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This retired couple has spent 40 years collecting thousands of retro items and giving them a second life

This retired couple has spent 40 years collecting thousands of retro items and giving them a second life

He started collecting items that were nostalgic to him, recalling how his father also used to buy these things like record players and grandfather clocks when he was young. What began as casual browsing eventually led to a small collection. Aside from Sungei Road market, he also found many gems along Dickson Road, where karung guni (rag-and-bone) sellers would lay out items from their lorries. Over time, he struck up friendships with them. “If there’s anything they don’t want, they would just come to me,” he said. At the time, Tan was working at IBM. When retrenchments began happening across the company, he started thinking seriously about his future. “I don’t want to just sit in the coffee shop, talk to friends and end up having a dispute, quarrel with other people. I’ve seen this,” Tan said. Source link

Best Los Angeles flea markets for antiques, vintage

Best Los Angeles flea markets for antiques, vintage

Remember the camaraderie of high school, when, for better or for worse, everybody knew everybody else? That’s how this market feels, like a comforting stroll through familiar corridors, with vendors who greet you — and each other — warmly. The market, run by SNA Estate Sales & Auctions, opens at 7 a.m. and by midmorning, the vendors have begun joining the customers, checking out competitors’ offerings through closing at 2 p.m. They greet one another like old friends, sharing gossip in the vintage world while casually eyeing wares and politely stepping aside when it looks like someone is going to make a sale. It costs $2 to enter this swap meet at the Ventura County Fairgrounds at 10 W. Harbor Blvd., Ventura, where you’ll find clean, ample restrooms and plenty of free parking. And since you’re shopping on a Wednesday morning, it has that nervous, thrilling feel of skipping school to go to the circus. There are vegetable stands at the entrance, along with a man who sells plants and fruit trees, and then the …