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Tagsellit.com New Website Coming Soon

Coming soon to your screens… A new and improved Tagsellit.com!

Our team is excited to be launching a new and improved website. In addition, we’ll also have a new iPhone and Android App available for mobile users. The new site will feature a fun new user interface, graphic design and layout.

Navigating the second-hand marketplace can be challenging. This is why our new site will be also dedicated to assisting second-hand retailers (such as Consignment Shops, Estate Sale Events and Pawn Shops) generate better visibility and offer more solutions to drive interest to their places of business.

As our mission says, our goal is to provide a big-picture roadmap for navigating the second-hand industry. Tagsellit.com’s platform helps sellers liquidate second-hand items through both our online virtual garage sale listings and with the ability for users to advertise their weekend sale events (for free). Tagsellit.com brings second-hand buyers and sellers together.

Did you know the yard sale market alone is an annual billion-dollar industry? There’s a lot of value hidden in closets, garages, basements and attics across the country. Generations of “crap” have accumulated and what’s “old” may be “new” …and worth lots of money!

Bottom line: Expect to be dazzled soon! We’ve revolutionized the garage sale industry by creating the “virtual garage sale” marketplace and we’re continuing to revolutionize the entire second-hand industry!

 

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Just say “no” to roses on Valentine’s Day

You may think that if you come home without a dozen red roses on Valentine’s Day, you will wind up in the dog house. While traditional can often be the best route, I like to take a more original and creative approach to my holiday gift giving.

Before I get into specifics, let’s take a second to talk about the bottom line. We’re all still suffering from our holiday hangover, and shelling out for a dozen roses and chocolates isn’t helping in that department. A dozen long stem roses without thorns (for all you inexperienced shoppers, you can buy de-thorned roses, and it does make a difference) and a box of above average chocolate will run you over $100 this time of year (we all know the prices miraculously go up around Valentine’s Day). Even if you’ve got that kind of cash available right now, consider how long your gifts will actually last: the roses might last a week, the chocolates might last a day, and then you’re left with nothing.

If, however, you go to a garage sale this weekend or next (planning ahead!) you could find something for the same or less that your Valentine will love and cherish for a lifetime. They will be able to look at that item anytime in the future and be reminded of this holiday and the thought you put behind your gift.

For all of you romantics out there who think I’m missing the point of Valentine’s Day, I encourage you to really think about my theory. Be different. Be inventive. Be exciting. Isn’t romance supposed to be spontaneous and fun? If your Valentine gets roses every year, you’ve taken all the surprise out of it. Don’t do what millions of people are suckered into just because Hallmark has told you that celebrating with a card and some flowers is the right way to celebrate. So long as you give a gift from your heart, you’ll be giving them a fantastic gift. And if you still can’t get away from your traditional roots, try buying just one rose to go with your creative gift – then you’ll have the best of both worlds!

Here are a couple of ideas to get you started:

Vintage jewelry

Artwork – think something romantic with a love/heart theme

A poem or a photo of you and your Valentine, framed in an antique frame

Antique jewelry box

One last piece of advice: if you’re going for a useful gift, do not give your spouse a crock pot, a vacuum or a cookbook. It doesn’t matter if they would use it or love, it, those gifts do not fall under the veil of romance, and most likely will send you to bed with Fido.

 

Good luck, and happy gifting.

Aaron

To learn more about Aaron LaPedis, visit www.thegaragesalemillionaire.com or contact him at thegaragesalemillionaire@gmail.com.

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Tagsellit.com Launches America’s Largest Online Flea Market Directory

Nationwide directory connects shoppers and vendors with area flea markets.

Denver, CO (PRWEB) November 13, 2012

Flea market enthusiasts searching for their next great purchase will have an easier time finding it with the launch of Tagsellit.com’s online Flea Market Directory. The new Directory is also available for download on the iPhone App Store and in the Android Market.

Tagsellit.com began as a virtual garage sale website in 2008 and has grown into a dynamic hub serving the online second hand marketplace. With the launch of their Flea Market Directory, Tagsellit.com now allows flea market managers and owners to list their flea market details in a nationwide directory, making it easier for shoppers to locate flea market events in their area. Tagsellit.com’s growing Flea Market Directory already lists more than 1,450 flea markets across the country.

“Few online resources provide relevant and updated contact information for people looking to shop at or even become vendors at flea markets,” says Tagsellit.com co-founder and CEO, Jonathon Papsin. He adds, “Having a reliable resource to easily locate flea markets saves people time from having to research flea market events on their own.”

Despite the nation’s slow economic recovery, shopper traffic at flea markets across the country has been on the rise according to many of the market managers and owners who list their event details on Tagsellit.com. Today, it is estimated that there are close to three million flea market vendors across the country with annual sales exceeding $35 billion.

Flea market managers and owners who wish to learn more about listing their market in Tagsellit.com’s Flea Market Directory can do so here.

Quote startDespite the nation’s slow economic recovery, shopper traffic at flea markets across the country has been on the rise according to many of the market managers and owners who list their event details on Tagsellit.com.Quote end

About Tag Sell It
Tag Sell It was launched in 2008 as an alternative to existing online auction and e-classified services. Tag Sell It fosters a resourceful, user-friendly free online marketplace where buyers, sellers and professionals can connect to share their passion for the second hand industry. Through education and mobile technology, Tag Sell It bridges the generation gaps of second hand enthusiasts. Tag Sell It has been seen on NBC News, Yahoo! Finance, US News & World Report, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Denver Post, The LA Times and has also provided industry statistics information for the Discovery Channel’s “What’s America Worth” show hosted by Donald Trump. In 2011, Tag Sell It won the “Best Drupal CMS App Developer Award” for their Flea Markets App.

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Rusty Treasures

Last weekend I had the pleasure of travelling to Hartland, Ohio to the Hartville Marketplace and Flea Market. Together with Hartville Marketplace, we threw a “Rusty Treasures” event, inviting people from the area to bring in any items or collectibles they might want appraised. It was essentially an Antiques Road Show event, but in this case, I was the appraising expert.

Watching everyone come in with their different items, I realized that no matter how much you make or where you come from, there’s a very good chance that you have something in your own home, or even in your parents home, that has an unexpectedly high value.

 

Some of the highlights of my recent trip was seeing a signed, original photo of Orville Wright flying his first plane ever. I also saw an authentic Confederate Officer’s sword, a collection art deco, Warhol-esque paper dresses and a tin toy plane that I estimated to be worth about $2,500. Everyone had their own unique and interesting story of how they came into their item – most of them not paying a dime. Imagine finding out that a vase or statue you’ve had sitting in the corner is actually worth several hundred, or even several thousand dollars. Your reaction would most likely match the one I received most often this weekend: “I can’t believe how much this is worth!”

Experiences like this weekend do nothing but reinforce my mantra to never give up looking in your home, your parent’s home, garage sales or any other great treasure-hunting venue to find that one item that could be worth a great deal of money. If you would like to have a similar event, please feel free to contact me. Whether you have a church, a marketplace, or would like to put on a fun fundraiser, I’d love to help you put on a successful treasure-hunting event.

Good luck and happy hunting!

Aaron

 

To learn more about Aaron LaPedis, visit www.thegaragesalemillionaire.com or contact him at thegaragesalemillionaire@gmail.com.

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Stormville Flea Market 2013 Dates

The Stormville Antiques Show and Flea Market has set it’s 2013 show dates! Stormville Airport Antique Show & Flea Market is located in the historical and scenic Hudson Valley, on a private airport located halfway between Manhattan and Albany, right off the beautiful Taconic State Parkway.

The Stormville Flea Market started in 1970 with two dozen vendors, and today it is known as one of New England’s largest antique shows and flea markets. In fact, many of our vendors have been with us since the beginning. Our success is due to the quality merchandise, reliability and trust built between our buyers and vendors.

Stormville offers seven shows a year starting in April with “Springtime in the Country” show and ending with “Christmas in November” show. Each offers a unique display of goods and services, including a wide variety of concessions offering just about any kind of food you desire.

The Stormville Flea Market attracts over 600 vendors from more than eight states. Because of their success, shoppers travel well over one hundred miles, often by the busload, to pursue the hunt for bargains. With an extraordinary variety of antiques and collectables, as well as a large selection of new merchandise and arts and crafts, there is sure to be something for everyone. Great food!

Bring the family and explore this otherwise quiet Dutchess County town for the treasure hunt of a lifetime.

April – November, 8am-5pm. No Pets.

Free Admission, Free Parking, No Pets

2013 SHOW DATES:

Springtime in the Country – April 28th

May 25 – 26

July 6 – 7

August 31 & September 1

October 12 – 13

Christmas in November – November 2 – 3

View all Flea Markets in New York

Stormville Flea Market Website

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Mile High Flea Market

Just a quick shout-out to our friends at the Mile High Flea Market! We visited on Saturday afternoon and had a blast! Tons of great stuff, one of the largest and cleanest flea markets we’ve been to!

Gotta love this truck!

Can’t wait to visit again soon! If you’re in the Denver area, be sure to visit this Flea Market, it’s awesome! For more details on the Mile High Flea Market, see their Flea Market Directory Listing!

 

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Brooklyn Flea’s Fall Record Fair Adds Top Labels, Collectors and Craft Beer

Warp, Merge, Mexican Summer, Ghostly International join label lineup; Siltbreeze founder Tom Lax and Endless Boogie’s Jesper Eklow, top journos sell from collection; early sales of Grizzly Bear’s “Horn of Plenty” LP reissue, others; Dogfish Head Craft Brewery to serve small-batch “Bitches Brew.”

The Brooklyn Flea’s fifth Record Fair, and second of 2012, takes place Saturday, October 6, inside its Smorgasburg food market. After two highly successful recent fairs, vendors requested the new twice-annual schedule, particularly to accommodate record labels’ release calendars. Surrounded by 100 food vendors, with special guest DJs all day, and now with SmorgasBar selling Brooklyn-made beer, wine, and spirits, the record fair has become one of the most popular market days of the year.

Four top independent labels join the lineup of 32 vendors: Ghostly International, Merge, Mexican Summer, and Warp. Like many labels, Merge is debuting a major fall album before its official release date at the record fair: “Jiaolong” by Daphni (aka Dan Snaith of Caribou). Similarly, Kanine Records will be selling copies of its Grizzly Bear vinyl/LP reissue of “Horn of Plenty” before its January 2013 release; Minimal Wave will have pre-release copies of its latest, Deux’s “Golden Dreams” EP; Ghostly will have pre-release 12″s of HTRK/Tropic of Cancer’s “Part Time Punks Radio Sessions”; and many more.

Special guest collectors include Siltbreeze Records founder Tom Lax, Jesper Eklow of Endless Boogie, a shared booth of music-industry veterans (Kris Chen, Hua Hsu, Piotr Orlov, Joseph Patel), DJ Moosaka (also the Smorgasburg market manager), Robert Schaad (a psych/minimal specialist), Mondo Kim’s, and the Greenpoint vinyl shop Coop 87. (See below for a full list of vendors and specialty items.)

Next month’s event also marks the launch of renowned Delaware craft brewery Dogfish Head’s sponsorship of the record fair. As independent producers, music-lovers and even creators of their own annual record fair in Rehoboth Beach, Dogfish is a perfect partner for the event. In addition to its popular 60 Minute IPA and Punkin Ale, Dogfish will have available its rare seasonal “Bitches Brew,” inspired by the Miles Davis album.

The record fair poster (attached) was again designed by Rotter & Friends. The fall version replaces the spring LP cover art (Brian Eno’s “Another Green World”) with LCD Soundsystem’s self-titled debut album.

Brooklyn Flea Record Fair 
Saturday, October 6, 11am-6pm
Inside Smorgasburg, 27 North 6th St. (btw. Kent Ave. + East River)
FREE

VENDORS
4AD
Amish Records
Captured Tracks
Coop 87 Records
DFA
DJ Moosaka
Domino
Doug Mosurock
Eat Records
Ghostly International
Goodnight Records
Halcyon The Shop
John Allen
Kanine Records
Knitting Factory/Partisan/Young One Records
Matador Records
Matt Radune
Merge Records
Mexican Summer/Software/Kemado
Minimal Wave Records
Mondo Kims
Other Music
Raelian Raecords
Record Grouch
Robert Schaad
Sacred Bones
Secretly Canadian/Dead Oceans/Jajaguwar
Sepiatone Records
Siltbreeze & Friends (feat. Tom Lax and Jesper Eklow)
Treehouse & Friends (feat. Kris Chen, Piotr Orlov, Joesph Patel & Hua Hsu)
True Panther
Unbreakable Records
Warp Records
XL Recordings

SPECIALTY ITEMS
LABELS

Merge Records:  Merge Records slipmat debut, and early sales of  Daphni – JIAOLONG ( release date is October 16th)!

Warp Records:  Out of print Warp lps, limited edition Warp tee shirt, & :Limited Edition Brian Eno Small Craft on a Milk Sea box (full description here - http://brian-eno.net/small-craft-on-a-milk-sea/)

Minimal Wave Records: early sales of Deux – Golden Dreams EP, Sympathy Nervous – Plastic Love LP, Ohama – The Potato Farm Tapes LP, and Das Ding – H.S.T.A. LP (repress)- All not released until October 9th!

Kanine Records: Grizzly Bear Horn Of Plenty LP vinyl reissue (not out until January!), Beach Day Walking The Streets 7″ new single on colored vinyl (limited to 300 copies), Bleeding Rainbow  7″ singles series all on colored vinyl (limited to 300 copies), and new tee shirts from Kanine Records, Eternal Summers, Bleeding Rainbow, Beach Day.

Ghostly International: early sales of HTRK / Tropic of Cancer Part Time Punks Radio Sessions 12″ Out officially October 30th!

Captured Tracks:  Limited Edition Soft Metals LP – only 15 copies remaining!

Knitting Factory Records: Fela Kuti – The Complete Works Box Set, Fela Kuti – Vinyl Box Set 2 Curated by Ginger Baker

Amish Records: Limited edition Required Wreckers series including releases from Son of Earth, Ensemble Economique, Ben Vida/Keith Fullerton Whitman, Mike Shiflet/Pete Swanson, and Gregg Kowalsky with Jozef Van Wissem

COLLECTORS/SHOPS

Siltbreeze & Friends, Feat. Tom Lax (Siltbreeze) & Jesper Eklow (Endless Boogie): DIY, KBD, NDW, RIO, Acid Archives, Post Punk, Jazz, Folk, Psych. Maybe even some Chain Gang.

Robert Schaad, Collector : early electronic/synth, soundtrack, psych, minimal wave-ish, prog and more.

Matt Radune, DJ: 3 decades of 12″ DJ records and  Technics 1200s and/or other turntables for sale

Coop 87 Records: extreme markdown/blowout sale on used LPs and 12″s

Treehouse & Friends Feat. Kris Chen (XL Recordings),  Piotr Orlov, Joseph Patel, Hua Hsu: soul, 90s rap, dance singles, Iron Maiden 12”s, Musica Populera Brasileira, soul and funk 45s.

Sepiatone Records: 1950s-70s rock, new wave, alternative, goth, industrial, jazz,  soundtracks and country

Record Grouch:  low and high end punk, prog, psych, experimental, and even some Dad Rock, to fill those gaps in your collection.

Doug Mosurock, Collector: Rock, psych, jazz, experimental, indie, punk, soul, dance music, compilations and more. 7″s and LPs/12″s, maybe even cassettes. Lots of it, too, from cheapies to collectibles.

Mondo Kim’s: used, out of print, 45″s, LPs and DVDs and some recent Psych and International LP reissues and lots of dub 45″s and LPs.

 

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A Moveable Flea Market Feast at Barneys New York

 BARNEYS NEW YORK: THE PARIS FLEA MARKET RECREATED AT MANHATTAN FLAGSHIP‏

Unless you’ve been living in a cave lately, you know the fleas are trending not just for the vintage style but because they’re affordable. Today September 18, 2012, it’s official. According to this article in today’s Architectural Digest [REPRINTED FROM Text by Elizabeth Stamp | Photography by Tom Sibley the flea market style trend of vintage has officially moved from “The Shops at Target” on Main Street to Barney’s on Fashion Avenue. It bears reprinting because, in a sense, when Fashion Avenue references you, you have arrived.

What worries me, is that one, as soon as a cultural trend becomes legitimized by the commercial retail establishment, the charm and sub culture of them begins to fade (because our culture has the attention of a gnat). Secondly, Americans somehow think that if they see the Barney’s display, they’ve fulfilled their cultural experience in much the same way they will tell you they’ve “seen” Europe in Las Vegas. Not.

Read for yourself in the excerpt below and share your comments!

The Marché aux Puces St. Ouen de Clignancourt—the legendary flea market in Paris’s 18th arrondissement—has long attracted a fashionable set, with Coco Chanel and Christian Dior its frequent browsers in their day. Stateside flea fanatics can get their fix thanks to Barneys New York. The Chelsea Passage on the flagship’s ninth floor is currently host to “Marché aux Puces,” a special installation featuring incredible finds from the City of Light’s best-known treasure trove that is designed to recreate the experience of shopping there—without the airfare or shipping fees.

The shop is based on the stalls at Marché Paul Bert, a section of les puces that specializes in antiques and home furnishings. Dark gray canvas and sisal floors frame a wide array of items culled from numerous trips to the French capital over the past year.

“For an individual, to buy at the flea market in Paris is not easy,” says Barneys New York creative director Dennis Freedman. “It’s one thing to buy something, it’s another to arrange a shipment to America, deal with customs, and go from the port to your apartment. I’ve done that for the last ten years, and I know what’s involved. We’re eliminating all of that.” And to that we say merci beaucoup.

The eclectic assortment includes furniture, art, and one-of-a-kind decorative objects. A red 1970s Maison Barbier lamp mingles with two stone mile markers (used when the Romans were settling in Gaul), a plaster frieze, and sputnik-style light fixtures. “It’s a very big range of objects,” says Freedman, “from the 20th to the 19th century, Napoleon III pieces, big pieces, small pieces.”

Items will be added regularly through mid-November, and just like any flea market, great finds won’t last. There is one person, though, whom shoppers don’t need to worry about competing with. “I’ll be honest,” admits Freedman, “there were a number of things that I wanted to buy for myself and had to be told I couldn’t.”

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Back to Basics: More Than a Flea Market


Some would say the resurgence and popularity of flea market shopping may be rooted – for Americans at least – in the Great Recession because of the reasonable prices. A lot of people are realizing that they’re a small business owners dream; little investment capital required to sell new or second hand goods to massive consumer audience.

If the Recession hit American’s in the wallet where they hear best, it is without joy that some also predicted a similar fate for climate change: no question about their importance of either, problem was, how could leaders change the American mindset of consumption, waste, and the negative effect on the planet? Until now, even in these tough times there seemed to be little reason for belt tightening, much less going green. It was as if the air we breathe seemed inconsequential until “sustainability” was born and the hook for the fleas? Vintage. Followed less it’s even less sexy counterparts: frugal and green.

According to cultural anthropologists the real message in vintage is nostalgia. Not a hard sell. But frugal and green are another story because they are at odds with the American character culturally. Americans are at odds with frugal. They are comfortable with debt and risk which can be short term assets for entrepreneurs, but long term drawbacks for sustained economic health. And as for green, this runs counter to a “disposable culture”. Eventually, many of us have had our come to Jesus moment, and acquiesced to the realities of our low bank accounts and polluted planet whether we like it or not.

Still, around the world for thousands of years, people still regard the fleas and open air markets as a permanent fixture for the daily getting and spending; no gimmicks required. No marketing, no hooks. From Souk to bazaar; emporium to exposition with every fair, plaza, rialto, and shopping mall in between, this is simply how the rest of the world shops. Sure, the fleas have been around for a couple of centuries in the U.S., but it’s hard not to notice that they’re legit with reality shows like American Pickers, Junk Gypsies, Cash and Cari, and Market Warriors; books like I Brake For Yard Sales; magazines like Vintage Style and Flea Market Style; not to mention a useful Flea Market apps, most notably by TagSellIt.com.

If you can list more, post your replies below and the best list wins a FREE sample of Old World Living Milk Paint!

Yes, fleas are popular but some say they’re also the last bastion of opportunity available for free enterprise we have because the banks aren’t lending to small business owners. Nowhere will an entrepreneur find a more receptive environment to do business than at fleas (LaFarge, 1998). No long term commitments. No capital required. Even the humblest entrepreneur can rent space for as little as $10 to set up shop and sell for profit.

The fleas, as we experience them now in the United States, are about getting back to basics but they’re also a valuable glimpse into how much of the world still shops on “market days”. Just maybe, as we see American flea markets taking a more prominent (respected?) place in retail, we can also take advantage of a tremendous hidden benefit: experiencing how the rest of the world shops; openly, socially, unpredictably and joyfully.

Whether it’s the ancient Greek agora, which was (and still is) a central gathering place; the Forum in ancient Rome, or les puces in France, it still means the “shops” or “market day”. With more than 5,000 flea markets and counting in the States, a million vendors and a hundred million shoppers, looks like we’ve taken one step toward getting back to basics and one giant leap to better living.

Lisa La Valle-Finan is the owner of Old World Living Designs, a home furnishings company that captures the essence of European style on a flea market budget. Known playfully as the original “flea market fanatic” she decorates using “original, vintage, and found pieces’. The host of affordable flea market shopping trips to Europe throughout the year, she not only guides her clients through the fleas but shares her knowledge about local culture at the same time with a handy background in cultural anthropology. You can purchase all of her items for your home at her Etsy shop at http://www.etsy.com/shop/CREATiVECONVERZeNS. and now at Born Again Vintage in Montclair, NJ. To learn more email her directly at LLFinan@live.com.