Posted by Richard Gabriel on Tue, Jun 22, 2010 @ 01:05 PM
Every Sunday from early spring until late fall, Todd's Farm in Rowley, Massachusetts is a collection point for some of New England's vagabond pickers and dealers. If you are visiting Boston, then take a drive up Old Route 1A which by the way used to be the road that John Adams used to ride when making his circuit as a Lawyer from Massachusetts. But the trick is to get there early, have cash in hand and be ready to buy what you see.
It is also wize to leave early in the morning and if the road doesn't look like this as you get closer to Rowley...it's already too late.
I had not been to Todd's Farm in a while but used to go there every weekend when I was buying and selling antique furniture and other items. Every now and then I would run across some interesting rare books and rare ephemera but Todd's was all about antiques and still mostly is but here are two interesting items I found...but I didn't buy.
This piece of rare ephemera was priced at $150 but with a little haggling and combination buying (always a good way to bring down the average price of rare ephemera). I could have gotten it for less than $100.
The second item was also $150, considerably smaller but printed in 1801. Very nice Washington memorabilia and you didn't even have to go to an auction!
Proving that once again, if you want to find it, just get off the keester, get up early and get to Todd's on Sunday BEFORE the sun comes up and bring a flashlight!
Posted by Richard Gabriel on Mon, Jun 07, 2010 @ 09:19 AM
We will keep this short and to the point. We are listing a number of very rare americana items, ephemera and rare books at the
Heritage Auction site.You can view and bid on my entire consignment in auction #6043 at thefollowing link: http://historical.HA.com/common/search_items.php?Sale_No=6043&Consignor_No=59&type=friend-consignorlive-notice&FC=0 You can cut and paste this link and it will take you directly to the items but hurry, auction ends today!
All the best,
Richard Gabriel
Owner
Calix Books
#281
505 Paradise Rd.
Swampscott, MA 01907
781 477 9485 Phone
781 477 9484 FAX
http://www.calixbooks.com