Flea market season is officially underway in not-so sunny Mass-a-whatsits.
The old Husband and i have decided to expand the horizons of this little site to include reviews of the places we find our junk, so here goes:
The list of places hit on April 12/13th
Saturday:
Derry Depot Antiques:Great if you are a collector of depression to mid-century glassware +/- a few years, vintage planters and kitchen items. EVERYTHING is colorized, the prines are reasonable, and i have often had great success in this little place.
The staff is friendly and helpful, the layout is not too cramped and everything is well organized. there are no boxes of surprises to dig through, but then again you don't have to worry about a pile of junk toppling over on you.
Minimal Furniture, minimal clothing, glassware, tchotckies and ephemera in abundance.
B+
items purchased:
60's-70's bradley knockoff mod cloth doll - $6
50's green and white vinyl stuffed deer - $3
_____________ (item pending)
______________(item pending shhhh. it's a secret)
Route 28 Thrift Store (underneath route 28 Roadhouse)Disaster zone. If you love rummaging through piles of stuff, this is the place for you. It;s like a flea market threw up in there, which can be good, can be bad. In this case it's slightly annoying. Some treasures to be had, but if there are more than 5 people in there, forget it. the dude running it is of the overly fake-friendly "haven't got a clue" calls everything "really old" or "Vintage" sketchy asshole variety.
No Furniture, minimal dishware, mostly knicknacks, toys and clothes.
c+ (would have been a d if not for the flower girl clip-on and teela)
Walked away with (for $10)
80's avon beehive cologne
round bee pin
Teela (ok condition) Masters of the Universe figure
70's flower girl clip-on doll
70's tiki necklace
SUNDAY
Lancaster marketplace Flea Market: http://www.lancasterfleamarket.com/
I'd stayed away from this one for quite awhile, since i'd heard it was one of the typical "dollar store leftovers" sorts of places. Granted, there was a great deal of the dollar store leftovers, paintball guns, and expired potato chips to be had.
However, the outer perimeter is pretty friggin awesome when it comes to stuff i want to buy. That's where the junk in piles (but not toppling over on you), hidden boxes of things stuff is.
Plus they have a hot sauce stand.
a little bit of everything, including a musical instruments booth.
Food: yes, bad hot dogs.
b-
Purchases:
40's West German Cockoo Clock - $15
1976 Bradley Dolls - $7
Kunstlerschutz squirrel - $2
bag of vintage sylvanian families knockoffs - $5
bag of kamar/napco elves and carolers - $10
maple down bear - $1
Savers _ WorcesterI am a big fan o' "The Save" as we call it in my house, so we decided to trek out to to the next-cloest location to see what there was to see. Typical Savers. They had more clothing, and considerably less junk than the one on West Roxbury, and it was cleaner (which is not a hard feat).
I was a little disappointed, because junk was what i was after. The toys were actually in their bags, though, so that was a plus.
On the saver's scale it deserves a C. scale of thriftstores in general, D.
Walked away with:
70's wind up bee -$1.49 (VERY COOL)
my little pony (rare-ish g3) .69
My little pony boring g3 .69
weird shift dress- $4.99
cowboy shirt (carlos) - $4.99
Notable Mention goes to
That's Entertainment in Worcester.
http://thatseco.ipower.com/index2.html
Just a neighborhood comic book store that has a little bit of everything crammed into a warehouse like space. This place was kind of fucking awesome for 2 reasons. 1) they had a good selection of indie comics, which is rare for places that also have loads of baseball cards 2) they had BLACKSTAR FIGURES.
Things purchased:
vintage Lando Calrissian figure - 2.99 (expect his debut post later)
Blackstar figure (Neptul) + Trobbit, + ORANGE DEMON (*squeeeee*) -4.99
Vintage Ken Horrifying Plaid suit and mustard pants - $6.99
"universe man" comic book (obviously made by a 7 year old, but it was 15 cents, so why not support it.
