This weekend's flea market adventure didn't go quite as I'd planned. This time, I drove to a nearby city about an hour away because the last time I'd been there a flea market vendor had said she'd bring her vintage ponies for me this weekend. Before the flea market, I drove and drove and drove to find a garage sale that had been advertised on Craigslist -- I had seen a MOC Raphael Ninja Turtle figure from the 80s, worth at least $65. What ponies I could buy if I resold it, thought I! Sadly, it was not there when my mom and I finally arrived. That was a bummer. But, there was this cute little deer:
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loginNext, we drove and drove and went to a church rummage sale. Thing was, I hadn't realized the rummage sale had started two days before, so the toys were picked over. There was one G3 brush indicating that ponies formerly had been there . . . I was getting depressed.
After lunch, we finally headed to the flea market. I found the vendor from before and hopefully asked about the ponies. "Oh, yes!" she said. "It's a unicorn, named Powder. Now where did I put her . . . " A Powder, I thought. Not too bad, as long as it's not too expensive. But the vendor searched and searched and couldn't find her. She'd left the ponies at home.
We wandered around the flea market some more, but it's not a market known for its used items. We were headed out when I saw a fakie. "Might as well buy it," I decided. Then in the next row there were toys . . . I found a booth with G3s for sale. They weren't any I was looking for or that were rare, but I found a Crumpet fakie in a bin.
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loginShe was highly priced for a fakie ($2), and I tried to bargain with the seller to bring her price down. "No," she said, "the kids come begging for them anyway, whether they're Hasbro or not." Sigh . . . eventually I bought her anyway.
So, having only found fakies when I'd hoped for some ponies, we wandered a little further and saw a guy with a few bins of toys. I rummaged through them when I saw hooves. I began pulling stuff out -- Honeysuckle, Lily, Royal Blue, bags of pony accessories. Mom found a Sunlight on the other side. The only problem was, they were super expensive!
I'm not the bargaining type, but by this time I was rather desperate.
I talked the seller down from $56 to a much lower number, but I had to leave most of the ponies behind and buy only Royal Blue, who I've wanted, and the price was a little higher than I would have liked. But at least I found something!
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loginShe's very pretty and near mint, with lovely tinsel and hair; she just has a strange stain on her back that I hope comes off, but it's not noticeable. Her symbol is silver now instead of pink, but it suits her.
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loginThere were more accessories than I thought there were; obscuring some of them were other random toys. Royal Blue's comb is there, and the TV, which I've been wanting. The sea pony brush was pretty cool to find, and there were other combs and Paradise Estate pieces. The most surprising find was Firefly's sticker; I don't have any stickers still on their backing! It probably made up for the extra I had to pay. Then there was a Twilight barrette, which I think is pretty cool.
This past week I had an unusual and cool Craigslist find. Someone advertised a MOC Fifi. I thought it might be a scam, but the seller didn't sound shady in her communication, and the price was low enough that I figured I'd risk it. It was worth the risk -- she came and looks lovely! The seller said her mom had saved this one, believing it would be a collectible someday. Go mom.
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loginOn a slightly unrelated note, I finally was able to find a Little Pretty I've been looking for for about 8 months on Ebay -- Cherry Blossom! I love her to pieces.
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