The Aspen Thrift Shop’s artwork is prepared for the art sale at the Red Brick Center for the Arts in Aspen on Thursday, July 22, 2021. The sale is a culmination of two years of artwork and will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday with a preview from 4-6 p.m. Friday. The sale has signed art and quirky finds, some of which will be sold in a silent auction. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Less than 48 hours before the Aspen Thrift Shop’s annual art sale, organizer Katherine Sand was still coming to terms with just how many posters, books, paintings and ephemera she had to sort through and price.
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on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Operating a retail store in a mountain resort town such as Aspen is hard enough with offseasons to contend with, plus elevated rents. Throw in a pandemic and it adds a whole other level of complexity to business.
Luckily the locally owned shops in Aspen, peppered among recognizable big-name brands on storefronts, are a resilient bunch and spent the summer and fall months adjusting to new rules and restrictions put in place due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
“What I would say about the summer and fall was that it was unexpectedly OK,” said Aspen Emporium and Flying Circus owner Shae Singer. “I was very thankful that it was as busy as it was.”
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