Why I like flea markets

For almost anything I find more and cheaper items at flea markets. Nothing fantastic all the time, but occationally fairly decent.
Today from one seller of coins and STUFF:
Liberty Head Half Dollar 1908 O in VG
Walking Liberty Half dollar 1917 S on Rev in F12
Liberty Head Dime 1915 in EF+
Mercury Dime 1917 S in VF with small scratch on obverse
Mercury Dime 1927 D in MS62 or 63 with almost full bands
All for $29
Same seller in the past I got many other Mercury Dimes from.
From another seller a Kodak M340 digital camera with 10,2Megapixels for $30 new, still in the box. Also, one stuffed dinosaur for my granddaughter for $1.
Which is why I like flea markets.

 

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i haved got most of my morgans from the flea markets just got to know what u r looking for know how to grade they have some good prices to

 

You can find some good deal.s there!!

 

got a picture of the stuffed dinosaur?

 

i injoy them as well mater a fact going to one in the morning
sometimes you can get good deals then there are other times
that we dont talk or tell anyone

 

flea markets? LOL
Coins there just scream IM FAKE IM FAKE. IMHO

 

I went to two flea markets last week and obtained a few coins. These coins all had wear on them, so they were pretty cheap. Most of them I only spent $1 on, but there was a few, like a 1868 nickel, that went for a few $ more. Definitely a cheap way to amass some coins if you're not picky about the quality.

 

Anythings possible, on a trip to Wildwood N.J. two summers ago, my wife talked me into stopping at a flea market. I was going to wait in the car but it was hot so I went in. Found an 1883 CC GSA dollar, guy wanted 50 dollars, almost couldn't get my wallet out fast enough. It was the only coin he had and the only coin I saw that day. I was ****ed off I had to stop but I sure calmed down when I found that coin.

 

We use to have some good ones here in London Like Camden market and Greenwitch but these days they have been taken over by the trendy people with coffee bars and ethnic clothing etc

 

Thank god for country living...

 

We have a giant outdoor flea market in my area that is open Spring, Summer and Fall. There is a coin dealer there every Sunday but prices are right about what you would see at a B&M shop. However, if you take the time to walk around the entire place you can sometimes find good deals on coins mixed in with the many other items. For example, I have purchased ASEs under spot. TC

 

I have never tried my local flea market... last I heard there were pesky little bugs around the market.

 

Also I'm cleaned, scrubbed, wire brushed.

 

Word of Caution from a retired police detective:bigeyes:: Flea markets are great fronts for stolen property. I recovered more than a few collections stolen in burglaries that the owner found at the local flea market. Usually the seller bought "blue books" from some hairball at the local 7-11 for pennys of their worth. That being said, if you are victim, I always tell people go to the flea markets looking for their stuff.

Last guy I popped at flea market had a pocket full of Morgans he was selling for $2.00 each !!

Bob

 

Not really true at all. Flea markets today are a real mass of varieties of people and items for sale. If you watch that TV show The Antique Road Show you would hear many times people saying how they purchased a thousand dollar item for a dollar or so. And true, as already noted, lots and lots of stolen goods are sold there and it really is difficult to no what is a stolen item and what is not.
Many flea market sellers are nothing but just buisness people. They know where bulk items are being sold from warehouses. Others find lots for sale from rail yard box car sales from defaulted property. Some find entire warehouses being sold for back taxes. My son found a place where you could buy an entire semi trailer truck full of merchandise for one bulk price but no idea what is in there. He tried selling at flea markets for a while but married life and kids make for very little time.
The main seller of coins at the flea market I've been going to has very little idea of the value of coins. This is odd since that is his primary item to sell. Have no idea where he gets all his coins but usually has a small fortune in coins to sell every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, all year long. He dresses like he really needs the money, sleeps in his van at night too until the flea market is over.
The local and State police wander around this flea market all the time but so far all is OK.

 

Sometimes I wonder which is better, flea market or ebay. I hear a lot more complaining about ebay than flea markets. Have picked up some nice UNC Morgans and a few UNC silver certificates cheap at a flea market. Just my 2 cents worth.

 

Ebay is an online flea market in my opinion.

 

Flea markets can be OK. I picked up an 1871 shield nickel for $10-$15 bucks. Guy didn't know what he had.

Bruce

 

At a flea market you can see the actual coin you are purchasing.
There is no postage, handling, insurances, return fees, erroneous photos of what you wanted to purchase.
Then too, you could look around for other items while there and still pay no postage, etc. No attempting to try to outbid someone. No faked freinds bidding on something to raise the prices. No lost in the mail routines. What you see is what you get.
So far my greatest coin purchses have come from either a flea market or garage sales.
Of course this is always possible when you live in an area where there are flea markets, garage/yard/estate sales almost every weekend easily accessable.

 

Yard and estate sale one the best way to find coin and Baseball card:thumb:
I found this last spring.