Date: 08/31 to 09/01 | Time: 10AM – 5PM | Location: Palmer Events Center
The City-Wide Vintage Sale (formerly City-Wide Garage Sale®) – Keeping Austin Vintage Since 1977.
A secret resource for Interior Designers, Set Designers and Lovers of everything Vintage!
The year is 1977 when the gasoline shortage strikes. In Austin, lines of cars wait at every gas station for a 10 gallon maximum. That’s when the idea popped: With gas in such limited supply, how will people be able to continue the great weekend pastime: garage sales? What if all the garage sales were in one location…
And so the City-Wide Garage Sale® was born. Individuals and non-profits were eager for a climate-controlled venue to have their garage and rummage sales, advertising included – rain or shine! Very quickly, antique and collectible dealers saw opportunity. Word spread and soon lines of shoppers waited to get into the building on City-Wide weekends when the sale opened on Saturday morning.
Newcomers often ask why it’s called City-Wide Garage Sale® when it’s not a regular garage sale at all. Over four decades, the name “City-Wide” has become an iconic Austin event. Austin has evolved a great deal over the past 42 years so we, too, must do the same. Stay tuned for our new name coming soon: City-Wide Vintage Sale.
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