Midtown Kansas City Temple Slug Sells Out & Shuts Down

The end of an era and a reminder of local hippie roots now going the way of the dodo . . . Check-it: 

Pence Estate Sales is hosting the liquidation of the long-dormant Westport shop at 4303 Jefferson St. on Saturday, Aug. 2, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, Aug. 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The sale is cash-only — checks accepted if they know you, no cards — and all items will be sold as is. Among the goods: Buddha statues, dreamcatchers, handmade soap, a vintage wooden cash register, futons and other furniture.
“It’s all the inventory that’s been sitting in there, everything Temple Slug always carried,” said Rick Pence of Pence Estate Sales.

The shop has been shuttered since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speculation about its future swirled after founder Bob Gamer, 86, died this spring. 

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Kansas City shop is officially closing after half a century. Everything for sale

The Westport home goods shop founded in 1970 sold incense, futons, waterbeds and other countercultural goods. It is liquidating before the building's sale.