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April 11, 2008

Gearing Up for Flea Part Deux

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Senor Flea is swamped with last-minute details for Brooklyn Flea's sophomore outing on Sunday so we're stepping in to highlight some of the new vendors debuting this weekend. (As we've noted before, there's going to be a lot of rotation this first month!) As requested, we've got a lot of new antiques (both traditional and mid-century) starting up this weekend that run the gamut from inexpensive to high-end. Above, clockwise from top left are items from Corinne Robbins, AMA Home and Joe Heidecker. In addition, long-time mid-century deales Antiquinaires will be in da house; Lew Jaffe will be shlepping up his collection of doorknobs, ringers and other hardware from Philly; KB Antiques will be displaying its vintage sterling flatware and toys. And, in another interesting twist, Dave Bias will be debuting his polaroid booth at The Flea. And lots, lots more. See you Sunday!

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ooooh i love a good polaroid booth! how fun!

Posted by: bkkitten at April 11, 2008 10:29 AM

thanks for upping the furniture!! i think this will be great - keep it up!

Posted by: guest at April 11, 2008 2:26 PM

What a faggy piece by guy trebay. What a surprise to read (again) about Aletti's treasure trove of gay polaroids

Posted by: guest at April 13, 2008 8:13 AM

So I love the idea of a Flea Market and it seems to have support, so it is probably here to stay (I live a a street and a half away from the 'flea' and got a half-dozen "Where is Lafayette Avenue?" queries the last 2 Sundays. And inevitably the Times meant the neighborhood now feels like Park Slope and the Lower East Side. Tourists. Hipsters.

I did though take my daughter for a stroll there (we got some Belgian waffles).

I could not, however, notice the contrast between the racial make-up of the patrons (mostly white) and the bulky security at the gate on Lafayette (black. what's their job?) and the clearly hipster, upper middle class (dressed down of course) gentrified look and feel of the 'flea' market.

Some advice:
What you need now is some live music (no Indie rock please) and ... for the little ones, some portable toilets.


Posted by: guest at April 14, 2008 12:02 AM

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