In case you missed our social media posts, Fair Oaks Antiques (that’s us!) has had a busy day in the media today!

First, the wifey was quoted in an Inforum story about Fargo Antiques & Repurposed Market, aka “The FARM,” entering its fifth year of business and branching out with events.

Deanna Dahlsad, a vendor who also co-hosts the Trash Or Treasure appraisal events, is excited by the expansion of events calendar.

“After 30-plus years in this business, it’s refreshing to find an antique mall that really gets what it’s all about,” Dahlsad said. “Antiquing or junking is more than a pure materialistic act; it’s about more than the objects themselves. This is about the creativity of self-expression, the preservation of history, the passion of collecting, green living, and so much more. These events are very exciting to me because they bring more opportunities to connect with our “FARM” friends, with like-minded folks.”

Then, at 8pm in the evening, the wifey was live on Night Time Live with Bob Harris (on The Mighty KFGO). She and local North Dakota author Alicia Underlee Nelson, of Prairie Style File, were talking with Bob about the New Year’s Old Beers event at the Farm -check it out!

Oh, yeah, and the aforementioned Trash Or Treasure appraisal fair events are back! Details on the latest one can be found here & you can secure your spot here.

See you at the Farm!

New Year's Old Beers Fargo Event

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So, I’m just hanging around the house, checking the internet on my phone, and I see a headline from the Fargo Forum:  “Pushing Tin: Fargo History Found In Early Garages“. Of course, I know exactly what they’re talking about — one of my favorite things is the Rusk Auto House, a product of the Fargo Cornice and Ornament Co, designed to solve the problem, “the automobile has just been invented, now where do we keep it?”    Of course, I was curious to see what sort of interesting info John Lamb of the Forum found for his article, and to my surprise many of the facts come from a source that is, well, ME.

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A couple places in the article they quote my quirky history website, The Infomercantile, as the source for some of the interesting tidbits about the cost and origins of the little tin house.   I even appreciate that he credits me with the price of the Auto-House, when in fact I credit The Forum as the source of the price originally.  The most interesting thing to me is, while I thought I’d found most of the Rusk Auto-Houses in Fargo…the one in this article is new to me. It’s nice to be recognized as having useful information to the world, but even more exciting is to find something new I hadn’t seen before.

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