Vintage doodahs makes cool Father's Day gifts

31 May 2017 - 16:58 By Staff reporter
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US Art Deco novelty cork screw.
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Father's Day is coming up which means that advertisers are ramping up their campaigns to convince you that your dad needs another newfangled doo-hickey or power tool. The truth is daddy needs none of these things and likes them even less.

What he really wants, if the good people at the Antiques Fair at Nelson Mandela Square in Joburg are to be believed, is for you to find bric-a-brac that will tickle his nostalgia bone. More than 60 dealers will display their wares.

The beauty of antiques as a Father's Day gift is that vintage is the new cool and we're all aware that dads need cool points.

Where better to rack them up than at a fair that offers original Zippo lighters, classic watches and snazzy hip flasks? If your padre is a little long in the tooth you can find him military antiques, intricately crafted canes and swords.

Should the present find itself neglected in a corner of the garage, you can always resell it at what could be a profit - unlike the latest Swiss Army flashlight that will be used twice before being left in some box marked "Dad's old stuff".

• The fair take place on Sunday June 4 on the upper and lower levels of Nelson Mandela Square, Sandton, Joburg rom 9am.

• This article was originally published in The Times.

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