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TheVintagePeddler

TheVintagePeddler

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I have an idea (oh no-not again)

I need a little input.
What do you think the top 10 things are that people collect?
I am thinking mostly people that shop flea markets and are looking for some specific collectable like mason jars for example-but that probably wouldn't be a top ten.

Another way to look at it is who are the most fanatical collectors scouring flea markets?

Add one or two or ten if you feel like it.

Thanks!
 
I don't know what the top 10 are but I do know what the dealers buy first at every estate sale....They buy for resale and most of the dealers are buying
glass stuff...(fenton, mccoy, roseville, depression glass, etc)
old toys
mid century modern items
old advertising
jewelry
old dolls
millitary stuff
fishing lures, poles, etc
art
 
there are the book buyers too. The guys who buy the real old books are cool...they know their books and what to look for....but then there are the "new" book dealers...they have this hand held scanner they aim at the upc codes and it tells them what the book will sell for. lol, I don't like those dealers--they are cheesy.

I can tell you what I collect and look for at flea markets...
hairpin leg chairs, tables, cases
funky modern furniture chairs
bakelite purses
bakelite barware
old dice
vegas ephemera
old valentines/old paper goods/ old photographs
old devils
heads (not vases) more like folk art heads or masks. But not cheesy masks. They have to be old, and bizzarre.
wood boxes
40's barware...not 50s, yikes!
Old mexican day of the dead skeletons. Not new ones.
old novelty print fabric
old cement garden items (i just got a couple amazing pieces yesterday) they are so heavy they are still in my car. I can't get them out :rolleyes:
And of course vintage clothes!
 
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