I thought I would share some of the beautiful finds I saw last December when my friend Alexis and I visited Cleveland’s Antique Row.
Many of these things are architectural salvage from the grand old homes that used to exist in the area.
A custom chair made with leather and animal tusks
The writing on the glass says, “Forsake Not the Assembling of Yourselves Together”
Gives you an idea of how cluttered and chaotic these shops are!
Difficult to see but this is a lighted newel post in front of a stained glass window
Individual ceiling tiles (the shop owner is showing how they originally fit together)
Bonus: from Lakewood, Ohio’s Madison Avenue shops, which are slightly more eccentric!
An unopened bottle of a facial cream containing mercury to get rid of pesky spider veins and broken capillaries
If I remember correctly, this is a prescription for cocaine
A taxidermied sheep
old spirituals 
I could spend days in shops like this!
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Me too, Judy! I love them.
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In the Niagara there are a lot of old homes and old collections that go onto the auction block. I purchased a beautiful brass oil lamp with a lovely green glass shade which had been converted into electric for $10 as well as a lovely old jade necklace for $6. There are bargains to be had and that lamp will last me years as opposed to the new junk you can buy which falls apart within the decade.
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Wow! You really got a deal!! There is a talent to finding things like that. And I agree…. there was a time when things were built to last!
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Some neat treasures! Fun to explore and look for the perfect “find”, too.
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Yes! There’s something so satisfying about a find too!
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During my days in Metro Atlanta, I regularly visited the two monthly antique markets: Lakewood and Scotts. History intrigues me; it comes alive when I walk through row after row of antiques and collectables.
The photo of the jar of “T. Hill Mansfield, Capillaris-X” sparked my interest having been weaned in New Jersey. Not able to find much on “Capillaris-X” but I did find photos of other jars and an old poster. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103328858/theodore_hill-mansfield/photo#view-photo=77113682
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I love stuff like that too! I was looking at the link and saw the damaged monument. Can you imagine how strong Hurricane Sandy was to blow the head off of that beautiful statue?
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