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Factory carts, industrial wood crates continue

a long run of popularity at Vintage Finders Havana The Planters Exchange

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don’t have to spend a fortune at a fancy department store or buy the same Antiques, Collectibles,
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You can shop your local antique store for just about anything, while keeping Toys, Dolls, Pottery
your look unique to you. Vintage Finders Warehouse in North Port has three In a Designated National Landmark
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of design style, but also including elegant dressers and ladies’ vanities from Havana, FL
the 1930s and ‘40s. (850) 539-6343
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carts, metal factory carts and other pieces of the bygone industrial era. Wayne Gregory, Owner
You can even buy plastic versions of metal carts, which, to Vintage Finders
Warehouse, is simply laughable.
“Our customers wouldn’t touch one of those with a 10-foot pole,” says FANNING SPRINGS
owner Dean Castellano. The Warehouse has a regular supply of the highly
desirable four-wheeled Lineberry factory carts, and these pieces fly out of “explore the difference”
the shop. Point of View
When the carts first became available to the Warehouse, Castellano and
his wife, Diane, sold 350 of them in the first two weeks. It doesn’t hurt that
the Warehouse sells the carts for hundreds less than most antique shops. Antiques
In addition to factory carts, wood shipping crates are hugely popular at
the Warehouse. Again, manufacturers have caught on and feed craft and 17452 US Hwy 19 N
box stores hundreds of these, cranked out of Asian factories by, well, the Fanning Springs www.PointofViewGifts.com
crate-load. But Warehouse shoppers prefer the genuine aged look of vintage (352) 463-0718 10-5 Monday-Saturday
crates, not to mention the inadvertently charming advertising or logos on Now Open Sunday 11-4
the sides.
Windmill parts? There are crates that boasts of them. Salt licks for cows? collectibles, wood carvings, jewelry, gifts and more
Right over here. And what makes –DEALER SPACE AVAILABLE– 33
these carts so popular is that they’re
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their long run as Warehouse Reddick, FL 32686
staples. You can check it all out 1075 Dixie’s Antiques Mall 352-591-1221
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Port. The shop is open Thursday- 112 W. Noble Ave. Tue-Sat 10-4
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