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" Educate yourself:  &amp;quot;Vintage&amp;quot; is abroad term, so shop around to get a sense of what you like and the range of prices. (My fave: Victorian mourning jewelry, in which a widow sealed a lock of her dead husband&amp;#039;s hair. It&amp;#039;s all about history, emotion, and character.) Timing counts:  Get to flea markets first thing in the morning, right when the door opens. You&amp;#039;ll see huddles formed around the best booths. Those dealers will be sold out in two hours and gone by 11:30! What dealers will kill me for telling you:  They have two prices: one for retail, one for the trade. So don&amp;#039;t ask too many questions. If you see a piece you want, say in a business like tone, &amp;quot;What&amp;#039;s the dealers&amp;#039; price? I&amp;#039;ll pay cash.&amp;quot; Cash will get you a nice discount, and it&amp;#039;s unlikely you&amp;#039;ll be asked to prove you&amp;#039;re in the industry.  Mackenzie Brown "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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