What: Vintage Doctor Bag Style Suitcase
Where: Monroe Flee Market
Level of Love: 9 out of 10
Although we've only been to the Monroe flee market a (small) handful of times it has been good to us. In fact, it's been featured in this space before on favorite thrift post number seven. This find happened on a different trip. Probably almost a year or more ago. If you've been to my house, you know I've got a major crush on vintage luggage. Especially of the chestnut leather variety. Seriously, does leather get any more beautiful than this?
This guy felt like a true treasure because I had to dig for him a bit. He was sitting pretty much out of view under a table with some other items sitting in front. But, I spotted my favorite shade of leather, dug him out, and promptly asked how much (this is not the sort of place with ready made price tags). Oh. I also did my two automatic checks for vintage luggage: the smell test and the zipper test. One. Does it smell like old? The kind of old you're pretty sure you're not going to be able to "air out"? Put 'er back. It's not worth it. Two. For me it has to be usable. Either as visible storage space in our storage-space-less apartment or as actual luggage. This guy went on a trip to Vancouver B.C. with us via Amtrak shortly after we brought him home. Not so practical for air travel, but it worked swell for the train. Now, he sits in the living room holding our DVDs.
Oh, extra special bonus: a monogram. I'm not sure why this makes it extra special to me, but I fall hard for a gold monogram. Doesn't even matter who's initials. I just like that this belonged to someone.
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