Q&A: A Plan of Attack for the Urban Antique Hunter

Written By Unknown on Rabu, 27 Maret 2013 | 17.35

Stepping into a Jack Spade store, you might wonder who the fabulous, well-traveled gent was who lived there. The clothing store pulls off a deft, eclectic, lived-in look: classic midcentury armchairs, salvaged-wood tables, a quirky collection of salt figurines amid the clothing.

Steven Sclaroff, the New York-based interior designer who decorated many of the brand's stores, has trekked to many an antique dealer, mall and vintage shop in cities like Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, to find these furnishings. Along the way, he has picked up a few tricks for antique-hunting as well as an item or two for his own home.

Below are edited excerpts from a conversation with Mr. Sclaroff on how to scout out antiques and good vintage deals across the country.

Q. Say you're headed to Los Angeles. How do you find vintage stores in the area?

A. Before you go, search online for antique malls, vintage shops, dealers in the city. It's as simple as Googling those words and seeing what comes up. Many businesses are still not on the Web, so Yelp is an excellent resource. In the comments, people are very specific about what they bought, what the item looks like, how much it was. I don't care necessarily whether the review is positive or negative. I just want to get a feel for what I'd likely find. And before you leave, make sure you measure the space in your house you want to furnish.

Q. Do you hit up flea markets?

A. I do, if they're going on the weekend I'm there. But many times they're not, so I check out antique malls, which often have the same dealers. The town of Orange in California had a bunch of antique malls along South Glassell Street. Muff's Hardware had loads of other stuff beyond hardware. Orange Circle Antique Mall was also great. At Antique Depot, we found some beautiful, '70s gallery posters, and we got some cool black-and-white government area maps — tacked those up on the store's wall — from Antique Mall of Treasures.

From what I heard from people locally, a lot of those dealers also show up at the Rose Bowl Flea Market, but the prices at the antique malls were cheaper.

Q. How do you navigate antique malls? They can be enormous.

A. Be open to rummaging. The upside is, you can find something great on the cheap. The downside is that you have to look through a lot stuff you can't believe has a price tag. A lot of dirty Barbie dolls.

Q. Any other cities particularly great for antiquing?

A. Chicago has a bunch of great resources. In terms of antique malls, there's Chicago Antique Centre and Broadway Antique Market, which mostly focuses on midcentury stuff.

Chicago also has a lot of big salvage places like Salvage One and Urban Remains, where you find architectural stuff like doors, hardware, lighting, as well as furniture. And weird signage that I don't know who buys, but it's really cool.

The Andersonville neighborhood had great stores — Scout, Roost, Woolly Mammoth — all within a block of each other. Not the cheapest places, but you're paying for their editing. Some dealers have an incredible sense of style.

Q. How do you get these purchases back home?

A. Dealers can give you a trucking company's name or arrange shipping for you. Otherwise, you can ship things as large as a chair from the local UPS. It's not cheap, but not crazy expensive, either. I bought an eight-foot landscape painting of men on horseback in Chicago and shipped that home for $350.

Q. An eight-foot landscape painting of men on horseback?

A. Yes. I saw it, and I was like, "I can't leave you." It's now a companion piece to another painting I have of tepees. I have a minor Western theme at the moment, subject to change.


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