Peachtree 23 Highway Sale in South Carolina!

This is the 3rd year we have traveled to Lexington, South Carolina for a short highway sale. The Highway Peachtree 23 runs 40 miles from Leesville to Batesburg to Monetta to Ridge Spring to Johnston to Edgefield. The highway is lined with peach orchards, corn fields and pecan groves. You may never have heard of any of these towns, but Edgefield produced 10 South Carolina governors! These small friendly towns with their flag-lined Main Streets are everything you'd like to believe still exists. And what did we find there?

These are photos of the vintage treasures bound for our etsy site. Of course Jeri had to keep this book for her collection of 1950's childrens craft books and a tiny metal horse for her special shelf of all things horse.

 

We LOVED the groovy orange color of this chenille bedspread.

Here's the now-closed cafe where we bought the"Full Buffet Served Daily" sign.

This cool cardboard Barbee house is furnished with a TV, record albums and

a photo of Ken! 

We debated about buying this huge stash of Blue Horse coupons from the

Montag Notebook Paper Co., but since Jeri remembered collecting

them in grade school we couldn't pass them up.

Learning about this little WW II soldier will take some research, but

he is precious and we instantly fell in love with him.

Some fun letters we had to have.

And of course a silly sign from the road. Grilled worms? YUM.

A Highway Sale in SC Peach Country!

 The Thrill of the Hunt for Vintage Treasure 
Takes The Picking Sisters to Highway 23

A Mosaic Tractor in the Center of Town

  Yep, they're Buffalo.

We guess this is how you know you're "out in the country"?

      The Picking Sisters headed out June 3, 2011 for the annual 

Peach Tree Highway Sale from Modoc to Lexington, SC along Hwy. 23. We shopped by the side of the road in Johnston, SC whose claim to fame is being The Peach Capital of the World. 

From farms and peach orchards to shacks and mansions, we traveled 50 miles of back roads down Main Streets where the train tracks run right through the towns. Silos, water towers and sugarcane fields share the landscape with pecan trees and magnolia blossoms. 

     The joy and surprise of a highway sale is always the way local folks setup on lawns, porches, and parking lots. Some bring their RV's, most have tables, boxes or sell from the back of a truck. Signs are handmade and nothing is ever "what it's marked". Negotiations are friendly and the selection is amazing. 

Yummy fresh peaches!

Need a saddle? A claw foot tub? How about collectible glass, knicknacks, antique tools or  a live chicken? 

These photos from the sale are a glimpse into what you might find!

A sewing machine made into a lamp.

No display? Use a car seat.

Set a spell and have a peach.

Here are some of our favorite signs from this trip. Art is where you find it...

Worms for lunch???

There are stereotypes of the South - mansions and magnolias to name a few. We did see some lovely homes and you could smell the magnolias everywhere. The heat was oppressive, but that's part of the South we love as long as the car is air conditioned and the motel and the restaurants and the convenience stores and...

A rare booth in the shade.

This Main Street had American flags as far as you could see.

Proud to be a farmer.

We were lucky to find this treasure trove of trinkets, geegaws and baubles to load on etsy!