“I automatically saw it as a window,” Turnage said. He spread a few of the postcards on the floor and called Reyes in New York to let her know he had the next idea for the store’s monthly window change.
The junk store owner wanted 99 cents each, or $85 a box. Turnage struck a deal for eight boxes and hauled them to his house, where they sat in his guest room for three or four months.
When he pulled the boxes before shipping them to the Fifth Avenue store, he thumbed through them. Some of the postcards were just thrown in the boxes, but others were organized by country.
