I'm Stealing It! | Thrifting for Vintage & Antiques in the Old West
All I wanted was to find fun vintage and cool antiques at bargain prices, and two thrift stores in Torrington, Wyoming made it too tempting to sneak off with Empoli glass, lunch boxes and swung vases in this fun video.
We start at "This, That and Then Some," an appropriately named combination of local thrift store and regional antique/vintage destination! This is a big find in a little town, and we comb many cabinets, kitchen queens and shelf units full of everything from MCM art glass to Victorian ivy balls. We lift flamingo mirrors, uranium glass and quilts at this place, even as they're giving us a great buy on a Muppet Show lunchbox that will make a perfect gift for a friend.
Down the road, "Land O' Goshen Thrift Store" is just putting out fresh vintage as we arrive! We nab a stack of stereocards that really belong in our Kentucky mall, while coveting the Empoli vases two women from Arizona score right out of the restocking cart. We steal a fun 1970s bag on our way out, and run down the road as fast as we can.
Fort Laramie is our final destination, where our prison awaits us! "The Trading Post" is short on antiques and vintage, but the original fort makes up for it with buildings full of pioneer era furnishings that show what it took to get soldiers to move to the frontier. We do our time in the jail, relieved that our sentence is suspended so we can keep on junking our way out west!
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Wild George, I am. So happy you do the shorts❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Thank you for stopping and supporting the ministry. Jesus loves you
While George. I simply love everywhere that you go and the things that you say you got to see why I'm in a whole lot of neat things, you must see so many things that are so interesting wish I could be there❤❤❤
the youtube subtitles suggested when you passed the 'fenton floral base' that the entire display was 'fentanyl based', lol
@erinwoempner1228
10 ай бұрын
Oh no!!
@lightmarker3146
10 ай бұрын
Dear George; How nice your friend will receive a present she will love. Your a great gift giver 😊
@janetpogue4970
5 сағат бұрын
😂
George in jail!! For a quick minute 🤣 You are so entertaining and informative! Keep up the great work!
Awesome vid George !
Hey there, George, from the UK! It’s 1am here 🎉
@TheAntiqueNomad
10 ай бұрын
You are a trooper to stay up so late for it! Sweet dreams and thank you for having me on late night
From a huge long time FAN of KERMY FROG & miss piggy of THE MUPPETS... your FRIEND Is going to LOOOOVE IT !!
Thanks George! Back in the day I had family in Lingle.
Lee Majors was a big icon of the time. Kind of like the fellow from Emergency, or C.H.I.P.S. I haven’t thought of The Fall Guy in a while. Thanks for the memories, George!
What a great video! Thanks George❤
I watch your videos often, and this one just really pleased me. I was smiling through the entire thing. "Sometimes it is just fun to try things out." Just how I love to thrift! Thank you for sharing!
It is so special, each place, what they have, and you taking us along...no way to thank you just for pure joy.
I love to go looking in places that are out of the way. They often times have one of a kind items too. Ft Laramie was cool love the history lesson. Learning more each video. Thanks for taking me along and sharing. You have a great day and safe travels
I so enjoy some of your comments, especially the jail portion. Thanks
👍 Thumbs- up, remember to click on thumbs-up for George's video. 🎉
16:47 I LOVE that bag!!! Did you buy it? Do you still have it? If so, would love to buy it! Aw, I love the purpose of Land of Goshen; I love that you support them and identify with them. That’s how I feel about you too, and why you’re the gold standard to me of resellers. You NEVER come across as selfish, to quote yourself. It really sets you apart, and indubitably is part of why so many people support you. The proprietress’ pool of light-looking mustard seed pendant is neat. Some of those MAY have been made of crystal.
@TheAntiqueNomad
9 ай бұрын
Send me an email! I do have it. You are really kind to say that, and I will try to live up to it...
@nemophilistnay
9 ай бұрын
@@TheAntiqueNomad Yoda says donor do not. There is no try. You DO. 🤗
Thank you for sharing ,very much enjoy it .
Good evening to you, George! Hopefully I can make it through to the end. We are having some rather nasty weather right now, and we could lose electricity. There was a glimpse of an enamelware pitcher next to the 1950s chef. Was it an old one? It was yellow with black trim. I really like old enamelware. Loved those celluloid boxes. I have several...handkerchiefs, gloves, collars and cuffs, neckties, etc.. I'd really like to have that barbed wire display. That snowy egret wall hanging actually interested me...that's unusual for me 🙃😂 You called them flamingoes, but...😂 That was a fun tour! Ft. Laramie was really interesting! Thanks for the take-along!
@TheAntiqueNomad
10 ай бұрын
You are having a dose of the weather down there this summer! The yellow/black enamelware is vintage but usually 1950s-70s. I am such a big fan of both enamelware and celluloid boxes, if I'd had more space in the van I might have offered on a large bundle of them. So silly that I called the egrets flamingoes, I'm not fully aware in the morning and they opened at 8 so I really just blew that one! Ft. Laramie is a cool place I never imagined going, it's part of the adventure of all this travel, which I'm so glad to share with you.
@CONSTELLATION_PEGASUS
10 ай бұрын
@@TheAntiqueNomad I'm with you, on not being fully aware in the mornings! My aware time is between 10:00pm and 5:00am...always been a nighttime person. I've always really liked old enamelware. I think it's the simplicity of it that attracts me. I usually go more for the simple white with black trim the most, but other colours do interest me. The celluloid boxes, even the simplest ones, have a beauty that is all their own. I think the antique celluloid-covered photo albums have that same appeal.
My husband grew up near Torrington. We went there when we went to witness the total eclipse. Awesome little town.
@TheAntiqueNomad
10 ай бұрын
Oh cool! Glad I found it. I saw the eclipse in Dawson Springs, KY
YES❤ I LIKE THE GREEN KITCHEN CABINET😊
I loved the second 1930s kitchen cabinet. I'd love to find one like that.
@sarahj.8372
9 ай бұрын
Sooo neat...I agree.
Hello, George! In CA at the minute, but started watching you when I was in Alaska. Always enjoy your videos and have picked up so many tips! Thank you!!!
@TheAntiqueNomad
10 ай бұрын
I'm so glad and thank you! Alaska to California you made a big jump in many ways. Curious to know how your collecting changes now that you're there!
@alexandrawormuth1986
10 ай бұрын
Well, no more baleen baskets or carved ivory pieces. No more walrus tusk carvings either. No more qiviut scarves. Definitely no fur anything! Most likely back to vintage costume jewelry as my primary focus, but since I started watching you and Laura Caldwell, and Kat the Nurse Flipper, my interests (and knowledge) have certainly expanded. It will be interesting to see what is in my new locale. Maybe I'll be able to take some road trips myself!
@TheAntiqueNomad
10 ай бұрын
@@alexandrawormuth1986 you should, California has so many vintage flea markets, mountain antique shops, big malls, estate sales…
Be still my ❤️! That streamline rounded corner kitchen cabinet would have been mine, all mine! Fantastic!
@TheAntiqueNomad
10 ай бұрын
I love that thing! Such a great style
I feel like the Barbie boxes would do well right now with the insane popularity of the movie!
@TheAntiqueNomad
9 ай бұрын
Yes true that
Love how you show the old tourist places, that resale place for charity is wonderful . Keep em coming
Thank you for showing the shops and the towns. Watching from outside the US. ❣️
What fun to see Wyoming again! I love the antique kitchen cabinets. Thanks for showing Fort Laramie. That's one place I didn't get to visit while I lived out there. I agree, the prices were good and the items were interesting! Ever onward!
@TheAntiqueNomad
10 ай бұрын
Wyoming has so much beauty!
Oooh I love that palomino horse. I've would have gotten him too.
How fun. Wyoming is a state all Americans should visit.
@TheAntiqueNomad
10 ай бұрын
I've seen a lot of it!
I love the Muppet show lunchbox that is so wonderful. I still have my daughters strawberry shortcake 10 lunchboxes.
@TheAntiqueNomad
9 ай бұрын
Cool! My friend was so happy with it
Lovely collection of cellulite boxes.
What amazing videos with some great store’s & wonderful history thank you George ❤️🤗❤️
You are such a sweetheart 😊❤
I am so sorry I missed the live. Chat again! Watching the video I was so excited about the Western western style and rustic things that you have found! I love those horse heads that you showed! I have never seen any of those!
@TheAntiqueNomad
9 ай бұрын
I really like Western style
Oh, this is were you may have gotten the quilts to hang-up and sell in Florida. A couple look familiar.
Hi George, I saw you on Laura Caldwell's channel. I find your videos very interesting and informative. I enjoy the history and stories behind the items you find and appraise. I watched your jewelery haul video and all I can say is wow, stunning. I wish we had access to such beautiful pieces. Greetings from Cape Town South Africa 🇿🇦.
Thank you, George and Xeno for the great video! I always love seeing the antique shops and the places you go, that I will probably never get to see! I loved seeing Fort Laramie!
@TheAntiqueNomad
9 ай бұрын
I sure enjoy showing people places I go that you really can't see without going out of the way! I figure it keeps it interesting for all of us
A very friendly name! 😂 I had to do a double take when I saw that sign...
@TheAntiqueNomad
9 ай бұрын
Lol me too! I suspect I'd last 15 minutes in there
Fun. Thanks for the tag along.
George, I enjoy all of your videos as you are a wealth of knowledge. You are truly a nomad. I was wondering if you ever take a break from traveling and doing shows and spend any length of time in a place you call home? Carolyn from Seattle.
Love the travelogue segment!
We are called to help and take care of one another.
😱 when I saw your vehicle packed behind you I just laughed! My car has been like that also when going to a show and something always falls on my head!
That wall clock is awesome
Thank you for he short history lesson, great video.
Enjoyed tremendously thank you George ❤️🇨🇦
@TheAntiqueNomad
10 ай бұрын
Thank you too!
Glad to be here!
@TheAntiqueNomad
10 ай бұрын
That thumbnail looks like I'm not lol
@elderlypoodle9181
10 ай бұрын
HA George 😁
Thank you for sharing your trip to Fort Laramie! That was great💙
@TheAntiqueNomad
9 ай бұрын
Thanks! Really fun for me too
Hey George Fans, let's thank George by Sharing his videos! Just push the arrow and email a friend .
Oh, those rounded kitchen cabinets! Oh, those celuloid boxes! Oh, that blue bowl you just passed up! Love this place.
That's a wonderful gift you got your friend! I hope she loves it! Great to see Ft. Laramie.
@TheAntiqueNomad
9 ай бұрын
She did, thanks!
That was so fun George. I didn't think about not having all the costumes and gardens ect at Fort Larime. It was so fun when we went. People roaming around in full dress answering any questions you have and sharing what it really was like. Even the black Smith. I think this is why I like Victorian so much . All this historical places we've been. Thanks for the flash back.
@TheAntiqueNomad
9 ай бұрын
I didn't realize I missed out! To see it in full reenactment must be amazing, I shall have to look for that sometime if I head that way again.
Thank you for your interesting commentary!
Hey George 😊
What a nice charity
I laughed when you said that the flamingos did not belong in Wyoming! They do not belong in Texas either, but I have a collection of them in my art studio! Lol! I love them also!
@TheAntiqueNomad
10 ай бұрын
So cool! I would of course have them anywhere.
love the blue cabinet
Fun video George! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you George. Really interesting!
I wondered about those Empoli bottles when the lady passed by you....I collected Blenko bottles 25 or so years ago andcwas a real snob about the quality of what I would buy. Back then, the Empoli pieces, while impressive in size, just weren't the same hand-made, blown glass like Blenko. I passed so many of them by....except at one estate sale in Buffalo, NY. It was the last day and there were a good number of the colorful and varied Empolis still unsold.....the dealer said if i took all of them i could have them for a dollar each! I ended up spending thirty-one dollars!!!! I still have them stored away. Im too lazy to resell them as finding them would take more than a little effort.
@TheAntiqueNomad
10 ай бұрын
Most Empoli is thin and light compared to Blenko, they never could have afforded to send it halfway around the world otherwise. I prefer Blenko generally, but a good Empoli piece (especially cased) always gets my attention!
I love jeweled fruit !
Great content George!!!
Great video!
Great history as always..
Fun watching this!!
That store is kitchen cabinet heaven! lol. I've been looking for the perfect one, but they are pricey in Seattle.
What a wonderful and informative tour, George. I think I only know Laramy from old Weasern Movies. The pie safes and western cafe dishes were neat. Also, I collect the enamel wear, especially blue, but have a multicolored set. Just love all this stuff. Thanks for this special show. Tell us again, what is the piece of glass you're looking for? Cat
Hi George 😊
"There's some really startled Siamese" 😂😂😂 that cracked me up prob more than it should have George 😅
Thanks for the tour. I've never been to WY.
Great show George!
I love the blue enamelware! I have a colander that is more of a turquoise blue enamel ware, but I’m looking for a cobalt blue enamel ware colander
Nice to see.reminds me of our Greenfield village.michigan.
Thank you for such educational.videos..You are awesomme
Those yellow kitchen dining chairs are what I'm looking for to go with my yellow table I bought for $10.00! Been looking all over up here for them. They were very pretty!
Video very well done, first thrift store prices are a bit high though.
I liked that you took a chance on the bag.l wouldn't go near it 😢with a ten foot pole but I bet it sells its got a vibe .
Gosh. Wish I was a nomad. Love ya. Be safe. I do travel. But married w children .peg bundy
Thank you for visiting Wyoming! Interesting note: Wyoming was the first territory to give women the right to vote. With women voting, they were able to become a state! (We may be hicks, but we ain’t stupid!)
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Ahhhh, the Muppet Show lunchbox! Also, the Annie one looks so familiar--not sure if I had that one or if I just really wanted it. The B*tch's Corner Bar! LOL Loved the Fort Laramie visit.
@kellyroushar6475
10 ай бұрын
I just adore your attitude, your amazing amount of knowledge and endless passion on so many different things ! It is what makes you you...PLEASE NEVER CHANGE !¡¡!
@TheAntiqueNomad
9 ай бұрын
Thanks! I'm sort of not into change, that's why I like this old stuff
Nice video George
@TheAntiqueNomad
10 ай бұрын
Yes! I have one too
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Always wanted to go to Laramie! Thanks!
@TheAntiqueNomad
2 ай бұрын
Glad I could go! Fun stop
what a great store George! fantastic variety! is there anything you have found in your travels that you have had to have and shipped it home? for your personal use?
13.15 I don’t think they were flamingos, the beaks were wrong. I think they are Cranes.
That was cool. I love stopping at little towns and investigating thrift stores. By any chance, Do you know any thrift stores I could visit while in Bastrop Texas? TIA
Hi George! What a great video. Enjoyed both shops but really enjoyed seeing the fort too! Have an awesome week!❤ I would die for one of those 30s kitchen cabinets!
@TheAntiqueNomad
9 ай бұрын
Yes I love those cabinets too
Very glad you got the stereopticon slides at 17:17 but why didn't you give a closer look at the fascinating real photo postcard of the two cowboys at 9:58? Really wished you had picked that up or at least given it a closer look. (your lesbian date box customer)
The Golden Rule
Interesting Thanks
Your knowledge is amazing. One large concern, love all of your videos however the sound is not good. I have my sound all the way up and sometimes can’t hear what your saying. Maybe if you upgraded your speaker/microphone that would make your videos more enjoyable. Thanks
At the 6 min mark you talk about celluloid boxes also there was a mother of pearl inlaid round covered box on right in back what was that and do you have an idea of value l have one it is a set of 3 stacking.
Hi George, I'm from Montana. I like antiques and vintage just for fun things in my home. I really would like to go to a fun, large vintage outdoor show within like 12 hours of central MT. Any suggestions that you've liked?
George l know you have a migration route, but do you ever get to California? North or South.
Do you ever come to Virginia
How much were those empolis?