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A Flea Market Documentary

Who Bought What? (while shooting A Flea Market Documentary)

Rick Sebak, the producer, purchased:
- a small Mission-style table in Tennessee
- several wind-up robots at the Swap Shop in Fort Lauderdale
- a small plastic moose head at the Meadows near Pittsburgh
- a Dale Earnhart Coke bottle (a gift) at Canton, Texas
- a copy of the Last Supper mounted on a slice of a tree (for his collection of Last Suppers) at the 26th Street Flea Market in Manhattan

Minette Seate, the associate producer, bought:
- an Aunt Jemima cookie jar in Tennessee
- Summer dresses and an African mask at the Swap Shop in Fort Lauderdale
- a full sheet of uncut Wacky Packages stickers (from the 1970s) at Manhattan's 26th Street Flea
- another cookie jar at the Eastern Market in Washington, DC
- a cow skull (with horns!) at Canton, Texas

Buck Brinson, the director of photography, couldn't pass up:
- a Hawaiian shirt at the Rose Bowl
- a little African mask at Washington D.C.'s Eastern Market
- a little African mask at Canton, Texas
- African beads at Canton, Texas
- And more African beads at New York's 26th Street Flea Market

Bob Lubomski, the sound man (who bought gifts for his wife), found:
- Cowboy place mats at Canton, Texas
- Pork rinds at the side of the road in Tennessee
- Nautical oil-and-vinegar bottles (flat on one side) in Kentucky
- Scrimshaw (imitation whale's tooth) in Texas
- A book, Sneaky People by Thomas Berger, at DC's Eastern Market
- An angel-shaped wall hook (for his mom) at 26th Street in NYC
- Little brass lamp (no genie) at Canton, Texas

Joe Abeln, the oldest working grip in Pittsburgh, snagged:
- A bobble-head dog at San Jose Flea Market
- Half dozen pairs of socks (now shrunken) at San Jose


 

 

 

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