Used for sale compared from eBay, Craigslist, Amazon,... The link doesn't work The ad is undesirable The ad doesn't exist anymore The ad isn't relevantCompare 2015 Most cheap salon barber chairs with reclining /Hair salon used barber chair for sale Ningbo Hongzi Beauty&Hairdressing Equipment Co., Ltd. US $90.0-90.0 5 Pieces Transaction LevelBrimfieldEver been to a winter lodge in 1940s Scotland? Neither have we, but we think it might look something like this year-old store. Plaid is owner Julie Fernstrom’s muse (the store is named after her favorite tartan), and it covers everything from pillows (made from vintage wool skirts and men’s shirts, $75) to antique barber’s chairs ($695)—all of which Fernstrom upholsters herself (she’ll tartan-ize your own pieces, too). But lest you liken Brimfield to a cracked-out Ralph Lauren, rest assured there’s plenty of kitsch to keep the mood playful: We love the red lanterns ($34), the plaid metal thermoses ($27) and the basement “man cave,” as Fernstrom calls it, filled with masculine midcentury gems, including Blatz pint glasses ($12) and an immaculate Grundig Majestic stereo ($795).
5219 N Clark St (773-271-3501).Brownstone Antiques“Our store is for someone who likes to hunt for something, to spend some time,” says co-owner Tim White. “We’re not going to make it easy for you to find something.” That’s an understatement: Because Brownstone buys entire estates—the good with the not-so-good, and covering pretty much all eras—the 17-year-old store is the indoor equivalent of a hoarder’s garage sale. Nightstands sit atop dressers, which sit atop tables, which are also adorned with vases, photographs, mirrors…you get the idea. To take it all in, you need to make a trip around the store at least twice (say hi to Isabella the cockatoo as you do). If you’re patient, you can find gems, including a gorgeous Art Deco vanity ($285) and matching highboy ($275), and an awesome electric fan ($30). 5234 N Clark St (773-878-9800).Owner Paul Lechlinski got a crash course in midcentury furniture and architecture while restoring his 1959 Robert Alexander home in Palm Springs, California (nice, huh?), and he pours that knowledge and love of ’50s–’70s modern design into his well-curated store.
All of his furniture has been refinished to its original wood or reupholstered with period-appropriate fabric (including a pair of 1949 blue-striped Edward Wormley side chairs, $995). Room Service also stocks plenty of affordable accessories: We love the European hand weights from the 1930s ($75), the ’50s Sascha Brastoff enamel on copper plate ($95) and the shop’s courtyard filled with plants and pots for sale. 5438 N Clark St (773-878-5438).Owner Larry Vodak is the ultimate champion of Andersonville’s vintage row: He persuaded White Attic’s Terry Ledford and Brimfield’s Fernstrom to move in next door, he buys from Brownstone, and he calls Foursided the best store in the city. Vodak’s confident in touting his competition because Scout has its own strong brand (Vodak’s 27 years in advertising help). Vodak fills his shop with vintage items from the 1910s to the 1950s with a few common themes: “interesting proportions, great lines, great bones,” he says. “I know this sounds kinda Shirley MacLaine–ish, but things [I buy] have lived a good life.
And we’re giving them another life.” Standout old-soul items include an enormous walnut storage cabinet from the University of Chicago’s geology department ($6,800), a Paul McCobb Planner Group 20-drawer dresser ($1,895) and a red button organizer made out of fruit crates from the ’40s ($275). 5221 N Clark St (773-275-5700).Flashy turquoise, grassy citron green, blinding white—strong colors catch your eye the moment you walk into this store that specializes in painted and completely refinished furniture (mostly storage items such as dressers, credenzas and desks) from the early 1900s to the early 1960s. Owner Terry Ledford, who picks out all the pieces, knows about the power of color: For 13 years, he worked for Ann Taylor and Banana Republic, where color-focused displays change every six weeks, and Ledford does the same at White Attic. Turquoise, he says, is a surprisingly versatile color, and it does wonders for a ’40s mahogany four-drawer nightstand with original brass hardware ($415).
Not everything is painted, however: Sometimes the original wood is just too beautiful to cover up. 5225 N Clark St (773-907-9800).OTHER TOP SHOPSBrown ElephantA cute yellow Formica and chrome ’50s table ($80) shares space with tragic ’80s puffy couches and VHS tapes. 5404 N Clark St (773-271-9382).This vintage store that also offers custom framing (or is it vice versa?) is worth checking out for its plethora of old-school flashcards, picture frames made from salvaged midcentury materials and oddities such as freaky clown cookie jars from the ’40s ($95). 5061 N Clark St (773-506-8300).At this sparse store, industrial pieces meet country charm: Barn doors serve as tabletops and a gray wood cabinet from the home of Al Capone’s doctor gets a zinc top. 5137 N Clark St (773-334-0400).Rooster and owl figures pop up at every turn at this country shabby-chic shop full of Buffalo and Syracuse mug-and-plate sets, weathered patio furniture, shoe forms and other knickknackery. 5634 N Clark St (773-506-0406).
WORTH A SIDE TRIPJust based on sheer volume of inventory, you can’t beat Edgewater’s behemoth double threats, Broadway Antique Market(6130 N Broadway, 773-743-5444) and Edgewater Antique Mall(6314 N Broadway, 773-262-2525). Two-story BAM is packed with everything under the midcentury sun: jewelry, clothes, designer and non-designer tables, chairs, couches, vases, art, lamps and more. EAM has more of the same in a smaller space, but with less furniture, more decades of the 20th century covered and slightly more reasonable prices.The man was from California. He had a 1935 Packard and was looking for a pair of 1935 California license plates to give the car a more classic look. For $150, he found what he was looking for-on the Southwest Side of Chicago.To passersby the small storefront at 2404 W. 111th St. may appear to be just a barber shop, but it also is home to Russell's Antiques, one of the best-known automobile memorabilia outlets in the Chicago area. It has been run for three decades by 72-year-old Russell Riberto."
Russell has built a phenomenal collection by working the turf over the years," says Arlington Heights resident Joseph R. Hurd, second vice president of the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association."I believe part of his success is related to the fact that he also still runs the barber shop and cuts hair," Hurd adds. "Through a lot of word of mouth, he's become an institution."A stone's throw from busy Western Avenue, Riberto's mostly mail-order business is a cross between a museum and a cluttered basement."There's a big affinity for this stuff, believe me," Riberto says, amid boxes of artifacts tucked between barber chairs. "Because there was limited production of this stuff, people get attached to it."Some collectors are trying to buy back their childhood memories," Riberto adds. "Others look at buying these things as an investment. But instead of a stock certificate that sits in a drawer, you enjoy owning these things."Riberto specializes in several types of automotive memorabilia, most notably license plates from the last 80-plus years.
He finds some of the plates through trade publications, but the majority come from people who have tired of their collection and want to sell.Most of the requests for plates, Riberto says, come from car collectors who want plates that match the year of their car."I usually carry a good collection of California, New York and Texas license plates because I get a lot of requests from those states," says Riberto, who sells about a 10 pairs of plates a week. "That's where the millionaires are. These people want the best to put on their classic cars."One of his most prized possessions is 72 years' worth of Illinois license plates with the number 82 530, the latest version of which is attached to Riberto's car."I bought the start of that collection 42 years ago from a man who lived at 8253 Dorchester Ave.," says Riberto. "He was driving a 1951 Packard at the time. I transferred that license plate number over to my car and I'm still getting them."While that collection is not for sale, Riberto says he has hundreds of other plates that are, including an Illinois collection that dates back to 1923 and sells for $3,000.Also popular with Riberto's customers are license plate attachments, which range in price from $50 to several hundred dollars.
"Those are a big thing for people with classic cars," Riberto says, displaying attachments that read "Al Smith for President" and "Repeal the 18th Amendment."Another of Riberto's automobile specialties is classic automotive literature, such as car owner's manuals and sales brochures. "Those are hard to find because they were really limited," he says. "But a guy with a 1935 Cadillac would love the sales manual for that car."Riberto also has boxes of DAV tags-small metal and plastic license plate reproductions produced by the Disabled American Veterans as a fundraiser from about 1940 to the 1960s."The DAV guys would find out what number you had on your license plate, and they would send you a couple of the tags to put on your key chain," Riberto says. "These are real collectible now. A pair from the 1940s would cost you $10 to $15 while others sell for only a dollar or two a pair."Finally, Riberto sells numerous pieces of Tucker memorabilia, such as stock certificates, horn buttons, name plates, newspaper ads, luggage, seat covers, radios, heaters and even employee badges from the old Tucker plant, now the site of the the Ford City Shopping Mall.He also has boxes of Tucker sales brochures, customer newsletters and even bankruptcy and reorganization papers of infamous automobile entrepreneur Preston Tucker.Because of its limited supply