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One More Post about Marburger Antiques Just to Bug my Brother Mathew

Sacred Heart Antiques

Photography and text by Corey Amaro:

Enough antiques to make my brother Mathew have a royal fit, or start praying that I change the subject before I go home (which by the way brother Mathew I arrive on the seventh of October.)

One more look at the antiques that were hanging around Marburger this last week…. I saw:

Sacred heart antiques

Park House Antiques 

Muted colored antiques.

Angie and hugh tyner antiques

Wine object antiques

Marburger antiques TEXAS

Antique chandlers hanging on the porch.

The Side Door Antiques

These were the antiques we helped carried, set up, and watch find new homes.

Alabaster antiques 

Alabaster antiques.

Black and white antiques 

Black and white antiques.

Nude statue antique

A nude statue antique that I wanted to carry home on the airplane with me, but it would have had to sit in French Husband's seat, and he didn't agree. I told that man of mine he better have a fig leaf to entertain me.

Statue in terre cuite

Happy camper antique statue, fully dressed, no fig leaf, still yummy.

Tyner antiques

Swedish clocks, I want Angie and Hugh Tyner (antique dealers from Atlanta) to adopt me, so I could live everyday with their vast collection of Swedish antiques!

Really God we need to talk.

Wine corks

Vintage wine corks under French marriage glass dome. I like the idea…

Botanicals

Antique botanicals… did I ever tell you about the time I collected seaweed, then dried it and framed it? Drying seaweed stinks to the hight heavens, and the lower ones too.

Buying them is easier.

Antique wooden candlesticks stand guard.

Antique crown

Antique crown… need I say more.

Antique italian dresser

Large, amazing, perfect patina and peeling, Italian antique dresser.

All French Husband could say when he saw it was… "I bet the drawers are hard to open."

Dang, the bug has not bit him hard enough so I slapped his arm, "Who cares."

He shook his head, and tried to slap my arm in retaliation. But I wasn't born yesterday I stepped to the side and he hit another woman passing by instead. I walked away quickly figuring he got himself into his own mess by saying that hunk of burning love dresser had a problem. Ha. That will teach him.

He still isn't laughing.

Antique heaven

I reckon my brother Mathew isn't either.

Sacred Heast antiques angels

Sacred Heart Antiques had these massive, and I mean MASSIVE angels… They are praying that French Husband and my brother Mathew get bit by the brocante bug and get bit big time.

Should I ask them to pray for you too?

Comments

29 responses to “One More Post about Marburger Antiques Just to Bug my Brother Mathew”

  1. Jody

    EVERY PHOTO IS SO BEAUTIFUL!
    “I bet the drawers are hard to open”…French Husband has much in common with my American Husband 🙂

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  2. Julie M ~ The Little Red Shop

    Ooohhh!!! I wanna go!
    : )
    Julie M.

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  3. jend’isère

    Perhaps not everyone should be smitten with the brocante bug. Leaves more to be appreciated by those of us who are really infested.

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  4. Beverly

    Hmmm beautiful items..
    I wish I were rich.

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  5. Glenda Goins

    When I see all these pics, I can’t hardly believe there is a land called Marburger. Thank you, Thank you, for the beautiful photos you have posted. My American husband wouldn’t even know what a fig leaf is. lol
    ~G~

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  6. Merisi Vienna

    “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever” –
    Keats, talking to Brother Mathew, perchance? 😉
    A veritable plethora of beautiful things from times past, each and every picture a gem, thank you!
    Do you know how these massive angels landed on American shores?
    Where do the come from? I have a hunch where they could have been found, but I could be wrong.
    Safe journey onward to the two of you!

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  7. Rhonda P.

    Yes, pray for me. I struggle every weekend, do I shop for good finds or do I create in my studio. It kills me to stay home and to think someone else got my candlestick or lace or religious image or shabby book or…well you get the picture.

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  8. Lisa

    I forgot to pull out my camera the entire time I was at Margurger… later I realized I had forgotten to purchase a new memory card so it is just as well 🙂
    My bestie and & I noted a smaller nude statue. I think it had been created by a bitter ex-girlfriend – let’s just say the gent portrayed was NOT impressive. We dubbed him “The Teeny Weenie” statue 😉
    Once upon a time my bestie and I hit an Estate Sale in her little car. That would be the time I purchased a headboard and a long bench. She purchased a trunk. She had to call her husband to bring his truck. I don’t think he was amused, but the stupefied look on his face when arrived amused me LOL

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  9. Natalie Thiele

    YAY! You’re coming to California!
    Our antique flea market pales in comparison to Marburger, but my offer still stands- this Sunday is the day, come stay in our Airstream and go to the flea.

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  10. Brenda L from TN

    Thank you for giving us more to drool over…especially the photo of the chandliers…georgeous!!!
    give FH and brother more time, “IT” will eventually “bite ’em”….it always does… it may be baseball cards or cars or some “man” thing but “it” comes to us all in some form..LOL…enjoy rest of trip..

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  11. Cheryl ~ Casual Cottage Chic

    Thank you for sharing more photos from Marburger. Do you think you will return for the show next Autumn, sans FR husband? LOL!!
    Enjoy the journey to No. California. I know you are anxious to see the children.
    xo,
    Cheryl

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  12. Everton Terrace

    I’m so glad you decided to bug your brother Mathew this morning as I’ve been away for over a week and haven’t been able to enjoy your adventures. I am just as jealous as I was last year. Looks like it was fabulous. I suppose if you can find your way there all the way from France, I should be able to get there from Arizona! I’ll say it again, maybe next year.

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  13. Carolyn Mallin

    Corey you’d better be nice to Brother Mathew. Is he supposed to pick you up at the airport? He might just forget again.;0)

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  14. Tamara

    Oh yes please, please do ask them to pray for me…there’s a new home waiting for my family, you see…and we have to sell ours first. It’s been on the market for months. Lots of looky-looks, about 10 Open Houses, but nothing yet.
    Oh yeah and if they could help with my Arthritis, that would be nice too.
    🙂

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  15. Sharon, Morrison Mercantile

    Merisi…I think you might be on target as to where the angels came from. I was thinking the same thing….
    Corey…the pictures and stories have been great. Hope you keep in touch while in Calif with family.
    hugs…

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  16. Brother Mathew

    Bed bugs, Fleas, mosquitos, ants, lice and the cockroach I can deal with. The brocante bug……leave it in Texas. It will be nice to have you crawling around Willows sister. See you soon!

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  17. Shelley@thiswhiteshed.blogspot.com

    No Magnolia Pearl…but clearly your plate was full! Delightful!
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    Hi
    Magnolia Pearl’s stand was amazing, utterly amazing. Though I was told photos were not allowed. Their line of clothes were creative, playful, full of linen, lace and over the top touches. They had a massive tent that they constructed as if under a tree with branches and vines that they had made… no photo of mine could have given it the justice it deserved. The atmosphere inside their tent was like walking back in time, pioneer/gypsy women kindred spirits dancing, singing, fixing each other’s hair and dressed in their signature style. If ever you have a chance to go to one of their openings, you must do it! I was awed.

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  18. Denise Solsrud

    i cannot tell you what a pleasure it is for me to view your photos and read your comments. again, it takes me away if even for a few minutes. you are so dedicated to your blogging and for that i thank you. Bestest,Denise

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  19. Eileen @ Passions to Pastry

    I think it would be hard to practice restraint at this antique show.

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  20. Joan Tankersley

    I shot some similar photos. Such exquisite displays! Wish I had seen the fig leaf guy in person-well, you know what I mean. 🙂
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    Hi Joan
    Thanks for coming to visit us at Marburger, the wine you brought us was delcious, we enjoyed every drop!

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  21. Jo

    Quick! Someone bring me a Victorian
    fainting couch…and some smelling salts…
    I’m swooning over the Swedish antiques
    and chandeliers…absolutely stunning!

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  22. Jeanne

    Beautiful is all you share
    I especially love the Angels and religious things
    Love you
    Jeanne

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  23. Laurie SF

    I pray to see Brother Mathew wearing an antique crown and fig leaf.

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  24. Jenny N

    What did Yann think of Marburger/Texas with this visit? I wonder. I hope the weather was good to you too, because I know your blog readers that stopped by must have been a jolly, kind bunch (like attracts like) and added to your fun.
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    Hi Jenny
    We missed you, your family and homecookin’!
    Yann was amazed by Marburger. The weather was amazingly beautiful!

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  25. Denise Moulun-Pasek

    I daresay Yann does not require a fig leaf…
    😉

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  26. alice durham

    Oh me, oh my! Not only do we have turtles but the nude statue and the statue in terre cuite made the ride all the way from Georgia with us and ended up on your blog from another booth. It is a small and sweet world that we share. PS My parents are still talking about that French lady that is as CUTE AS A BUTTON and her handsome French husband. Please let me know when you decide to start your clothing line, I’ll be your first customer!!
    Alice
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    Hi Alice,
    Tell me it isn’t so!!! You had both of them, Ah if only I had known… They were amazing!!!
    c

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  27. carol

    Prayers are always welcome. These pictures are wonderful. I’m going to leave work and come to Marburger next fall.

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  28. Julie Ann

    On this occasion I do not need your prayers Coco. What a wonderful feast, just look at those chandeliers, that alabaster. So much in one place no. I am grinning at the prospect of Yann hitting another woman, well sidestepped, the hallmark of an enduring marriage ! Let the fun continue dancing queen, Jx

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  29. Rebecca from the Pacific nw

    I, too, bet those drawers were hard to open.

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