So incase you don't know what a flea market is? well let me enlighten you. In San Jose, California, there is a place called the flea market, where people from many backgrounds can sell their stuff either that they bought from other companies, or people just trying to sell their old possessions. Families from all over go their to try to find the right stuff! you can buy about anything legal there. From Alligator Cowboy Boots To Zebra stripped seat covers for your car! of course most of the stuff is sorta junky, so just you have keep searching. well, i digress these are the things that i found! I just wanted to share them with you guys. Do you orgers have similar places like the flea market, where people can go buy other people stuff, or whatever in where you guys live?

i bought a aztec calendar necklace
and a ankh incense tray!
with tens incense in the scent of: gardenia,Frankincense, lavender and myrrh!

i hope you guys like my stuff!

awwh man seriously lol

Beautiful stuff, baroque.

Here in Toronto, there's St. Lawrence Market, a 205-year-old complex that sells all sorts of things -- local produce and farm goods, vintage clothing, hand crafts, antiques, furniture, etc.

So far I've gotten only food there, but when I get my hands on some money, I did see some old French-language poster art and some antique pieces I'd like to grab.

Lammastide said:

oh neat! see i believe if your willing to invest in places like that you can find treasures, i believe in that other people trash can be your treasure

johnart said:

gee thank you! not a good stuff to some.but it brings joy to me lol.

that incense holder

sammij said:

the guy was selling for 4 dollars, but i managed to haggle it for a dollar if i promise to come back, which i always do!

Do you ever go to the Berkeley flea market?

bboy87 said:

berkeley has a flea market???!?!?!!

i didn't know that..i should go there its like real close to home. i can just get the bart!

baroque said:

You're just finding it out?!!!!!

It's at the Ashby station every Saturday

bboy87 said:

lol i don't get out much..im so going there next sat..payday is like tuesday! thanks a lot!
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baroque said:

neither do I. these days, it's school, home and sometimes out on the weekends

bboy87 said:

yeah plus that i have work! its like..i need a break!! but then i have a break, i don't know what do to. i decided, im going out more this winter break! i have feeling i'll be visitor to that flea market very often!

Y'all would love Chatuchak weekend market.





You can get perfect wood too.

I hope you didn't pay too much for the calendar, it only has 2 and a bit years left on it

baroque said:

I was in Berkeley in May, why did you and I not meet up!?!?!?!?!

flea markets and vintage shops. Chicago is full of them and some of the stuff I've found amazes even me! I love the incense holder and the Aztec necklace!

ZombieKitten said:

baroque said:

i love love love love LOVE it! Great find!
I lurve flea markets

Fauxie said:

Those fake brand sneakers... ..they´re really getting better and better and much closer to the originals than ever before.But, when you look a bit closer, you can often spot the differences....however, the fake brands scene has come a long way.
In some countries, especially in Thailand, China and Turkey(well, sometimes), you can hardly see any difference between the original products and the fake shit but then again, some of the fake t-shirts look so blatantly faked that it´s obvious that they´re not the real deal.
Sometimes even the guys at Nike can´t tell whether certain Air Jordans are genuiine or not.
How do you feel about fake products? I despise them and would never pay for them but I must admit, the Thai fake products probably look closest to the originals, and sometimes it´s a thin line between fake and authentic because they make that stuff in the same sweatshops using the same material.

Fauxie said:

Hey, I've been there!

KoolEaze said:

In Thailand some of the Diesel stuff is ridiculously good, as are some of the Billabong shorts. I have a pair of Adidas sneakers that I'm not sure about, whether they're fake or not. I didn't pay a 'fake' price for them, that's for sure (2000+ baht), and I still had my doubts, but not because they don't look good. It's just general suspicion about such items here. In the end I didn't care about the possibility that I'd paid too much for fakes because I just wanted them! I'll go dig out a pic.

ZombieKitten said:

NDRU said:

a dollar

baroque said:

well that's OK then

my mum had one like that, the medallion was in relief, I used to love it but she gave it to my sister

Flea markets are great if you tend to be an impulsive shopper. You can find things you didn't even know you wanted.

On the real though, you gotta hit up flea markets for some of them records they talk about in Music:Non-Prince

Flea markets.
I used to sell at the Green Flea in NYC. My buddy and I shared a space.

That's where i met Tina Fey

johnart said: