FLEA MARKET FINDS - WHICH WOULD YOU HAVE TAKEN HOME?!

All photos in this post by Coco of Nbaynadamas

Item 1 - A bright red antique coffee grinder was priced at $2000 at the Rose Bowl flea market last Sunday. (above)

Last weekend, just this past Sunday, I set out at 8:15a to Pasadena to go to the Rose Bowl flea market.  I was planning on spending two hours or so browsing and shopping...getting ideas...finding some good pieces too maybe.  My plan was to do a surgical strike here...in and out in 2 hours.  So much for surgical strike...I ended up leaving the flea market at 2pm...some 5 hours after arriving. The best laid plans...right?

Friend and fab architect Tom Newman of Newman Wolen Architects, who I haven't seen in ages, read my Nbaynadamas post on Sunday morning and he saw that I was tweeting from the Rose Bowl.  He said my tweets motivated him.  All I know is about 3 hours into my flea market odyssey, I got a surprise text from Tom saying "Got inspired. Came to Rose Bowl. Still here?".  I immediately texted him back saying how happy I would be to run into him.  That was the best part of the day...browsing and chatting with Tom for a few hours!

Anyhoooooo....in 5 hours, I think I perused every single booth and stand at the flea market that had any furniture, home accessories, tableware and more.

Sunday's flea market was both fun and confusing.  Fun because there is so much buzz and energy with all of the people browsing and negotiating.  Confusing because I lost all sense of my design aesthetic and got all caught up in whether something was worth the purchase and what was not (I know...it is worth it if I like it but this past Sunday I lost all sense of what I even liked). 

It is also strange because every minute my aesthetic changed at the flea market...at one point, I was obsessed with cowboy stuff (saddles etc...I think Tom influenced this), then I was looking at beaded chairs from Nigeria, then I considered a hoard of metal letters and metal signs.  Items I would NEVER in my life be interested in purchasing before I went into the flea market vortex.

Anyhoooo....here are some items I spotted.  I didn't buy much when there...only bought three things really (which are not pictured).  I wanted you all to take a look though at all of these items and tell me which you would have purchased and why...or tell me why you wouldn't have purchased any of it. 

Very interested to hear your take on these flea market finds.

Item 2 - Two French vintage  porcelain bowls with gold detail around rim.  Priced at $15 each. (above)

Item 3 - Tom liked these Saarinen like stools with a white tulip base and vinyl seat cushion. (above)

Item 4 - Prints.  Map and fruit engravings. (above)

Item 5 - Blue glass seltzer bottle.  Asking price $85 (I think...I can't quite remember)(above)

Item 6 - Vintage suitcases and a blue steamer trunk.  (above)

Item 7 - Crystal ball chandelier.  Asking price $250 (above)

Item 8 - 4 teal metal bar stools with vinyl seat cover and back. $400 for the set. (above)

Item 9 - Orange lacquer painted wood screen with crane landscape scene. Asking price $400 (above)

Item 10 - Yellow ceramic rope pot...chipped around edges.  Asking for pair, $45 (above)

So which of these flea market finds do you like...which ones do you hate? Which do you think I should have taken home?

Happy Friday!

xo
Coco

All photos in this post by Coco of Nbaynadamas

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Write by: AN - Friday, June 17, 2011