The Brimfield Flea Market is Back for July! Let's See if the Deals are as Hot as the Weather! Ep. 1.

Join me as I return to the Brimfield Flea Market for the July 2024 show! Let's see what we can find!
This is part 1 of 3.
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[@streetdancer100]

OMG ShirtTales! It was a cartoon back in the 80's that I loved! I had The stuffed Rick Racoon. I would've totally bought that glass.

[@edwardtraylor3984]

Those little cars are tootsie toy cars possibly from the 70s. I remember them very well as I got mine from the 5 & dime store before Walmart spread out and came into the picture. I always enjoy your flea market adventures videos. Thanks for sharing.

[@fleabittenadventures]

Thanks for the info and for watching!

[@sunguar]

You said to mention anything big you might have missed in this episode. I am also a World's Fair collector (I attended as a 13 year old), and you missed one in last years Brimfield. I can leave more details if you want.

[@robertabray-enhus3198]

My husband and I were vendors for over 10 years in Hertans field. We used to have our $10 tables and $5 tables. Then he had his larger stuff he’d sell too… You did good with the Tab bag and glasses! I’ll probably go in September to just poke around. I need an umbrella as well in the sun,my English Scottish Irish skin burns terribly.

[@fleabittenadventures]

Yes, I was really happy with the Tab bag! And it sounds like we have the same skin type. I burn just sitting near a window inside a building...

[@MeganWard-w1w]

The boy in overalls is the campbell’s soup boy

[@fleabittenadventures]

Thanks!

[@dauwis1971]

I would love to see a walk through of Farmington Valley Mall back in the day...

[@fleabittenadventures]

If it were possible, I would do it. Sadly, I can't even find photos of it online.

[@bostontoys]

Today I learned about radioactive glassware. Thank you

[@andrewdunn49ers]

It’s amazing how often you stumble upon those World’s Fair plates

[@fleabittenadventures]

I know. They're everywhere. Of course we're not too far from New York, so I guess it makes sense. My mom's building up a huge collection of World's Fair stuff.

[@Qwijebo]

That Buckey Pretzel tin was nice, worth about $80

[@fleabittenadventures]

Missed that.

[@malcolmharing3744]

I always look forward to Saturday mornings for your videos at the flea markets! I thought the TAB cooler was cool (pun) and a greater score for you!! It looked like new.

[@fleabittenadventures]

Thanks! Glad you like the videos! The Tab cooler must have been kept in someone's closet for the last 30 or 40 years. It does look like new.

[@RaveSacks]

There's a Viper rollercoaster at Six Flags Darien Lake too. A classic!

[@cassie6583]

You never learned English?

[@fleabittenadventures]

Is there? Maybe that's where this one was from.

[@patmoore1036]

Those little cars are made by Tootsie Toys. My father bought some for his Christmas Village when I was a kid. So I'm thinking early 70s.

[@fleabittenadventures]

That makes sense based on the design of the cars. Thanks!

[@ijohnh15]

Sad you didn't stop by my spot. I'll be there in the fall

[@fleabittenadventures]

I didn't do the full show in July because it was so hot! I did about half the show, up until you get to May's, then I had to call it quits. I'll definitely be back in September though!

[@eaglerider1826]

Thanks for sharing . That dog hand puppet looked like Triumph the insult comic dog without the cigar from the 90's .

[@fleabittenadventures]

Yes, very similar, but I think it was supposed to be a Boston Terrier and I think Triumph is a doberman.

[@thethriftbandit]

Dammm buy that Handy Hank 😮

[@fleabittenadventures]

There were so many missing parts that I didn't even realize it was supposed to be a bulldozer. It looked like a space ship to me! I think it was missing the hood, the bucket and the battery door. Too many missing parts for me.

[@jeffwalker8101]

The boy looked like one of the Campbell soup kids. Great video Tom!😊

[@fleabittenadventures]

I should have known that! Thanks!

[@beverlymerkel6522]

Great video, Tom! The creeple people I remember from the 60's. Many nice pieces. Thanks for sharing.

[@fleabittenadventures]

Glad you enjoyed it! I love the horror themed toys and playsets from the 60's!

[@maryfelegy9611]

Hi, thanks for the tour, FYI the green glass is not uranium glass, and is not Vaseline glass. It is depression glass. Vaseline glass is light yellow. Not all depression glass glows.

[@fleabittenadventures]

I'll have to check it out next time with my black light. It sure looks like uranium glass.

[@domn415]

Hey Tom, Thank You for taking us to the July Brimfield Markets.... Cool Tab insulated bag and it even had the glasses! You def found some "treasures". Looking forward to seeing your other July videos! Happy hunting !!

[@fleabittenadventures]

Thanks! Glad you liked the video! I've got a few more parts coming!

[@alfonsoalfonso647]

"Vintage" is considered to be 25+ years, so 1994, being 30 years, falls in that time window.

[@fleabittenadventures]

Maybe. It doesn't "feel" vintage to me, but that's probably because I was in high school in 1994 and it seems like yesterday.

[@misfitpezhead6178]

Great video

[@fleabittenadventures]

Thanks!

[@NewEnglandKajunRootsReseller]

wow THAT Tab collection is a great pick up. I am here in Mass but have not going to the Brimfield Flea Market YET. Thank yuo for the tip about the GoPro I did not think of that I will have to make a trip out there. I have heard a lot about this Flea Market, I just moved here 5 years ago. Like that Gaget for the class,

[@fleabittenadventures]

Yeah, I thought the Tab cooler and glasses were pretty cool and a great deal! I rarely see Tab stuff. I'm tempted to actually use the Tab cooler. As for the GoPro, I might be going with another brand soon, the frequency of it overheating is getting ridiculous.

[@aroundthefur]

I'm a Connecticut local 👋 really like your vids! I have to say your voice is so similar to the narrator of the channel Beyond Creepy it makes me smile hearing every time😅 thanks for the uploads

[@fleabittenadventures]

Glad you like the videos! I just listened to that Beyond Creepy guy. I see what you mean. There is a similarity. His voice may be slightly higher pitched than mine, or at least I like to think so.

[@thethriftbandit]

Apparently 25 years old is vintage. 👌

[@fleabittenadventures]

It just feels wrong!

[@misfitpezhead6178]

Good morning Tom

[@fleabittenadventures]

Good morning, or evening!

[@scottmartin6931]

oh man that hotwheels service center is hard to find . boxed with good stickers wonder what it looks like .in side .

[@fleabittenadventures]

Where was that? I don't remember it...

[@scottmartin6931]

@fleabitteni don't remember I think it was your latetest video .

[@patmoore1036]

That bank with the little boy in overalls is one of the Campbell's Soup kids. There was a girl bank as well.

[@fleabittenadventures]

Thanks for the info!

[@johnfronczek2658]

2:28 5 dollars isn’t too bad for vinyl records in 2024. 10:49 That’s a nice paperweight. Anything space related is cool in my book. 12:14 vintage World’s Fair memorabilia is always fun, too. 16:42 vintage Disney is collectible, too. 20:59 I like the 1973 Pepsi Looney Tunes glasses.

[@fleabittenadventures]

Yes, that's the problem. Most of the stuff there is cool! I want to buy all of it, but I just can't afford it all.

[@philklein5130]

The little cars are Tootsie toys

[@fleabittenadventures]

Thanks for the info!

[@OriginalNethead]

Victorian uranium glass is often yellow-green and radioactive as heck. The more modern version from the 30s is much less so.

[@fleabittenadventures]

OK. I thought that might be the case. Like I said in the video, the ones I have at home give off between 100 and 400 CPM. I think the ones I saw at the show barely went over 30 or 50, except for one that hit 80.

[@grahamnoble491]

Tom love the content, I’m a coke collector in uk, where we don’t get the real good stuff you see on your travels. What I have noticed is there is a fraction of Pepsi stuff , so if you see unusual stuff in coke or Pepsi buy it 👍

[@fleabittenadventures]

Yes, there's definitely far more Coke stuff than Pepsi stuff, and even less Tab. The only problem I have is that I'm not always sure which stuff is rare... Thanks for watching!

[@charlestonpinballarcade]

You should have said you remember that tv from when you were in prison just to see her reaction. She had no idea what you were saying about it being a prison tv… 😂

[@fleabittenadventures]

Ha ha, yeah! Someone asked before how I knew what they were and he asked if I'd been to prison. Luckily, I just watch a lot of videos about vintage computers and hardware. I

[@margaret.sc918]

Brimfield was fun! Does your mom collect things too?

[@fleabittenadventures]

Yes, she does. Not as much as me though. She's currently into frogs and the 64 New York World's Fair.

[@umrmech84]

I think the "kid in overalls" at 29:10 was one of the Campbell's Soup Kids.

[@fleabittenadventures]

Yes, that's very possible! Not sure why I didn't think of that.

[@MeganWard-w1w]

The boy in overalls is thecampbell’s soup boy

[@fleabittenadventures]

Thanks!

[@deancase8951]

Is all older orange glazed pottery radioactive? Thanks for another great video

[@fleabittenadventures]

No. That's why I use the geiger counter. There is some I tested that looked like the radioactive stuff, but wasn't.

[@sproutstanding]

"Radiation is cool!" 😄🤢

[@fleabittenadventures]

Or hot, depending on how radioactive it is.

[@charlestonpinballarcade]

“People usually recognize my voice” -Morgan “Tom” Freeman 😂😂😂

[@avgjoeavglife]

He's a local celebrity.

[@fleabittenadventures]

Well, they don't recognize my face, that's for sure. It's usually the combination of the GoPro on my chest and my voice. It always surprises me though how many people do recognize me just by hearing me. I need a voice changer thing like Batman.

[@fleabittenadventures]

I wouldn't go that far..... but if I am a celebrity it's the absolute lowest level. Z list.

[@avgjoeavglife]

@@fleabittenadventures Well, your well known.

[@michaelwells710]

I think it is fair to say something 30 years old is vintage. Definitely not antique. I believe it's 20 years with t-shirts which makes me feel really old😂. Enjoy your videos.

[@stonz_camp]

Yes 30 years i want ths rule of thumb is to be vintage. Some say 20, some say 40.. 30 is fair 😂

[@fleabittenadventures]

I think it's the fact that that makes me feel old that I don't want to say it's vintage.

[@fleabittenadventures]

Yeah, I don't think there is an accepted definition of "vintage".

[@stonz_camp]

@@fleabittenadventures i feel ya! 🤣😹

[@umrmech84]

I had one of those subtraction toys at 25:58.

[@fleabittenadventures]

Oh yeah! That's kind of cool. I missed that when I was there.

[@joannewendt1792]

My husband worked in radiation protection for Oregon and was curious if you’ve had your Geiger counter calibrated?? And keep your orange Fiesta behind glass

[@fleabittenadventures]

No, never had the geiger counter calibrated. It's all digital, so I'm not sure if it can be calibrated like the old school ones. All I know is that it goes off around radiation, so it at least tells me IF something is radioactive. Yes, I do have it behind glass! Thanks

[@castironkev]

I was there selling instead of pickin- definitely not as fun haha

[@fleabittenadventures]

That must have been brutal! It was so hot and humid!

[@castironkev]

@fleabittenadventures and rain here and there too lol Still a great experience!

[@mikec2495]

most of that green glass was not uranium..just regular depression glass

[@fleabittenadventures]

Really? Does non-uranium glass depression glass glow under black light too?

[@mikec2495]

@@fleabittenadventures the regular green depression glass will not glow...i dont believe they made green depreesion glass with uranium..maybe?

[@christinehutchins123]

Vintage means; of age....typically 20 years or more....at 100 years its an antique

[@fleabittenadventures]

The definition seems to vary. Some people say vintage is 50-100 and antique is 100+. I still say 1994 isn't vintage, but that's just my opinion.

[@Luvthedesert22]

Just curious. Is there a Part 2 to the June Brodie Park flea market?? Enjoy your videos.

[@fleabittenadventures]

Yes, there is! I'm just overflowing with flea market videos. It will go up sometime. I've also got more from the Elephant's Trunk and a few others.....

[@rhondaschwener6422]

Those little cars are "Tootsies" made in Chicago .

[@fleabittenadventures]

Thanks for the info!

[@covergirl678]

Shirt tales came out in 82 and you never heard of it ? 😮

[@fleabittenadventures]

Never heard of it.....

[@StantheMan-hv4md]

Just Curious….what day of the week were you there ?? Thanks !

[@fleabittenadventures]

Thursday.

[@WilliamBrown-qx1fx]

L and you also get to have a CSI moment when you explain what the hell you're doing and they get to learn something

[@fleabittenadventures]

You mean when I explained that geiger counter to the uranium glass guy?

[@WilliamBrown-qx1fx]

@@fleabittenadventures oh you mean uranium glass all that radiation exposed over such a long-term lesbian radioactive until well after world war II I used to be with some of the fence so I would kind of highly weird on forget that on radiation I don't want anyone near my house but if it works for you just remember distance and mass and yes I used to be a radiological monitor which I Creek NIU if I remember there was an accident on 65 once I mean I told me he had all the pieces of something wrong except for one about 2 inches that a squirrel had grabbed on the side of the line it's an estimated yeah I remember trying to educate a 2-inch piece out of a squirrel's nest while trying not to get back

[@TheBargainBoxer]

Do you have baseball cards in your collection?

[@fleabittenadventures]

Yes, from when I was a kid and a teenager. I sold off 100,000s of my commons, but keep all the star and semi-star cards. I don't actively collect baseball cards though.

[@christinehutchins123]

Sunblock

[@fleabittenadventures]

Doesn't work in my scalp. My hair isn't as thick as it once was. And I was wearing sunblock too. I'm like a vampire, I burn as soon as sun touches my skin.

[@christinehutchins123]

If I hadn’t watched your videos I would have never known that there is such a wide variety of stuff. I haven’t gone in years because I thought it was still all pricey antiques that I don’t care for. God bless going in July. I have to be in water if it’s really hot lol. Ill see how warm it is in September, or wait till may!

[@sunturner686]

Can you tell me where free market I am interested

[@wildthings980]

Brimfield Massachusetts

[@fleabittenadventures]

Yes, it's in Brimfield, Massachusetts. About 30 minutes from Springfield.

[@lelandritchie9989]

so what is your obsession with the uranium all about????

[@fleabittenadventures]

Radiation is cool. If you get it, you get it.

[@lelandritchie9989]

its a turn off!

[@fleabittenadventures]

What is? Liking uranium glass and fiestaware? Also, I didn't know that was the purpose of my videos.

[@chrissettles4127]

The yellow chairs go by the tag because they made name brand and repops.

[@fleabittenadventures]

I figured. I wasn't interested enough in them to flip them over though.

[@chrissettles4127]

Its a different uranium used in the green glass.

[@fleabittenadventures]

I'm just saying that I own some uranium glass that gives off 300-400 CPM and the stuff I was testing at this show was barely going about 50.

[@chrissettles4127]

Only the orange was radioactive because the uranium is that color orange. They literally just used it as a dye in the fiestas ware.

[@chrissettles4127]

A black light is better because all the green glass doesn't glow . So the radiation detector is not going to tell you. You want the least radio active so as not to cause cancer. The stronger radiation can .

[@fleabittenadventures]

Apparently the ivory is also slightly radioactive. I did find some ivory Fiesta ware and it was slightly radioactive. I think it was like 80-100 CPM, as opposed to 3,000+ for the orange/red stuff.

[@chrissettles4127]

Vintage is technically 20 years or older but i start at at least 50 years old because nothing is much valuable unless at least the 60s.

[@fleabittenadventures]

Apparently so, but it makes me feel old, so I like to pretend vintage is older than me....