Calling Little Edie

I should know better than to agree to go out on the town with the party legend Miss Cynthia. She has mastered the art of drinks and dancing and mingling, staying up too late and then planning to wake up super early to "estate sale" . When you stay up til 4:30 a.m. and plot to hit your first yard sale by 8:00 a.m., you're gonna need more than a coffee, maybe a hammer to the head.

We scored a few cheap goodies at the NICO/South Paradiso yard sale and a slice of pizza.

We ended up heading around the corner to crazy estate sale that boasted the remains of a 97 year old Clairvoyant psychic. She was supposedly a world traveler who ran a church and kept a vast array of clutter.
There were some rad pieces of Egyptian jewelry and crazy 60's things, but they had them priced way up there. So we had to let them go.

We then drove over to an amazing 1897 Victorian house filled with 55 yrs. of collectable stuff. The owner was a former designer of Stephen Crane & Associates and attributed to the Tiki restaraunt movement in L.A.
There was a decadent crumbling artist quality to the estate, rich in history. Cynthia actually left one of the rooms moved to tears. There were mantles adorned with animals horns and giant shells. Coral clusters layered in bowls, tiffany lamps and chandelier crystals dangling from everything. One of the rooms was reserved for books galore. Serious art books out of print and cupboards of magical china. I could almost imagine the woman that traveled around the world and selected these pieces.

I also could sense why Cynthia was brought to tears from seeing the collections of owls, taxidermy, sea creatures, craft books and her future. I too was mesmerized by the 1920's sacred heart pendants, and gilded floral cluster pixie hair wreathes. There were rows of handmade bamboo birdcages and tons of records. I scored a nice Egon Schiele art book, 70's California Craft book, and an art nouveau book.
If you wanna go and see what is left in there, you may have to wait in a line like we did. They are willing to negotiate prices.

200 N. Avenue 66 at York Blvd. exit of 110 Fwy in Los Angeles
Fri/Sat March 28 & 29, 8am - 4pm
Sun. March 30, 12pm - 5pm
Mon/Tues March 31 & April 1, 9am to 4pm
Numbers Out at 7:00 AM Friday

Comments

[jessie frances]

incredible

[Alexandra Jane]

Oh my, I lurve those kinds of houses! That looked like so much fun! Was the old woman nice or was she mysterious and dark like in books and movies? LoL jk Great find!

[Youngest Indie]

Hi! My friends and I made a quick visit to the Short Stop at like 1:45 to dance for 15 minutes. I saw you when we were leaving but I didnt get the chance to say hi. You looked fab in those gold boots! =) see you around!

[rachelmira]

thanks for the tip! i scored some reallllly rad finds at this sale. my fave is a real bronze mounted on marble candleholder of some sort of dude head with horns and a carrera marble dining table on a chrome base!

[cindy dulong]

oh my GOD i would die if i went to an estate sale in LA. I find a few here and there in Arizona but they are NOTHING like what you just mentioned.. you are LUCKY!

[Lady Lavona]

Oh my, treasures! This is why I don't have any money saved for rainy days. Sometimes you have to spend your phone bill money on taxidermy! Someone will take great joy rummaging through my stuff when I'm dead though! Ha!

[rachelmira]

here is a picture of the bronze head
http://reservoir4.blogspot.com/

[Cara Nova]

Yep...parallel lives! Just got a $99- trench at Target for $24-, and I've been dreaming about gold ankle boots...where can I find them? Also just sarted working for an estate sale company! The last sale I did had sculls and crystals! Not half as AMAZING as the sales in L.A but it's a start! I want first pick, ya gota' get in on the ground floor!

[colette rose]

love it love it LOVE it !