Antique Fair Finds April 2024

Let’s go shopping! The weather was finally nice and hubby and I made one of our favorite outings to the Alameda Point Antique Fair.

This antique show takes place in Alameda, CA the first Sunday of every month. There is a huge variety of items and a wide assortment of vendors. You’ll see booths that are extensions of high-end stores and antique dealers, but also guys selling things they’ve picked up at garage sales out of the back of their trunks. You never know who’s coming and you never know what you’ll find!

While there is a huge variety of antique and vintage items, I only photographed the things that really caught my eye. I tend to like European antiques, so that’s my primary focus.

Are you ready to shop with me?

The antique fair is located right across from a large shipping port. I’m always amazed at how large these container ships are and they make for an interesting backdrop when shopping. And look at that sky! I took this around 8 AM.

Upon entering, this dealer always has beautifully-displayed interesting curiosities. A lot of the Santos dolls I’ve shown in the past are from this vendor. But this child’s dress form really caught my attention this time. The condition was remarkable!

And for no reason other than the pure anguish of the face, I snapped a photo of this guy.

Moving on, I stopped by one of my favorite vendors, Patine. They had this beautiful display of wicker demijons.

Patine is one of my favorite sources for grain sacks, but I didn’t see any of the style I really liked on this particular day.

Just around the corner is the person I refer to as The Doll Lady. She always has dolls but they are often just doll parts! She also sometimes has Frozen Charlottes, but none this day.

Sometimes I feel like there’s a theme to the antique fair and April seemed to be all about art! There was so much framed art to choose from. I thought these were pretty and so I snapped a picture, but they were just a small sample of how many vendors had art for sale.

I was hoping to find a small framed still life that would work in my kitchen, but no luck!

Architectural salvage was a big at the fair this month, too! Look at these posts and corbels!

Marina Natalia made it to the antique fair this month and I’m always happy to see her. I was looking for some small copper pieces but she had these gorgeous large pieces on display.

And if you ever need a gorgeous European champagne basket, look no further!

I came across a man selling items that he’d dug up in his yard. I found this little bowl with $5 doll heads interesting.

I hadn’t seen this vendor selling antique doors and shutters before but he had some huge pieces! And for those of you wondering, the price on the doors was $375.

He also had these antique chicken crates which some people add wheels to and use as a coffee table!

And I thought this luggage display was interesting.

And not that I necessarily liked these things, but I photographed them because they really caught my attention.

While I didn’t find anything that I just had to have, my husband came home with a couple of items and we had the best time. So until next month!