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RE: BAM

in Photo-essay7 days ago

Thanks for sharing. I didn't know you had such an interesting place.

It's not my era, but I think it's because of the movies I watched as a kid that I like Art Deco decor a bit. I think it was quite an elegant style.

In my city, we used to have informal markets selling family antiques and other miscellaneous items, although we called it “Corotos Market”. In those spaces, you could find everything from antiques from the last century to crazy deals on much more modern things. The one I remember most was an open-air market, but today all the ones I remember have closed.

So your post has made me feel a bit nostalgic and reminded me of places I used to like to stroll through.

P.S. “Corotos” is a very specific regional term and can refer to almost any object, although it originally referred to paintings by the French artist Corot, due to a certain humorous incident involving his paintings and the wife of a president of my country from the early 20th century.

flea-market vintage GIF by Kitsune Kowai

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The open air markets here are called flea markets. I looked up the name and found these markets specialize in selling second-hand items, including old furniture, carpets, clothing, and textiles.
​The humorous perception, was that these used goods were likely to be infested with fleas or other pests!

Flea markets are usually only held on weekends and each vendor has a different variety of goods for sale.