Sunday 24 July 2011 The Paris Flea Market
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Quick Paris Update! Today we spent a few hours wandering around the Paris Flea Market, the biggest Flea Market in Europe! The wares ranged from cheap watches, shoes, clothes, bags and things to serious Antiques. Along with furniture, ornaments, clothes and books, we saw some amazing things: super vintage cameras, antique maritime objects, old ivory tusks, crocodile skulls, antique weapons and other crazy things from far off lands and times. There were old, expensive clothes (we saw a vintage Chanel Blazer for a casual €850.00) and suitcases (check out that one with draws and hangers!! And the vintage LV one behind it..) The photo just above is of chandelier parts and crystals and glass. There were buttons and beads galore, but I spent most my time trawling through old maps, book plates, post cards and photos. I found some amazing pages from a vintage Natural History book and spent WAY too long choosing four, I'll definitely show you them when I scan them! I chose Rhinocerous, Hippopotamus, Flying Squirrels and Raccoons. The vintage postcards and photos were a bit expensive at €1- €8 each, but luckily on the way to Versailles the other day we found an antique store selling them for 20 cents each- I may have bought 24 of them ;)
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Reader Comments (8)
Love this! I miss Paris so much!
Oh my goodness I am so envious! I was just recently in Paris too and went to quite a few flea markets. but it looks like you really hit the jackpot with this one! Love your blog by the way. It's always just a little bit exciting to stumble upon a blog from a fellow kiwi! xx
Oh, how fun! Love the flamingo :)
Aw I wish I had gone here when I went to paris, it looks lovely! Great pictures, by the way:)
WHAAAA! AMAZING
oh Zoe, I love your blog so hard. it's so unique and interesting and inspiring, I'm your big big fan! ♥
The Vanves market is much smaller than St. Ouen, with only about 350 dealers, and it is a more casual market. It looks like the week-end "brocante" in many towns across France. Vendors usually just open a table and unload boxes to set up shop. The prices are more affordable, with quality correspondingly lower.
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Thanks for leading me to this post - somehow I missed it. Ah, what I would give to visit a Paris flea market & buy that vintage globe! Do you speak French?