The mysterious neon poster as seen from 3rd Street as you pass Cross and approach Ringo.
You’re driving down 3rd Street from Hillcrest to Downtown and you see a neon posterboard outside of a no-name building proclaiming that there’s a sale inside. Occasionally there’ll be a 40% or 70% off sign slapped onto it and sometimes the posterboard won’t be there at all. Luckily, I’m here to tell you what this is all about.
Every month, there is a flea market open for 8 days. It’s not clear which 8 days but they’ll be consecutive and you’ll know when it starts by the neon poster that’s sure to appear 2 or 3 days in advance. Parking is behind the building off of Ringo Street. Inside you’ll find an array of just about everything. Black and white photographs, boxes of nails, paintings, photo enlargers, posters from the 80s, Hogs trivia game sets, almanacs, novels ranging from science fiction to 1950s erotica. The list goes on. And on.
Photographs of "new" hairstyles, a plastic bear, eyeglasses frames, Gallagher poster, paper dolls and sheet music.
This month’s sale is going on now and ends Saturday, November 21. On the way to work this morning the 50% off sign was up so get on in there and browse for yourself. Even if you don’t plan on buying anything, it’s fun to rummage. Hours are 10 a.m.- 4p.m. every day. The building is located on 3rd Street between Ringo and Cross.
The couple who runs the flea market also own the building in which it is held. The building is on the market and the couple plan to have these monthly 8-day sales until the building is sold.
The inside is large and open with tables semi-categorized by item type.
Tags: 3rd street, antique, antiques, downtown, flea market, hillcrest, junk sale, monthly flea market, shannon sturgis
Now I know where they got the idea from Teletubbies from! Scary.