What’s the tipping point between “old junk” and “vintage good”? It’s a question that has higher stakes if you spend any amount of time scoping out Brooklyn stoop sales and flea markets (the mind boggles at the number of pricey particleboard dressers marked as “mid-century”). Clearly, what’s old can continue to have economic value, at least as a shill for suckers; some things, like “restored” wood from creaky old barns, can even survive a long, obsolete dormancy only to reemerge with surprising beauty. But, as some of our best stories this week proved, our favorite vintage shit was damn good to begin with. – Chris Wright
Words Without Context
A Notable Quote From The Week
“Adjusting for inflation, the cost of a small color television set, for example, would cost almost $4,000 back in 1963.”
– Jack Seemer
