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We'll be profiling our regular vendors every week from now on. They're all characters, trust us.

Have you met Long Island Eddie? He's the sweet dude in the sweat pants and beard with the old-school accent selling second-hand furniture and custom-made farm tables in a triple booth on the Clermont fence every Saturday.

For the last 20 years, Long Island Eddie has been traveling the country buying from estate sales and markets, selling at antique expos--doing the traditional vendor thing. He speaks in terms of truckloads, warehousefuls, containers, and the like. Eddie's precisely honed skill makes what would/could be a 500 dollar bench cost 175 clams for you at the Flea. Repeat customers abound, naturally.

But Eddie also does the unconventional thing. Custom-made farm tables and benches are his specialty, and he takes orders at the market--check out the samples in his booth, and in the Long Island Eddie slideshow below. By the next day, dedicated Amish folks will be working hard on getting your table delivered to the Flea within the next three weeks.

Since there is no longislandeddie.com, .net, or even .biz, check this slideshow for a snapshot of Eddie's stuff. And while your checking him at the Flea, also take the time to peruse the jewels of his pal Susan, who displays with him every week in his booth.

Reach old-school Eddie at 631.286.5564.

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