Tri-State Flea Market

This is a family owned (four generations) business which has been in the same location over 25 years. Before they took over this building it was a Big K department store. At any given time a member of the family will greet you as you enter the door.
This part flea market part antique mall can be a bit more of a pain in the butt to navigate than it’s worth. The antiques are generally out in the open to be gotten to easily or inside glass cases. The flea market aspect is more scattered, piled, dumped, clumped and spattered throughout the aisles.
The severely neglected and leaking roof turns a casual day of strolling and picking into a day of bobbing and weaving to avoid leaks and pots or other catch basins strewn throughout the walking areas. The last time I visited I wasn’t aware the roof was so bad. I walked out into an aisle and felt as if I had been shot with a BB gun. The water drop that had hit me was so big and cold it stung my chest when it landed.
There is just about anything a collector could want such as costume jewelry, small caliber ammunition, tons of glass, very old work tools, clothing, toys and vinyl records. The records area is rather misleading as most of the selection is album covers only, no records.
A majority of the items are overpriced but do have lots of discounted prices with marks through the prices and 50−90% off scrawled across the tags. It is very difficult for a true ‘dickerer’ to fight for lower prices or try for a ‘throw something else in to sweeten the deal’ because most of the vendors are not onsite during the week. You are just to take the item to the people up front and pay tag prices.
To Each Their Own.