Past Perfect

The Haight & Hayes Valley


When Victorian attics overflow, San Francisco eccentrics sell their excess art-glass vases, pewter peace-sign necklaces and California-bear bookends at Past Perfect. The store is a collective, so prices vary wildly – some sellers apparently believe their cast-offs owe them back rent, while others are just happy to unload their exes' prized tiki barware.


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