It Really Pays to Shop Around at the Brimfield Flea Market! July 2024, Ep. 2.

[@neilouellette3004]

Always saw the late great actress/director Penny Marshall at Brimfield every year. She blended in w/the crowd and was unnoticeable most of the time. RIP Penny

[@davideastwood309]

only just recently found your site , brilliant love your rummaging , looking at all the nic naks and tbh so many just looking at media , computer games etc ad saying how much PROFIT THEY WILL MAKE RESLLING , it kinda gets boring , a breath of fresh air thank you from the uk and a new subscriber .. keep the videos coming really enjoying the trips , and fact i can see something you miss OR I WANT LOL ..

[@fleabittenadventures]

Thanks!

[@Baseball19968]

Open your mind, put on your walking shoes, and enjoy the treasures at the biggest flea market I ever seen. Food was great, items were incredible. Love it, and will b going back in September. ☮️✝️💙

[@ericjohnson2320]

I love the gumball machine full of marbles on the table with the uv reactive glassware. I'm a marble fanatic and toys.

[@AEvans36963]

There is some real money sitting under some of those tents. Most people just think it's all junk but I think it's a collector's paradise to others.

[@mgratk]

Saw the Quiz Wiz by Coleco there at 6:02. I loved mine as a nerdy kid. Had several of the cartridge-quiz books that the base unit plugged into. Have not seen one in a long time. Very cool.

[@malcolmharing3744]

It's nice to see you taking your mom to the flea markets. Or is she taking you? Lol. It makes me miss my mom.

[@fleabittenadventures]

Technically, I'm taking her, but she introduced me to the Brimfield Flea Market back around 1999, so she's kind of responsible for starting this whole flea market obsession of mine.

[@adventuresinlego4266]

Hi from Belgium! Tom, love your fleamarket hunts! Most steiff teddies have a button in their ear with the text "Knopf im Ohr". But not all steiff items have them, for example mecki-hedgehogs, they have a plastic head and a small ear.

[@cdcVintage]

Over 22k subs. Time for your collections video.

[@fleabittenadventures]

Working on it. I've had a major cough the last couple of weeks, which is making it difficult... Soon though!

[@kathyblessing1940]

The people w the 2$ booth have the right idea!

[@TacoStacks]

Really wish I could have gotten up there this summer :(

[@fleabittenadventures]

You still have time! It's coming back in about a month! The September show is usually bigger than the July show too.

[@matthewnaylor4412]

Stief animals always have the trade mark metal button in the ear and are high quality some are huge amounts of money.

[@fleabittenadventures]

OK. I didn't know about the metal button thing. I'll have to keep a look out for it. For $40 though, it's probably not a Stief though.

[@afamsChan83]

that holiday inn ashtray reminds me of my friend who collects hotel matches. She is not a smoker but she would book smoking room just to collect the match. But now it is quite hard to find any hotel room that allow people to smoke. I guess safety issues.

[@fleabittenadventures]

Yes, I generally don't collect tobacco related items, but Holiday Inn is an exception.

[@edwardtraylor3984]

Hi Tom. The Vermont Country Store in Vermont sells those green butter dishes and salt/pepper shakers. So these are mostly likely replicas. Thank you for another great flea market video.

[@fleabittenadventures]

I had a feeling... I'm always suspicious when there are a lot of one kind of item at a flea market. That's usually a red flag that it's a reproduction/new. Thanks!

[@Kimberleyjx]

Those Jadeite branded items from the 90s, the butter dish is $15 online and the salt and pepper shakers are around $18 a set online

[@fleabittenadventures]

I knew something was off about them! Thanks for the info!

[@ambsat]

I also have one of those painted metal trays that's off to the side, on that table, in the beginning shot...painted just like that, only mine is round. It was my mom's. I use that to hold things on my little bar area.

[@fleabittenadventures]

Cool! I love stuff like that! Thanks for watching!

[@ambsat]

Tom, can't post a pic but I thought I remembered this, so I pulled the cocktail shaker out and sure enough it says "It's Cott To Be Good" on it...remember Cott soda?! I'm in CT too...wasn't it a local soda company, or headquarters was here? Anyway, now this makes sense...my family owned a printing company back then in New Haven, and they printed for Cott. We'd get all kinds of promotional items from companies they did printing for (Peter Paul Mounds...we'd get candy bars too! WTNH and others.) So that's where we got ours shakers, from Cott soda promotions. Don't know if the one you picked up had the Cott slogan on it or not.

[@fleabittenadventures]

Interesting. I don't think I've ever heard of Cott before. I'll have to look into that. Thanks for the info!

[@surfclam89]

those lures!

[@jonlouis2582]

A lot of greedy dealers, and crowds, but good deals can be had. We live nearby, and really appreciate it. If you like to sleep in, or get a late start, you should probably skip it.

[@kathyblessing1940]

Wizard of oz glass seems unusual.

[@BreakTime10101]

I was hoping you would have looked at the Volkswagen convertible. Was it for sale or did it belong to one of the vendors? I can’t get over the amount of stuff people have. But as the saying goes, one man’s junk is another man’s treasure.

[@ambsat]

I have two of that first item, the cocktail shaker...from my parents' 1960's bar.❤I still use them too...not to shake up a martini, as my metal one chills it better, but I'll put iced coffee or tea in it. I'm curious, do you recall what they were asking for it? I have no idea where they came from, but to me they look like something the gas stations gave away back then...but that's just a guess. I'm hoping to get to the Sept. Brimfield this year! I haven't been since 2018. Time flies, but also, the dreaded "Covid times" got in the way after that.

[@fleabittenadventures]

Thanks for the info on the shaker. Gas station giveaway makes sense!

[@lrobinbrown6522]

Tom omg! I just seen a sugar pourer after tou bought the McDonalds plates. You cant find them without the flap on them. . I'm estatic but I cant get 😢

[@fleabittenadventures]

Where?

[@luisgerena1227]

Hey if your ever in Jersey again it would be cool if you did Rockaway mall

[@fleabittenadventures]

Already filmed it. Coming soon.....

[@bobbybrendel3028]

Did you ever do a walk through at the Roosevelt field mall Long Island.ny

[@fleabittenadventures]

Not since 1995. I plan to get to the Long Island malls at some point. Probably next year. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@culiejoleman3802]

Hey look! The Brimfield fair turned into the Rietta flea market in Hubbardston Ma at 11:55. Brimfield had actual antique dealers at 1 time. They were all purged about 4 years ago and replaced with crap run of the mill dealers you find at say, the Grafton flea market or the Raynham flea market or the worst flea market in Mass - Rietta. No one wants to buy junk from the 80s and 90s that came out of someone's attic, garage or basement. Barbies and beanie babies at Brimfield - Pathetic. Its fallen into disrepair. In other words, Brimfield has become Building 19. Brimfield has a beer garden now that never existed when i went there. Traffic through Sturbridge and Brimfield has lessened big time too. I'll go to Bernat Antiques in Uxbridge Ma before I ever go back to bumfield.

[@margaret-mure]

Do you know if the glasses with characters in them contain lead in the paint?

[@michaelstrong3634]

Little pricey on the Jadeite pieces. Here in Indiana I see the salt shakers for 10.00-15.00

[@NoahSmith-gb5go]

How did you like this flea market did you find anything there?

[@fleabittenadventures]

Of course I liked it. It's Brimfield! I bought a few things.

[@Traindude7777]

What kind of camera do you use?

[@JohnpLawrence]

New york have markets other than stormville ?

[@fleabittenadventures]

I'm sure there are, but I don't know where they are. Stormville is about as far as I can currently justify to travel for a flea market. It's almost 2 hours for me. Thanks.

[@misfitpezhead6178]

Tom do you do garage sale videos?

[@fleabittenadventures]

Not currently. I would if I could find some though. In my area, garage sales are very poorly advertised. If I randomly run across one I may stop. I tried a yard sale/garage sale finder app on my phone, but there are very few listings. If you know an easy way to find garage sales, please let me know! Thanks.

[@rubeuspotter719]

@@fleabittenadventuresnot sure when my mom wants to do a yard sale. Don’t think you’ll be traveling to Ohio anytime soon though

[@rocketaroo]

I don't enjoy the tent vendor videos near as much as the regular uncovered stalls.

[@fleabittenadventures]

Sorry. There were a lot of tent vendors.

[@rocketaroo]

​@@fleabittenadventures I suppose it's because they charge ebay or antique store prices, so the thrill of finding a bargain is a rarity.

[@ericsackman6896]

I've been doing antiques for 50yrs don't believe I've ever seen butter dishes like that. Look to be Chinese knock offs

[@fleabittenadventures]

Yes, some other commenters have informed me that they are new, or at least not very old, and can be found for sale online for much less than this seller was asking.

[@zambitiber1394]

Flea markets have nothing good anymore.

[@jimjobes5187]

Jadite are repo's not really worth much

[@fleabittenadventures]

You mean the green butter dishes and salt shakers? If so, do you think that vendor's price was too high? It sounds like it.

[@clumaster]

@@fleabittenadventures that set you were looking at with the sunbeam bread logos you can get on that retail website that starts with an A for about 90 bucks maybe less. youtube seems kill posts with the full name of that retailer.