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Shoppers find vintage furniture, deals at Aurora garage sale

Posted June 25, 2016 1:00 am

By Daniel White

Steve Huber, of North Aurora, was selling plenty of bikes Saturday at a communitywide garage sale outside the Prisco Community Center in Aurora. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com

Suburban bargain hunters probably have to drive around neighborhoods if they want to find a summer garage sale and more than a few good markdowns.

But organizers behind a communitywide sale in Aurora put all the deals in one convenient spot Saturday - the parking lot of the Fox Valley Park District's Prisco Community Center.

John Hendricks, former owner of Big Woods Restoration near Aurora, was one of more than a dozen vendors who offered items during the sale Saturday. For Hendricks, the event was an opportunity to sell some 1800s-era vintage furniture.

"I'm here getting rid of excess furniture that has been in the garage forever," the Aurora man said.

Proceeds from fees to reserve spaces and tables at the sale supported the park district's Creative Play Preschool.

John Hendricks is the former owner of Big Woods Restoration near Aurora and one of more than a dozen vendors who hawked their wares Saturday at a communitywide garage sale outside the Prisco Community Center in Aurora. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com

Terry Mohring, of Aurora, buys several bird feeders during a communitywide garage sale at the Prisco Community Center in Aurora. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com

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