Bowerbird Mongo

10/26/2025

Thank you everyone for many great year - It was a great run - We hope all your future hunts are successful. Bowerbird out....

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10/22/2025

Our building and home is SOLD - We are moving next week. This is the BIG one! 210 W. Michigan Ypsilanti. FINAL two day sale Friday October 24 3-7 p.m & Saturday 25th 11-3 : PILES of Art - many Japanese woodblocks, Antiques, EXTENSIVE Cat collection, Panama Molas, many Oriental wool rugs, Japanese ivory netsukes and books (pre CITES), carved Native American, Alaskan/Canadian/Inuit items, some furniture, costume jewelry. And TONS more. Including many of our personal collections. The old storefront is absolutely PACKED. (downtown one mile off I-94 exit) Cash, Venmo, Paypal only please. See you there!

12/16/2024

(Former) Bowerbird Mongo 210 W Michigan Ypsilanti - between Washington and Adams

This Saturday December 21st 10:30-3:00 another level of stock from the closed business and items from our personal collections as we continue to downsize and prepare to move.

Lots of art in sleeves (prints, originals, etchings, etc), vintage FABRICS, already framed art and well as some vintage and antique frames, fair sized bags of wearable costume jewelry, MCM powerful fan, two Bose sound systems, and a ton more. All priced to sell...

See you this weekend! Cash, Venmo, PayPal all accepted😀

Additional information: The Maxfield Parrish period "Daybreak" large version print will $50 and each Bose system will be less than $50. They will not be available for sale until we open on Saturday at 10:30. FCFS (first come, first serve).

12/11/2024

Saturday December 21st - Save the date!

We are going to throwing open the doors for a couple hours of last minute holiday shopping. We are still digging a purging both stock from the closed store (lots of art and small items) that never made it to the retail floor. Plus we are still downsizing our personal collections (vintage fabrics, cat collectibles, BOOKS, and more art).

Photos and hours will be posted next Monday the 16th. Note please, we no longer have a credit card swiper, so think cash, Venmo or PayPal only.

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11/11/2024

Update: Remember there is free parking in the parking lot behind our building (enter off Adams street)

Store inventory and Personal collection sale this Saturday 10 to 3. LOTS of original art, pilesand jars of jewelry, antiques, smalls, and a ton of other great stuff all reasonably priced 210 W. Michigan between Adams and Washington.

10/19/2024

Update sale is set for Saturday, November 16 from 10 AM to 3 PM. The store will be full of inventory that never made it to the floor as well as lots of great stuff from our personal collections. All priced as you already know very very reasonably!

Our 4,500 sq/ft building/residence is listed for sale and we are still in an active downsizing and reduction mode from items from the store AND from our own residence and collections.

Definitely some very good stuff: lots of original art, and prints, jewelry, cat related collection, antique items and lots more

Details and some photos will be posted in the forthcoming weeks.

Stay tuned....

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07/18/2024

Stuff is getting REAL! Our residence goes on the market on Friday - A little teaser was just posted.

Samuel Vail | 248.802.0788210 W Michigan Ave, Ypsilanti, MIMap it at https://www.google.com/maps/place/210+W+Michigan+Ave,+Ypsilanti,+MIColdwell Banker Dream...

07/02/2024

Thank you everyone! Phase II of the sale was a huge success. We still have a LOT of still to move as we prepare to list for sale with our agent the building in a couple weeks. We may have a one day sale very soon as we have MORE than enough to fill up the store area a couple more times!

Stay turn for updates. And we sincerely appreciate your help finding new homes for all these items.

06/25/2024

Phase II of our moving sale Saturday July 6th 11-3
-Photos to follow-

(Realtor selected & listing soon)

05/21/2024

UPDATE: Thank you everyone - Phase “I” was huge success! We have so much more to sort/unearth and release back into the wild. Please check back with us in July. ——— May 25th;

We are hosting a LARGE atypical downsizing pre-moving (selling the building this year) sale on Saturday May 25th NOON-5:00. Located 210 West Michigan (between Adams and Washington downtown Ypsilanti) Many many items from our personal collections plus a ton of items from inventory from the now closed Bowerbird Mongo store that never made it to the store floor when we were open. Pottery, Antiques and Collectibles, LOTS of Art (watercolors, oils, etchings, prints, block prints) a large table full of Jewelry (costume and some silver), picture frames, Auction catalogs and books plus LOTS more. Very friendly pricing - very good for dealers too Cash, Paypal or Venmo accepted – Hope to see you! , , Estate,

11/04/2023

Bowerbird Mongo is permanently closed. Thank you for for 18 years of loyalty. We both enjoyed our years of serving our customers.
Joyce and Ward

06/11/2023

A HUGE thank to all that came to visit this weekend!

Sold out almost to the walls and had to scramble to get some fresh merch on the floor for Saturday.

We MAY try an art and picture frame pop-up before our last blow out sometime in August. Dates for both are still be determined, so stay tuned for forthcoming updates.

We know lots of folks got some great deals this weekend and we are looking to close things out equally as big next time.

As always we truly appreciate your patronage and your PATIENCE - it got a little crazy the on Friday.