Depends how you define "vintage", Woodsy. By and large boot sales and such will have stuff discarded by the kids of the sellers, so generally 5-15 years old. Unless you're really lucky with an OAP (or offspring of same) clearing their house, which might yield older items. Flea markets can be slightly better in that there might be somebody specialising in more older interesting stuff. Whatever you do, make sure you're there while they're still setting up, or anything remotely interesting will be long gone (I have fond memories of way back when, when we went out on a Saturday night till 5am, go have breakfast and then hit the flea market at 6-ish or so (torches at the ready), maybe do a second one before finally rolling into bed at 10). Best -- Paul
Occasionally, yes indeed! One of the best finds of last summer was a pair of Bandai B/O Captain Scarlet SPC's, both loose & unused, happily together on the same stall table. Quite a rare bird here up north, not to speak of seeing double!
Depends how you define "vintage", Woodsy. By and large boot sales and such will have stuff discarded by the kids of the sellers, so generally 5-15 years old. Unless you're really lucky with an OAP (or offspring of same) clearing their house, which might yield older items. Flea markets can be slightly better in that there might be somebody specialising in more older interesting stuff. Whatever you do, make sure you're there while they're still setting up, or anything remotely interesting will be long gone (I have fond memories of way back when, when we went out on a Saturday night till 5am, go have breakfast and then hit the flea market at 6-ish or so (torches at the ready), maybe do a second one before finally rolling into bed at 10).
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Occasionally, yes indeed! One of the best finds of last summer was a pair of Bandai B/O Captain Scarlet SPC's, both loose & unused, happily together on the same stall table. Quite a rare bird here up north, not to speak of seeing double!
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