This is it, Mysterious Girls and Boys! Our final weekend of the season. Shop now or forever hold your peace until the daffodils bloom. Not unlike our fellow woodland creatures, we plan to hibernate for the winter before re-opening our doors this spring.*

The good news? Everything in the shop in all seven rooms – even our prints and paintings! – will be on sale in-store only at 20% off during our pre-Hibernation Sale.

SALE HOURS
Saturday Nov. 23, 11 – 5
Sunday Nov. 24, 11 – 4

EVERYTHING is 20% off! All seven rooms packed with vintage breakables, groovy vinyl, old books, vintage clothing, antiques, oddities, Rusticalia, and much more.

Not to mention proprietress Laura Levine’s Catskills bird paintings and prints as well as archival fine art prints of her 1980s music images (as shown at MoMA, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, etc.). Beastie Boys, Bjork, Madonna, R.E.M., and Tina Weymouth and Grandmaster Flash. (And The Clash! Which is on sale at 50% off!).

If you’ve had your eye on something previously spotted at The Spot, now would be the time to pounce, be it a treat for yourself or a gift for someone deserving.

Over the next few months we plan to restock The Mystery Spot with tons of estate-fresh finds and even open now and then for a few surprise mystery pop-up holiday weekends. (Weather and mood permitting). Please check our social media for updates.

Even though we’ll be hibernating, we encourage you to support your neighbors who run local small businesses, during this holiday season and all year ’round. There are so many amazing businesses up here in the Catskills. As we head into our 19th season in Phoenicia, we thank you for your loyal support, fun company and new friendships this year and every year.

—> BONUS ANNOUNCEMENT: we’re hiring! We’re looking for someone very special to hold down the fort who gets us and reflects us, and loves what we’re about. If a vintage expert, there may even be a PT position available off-site over the winter. Please email (don’t call) with a resume and/or relevant work/education information. Good clear communication skills and enthusiastic work ethic required.

We can be reached anytime via email or social media, and we’re always looking to purchase (and/or barter) record collections, vintage clothing, vintage house contents. If you’ve got a lead, please let us know. Happy Thanksgiving to you all!

Mystery Spot Antiques
72 Main Street
Phoenicia, NY 12464
(845) 688-7868
info@mysteryspotantiques.com

“Just look for the fourteen foot-tall Davy Crockett”

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Our Fall Hours, 2019

Mystery Spot Antiques’ 2019 Fall Hours now in effect!

Saturday 11 – 5
Sunday   11 – 4
+ Holidays (aka Columbus Day)

Our Fall Hours. Now open Sat 11 – 5 and Sun 11 – 4. Looking further ahead, we’ll take our usual winter hibernation just before Thanksgiving, with some winter pop-ups. So if you’ve been meaning to Shop the Spot but haven’t made it here yet, there’s still time! (We’re still bringing in lots of estate-fresh items every week).

There’s nothing better than Fall in the Catskills + seven rooms of vintage housewares, antiques, vinyl, vintage clothing, unusual old books and oddities.

Also: we’re offering a limited number of our classic fine art print of The Clash backstage at Bond’s (1981) at half-off. Archival fine art pigment prints, signed and titled by the photographer Laura Levine. You may have seen them in our shop. The 50% off sale only applies to 8 x 10 prints (were $400, now $200.) and 11 x 14 (were $650., now $325.). Unframed. Limited availability.

You can pick one up in person at The Mystery Spot during regular hours, or order online at: https://bit.ly/2knLdnc. Sale only while supplies last. Check out our other archival fine art pigment prints (not discounted, but great gifts!) at illogator.com/lauralevine. If interested in traditional darkroom silver gelatin photographic prints, please email Laura directly at laura@lauralevine.com or simply reply to this email.

The Mystery Spot’s expanded summer hours are now in effect! We’re open every day except Tues/Wed through Labor Day right here on Main Street in Phoenicia, NY in the beautiful Catskill Mountains. Just look for the giant statue of Davy Crockett and you’ve found us: The Catskills’ Vintage Odditorium.

Our seven rooms in the former Gormley Hotel are packed to the rafters with tons of estate-fresh vintage items with more coming in every week all summer long. We’re determined to clear some of the beauteous bounty out of The Mothership (home base) and into The Spot. Antiques, vinyl records, vintage clothing, antiquarian books, midcentury modern, lighting, kitchenware, oddities and Rusticalia™….the list goes on and on.

As we go through our vintage stock this summer, expect everything from a 1940s blue velvet chrome deco hydraulic barber chair to boxes of framed photographs excavated directly from the personal office of showbiz legend Joe Franklin. Coming in soon: an estate haul of several hundred antique and vintage handbags (or purses or bags or pocketbooks – whichever your term of preference) to dozens of vintage and antique hats. Hundreds of rock, jazz, blues & C+W records, a few armfuls a week when possible. A rack of adorableness overflowing with vintage baby and children’s clothing, with a special emphasis on vintage toddler dresses from the 1950s and 60s. Not to mention two dozen or so Forties & Fifties semi-sheer delicate white blouses. (Already in situ).

Every item is hand-picked by proprietress Laura Levine. We’ve been hunting and gathering mind-blowing vintage treasures all winter long, and they will make their debuts throughout the summer (our 18th season). We promise fresh vintage goodness every week, living up to our motto “Clutter My World.”. Plus, we’re air-conditioned! Hope to see you soon!

Our Summer Hours
Saturday 11am – 6pm
Sunday 11am – 5pm
Monday 11am – 5pm
(Tuesday closed)
(Wednesday closed)
Thursday 11am – 5pm
Friday 11am – 6pm

—> AND… probably later on weekends and holidays, or as the mood or whim strikes….

Our 18th Season in Phoenicia, NY, in the Catskills, USA!

We’ll Be Open this Presidents’ Day Weekend!
Tons of Estate-Fresh Vintage – first peek!
(Then we go back to hibernating until spring).
ALSO: hiring part-time help (weekends/summer/more)

Enter stage right…an admirer checks out our collection of vintage and antique white ironstone china pitchers and basins headed Spotwards this holiday weekend.

If it’s Presidents’ Day Weekend, that means Mystery Spot Antiques in beautiful Phoenicia, NY in the heart of the Catskills will briefly awaken from its winter hibernation to open its doors.

We’ve been busy this winter sorting, cleaning and bringing in carloads of recent estate finds. Due to our hibernation, no one has seen them yet! (Save a few sneak peeks on Instagram/Facebook). THIS IS THE WEEKEND! 

Vintage clothing (warm and cozy men’s and women’s winter coats and jackets, all manner of dresses, shirts and skirts, vintage t-shirts, and piles of vintage baby/toddler/girl dresses and rompers), vintage quilts and afghans, vinyl records, Rusticalia, ephemera, vintage Christmas decorations (better late than never!), antiques… seven rooms packed to the rafters. Each and every item is individually selected by us, in compliance with our rigorous set of aesthetic standards. And there will be more coming in every day this holiday weekend!

2019 Presidents’ Weekend hours:

Saturday Feb. 16th (11 – 6)
Sunday  Feb. 17th  (11 – 5)

If you miss us this weekend, fear not! Come this Spring (our 18th year in Phoenicia) we’ll be open every weekend (and most holidays) starting sometime in April; five days a week all summer; then Fall weekends. (Late Spring/early Fall = some Mondays as well).

Which means (CUE SECOND BIG ANNOUNCEMENT) we’re looking for someone enthusiastic, absolutely reliable and with great communication skills for a shop position that also includes managerial responsibilities, starting in April. If you know of the perfect person for this part-time but consistent gig (experienced, stellar work ethic, friendly, creative, trustworthy, organized, and vintage-loving; post-college age or older please), they may email us (no calls) with a resume/cover letter. Preferably someone who’s been here and understands what we’re about. Serious inquiries only.

Mystery Spot Antiques
72 Main Street
Phoenicia, NY 12464
(845) 688-7868
info@mysteryspotantiques.com

“Just look for the fourteen foot-tall Davy Crockett”

Laura Levine. Lou Reed and John Cale, NYC, 1989, silver gelatin print (left). Typical Mystery Spot album offering (right).

This is it, Mysterious Girls and Boys! Shop now, or forever hold your peace until the daffodils bloom. This Thanksgiving weekend (Nov. 24/25) will be our final weekend of the season before we temporarily close our doors for a well-deserved winter hibernation.

The good news? Everything in the shop in all seven rooms – even our prints and paintings! – will be on sale in-store only for 20% off during our pre-Hibernation Sale.

SALE HOURS (weather permitting)
Saturday Nov. 24, 11 – 6
Sunday Nov. 25, 11 – 5

EVERYTHING is 20% off! This includes our paintings, limited edition Songbirds of the Catskills prints and proprietress Laura Levine’s archival fine art pigment prints of her 1980s music photographs (as seen at MoMA and in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery)  – Bjork, The Clash, Madonna, R.E.M., and Tina Weymouth and Grandmaster Flash. Not to mention our seven rooms packed with vintage breakables, vinyl, old books, vintage clothing, antiques, oddities, Rusticalia, and much more. What about those Mystery Spot t-shirts and tote bags, you ask? Also 20% off!

If you’ve had your eye on something previously spotted at The Spot, now would be the time to pounce, be it a treat for yourself or a gift for someone deserving. And yes, it’s also Small Business Saturday!

Throughout the winter we plan to restock The Spot with tons of estate-fresh finds and hope to open for one mystery pop-up weekend per month. (Weather and mood permitting). For example. Presidents’ Day Weekend, et. al.

Even though we’ll be hibernating for most of the winter*, we encourage you to support your neighbors who run local small businesses during this holiday season and all year ’round, be it The Spot or any of the other amazing businesses up here in Phoenicia and the Catskills. As we head into our 18th season, we thank you for your loyal support and fun company this year and every year in Phoenicia.

—> BONUS ANNOUNCEMENT: we’re hiring! We’re looking for someone very special to run The Mystery Spot who “gets” us and loves what we’re about.

Spring/Summer/Fall: hold down the fort on weekends/some Mondays starting in the spring; hopefully the same person (or not) to cover five days a week (Th – Mon) in the summer. Continue into fall weekends, etc. Prefer someone who’s got excellent shopkeeping and managerial skills as well as sales chops and might be in it for the long haul. Perfect gig for a creative freelancer type who has a flexible schedule.

Winter (aka now): we’re looking for someone with up-to-date vintage expertise and enthusiasm to help us prep and price incoming estate pieces (mostly clothing but may also reflect the range of our offerings); a few days a month. Very flexible schedule. OK with cats. (To clarify, we’re not hiring cats, but you’d be working around cats. Only two.).

Both positions require EXPERIENCE, RELIABILITY and EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS – vintage knowledge, friendliness and enthusiasm, peak organizational skills, and a serious work ethic. Additional requirements for the shop include retail/in-person customer service experience, great people skills, a sense of humor, creativity and being able to work independently. Mobile device required. Post-college age or older. (Preferably someone who’s been here and understands what we’re about). Compensation commensurate with experience. Please email (don’t call) with a resume and/or relevant work/educational information. Good clear communication skills with both us and our clientele is a must.

Happy Thanksgiving to you all!

*we hope to open one holiday weekend a month over the winter, perhaps around Christmas, Presidents’ Day Weekend, etc. Please check our social media to confirm.

Images above: we’ve been unearthing some of our special albums (aka vinyl) lately. This original (uncensored) Velvet Underground and Nico has already sold, but may give you an idea of our taste as far as our dedicated Record Room. The portrait of Lou Reed and John Cale was taken by our proprietress, Laura Levine, in 1989, a few months before Songs for Drella was released. It’s currently on exhibit at the Velvet Underground Experience in NYC through the end of December. And yes, we sell Laura’s work both in the shop or it can be shipped. Some of her archival pigment ink prints can be seen here: www.illogator.com/lauralevine (PLEASE NOTE THAT THE 20% OFF SALE ONLY APPLIES TO IN-STORE PURCHASES).

Mystery Spot Antiques
72 Main Street
Phoenicia, NY 12464
(845) 688-7868
info@mysteryspotantiques.com

“Just look for the fourteen foot-tall Davy Crockett”

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Our expanded summer hours start TODAY!  are coming soon! Due to a last-minute staffing issue, for the moment we’re only open on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. We also plan to be open this Wednesday July 4th!). Pretty soon we’ll be open five days a week. Not just yet though. Hopefully very very soon.

Our Projected 2018 Summer Hours – not just yet however….

We plan to fill our seven rooms with TONS of fresh vintage estate items all summer long: antiques, vinyl, vintage clothing, old books, midcentury modern, lighting, kitchenware, oddities and Rusticalia™….the list goes on and on.

Every item is hand-picked by proprietress Laura Levine. We’ve been hunting and gathering mind-blowing vintage treasures all winter long, and they will make their debuts throughout the summer (our 17th season). We promise fresh vintage goodness every week, living up to our motto “Clutter My World.”. Plus, we’re air-conditioned! Hope to see you soon!

OPEN Saturday: 11 – 6

OPEN Sunday: 11 – 5

OPEN Monday: 11 – 5

(closed Tues/Wed/Thurs/Fri for the time being)

+ we’ll be OPEN on Wednesday July 4th, 11 – 5!

—> AND… probably later on weekends and holidays, or as the mood strikes….

We’ll be open extra hours for Memorial Day Weekend so you can get your vintage on! Tons of estate-fresh vintage/vinyl and more coming in every day!

Saturday 11 – 6

Sunday 11 – 6

Monday 11 – 4

The Mystery Spot at night from inside the car. Davy Crockett on the right; Brio’s neon light in the side mirror. Main Street, Phoenicia, NY, Catskill Mountains

We’ll Be Open this Presidents’ Day Weekend!
Tons of Estate-Fresh Vintage – first peek!
(Then we hibernate some more until spring).
ALSO: hiring part-time help (weekends/summer/more)

If it’s Presidents’ Day Weekend, that means Mystery Spot Antiques in beautiful Phoenicia, NY in the heart of the Catskill Mountains will open its doors for the weekend.

We’ve been super busy this winter buying carloads of estate items, sorting, cleaning and bringing them in. Because we’ve been hibernating, no one has seen them yet! THIS IS THE WEEKEND.

Vintage clothing (winter coats, 60’s leather jackets, wool plaid skirts and trousers, cocktail dresses, vintage t-shirts, fedoras, and denim), vintage purses, vinyl records, antiques, Rusticalia, old books, ephemera, vintage kitchenware…seven rooms packed to the rafters. Each and every item is individually selected by us, in compliance with our rigorous set of aesthetic standards. And there will be more coming in every day this holiday weekend!

Presidents’ Weekend hours:
*
Saturday Feb. 17th (11 – 6)
Sunday  Feb. 18th  (11 – 5)
Monday Feb. 19th (11 – 4)

If you miss us this weekend, fear not! This spring (our 17th season in Phoenicia) we’ll soon be open every weekend (and most holidays) starting sometime in April, then five days a week all summer, then fall weekends, maybe with some Mondays thrown in, etc.

Which means (CUE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT) we’re looking for someone very special and super reliable to join the Mystery Spot team. We’re interviewing candidates for a very responsible shop position that starts in April. If you know of the perfect person for this part-time but consistent gig (reliable, experienced, friendly, creative, trustworthy, organized, and vintage-loving; post-college age or older please), they may email us with a resume and/or some relevant info about themselves. Preferably someone who’s been here and understands what we’re about. Serious inquiries only.

*(If the weather looks iffy, please send us an email or call to confirm we’re open).