About

Jason and Michele Baran (and nephew) at Green Shutters, Auburn, NY 2001

About Upstate Vintage

Upstate Vintage is a small, artist-led shop rooted in Central New York, built around the beauty of old, odd, and custom goods, and the stories they carry.

We create and curate artwork, stickers, prints, vintage-inspired goods, and custom pieces with a love for weathered signs, roadside Americana, motorcycles, old books, crows, strange little treasures, and the kind of objects that feel like they already have a past.

Curated by Jason "JT" and Michele Baran — artists, makers, collectors, and lifelong creative scavengers. Our work blends custom paint culture, vintage graphics, local grit, nostalgia, humor, and a little weirdness.

Some pieces are original designs. Some are inspired by found objects, forgotten imagery, classic machines, or the natural world. Everything here is selected or created with an eye for character.

Upstate Vintage is for people who like their art with a story, their style with a little rust, and their keepsakes just slightly off the beaten path.

Custom classics. Found beauty. Weird little treasures. Made and curated in Upstate New York at the historic Cortland Corset Factory.

Jason and Michele Baran, Green Shutters Auburn, NY ~2021