This yearly event tries to position itself on the Saturday prior to Mother’s Day. My first week in the City stumbled upon it. At the time, knowing nothing about street markets I thought it was a weekly event. The first vender was selling a Makkum plate for $35. [Real value $400]. As I had an apartment full of unopened boxes, could not imagine purchasing one more thing, despite it’s remarkable value. The next year, bought a fig tree that had blight and died. The idea of the event is that the long time residents of this Greenwich Village Street, dig into their attics and basements and bring out all these treasures so that the rest of the world can buy them. This year they were in full swing. I watched as a young man purchase 25 pieces of gold rimmed – Czech crystal – it had belonged to the seller’s mother and the seller was in her 60’s for $65. The mask pictured was vintage, from Venice. [Took all my restraint- he asked $60. I offered $40. He still owns it]. A friend that went with me, we had a riotous time buying up bracelets for $5. She got cold and bought a moth-bitten sweater for $4, just to keep warm. She also bought the pillared stand. The range of articles this year, was the best. If wanting to furnish an apartment in retro, this is the place to be.
