. They are a couple of twentysomethings who, in addition to reworking old furninshings, deal in “junk”, art objects and “curiosities” galore. Much of what they deal has stories that are just as much fun as the items themselves, from an Alligator skull to a hand mirror incrusted with rhinestones and an icon of Black Madonna. In their words it’s:
THINGS WE FIND. IN OLD HOMES. IN BASEMENTS. GARAGES. BARNS. TRUNKS OF CARS. IN THE WOODS & ON BEACHES. IN ALLIES.
Below, signs from the old Riverview Amusement Park in Chicago (salvaged by a former employee, and kept for decades), up for sale in the store. The park closed around 1967.
SAY “PEPSI PLEASE”
Our winged Roman penis made of bronze. It is also known as a fascinus.
SOLD
Title: A Toast to Marilyn Monroe & the Future
Riverview Amusement park signs are now hung up and for sale.
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