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On Saturdays and Sundays, in a parking lot off 6th Avenue between 25th and 25th Streets is the Chelsea Flea Market. On Saturdays and Sundays, on the 6th Avenue sidewalk between 24th and 25th Streets are sketchy street guys trying to sell junk to the flea market crowd. Everything from computer parts to shoes.
The photos above are of the sketchy guys selling things on the street and not of the Chelsea Flea Market. Photos from the flea market here, here, here.
From a woman who barely spoke English at the flea market, I bought a 1954 edition of the Girl Scout Handbook for $2. It belonged to one Jane Marie Bedkowski of Girl Scout Troop No. 4, lead by Gloria Colny and Cecilia Miller of Bayonne, New Jersey. Research has revealed that the 1954 edition of the Girl Scout Handbook is going for between $6 and $8 online, so it’s a good investment I made. Also, worth the $2 just to see the sexist tips the Girl Scouts were teaching to young impressionable women of the day.
At another part of the flea market I browsed a cookbook that was published in 1912. It was so interesting. Recipes calling for pork grease and suet and such different cooking methods and times than we’re accustomed to now. I know I’m going to kick myself for pinching my pennies and not shelling out the $15 the vendor was asking for it. I could have browsed that book for an hour, I think.
