Brocante

Yesterday morning we visited the brocante market in Tongeren...

Hey! some Mainzelmännchen

We really liked the vintage battered orange Renault nervasport car from 1938

but despite the new wheels it was still way too expensive.

 One of the antique shops along the route we visit regularly...

Find some of our earlier visits to Tongeren market here, here, here and here.

Treasures from Crisnée

Yesterday we went to a brocante market in Crisnée,

I saw something I liked so I asked: C'est combien? (French for: How much is this?)

The seller in Dutch: Dat! Dat is de tand van een beer! (English: It's a bears tooth)
(we continued our conversation in Dutch, just read my free translation underneath)

Me: That's no bears tooth! It's a bone, just take a look at the structure inside.

The seller: Yes, yes it's a bone... it's a dinosaur bone!!!

Me: That's no dinosaur bone! And I wasn't asking you what it was (smile),

I just want to know your price...

A smiling seller: 1 euro?

 I also found a small torch with a bullseye (aka walleye, dome) lens
and a torpedo style (aka Hamilton's, bomb, egg) soda bottle for a couple of euros.

We already had a simular torch and bottle...

This might be the beginning of a new collection... (big smile)

International Worker's Day

Being Labour Day today, we went to a brocante market in Crisnée.

We're always hoping to find a treasure in the amazing piles of junk.

Addicts

Regurlarly we go to Tongeren brocante market.

It's kind of addictive :)

Brocante

Then I hit the jackpot.......  a yakpot :)
It's a wooden jar (10 cm) to store yak butter. Originally from Nepal or Tibet.

The smell inside is horrendous but it's such a beautiful object.

I'll have to think of a way to clean the inside without ruining the outside.

Junk

Last sunday we went to a junk sale. 

I found this wooden 7-up soda crate.

Just according to my colour scheme :-)