Do you need a new cover for your sewing machine? Hows about a few dozen headless mannequins, or do you feel a burnng desire to own a rusty bicycle, used by the Bennelong posty in the 1930's? 
Mitchell Road Auction Centre is like a hit of adrenalin for every vintage loving, bicycle riding, junk hoarding bargain hunter.Once you go there you will no longer be able to comprehend how you lived your life without a piano stool.
It's the nature of the auction... and dangerous for compulsive shoppers...
Located on Mitchell Road between Alexandria and Erskineville, this warehouse holds a treasure of goodies ranging from antique mirrors and homewares, cabinets and tables, art and suitcases, to some really weird and eerie shit - like fluffy stuffed animal shaped rocking horses and plastic faceless mannequins, all selling as cheap as $1.
Mitchell Road is home to Australia's biggest bicycle auction - where decent bikes are auctioned for as little as $20. This auction takes place every Saturday at 13:30but it's good to get in before to check out the bikes and decide which one's you want to bid on.
At the end of the auction I came out with my first choice - a stunning little silver vintage bike decked with a basket on the back. so cute, and only $160. Now I just have to build up some courage to take it out on Sydney roads...
I also came out with two magazine racks ($3 each) and a vintage doctor's medicine bag for $15 (one of life's greatest necessities.)
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