Flat Rock Speedway
It was pretty dreary on Sunday, but Zach suggested we go to the Flat Rock Speedway, where they were having a flea market. I’m glad we did because it turned out to be lots of fun!
I just looked at the large version of this photo on my computer and there is a giant Confederate flag dead center. UGH. I will assume it was a person selling only authentic Civil War memorabilia. (It wasn’t.)
Man, what I wouldn’t give to drive one of those buses around the track. They were all smashed up and looked like they had several different rounds of fire damage. I’d still totally drive one though. And crash it.
Here are my boys. Aren’t they cute? I gave Everett a tootsie roll pop to keep him busy. He sat in silence and ate it for about 2 hours. Shoutout to tootsie roll pops.
Look! It’s another one of those ICP dolls! On what planet was someone like, “we should totally paint the doll like this.” It’s awful. No one will buy that doll.
There were a ton of these jail mugshots in a ziplock bag. I wanted all of them. They were so amazing. Most of the crimes were gambling and larceny related. The guy selling these though wanted $4 EACH. No way. I wanted the whole bag for $10. No deal.
I also liked this old “flicker” watch. It was similar to a hologram. The baseball player would swing his bat when you turned your wrist. The guy selling it said it was from the 50s but it looks more 60s or 70s to me. He wanted $95 for it. That was out of my range but still very cool to try it on.
Speaking of holograms, how do you say “hologram?” Zach says HOE-LOW-GRAM to which I promptly called him an idiot. I say HA-LAH-GRAM.
Here is a hotdog I ate. It was good as hell.
I only bought three things but they were all great. This whole flea market had treasures I had not seen before, and everything was priced pretty reasonably.
I got these Gurley Halloween candles still in the box. They are on eBay now, but I fantasized about keeping them. They are seriously the cutest. I paid $10.
I also got this Halloween blow mold. It is also cute. It was $5.
My largest purchase was this gigantic lot of old Sesame Street toys from the 80s and 90s. Sarah will 100% murder me for not giving these to her. I paid $15 and put them on eBay Buy It Now for $50. They sold instantly, which is a blessing and a curse. It is nice to make a profit, but the fact that they sold instantly makes me think I should have listed them for higher.
Zach bought an old railroad poster that was framed. It was really neat until he realized it was just a photocopy of an old railroad poster. The aging on the edges and the slight tears were not real when you looked close, just a copy! He returned it after we raised a stink.
Zach also bought an amazing old watch here, but only after we went home first. It was pricey, marked $395. I could tell it was weighing on Zach’s mind and that he loved it so much. When we got home, he texted with a watch friend in New York, who valued it around $1200. A similar one on eBay recently sold for $980. Zach raced back to buy the watch.
He ended up getting it for $300 which is a great deal. This watch is a chronograph, which is way more collectible than your average vintage watch. The brand is Vulcain and it is from the 60s. The dial style is called a “surfboard.” I think he will probably wear it awhile and then eventually sell it.
That’s all from Flat Rock!
-Erin