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Eileen Goldfinger and Paul are sponsoring the 15 Annual Ocean Grove  2026 Town-Wide Yard Sale. Above is she.    Click once.     This photo is from June 7, 2025—last year’s sale.

Eileen and Paul in a land and time  far, far away.

OKLAHOMA—Gloria Graham.

This is a preliminary notice.  June looks like a quiet month for our 15th annual Town-Wide Yard Sale:   Saturday  June  27, 2016. 9 am-3 pm.   More details will be forthcoming.  We welcome any suggestions, but here is a list of some of what we plan:

We will maintain a post on our home page  (Blogfinger.net)—-see above,  where visitors or yard  sailers can obtain information.   As the date approaches we will  post a ” List”  of all  addresses including what items are for sale at each location.

We hope that sellers  will help us.    Flyers will be available soon  to use for that purpose.  Or sailers can create  flyers, banners or lawn signs.  Social media promotions will help. Bring kids to the sales which  are social events which visitors and Grovers will enjoy. Play music at your sale.  And come up with unique sale promotions. We will advertise in town and out. And if you have a clever flyer we may post it online.

Yard sailers  can sign up through  June 26, 2026.   Just email us at Blogfinger@verizon.net.  We will not post the items for sale until 1-2  weeks before the sales.  Please send us your name, address, email and  nearest cross street.  You can provide  your list later and in pieces.  Encourage neighbors and friends to join you in combining sales.  The more participants, the more successful the sales.

You can design your own sale, such as the hours.  Just let us know.

There will be no rain date.

You will need a Neptune “garage sale.”permit obtained at the Mother Ship for $5.00. Tell them that you are with the Town-Wide Yard Sale.

—This June there will be no “Art on the Porch” so we invite artists to show and sell their art work as part of our Town-Wide Yard-Sales.   Artists do not have to submit samples  or pay  to join in.  They can sell art as part of a  yard sale  or at a personal art sale,  alone on that date.   Just tell us your plans.

We welcome all art forms. I will be showing signed black and white photographs. See photo above .

—We invite  participants to sell Ocean Grove memorabilia, art,  photos, historic valuables, and ephemera like books, Camp Meeting objects  like annual CMA booklets  and postcards.  There are OG collectors in town.  OG beach badges are also collectibles.  I met a lady in Florida who wanted to buy by OG badge right off my hat.  And artists who sell OG scenics.

–If you are into crafts, try selling them.

You may have noticed that the OG Chamber of Commercials is trying to upgrade their  spring market, formerly known as a ” Flea Market.”  But their fancy-pants effort now will cause many people who love flea markets to stay home, but perhaps they will reappear at our Town-Wide sales where we love flea markets.

–Consider selling plant cuttings and plants.; after all, this is the “Garden State.”

–You can sell music:     vinyl records, CD’s and DVD’s, and there are many people who still use these formats;  Just keep prices low or research the values; especially of vinyl! Beware of  scams for vinyl. CD players are a good venue for kids.  You can sell or buy CD players still.

–Look for vintage anythings:  such as childrens’ books–there are collectors.  Antiques of all kinds are not so much in demand, but if you plan to sell some, be sure to get an idea of market prices. Some collect old cameras.

–Downsizing?    Consider ridding yourself of stuff including cheap items or even free items to help neighbors. And if you have leftovers, just load up you vehicle after hour sale and go to any of the many  charities near us.

–You can sell silver, especially sterling, but you are better off selling yours at specialty stores such as Belmar and Bradley jewelers.   Silver plate isn’t worth much.

–Get the kids  into photography..there are digital cameras for children, and it is a good entry into a new way to communicate, be artistic and creative.   Look for unused albums at our sales.

–Musical  instruments, especially old ones. You could sell a French horn, but don’t hurt yourself.

—Street musicians can set up at various sales.  We envision solo or small ensembles . Let us know if you want to perform. You can put out a hat like they do in New Orleans.

—Bring your dogs, cats,  and kids.

It will be a good chance to visit OG sites including the newly opened (scheduled for May)  Nagle’s  on Main Avenue, John and Cathy’s Italian Deli on Main,   the newly restored Fitzgerald Fountain at Founders’ Park,  Tent Village near the Great Auditorium,  and our beachfront/boardwalk  where thong bathing suits

Seeing the sights on the Ocean Grove beach. Paul Goldfinger photo taken from the pier.  Click once  and see who’s watching this photo-shoot.

“Fad0 Lisboa-Paris”.  For Brigette Bardot who recently  died.

If you want to contact us, try email:      Blogfinger@verizon.net

Paul Goldfinger photo. A happy camper at our sale..

“Me and you and a dog named “Boo.”   LOBO

2020 Yard Sales. Heck Avenue, OG. All photos fy Paul Goldfinger. Blogfinger.net

By Eileen and Paul Goldfinger, Editors, Blogfinger.net.    Contact;   Blogfinger@verizon.net

We are beginning to collect addresses for the June 27, 2026  Town-Wide Yard Sale.   This event is to be distinguished from the Neptune Township sales which are occurring in pieces.  Ours, as before, will happen all on the same date, and we anticipate an enjoyable and rewarding  sale as we have had for the last 14 years.

From now until the sales, we will have this post  in place here, and this will be where we will communicate information and this is where we will begin posting “THE LIST.”     The “List” will contain the addresses of all participants including cross streets and, eventually  items for sale.

We will post the “List”  here in June  and add new addresses as they come in to  Blogfinger@verizon.net    New participants can be added to “The List”  as the addresses arrive to us from now through June 26.   Tell your friends;   give them Blogfinger.net to find basic information.

You can send us your address sign-up now,  and add your items for sale  whenever you wish.  We will save the item “List”  until 1-2 weeks before.  We don’t want early birds knocking  on your doors.   The List will be published here starting in early June.   But you can start signing up now. We will not post your names unless you request that. Send your list to Blogfinger@verizon.net

Only addresses and, later,  sale items will be on the list.  The latter will be revealed about one week before touch down.

We are leaving this post here until June 27  so that those who go to Blogfinger.net for yard-sale information will not get lost.   The content of this post will vary until the sale.

About parking it should be OK. If you drive into town, bring a bike and park anywhere.

This an Ocean Grove secular  event run by We-The-People,  and we expect that mostly Grovers will show up as before, but out-of-towners are always welcome to our historic town .  Bring the kids, the dogs, your band, or your saxophone or  flugelhorn.    Have music at your sale.

Sellers will need a Neptune Township yard sale permit for $5.00. Get them at the Neptune Township Town Hall-building dept.

We will have fliers to hand out soon and we welcome efforts by participants to publicize the sales.  Seller groups of neighbors or friends will enhance the success, fun and games.   We can use some volunteer citizen reporters  with bikes who could monitor and photograph  the sales and report back to the Blogfinger headquarters.

QUESTIONS?   Email to Eileen and me:     Blogfinger@verizon.net

This post will be evolving, so stay tuned.

Eileen and Paul Goldfinger. Editors at Blogfinger.net

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