Public Disclosure Recap
On Thursday September 18th OPEN hosted our first ever collectors’ night, Public Disclosure, at the Narragansett Brewery Tap Room. A huge thanks to Ezra and the brewery team for making us feel so welcome. We had a blast, met a ton of new people, and already got a bunch of people interested in setting up displays in 2026. Some photos below.
^ Our pal Zac Mirecki was set to bring Glass and Porcelain Insulators & Ephemera but sadly, had to get stitches and take a knee. Fortunatly, we also had a lot of insulators and ephemera, so OPEN set up in Zac’s honor.
^ Elizabeth Goodspeed brought Erotic and celestial cookbooks. Ever wondered which cocktail to serve your Aquarius lover? We found out. Apparently, she’s got even more back home and we’re expecting a return display in 2026.
^ Patrick May showed off his Vintage Computer Game Ephemera including boxes, maps, manuals, diskettes, and copyright wheels. Big highlight was hand drawn Zork maps!
^ Alana Deluty’s traveled the world collecting currencies; she brought paper bills from around 50 countries.
^ Louise Sutton’s Magic Shop celebrated K-pop group BTS’ global impact, and the culture that connects millions of Army (their fans). This bright, purple, plushie-packed display was a huge hit.
^ Chris and Jennifer of What Cheer Records + Vintage brought items from their personal collections including records with cats on them. They told us back home, there’s NINE HUNDRED cat records. 900! Also a fun mix of dice, glass, cames, and ephemera.
^ Aaron McLaughlin’s got cameras and rope. He’s also came down with pneumonia and as such, had to duck out. In his absence, OPEN brought out Decison Makers from the QUERI archive that were a big hit with the indecisive crowd.
^ Ryan Pfeiffer’s Gathered Garfield Goods is a collection of Garfield memorabilia dating from the early 80s to the present day! So much Garfield! We had to bring in an extra table to handle it all, and Ryan’s fit … whoa!
^ Anonymization Archive is Pablo Cazares’ collection of motifs designed to obscure personal information. Think security envelope patterns, self-inking stamps of garbled text, etc. We loved how Pablo showed off these commonly thrown-out papers in archival sheets.
^ Julie Miller, proprietor of Gold Dust Vintage, brought an amazing collection of vintage hangers. Finally, a display of hangers without all that clothing in the way! You can usually catch Julie downtown at The Vault Collective, and up at the Salem Flea Marketplace, too.
