Flea markets are a great place to stumble across interesting finds and pick up things you never knew you needed. I recently hit up a flea market one weekend and I came out with a few amazing things that I'm really loving!
Most of the vendors had at least a crate or more of used vinyl. But within the market there was an actual record store that was all alphabetically laid out and organized, I was in heaven. Vintage and vinyl go together like PB & J so this was an obvious no brainer of complete wonder. The only tip I'd have is make sure you take the record out of the sleeve and examine it for scratches and the like, as since they've been previously loved, wear and tear and sometimes, acts of carelessness, have caused some slight damage to these little guys.
These are some of the records I walked away with. And I'm super happy I was able to acquire so many!
The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord
Star Wars OST
The Mamas & The Papas - California Dreaming'
Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna
The Guess Who - The Greatest of The Guess Who
Elvis - Forever
Don McLean - American Pie
The Beatles - The Beatles Story (A narrative and musical biography of Beatlemania)
The Beach Boys - The Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 1
There was also a vendor who was selling vintage cameras of all sorts. This one caught my eye because of it's industrial and modern look. So because of that I had assumed it was from sometime in the 80's but I was wrong. After a quick Google search (thanks Google for always being there for me) it actually dates 30 years from my initial expectation. This particular model was only made from 1953-1956 and takes 35mm film. I'm excited to start using my Argus A-Four! Hopefully a curation of pictures soon to come.
This was a total last minute find because I was just about to leave the flea market but I realized there had been one place I hadn't looked through yet. So I went in and was able to not only pick up some vinyls but also pick up this pretty cool poster. This poster mentions some of my favourite people on it: Allen Ginsberg, Tim Leary and Jerry Garcia and the event they were at happened in the year of 1969. I thought this was so cool and because it mentioned so many of my fav's I knew I had to pick it up. It also has a really old school print and design on it and that's what drew me in, it actually looks like a flyer they would've handed out or something!
The last thing I picked up was this gold bib-style necklace. The leaf pendant that's hanging from it is actually a real leaf that's been dipped in gold! When I found that out I definitely had to pick it up! This particular vendor had tables and tables of jewelry, some vintage (one piece dating at 100 years old) and some new. I loved a lot of the pieces but this one specifically caught my eye, and you know, I love a good statement necklace!
Hopefully I can venture back some time soon because there's always something new and that's why I love them, because you can come across so many unique finds that are one-of-a-kind, that no one will have because they're either vintage or total one-off's. And you can also discuss the items with the vendors because there's bound to be an interesting story attached to some piece or you could possibly learn something you hadn't known before!
