New Yorkers - Is/Was this a Cool Shop? 0

[Moondog]

Just bought a collection and found this customer bag and thought it was either a completely lame store or a very cool shop.  Anybody know anything?

[Buzzetta]

It's very sad that even at my age when someone says New Yorkers that I think of Long Island, New York City and its boroughs and part of Westchester... 

I looked at it and said, "What's Kenmore?"

[the blob]

Kenmore is near buffalo. Only like an 8 hour drive to NYC.

[bababooey]

Never got that far north on our bikes but I think Fiction House, also on Elmwood & Fantasy World on Hertel both had custom bags like those at some point.   

[Aweandlorder]

Tony opens a store somewhere in the sticks and puts himself as the mascot for that store and calls the store a marvelous store... my guess it prolly carried overpriced drek but that's just me

[DanCooper]

[Domo Arigato]

20 hours ago, Moondog said:

 

Just bought a collection and found this customer bag and thought it was either a completely lame store or a very cool shop.  Anybody know anything?

 

Absolutely....the store was located in New York state and it was marvelous.  It was owned by a guy named Tony and he was a big Shazam fan.  They bought and sold both new and old comics on a regular basis.  It was based out of a physical location, but they had a phone as well.  Oh, and they were closed on Sundays.  Hope that helps.

Edited January 28, 2019 by Domo Arigato

[Aweandlorder]

1 hour ago, Domo Arigato said:

Absolutely....the store was located in New York state and it was marvelous.  It was owned by a guy named Tony and he was a big Shazam fan.  They bought and sold both new and old comics on a regular basis.  It was based out of a physical location, but they had a phone as well.  Oh, and they were closed on Sundays.  Hope that helps.

PLUS the population in Kenmore of around 15k means that most of the customer there were probably relatives of Tony

[ExNihilo]

16 hours ago, Buzzetta said:

I looked at it and said, "What's Kenmore?"

It's an appliance manufacturer.

[Sal]

the bag can't be that old; it's got an area code on it.  when did businesses start putting their area codes on their branded stuff like that?

[Moondog]

2 hours ago, Sal said:

the bag can't be that old; it's got an area code on it.  when did businesses start putting their area codes on their branded stuff like that?

The seller told me that he shopped there in the 70s and 80s. I just googled it and there's no record of its existence.  Another shop lost to the winds of time.

Edited January 28, 2019 by Moondog
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