Comments on: flea market report special edition

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 02:06:37 +0000

I just read Runaway Tom! The little girl who wrote that must’ve grown up in Canarsie! I recognized the Brooklyn address, and the 763 exchange because I grew up there…but I don’t know anyone named Sheryl.
Glad you rescued that little treasure!

By: Leigh

Leigh — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 06:02:50 +0000

What finds! I love old things with past lives. I think a lot of people feel the way Carolyn feels. I was in an antique store recently when I overheard and older woman saying she thought it was sad to see all these old things (partly, I’m sure b/c she was moving into a nursing home and bringing in some of her things). But, to me, old things have so much character. If I were dead and gone I’d rather my stuff be hanging on someone’s wall than in the trash or in some family member’s attic. Plus I love knowing that nobody else has this or that photo, book, etc. Have you ever heard of this book: http://www.curiosityshoppeonline.com/mingeringmike.html
Reminded of it by the Runaway Tom.

By: Gigibird

Gigibird — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:43:52 +0000

I feel I have found in you a kindred spirit as far as sentimentality goes. I have collected, no, I still collect artefacts because I can’t bare them to be thrown away because they aren’t worth any money but were hugely valued to someone who has passed away. I specialise in dead pets ephemera!

By: carolyn

carolyn — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:35:44 +0000

I often feel a little sad when I see certain things for sale in charilty shops that have obviously been loved and cared for by their previous owner but are considered only fit to be given away when inherited.

By: pamela

pamela — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:59:52 +0000