Vintage Flea Time

I love flea markets. I love vintage marts too. If I ever am having the “mean reds” as Holly Golightly would say, I like to go stroll through the Wertz Brothers Antique Mart in Santa Monica. If I am feeling really adventurous on a weekend I like to hit the Rosebowl, Long Beach Flea market, Pasadena City College or this one that I just discovered when I went on assignment for Angeleno Magazine in Irvine. The Groves Antique Market is smaller than some of the more well know ones but defiinetly filled with some treasures. I did find some beautiful mexican silver earrings inlayed with mother of pearl. I also stumbled on a great deal of a vintage saki set. For some reason I only bought one bowl and two of the saki bottles when I should have bought the whole lot. They were all less than ten dollars! The flea is the first sunday of every month.

 

Photos by Ethan Pine.