Long Island surfer "Lazy Eddy" talks with us about his luckiest acquisition and the special prized piece he'll be bringing to the indoor Flea in DUMBO at 81 Front St. this winter. Take the wave, Eddie!
Name?
My name is Eddy and my company is called Treewood Antiques.
And what's your hometown?
Long Beach, that's where I grew up, son of the beach.
Where do you live now?
In the same house I grew up in. I'm there with my wife and son. And a cat named Quilty.
What do you sell and how long have you been selling it for?
I have been selling antiques for coming up on 18 years. I sell all kinds of stuff. Mostly furniture and lighting. Anything interesting that crosses our path.
What's your specialty?
My specialty is furniture. It just seems to come to me.
What is your most memorable sale?
Vladimir Kagan pieces that were left on the sidewalk that went for real big on an Antiques Roadshow-type auction. Vladimir is from the late '40s, early '50s. I didn't know what it was when I first got it. I didn't find anything online and no one knew what it was. And I finally found one label on the inside, Googled it, and then boom, there is my furniture going for thousands. The auction sent some people to pick it and there it went!
What keeps you coming back to the Flea?
If you had this much stuff, you need to get rid of it cause you run out of room real fast. And just the whole feel of the place. It's a nice place to work.
Is this your full-time gig?
This is my full-time job, but we have a store as well. We do all sorts of repair, restoration, upholstery, and sales. Our store is in Oceanside on Long Island.
What do you do for fun?
I go surfin'. I walk right outside my house and in 5 minutes I'm riding a wave.
Do you have a website?
I don't have one yet but soon we will and it will be Treewood Antiques dot com.
Anything else you want our fine readers to know?
I have a real nice old wooden card catalogue from a public school that I'll have at the indoor Flea in DUMBO on Front Street. I'll be bringing a little bit more higher-end, cleaner, nicer stuff, see how that shakes out over there.
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