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Dewdrop's great flea find

Dewdrop Falling spots a great feal find in Warren. 

Flea poetry

Blogger Silliman praises the poety of Lewis Walsh's, The Flea Market in Kiel.

British WWI flea market find

Aubrey in California bought this amazing bit of history at the Ventura Flea Market: a photograph entitled, 'The “Fighting Fifth” (Norhumberland Fusiliers) after the battle of St. Eloi', a Daily Mail photograph. (Click photo to enlarge.)

She was able to find a description of the unit's participation in the battle in a book from 1927.

3 types . . .

The blogger Melosus writes that there are basically three different types of flea market vendors. Hmmmm. Maybe.

[T]he customers that mill about the tables and booths offer a veritable treasure trove of character traits and amusing anecdotes.

But it is the flea market vendors that are the real characters. There are three basic types of flea market vendors at your average flea market.

We think Melosus needs to get to some better fleas, though. He doesn't mention that many vendors are experts in antiques, American history, and the history of design, decor, and fashion.

Earth Weekend at Hell's Kitchen Flea Market

Hell's Kitchen Flea Market has announced EARTH WEEKEND at the market - April 21 & 22.

Here's the announcement, and here's a newsletter (PDF) that the market will be distributing at this weekend. It's being printed on eco-friendly paper produced by a company called Mr. Ellie Pooh (and Maximus, too).

Other special participants at Earth Weekend include Garden In Transit, Project GreenHouse, City of New York Dept. of Sanitation, Good Magazine, Earthwise Bags, Ingeo NatureWorks, and Organic Avenue.

Design*Sponge

Check out Design*Sponge, a new addition to FleaSpeech's "Style & Design" blogroll (left-hand column).

Design*Sponge is the website of Grace Bonney (photo at right of Grace, from her website), a writer and designer who is also a fellow New Yorker. :)

Peekskill

The Peekskill flea . . .

For seven years, DeGregorie has owned Retrovato Consignment, an antique shop in downtown Peekskill. Last year, she came up with the idea for the flea market as a way to bring more people to the downtown area on Sundays....

Collecting Avon

Collecting Avon:

Louise Adams is an Avon Lady but she's not selling Avon, she's collecting it.

Over the years, Adams has accumulated more than 6,000 different Avon bottles plus other Avon memorabilia.

Ever wanted to sell at a flea market?

Hell's Kitchen Flea Market in New York City has a springtime offer: Rent 2 spaces at Hell's Kitchen Flea Market for the price of 1. The offer is on until further notice.

That means a daily rate of two 10’ x 10’ spaces for only $100.

Call Hell's Kitchen Flea Market at 212-243-5343 to reserve your space.

The market is open to quality antiques and mid-century antiques (1940's - 1960's)--from furniture to jewelry, the decorative arts to accessories--and more; as well as collectibles, vintage clothing, and designer handmade accessories, decorative arts, and other quality items.

"Found Style"

Major hat-tip to Design*Sponge for letting us know about Found Style, a great book--filled with great photographs--in which the authors, David and Amy Butler, "do a great job of educating us in flea market savvy, and blending vintage and modern with unexpected panache without being too fussy or cluttered."

Design*Sponge continues, "Found Style is the perfect guide to creating an eclectic personal style, and with over 200 color photos, there's something here for every taste."