im crazy about hardware store tool display / signage. for years i havent even looked at it on ebay because i didnt want to be tempted to buy any and have to store it. its is very close to my art interests and ive considered using them as pieces. purposeful objects turned into signs of themselves. frequently by the time they hit the flee markets the displays are picked over with tools sold off the sign by the store near the end of the sign life thus tools reverting to use value again. thats a lot of semiotic inversions! this stuff is still priced like junk (scrap value) and the postage usually only doubles the price. i recently won a crafstman (sears) display of kitchen drawer pulls and hinges. ill be posting more of these and hopefully not buying many. ...at least thats the plan.
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- bill 12-10-2007 7:52 pm