New book investigates flea market culture, business, life
At first Stanton thought she would write a magazine article on the topic, but her enthusiasm and research in the flea market world grew beyond that. “The pages just accrued, and I realized I had a book,” she says.
Stanton teaches creative non-fiction writing, from memoirs to essays to literary journalism. Her book grew as she explored topics such as the culture of flea markets and swap meets, the “Antiques Roadshow” TV series, and eBay. She delves into the history of American weathervanes, famous forgers, and eighteenth century stoneware. She describes in dirty detail the challenges vendors face with port-a-potties, weather, packing, set-up, tear-down, and selling at flea markets, auctions, and consignment flea markets. “It’s not a memoir, it’s not about me,” says Stanton, and she is right. The book takes an engaging stroll through the world of flea markets, stopping along the way for in-depth looks at the details of fascinating things — all sorts of things — and the people who buy and sell them.
Flea market cultureIt’s at least partly the rebel in Maureen Stanton that inspired her love of flea markets. “I’ve always liked that flea markets exist outside the mainstream, as they appeal to my rebellious nature,” she explains. The “counter-culture” atmosphere of the flea market — the impermanence, the unpredictability, and the freedom — attract many to the industry. “I think that’s still appealing, and it still exists,” she says.
“Flea markets are great for people who are independent and entrepreneurial, who like the freedom, who don’t want to set up a store with the red tape and bureaucracy of that,” she says. “I think part of the fun of it is that every day is a spin of the wheel. You can wake up every day with the possibility that today is the day you’ll strike gold. But that luck factor is completely uncontrollable. The best you can do is equip yourself with the most knowledge and work hard, and if you are lucky, you’re lucky. And if you’re not, you’re not.”
That wildness makes flea markets inherently exciting, especially for those with a passion for it. “It’s not just about flea markets. It’s about the intersection of flea markets and antiques and collecting and peoples’ interest and love of collecting,” says Stanton. “You can’t separate those out. Those worlds intersect and collide. There’s a whole economy that has an anarchy in terms of value of objects.
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However, there is incredible value to flea market items that the focus on dollars and appraisals fails to appreciate. “The treasure hunting part is just a lot of fun,” Stanton says. “Everybody should go out there and look for treasure, because people
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The antiques and collectables appraisal fundraiser at the Historical Society of Frankford was a first for me. The only thing old in our house is me so I didn’t think I would find it too rewarding. On the other hand I do enjoy the Antiques Roadshow on PBS and the somewhat funkier shows on the history channel like Pawn Stars . So I decided to give it a look. I did have an old atlas to take for appraisal and since it was a fundraiser, what the heck, it didn’t matter if it wasn’t worth anything. The money was going to support the HSF which is one of Frankford’s unrecognized treasures.
So last Tuesday night, there we were standing in line. I didn’t expect to do any video but I keep that little video camera in my pocket just in case and ended up using it. It was just like Antiques Road Show but on Orthodox Street. People had all sorts of stuff; clocks, radios, coke bottles, jewelry, clothing, flatware and fine old books such as mine. Most of the fun is in watching what other people have and wondering “what is that thing”.
What I cannot figure out is how these guys know all this stuff. Barry Slosberg and Rob Goldstein were doing the appraisals for Barry S. Slosberg Inc. I videod the entire appraisal of our humble atlas by Rob so you can get a feel for what they do. You have to pay attention because Barry was doing another appraisal right next to us. You get some history of the item, some historical context and then a guess at the value.
One guy had something that they did not identify except to say it was definitely old and authentic and worth doing some more research on. Everybody was having a good time and a lot of people were just enjoying the show. All in all a fun time. Now I have to look for something really old for next year.
One item of note is that last night was the last meeting of the HSF for outgoing president Rev. Paul Andell . He is retiring from his post as pastor of St. James Lutheran Church and returning to the home of his ancestors in Minnesota. He will be missed. He can be seen at the very end of the video.
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