10 Inspiring Ideas to Fuse Flea Market Finds Into Your Home [ivillage.com]
In the book ‘Found, Free & Flea’ author Tereasa Surratt offers simple and affordable ways to achieve a rustic, chic décor. A story by Catherine Coreno of ivillage.com The ‘Found, Free & Flea’ Mantra In the inspiring new book, Found, [...]
Read MoreVisit the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair
Find unique finishing touches for your home at the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair, 24-29 January at London’s Battersea Park. More than 140 exhibitors will be showing designs for the home including furniture, seating, mirrors, works of art, decorative pieces [...]
Read More10 Inspiring Ideas to Fuse Flea Market Finds Into Your Home [ivillage.com]
In the book ‘Found, Free & Flea’ author Tereasa Surratt offers simple and affordable ways to achieve a rustic, chic [...]
Visit the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair
Find unique finishing touches for your home at the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair, 24-29 January at London’s Battersea Park. [...]
Flea market finds from around the world (Jan. 19th – 25th)
A weekly summary in images of the best finds from flea markets around the world! Enjoy the ride in the [...]
Displaying vintage vignettes in a modern home
An article by Rebecca Zamon of Style At Home To say that Patti Redford has the eye of a collector [...]
Flea market finds from around the world (Jan. 12th – 18th)
A weekly summary in images of the best finds from flea markets around the world! Enjoy the ride in the [...]
East Coast to West Coast: 5 must do flea markets in between
If you’re planning a trip soon to the US (or if you’re already living there and that driving East to [...]
Vintage photography: the incomparable pleasure of using Twin Lens Reflex (TLR)
Six month ago I was walking down a street in Brooklyn, and stopped by the window of a so-called “design” [...]
Vintage Soviet Space Capsule Sold for Record $2.9 Million
NEW YORK – A vintage Vostok space capsule is headed back to its homeland with its new Russian owner, who [...]
Flea markets in Japan | 日本のフリーマーケット
Antique and flea markets are held at several locations around Tokyo; they are great places to find anything from junk and old photos to Samurai helmets and wedding kimonos. Or just browse and soak up the market atmosphere...
Le flea, c’est chic – the joys of Parisian flea markets [The Guardian]
An effortlessly stylish French family home that's dotted with antique finds, plus an insider's guide to Parisian vintage markets.
A sunday morning at the Porte de Vanves flea market (Paris, France)
Plot: A sunny day, three early birds and a photograph. Playground? The weekend flea market at Porte de Vanves (Paris).
Mapping the World’s Best Flea Markets!
Flea Market Insiders is not only a great place where we’re happy to share with you some of the tips [...]
The 10 best flea markets in France [The Guardian]
The author of The Flea Markets of France, selects her favourites for collectors, bargain-hunters or browsers just wanting to soak [...]
Dubai now has its flea market!
Some people believe that everything has already been done in the flea market business. Other, such as Melanie Bees, believe [...]
New York City flea markets!
The sun is shining, the trees are green and New York is vibrant once again with the sounds, colors and [...]
Eighteen hours at the Munich giant flea market 2010
Mission accomplished! Fifteen miles, two pair of shoes and eighteen hours later (a real “flea market marathon”!), we concluded our [...]
3 reasons why you should go to the flea market this week-end
If you’re a regular visitor of this blog, you should by now be an (almost) expert of the techniques, tips&tricks [...]
The wunderkammer through history
Many of today’s most notable collections, such as the British Museum started off as wunderkammer, or cabinets of curiosities. These [...]
“storing” your flea market junk
Flea markets are really great to find all sorts of vintage stuff to decorate your home. But sometimes you end [...]
A guide to antiquing in Canada
The best places to go antiquing from coast to coast Whether you’re on holiday or staying home this summer, it’s [...]
Nutrackers frenzy
You’ve probably already heard of Nutrackers. Should it be because you were told as a kid the story of “The [...]
The Catch of the Day [flea market "hunt" of April 4th]
A slideshow of our best “catch of the day” after a week-end of flea market antiquing and bargaining. Enjoy the [...]
Flea market season 2010 has begun in Copenhagen!
Flea markets thrive during Spring and Summer. There are several places in Copenhagen where open air flea markets tempt you [...]
The Catch of the Day [flea market "hunt" of March 28th]
A slideshow of our best “catch of the day” after a week-end of flea market antiquing and bargaining. Enjoy the [...]
8 Reasons You Simply Must Haggle at Antiques Fairs
Being actually myself at an Antiques Fair at this very moment, I realized there wouldn’t be a better time than [...]
Visiting the EuroANTIK Fair (Innsbruck, Austria)
Filling the truck the whole day before, waking-up at 2am, leaving home at 3am to reach Innsbruck at 8am, were [...]
World’s oldest ‘flying car’ goes to the auction block [in the news]
It’s hard to decide if Frank Skroback’s 1934 creation is a plane that drives like a car, or a car [...]
The Catch of the Day [flea market "hunt" of March 21st]
A slideshow of our best “catch of the day” after a week-end of flea market antiquing and bargaining. Enjoy the [...]
How to buy antiques and collectibles as gifts
Sometimes, buying antiques or vintage items at the flea market is not a quest for your own self satisfaction. Flea [...]
The Catch of the Day [flea market "hunt" of March 14th]
A slideshow of our best “catch of the day” after a week-end of flea market antiquing and bargaining. Enjoy the [...]
Uncovering Toy Cameras and Polaroid Vintage Effects
Among the commons things you may find at a flea market, are vintage cameras. Photography is and has always been [...]
Kodak Baby Brownie Special [Vintage stuff]
The Kodak Baby Brownie Special is a tiny Bakelite box camera made by Kodak in Rochester, NY, USA. It was [...]
In the news: 10 ways to save at the flea market [NY Daily News]
I’m sure many of you have heard of and probably visited the various flea markets and antiques resellers in New [...]
Miniature Panton Chair [by Vitra]
The original intention of the Museum to give visitors access to design not only by means of publications, but also [...]
Art Deco umbrella bucket – Brasserie Lipp [Paris, France]
A one of a kind umbrella bucket featuring the door keeper of the Brasserie Lipp, a dog and a cat [...]
Buff Out Dings in Wooden Furniture with a Walnut [Clever Uses]
Next time you inadvertently ding or bruise a piece of beloved wooden furniture, head to your pantry. According to all-things-home [...]
those beautiful eyes
A beautiful studio photography of the 1920s featuring three young people. What I find particularly breathtaking in this photograph is [...]
The art of flea market haggling
Daniela Pain of Canadian Home & Country gives some interesting recommendations on the art of flea market haggling (source: Canadian [...]
The groom, the bride and the family
An original ink drawing by German illustrator Rudolf Grieß (1863-1941), a former student of Berlin’s Academy of Arts. The title [...]
Some of the world’s best flea markets
Antiques expert Judith Miller gives a prep talk for the world’s best flea markets (source: Canadian Home & Country) All [...]
Sailing the seven seas
Another example of an unusual money box. This one has the shape of a Transatlantic ship and was probably manufactured [...]
Frames for artistic photography
A nice picture always owes much of it success to its frame. I’m a big fan of Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir’s work. [...]
Riihimaen Lasi Oy Finnish vases
Two vases designed by Tamara Aladin for Riihimaen Lasi Finland c1970s. Those vase are heavily cased, blue and violet in [...]
Quick flea marketing tips
Antiques expert Judith Miller gives a prep talk for the world’s best flea markets (source: Canadian Home & Country) As [...]
Money box
Quite an unusual money box of the beginning of the last century (ceramic)… The kind of piggy bank I would [...]
Pasta machine (back to the 50s!)
This Emide N°5 pasta machine is the kitchen Cadillac of the 1950s! Great colour (some kind of “California blue”), an [...]
I am the passenger
Nice photo taken in a photo studio in 1909, featuring a little boy flying an airplane over Vienna. There’s a [...]
Kodak Brownie 127
Brownie is the name of a long-running and extremely popular series of simple and inexpensive cameras made by Eastman Kodak. [...]
household reminder board
What is missing today? A once useful home accessory (before we invented refrigerators with built-in flat screen and Internet) to [...]
Numbered mugs
A set of six numbered coffee cups and six tea mugs from the 70’s. Just look like their “older sisters” [...]
Tablet wood chopping/lunch board
Literally turns any quick lunch into a visual banquet. Image design from the 60s
Pharmacy porcelain pot
Those three porcelain pots used to hold pharmaceutical mixtures. Now, further than being mere decorative objects, they do great in [...]
Flea Market Insiders goes live!
Servus dear reader and bienvenue on our blog! The main purpose of Flea Market Insiders is to exclusively showcase treasures [...]



