January 25, 2010

Slideshow January 24: Lights!

Winter lack of sun got ya down? Let the Flea light your way to happiness with lamps galore, from '40s antiques to newfangled microphone lamps. Stone cold lampin'.

January 12, 2010

Slideshow January 9

If you weren't one of the thousands who braved the cold to shop at the Flea at One Hanson's big debut weekend in the bank, check out some snapshots here.

December 7, 2009

Gifted Slideshow Dec. 6

Gifted was packed this weekend. In case you missed it, here's a slideshow. We're back again on Wednesday!

November 24, 2009

Slideshow: Nov. 21

Check out these party animals at the final Flea in Fort Greene.

November 16, 2009

Slideshow Nov. 15: Take A Seat

Stools, benches, lounges, and chairs—we got em'. After hours of shoppin' in the gorgeous fall weather, sometimes you just need to take a seat—from the Flea!

November 4, 2009

Vendor of the Week: Carter Anderson

Carter Anderson is always full of tall tales—the way you want a Flea vendor to be. Jess learned about the time he sold baby bottles filled with lead paint to 90 cynical, design-hungry New Yorkers, among other tidbits. Dig the new VOTW format?

Name
My name is Carter Wilson Anderson. Goodness gracious, business names. I have gone under Anderson's Audacious Antiques, Big Time Antiques, Demolicious Antiques when I was in L.A., West of Eden, now I'm going under Artifactual. I just got in bed with some friends and we're doing a new website and a new enterprise together and we're here to clock it deep.

Hometown?
Washington, D.C., the city that kills people.

Where do you live?
I live in Alexandria, which is just outside of D.C. and I have a showroom and warehouse in D.C. as well.

How long does it take to get here?
It's about 3 and a half hours if no one wants to go to the bathroom. Three hours 40 minutes maybe, that's doing 75/80 miles per hour.

What do you sell and how long have you been selling it for?
I have been selling for 22 years. Anything from trash to decorative arts. We like to call the good stuff "eye candy." We like to call the stuff that pays for the good stuff "clutter." We try to bring a mix of both up here, make it accessible and bring a little power—you know, get their attention, rock their world.

What's your specialty?
Industrial and Victorian Garden. I like to sell Garden because it attracts beautiful women. And I like to sell Industrial because it attracts gay men and they pay the most for everything.

What's been your most memorable sale?
That's totally easy. In my early 20s I used to sell at the Chelsea flea market on 26th Street. I would leave the nightclub around 1am and get up to Chelsea around 5am. I used to sell a lot of Architectural and pull down a lot of buildings. One time we pulled all the ceiling tin down from this old supermarket and put it on a box truck. When you buy 2-3000 square feet of ceiling tin and you pull it off, you are left with a pile of lead paint chips. That very same week I bought 94 baby bottles from the '20s. So we are sitting around smoking pot (I did that then), trying to figure out what to do with these baby bottles. And we started putting the lead paint chips in the baby bottles, and I thought, You can always sell cynicism and sarcasm in New York. We were selling those paper weights for 40 bucks each. All 90 of them.

What keeps you coming back to the Flea?
Pretty women and I love Eric and it's just a great Flea with a good vibe. We are trying to get our name out here because New York is the best marketplace in America. It's the center of the world, the only city in America.

What do you do for fun?
I skate board—42 years old and I still skate. And I have a beautiful, wonderful kid and I spend as much time with her as I can.

Got a website?
Artifactural is the website [ed.: we're working on this]. We try to come up every couple of weeks, try to keep it fresh and try not to bring up anything more than twice.

November 2, 2009

Slideshow October 31

In case you were making mischief and didn't make it to the Flea on All Hallows Eve, check out what you missed. Trick or treat!

October 25, 2009

Slideshow Oct. 25

Yes, the nutcrackers ARE for sale. Maybe Martha had some crafty ideas for them during her 3-hour tour of the Bridge Flea on Sunday (postponed from Saturday for weather). One of the Flea's finest hours yesterday, thanks to all for coming out. Relive it here.

October 19, 2009

Slideshow October 17

It might have been a bit rainy in the morning, but the sun, shoppers and happy vendors took over the afternoon. If you missed it on Saturday, check the slideshow.

October 14, 2009

Design Co-op Slideshow

The Flea's Design Co-op, curated by Lena Corwin and managed by Moontree Letterpress' Rebecca Kutys, was a big success in its Saturday debut, and we took some pics to give you a slideshow snapshot. The tent was full all day with curious shoppers, most of them pleasantly surprised by the cool art, design, and home objects on offer.

The Co-op is back this Saturday and every week from here on out, head on over if you haven't yet.

October 13, 2009

Slideshow Oct. 13

As Mr. Rogers said, it was a beautiful day in the neighborhood. In case you missed it, watch it on FleaVo.

October 6, 2009

Slideshow Oct. 3+4

Sun showers on Saturday attracted the savvy collectors, knowing they'd have the run of the place, while Sunday's picture-perfect day brought out the masses. Either find yourself Where's Waldo-style here or check what you missed in this week's slideshow.

September 28, 2009

Slideshow Sept. 26

There's nothing like a crisp fall day to delight the shopping senses. From vintage toys to new locally designed jewelry, the Flea had it all this past weekend. In case you missed it, these are a few of our favorite things.

September 21, 2009

Slideshow Sept. 19+20

We were hoping for the best and we got it this weekend, as both Fleas emerged from their summer cocoons as full-fledged beauties packed with just insanely cool merch and thousands of ogling shoppers. A sampling of the joy below...

September 15, 2009

Sept. 13 Slideshow

The record fair and vintage bazaar had just the right vibe yesterday: very European, with a little Marrakech thrown in for good spice. You could get lost in the fashion bazaar, and happening upon the record fair was a lovely surprise. Just ask Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon, who joined sister Maggie and Peter Sarsgaard (and little Ramona), who strolled through, People's Pops in hand. (No pic of them unfortunately.)

September 4, 2009

Slideshow August 30

Afrobeat smoothies, pitchforks, and old-school scales. This and more at last week's Flea.

August 25, 2009

Slideshow August 22

Although it was wet for about 30 minutes, it was a beautiful Saturday at the Flea. Check out what you missed or find yourself in these pics. See y'all next week!

August 16, 2009

Slideshow August 15

From photos and paintings to pops and papusas, the Flea was rammed with the goodness this week. Check it all here, y'all.

August 10, 2009

Slideshow August 8/9

Splendiferous days to Flea--Saturday with the perfect temperate weather, Sunday with the rain holding off magically to create an ideal atmosphere of hardcore dealers and shoppers under the Bridge. In case you missed it...

August 3, 2009

Slideshow August 1/2

Banner day Saturday, oodles of Fleasters, great stuff from vendors, sun sun sun. Sunday not so much. Loads of atmosphere, crowd vibe, cuteness--ya know, Flea flavor. Enjoy.