This Weekend Treasure Hunting

This morning my son Phil and I braved slick, snowy streets to attend Royal Oak's weekly flea market located in the Farmer's market. The flea market is very neat and orderly with booths selling everything from vintage jewelry, vintage clothing, toys, books, records among other things. The problem with trying to find things at flea markets as opposed to garage sales is at flea markets the prices are retail and above. The profit margin is very low, if any. I did find 2 David Bowie albums and a Nina Hagen album that I could probably sell for double if not three times what I paid. I picked up this flyer while I was there:

I will definitely attend this sale! I will let you know if I find any cool things in my blog the following week.

The same held true for an estate sale that I attended on Saturday afternoon. They were asking $3.00 for DVDs, CDs and hardcover books. I would have probably bought a bunch at half that price, but I can't see being able to resell these items for $3.00 to $4.00 each. I was also interested in some Breyer horses, but at $22.00 each I once again had to pass.

This week I am going to comb all the record stores I can find. Record stores usually all have dollar bins. I have found quite a few treasures in those bins.