Tampa’s Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe has an art auction this weekend—here’s some of the stuff you can buy

As if you needed a reminder about the end of an era in Seminole Heights. Three weeks after its last day in business, Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe founder and owner Melissa Deming is auctioning off most of the art that lived at her beloved bar and restaurant for 15 years.

“We have over 155 pieces,” Jeni Armstrong told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay.

Armstrong, owner of the remodeled Corner Club Cafe just a five-minute drive away, is helping Deming catalog the offerings, which include three of the metal Ella’s signs, plus a variety of sculptures, folk art, radios, bourbon barrels and even the stage backdrop. High end bourbon is also up for auction.

Corner Club Cafe will be the new home for the famous Ella’s steeple, but the rest of the work can be seen starting at 2 p.m. on Saturday when small sales and pre-bidding begin. Yes, there will be a DJ spinning vinyl

There’s no cover for the Ella’s Live Art Auction happening Saturday, Sept. 28 at Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe in Tampa.