Seen this weekend

Warmer weather (at least in New England) means there will be more tag, garage, and estate sales to choose from on the weekends.

It also  means that you won't be able to make it to all of them, or, I won't, because I am the one with the obsession here. The few that I have visited already were worth the trip.

For example, a sale near Candlewood Lake in Danbury, CT hosted by my friends at Recycle Again estate sales was my first stop. Though the home was small there was still a nice selection of items from several eras. 

My favorite piece was this memento from the attack on Pearl Harbor. It features a piece of a Japanese fighter plane recovered after it crashed near a hospital compound. The frame and note are clearly all the same age, which provides a window on the tragedy and the impact it had on the country.

No, I didn't buy it. I left it for the next picker or WWII collector to enjoy, but I did take a picture.

Greg Van Antwerp is a Brookfield resident who writes about the things he's found at estate sales in the region. You can see more of his discoveries by visiting www.videomartyr.blogspot.com