Thrift Stores or Flea Markets

[Bonny]

Hello. i was wondering if any of you know of any thrift stores or flea markets in the L.A. area.

 

[Tourbillion]

I've been to these:

Pasadena City College – held the first Sunday of every month in the parking lot of the college on Hill Ave. between Colorado Blvd. and Del Mar Blvd. Map and directions at:

http://www.paccd.cc.ca.us/directory/maps-dir.htm

Admission and parking are free. There is a large record area for those of you into vinyl. Recent purchases included Franciscan Apple cups and saucers at $7 each, vintage keys at a quarter a piece (cheapest I ever saw them), roll of vintage lace ribbon for $1.



Rose Bowl – held the second Sunday of every month in the area surrounding the Bowl itself. Map and directions at: http://www.rosebowlstadium.com/directions.htm

Admission determined by how early you want to get there, after 9 a.m. the price is $6, before that it runs $10 (after 7:30 a.m.) and $15 (between 6-7:30 a.m.). This place is huge and has new items as well. The new stuff is generally located in the area around the bowl and the older stuff is in the adjacent parking lots. I haven’t been in years, it always seems more daunting than the others, but there is just so much here that you can easily find whatever you are looking for. A number of years ago I decided that I must have a copper craftsman piece and on my very next trip to the Rose Bowl I picked up a beauty of a hinged cigarette case with palm trees on it, $15.



Long Beach Veterans Stadium – held on the third Sunday of every month in the stadium parking lot. Map and directions at: http://www.longbeachantiquemarket.com/promoter/p_mapdir.cfm?vid=2

Admission is $4.50 and early birds can get in before 6:30 a.m. for $10. My last purchases included 3 Bauer cups and saucers at $8 each.

I didn't find too much in the way of clothes or shoes there for me, some victorian stuff, but your best bet for clothes is the Vintage Fabric Expo at the Santa Monica Civic which is a few times a year: http://www.vintageexpo.com/press.htm

There are thrift stores, but you have to search a lot to get good stuff. The vintage stores are better, but some people on here get "protective" of their favorite shops.

 

[ShooShooBaby]

i don't know if they do it anymore, but whittier used to have a huge antiques street fair a couple times a year. every time i went, i scored. like, $10 wwii red cross uniform and $10 40s sundresses score.

 

[Bonny]

Thanks I'll defanately have to try those places. thanks

 

[Jenautica]

Try the thrift shops up on Baseline in berdoo. I always had good luck at Lighthouse for the Blind and the Easter Seals one down the street from there.

Riverside has some good ones tucked around downtown as well. Check the phone book.