Best finds at the Flea Market?

[CockeyedOptimist2]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 12:30pm

I did the early shift, so stop by later and let us know what were your best finds today! I was in the market for a few windowcards to decorate my new apartment. I got Curtains for $10, Finian's Rainbow for $1, Drowsy Chaperone signed by OBC and playbill signed by OBC for $30 together, Little Shop Original Off-Broadway windowcard for $10, and A Chorus Line Revival Windowcard for $2. I was looking at paying at least $20 for each online, so they were great finds for me!

Happy hunting to all those braving the crowds this afternoon!

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 12:40pm

I actually have two friends there. Neither have a specific list of wants, but were told "If it's something you think I need, or screams me, get it."

So...we'll see.

[RyToast1]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 1:02pm

I got original cast Playbills from Little Shop of Horrors at the Orpheum, The Rink, Chicago, A Chorus Line, Anything Goes (with Patti).

[#1Elphie]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 1:15pm

I got drumsticks used in "American Idiot," prop letters from "A Little Night Music," a bag from "Boeing Boeing" (filled with some little stuff like keychains), a few show magnets, a signed playbill from "Crimes of the Heart," window cards from "Hair" and "The Beauty Queen of Leenane," a drawing by Adam Chanler Berat, and a few other little things.
Updated On: 9/26/10 at 01:15 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 1:24pm

So far I've been twice. I went back so I could get a pic with me, my dog and Cheno which turned out fantastic. I'll go back at least twice more today (luckily I live right down the street) but so far I've gotten

LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC opening night engraved champagne glasses $25
Promo DVD's for PIRATE QUEEN & Jude Law's Hamlet $1 each
18 Cast Recordings that I bargained down to $2-$3 each
2 Cheno CD's at $3 each
Unpublished scripts for TIME STANDS STILL & RED $4 each
WIT script $2
Photo with Cheno + got her book signed and my OBC Wicked window card signed - $50
Photo with me, my dog and Jerry Mitchell - $5
RENT OBC windowcard - $5
A STEADY RAIN windowcard - $5

I'm sure I'll be bringing home much more as the day goes on.

[Anakela]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 1:41pm

Home dropping off stuff. The morning purchases were $49 total:

free NYMF tote bag, Les Mis magnet, Phantom magnet, Les Mis button

$1 "I don't know what this is, but for $1 you can have it" (it was a pink bag with a purple glitter pen and Delta Nu keychain inside)

$2 Spelling Bee Second Stage Playbil (for a friend, being reimbursed)

$3 Ragtime program with free Behanding in Spokane script

$3 macaroons from Broadway in South Africa booth (delicious!!!)

$5 total for three windowcards: Godspell, 110 in the Shade and Beauty and the Beast

$5 pik a tik booth (no winners)

$5 for 22 Playbills: Equus (Anthony Perkins), Wicked (opening night), Wicked (5th Anniversary), Sweet Charity (Debbie Allen), The Capeman (Marquis), Caroline, or Change (x2: Public Theatre, Eugene O'Neill), Ragtime (Ford Center for the Performing Arts), You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Reefer Madness, In the Heights (off Broadway, with a Nina LaFarga as Nina u/s slip in it), and a few others...

$10 spinning wheel booth: Hamlet (Jude Law) windowcard, broadwaybox.com backpack, 13 tshirt, Disney stickers, Spamalot lipgloss

$15 Ragtime hoodie with free Ragtime keychain

[jv92]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 3:10pm

I can't say I got anything particularly rare or super unique, but I got:
- a promotional CD for the Ragtime Revival for $2
- a Hal Prince Show Boat program and Barbara Cook "Count Your Blessings" Christmas CD combined for $10 from ATW
- 2 Tony Award Playbills: 2008 (Gypsy, South Pacific, In the Heights, etc.) and 1988 (Phantom, Into the Woods, Patti in Anything Goes, etc.) $3 each, so $6
- Finian's Rainbow program for $5
- Ragtime revival program for $5
- LuPone Gypsy Tony Voters program (Souvenir Program w/ press quotes foldout) for $3
- Signed "Glinda" picture from Erin Mackey at the Wicked booth for $20 (I thought it was $20 to meet all 3 actors, not $20 each. I thought, What a deal! and lined up. My mistake. But oh well. It was nice talking to a great young up and coming star.)
- Little Night Music "Glamorous Life" note ("Darling, I miss you a lot, but darling this has to be short...", etc.) for $2.

I happen to hate crowds, so this was a big thing for me going. Enjoyed myself very much and got a few good items. I wanted a costume sketch, but they were all a bit out of my price range. Still, a nice hour and a half for a good cause!
Updated On: 9/26/10 at 03:10 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 3:10pm

It's starting to rain. Uh oh

[jv92]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 3:11pm

Oh no! Well, it was fairly nice when I was there. Good luck to those who are still there!
May I add, kudos to Bernadette Peters for donating so many signed items at the Little Night Music table! I already have a nice signed picture, so I didn't buy any, but it was very nice of her. Updated On: 9/26/10 at 03:11 PM

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 3:28pm

I've said for a few years that the Flea Market is getting too big for its britches. At 1:30 when one couldn't get down 44th Street, I hightailed it out.

I did manage to pick up a bunch of things I was (and a lot more that I wasn't) looking for:

Free - Uncorrected proof of A Behanding in Spokane and a Hairspray highlights DVD
$1 - A pack of 5 programs: Memphis, Lend Me a Tenor, A View from the Bridge, Fela and Patti LuPone at Lincoln Center and a Behanding in Spokane script.
$2 - Lend Me a Tenor/Stanley Tucci Opening Night poster.
$2 - Mary Stuart script
$3 - Framed prop newspaper signed by John Lithgow, Kelli O'Hara, Brian d'Arcy James and the rest of the SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS cast.
$3 - The Simpsons Move on DVD
$5 - Next Fall script
$10 - Fela and The Color Purple scripts
$40 - Large pack of storyboards and character model drawings from The Simpsons.

[jv92]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 3:31pm

If I could make a suggestion, and perhaps Yankeefan will agree with me, since much of the theatre district's most famous theatres (Imperial, Music Box, Booth, etc.) are on 45th street as well, why not extend the flea market to 45th street? It'd be roomier and would still "celebrate" the great New York theatre district.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 3:32pm

Afraid of melting in the rain Dolly?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 3:35pm

I looked and looked and looked for a NEXT FALL script! If anyone has one they'd be willing to sell PLEASE send me a PM.
THANKS!!

[jv92]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 3:38pm

Listening to the Ragtime revival's promo CD now. The first track is mostly Stephen Flaherty at the piano playing the title number. As a fan of piano playing and Broadway composers playing their own stuff, it's a great thrill. So one good purchase this afternoon! How's everyone else doing?

[#1Elphie]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 3:43pm

I was planning on heading back down there to see what's left and to see if prices have dropped. Do you think it's worthwhile to make another trip? Is the rain forcing any tables to close?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 3:45pm

Just picked up

An original WEST SIDE STORY script from 1957 - $5 (!!!)
SEAFARER & YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING scripts - $8
Signed Chita WEST SIDE STORY photo - $5
GLASS MENAGERIE ('05) opening night gift - $7
MIRACLE WORKER opening night gift - $7
Bernadette Peters concert DVD - $25

[jv92]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 3:47pm

Oh my God Jordan! What a find! Is it rehearsal script or a Random House-published copy of the libretto? Either way, it's a find!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 3:52pm

Yeah thata what i was looking for.

[doubleentendre]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 4:46pm

I came away with Marin Mazzie's Ragtime show jacket. I don't really know WHY I bought it, it was just sitting there like a shining beacon in front of me at the Bares table, so I snatched it up. It's signed on the inside and her monogram is on an internal pocket.

Now I just have to figure out wtf to do with it.

[mattyp4]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 4:53pm

Where was the signed Drowsy poster & Playbill? I have a CD signed by the cast but a Playbill would have been nice!

I got a signed American Idiot Playbill from their table for $10, which was a great deal considering the BC/EFA table was selling them for $75.

I also got a signed 9 to 5 Playbill for $40 from the La Cage table.

Picked up a DVD of the Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road BC/EFA tribute concert for $10 from the Broadway Beat table. I was happy to see that since it was selling for $30 last year.

I also bought a window card frame for $25 from Triton Gallery. I was hoping to get two but I didn't want to drop $50. (Plus I really don't have the wall space!) I thought I remember people telling me they'd be cheaper. Maybe towards the end of the day? I just wasn't able to come back towards the end so I just grabbed the one for $25. (Now since I'm a sadist, someone tell me they dropped the prices way low at the end of the day!)

I wanted to get a signed La Cage window card, but I couldn't part with the $100.

And I really wanted to get my boyfriend one of those glitterly Liza's At The Palace shirts for $7, but they had no more smalls left.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 5:20pm

Heading back for my last round of the day. Hoping some of the things I want are cheaper now.

[dragonlp86]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 5:43pm

I saw that they had a signed 'Next to Normal' poster and program. UGH, I want those so bad (and a music box, but anyway)

[RyToast1]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 5:49pm

I'm going to stop back down a little after 6. It says it goes til 7, is this the case, or is it dead at that point?

[wdwfreak]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 5:53pm

This is some of what I got:
- A Little Night Music program with CZJ & Lansbury- $2
- signed Mary Poppins photo by Ashley Brown- $1
- signed prop from Mary Poppins signed by Brown & Lee- $1
- signed bell by Gavin Lee- $1
-International Thespian Society- $1 for a fill a bag with anything (I grabbed so much from there.)
- Lend Me A Tenor Opening Night poster- $1
- signed broken music box from Next to Normal signed by Marin Mazzie and Kyle Dean Massey- $25
- Little Mermaid opening night re-usable bag- $5
- Irena's Vow ticket price sign- $5
- Irena's Vow opening night paperweight- $2

There is so much more, just don't feel like listing it all.

[rmusic11322]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 5:54pm

4 Playbills for $1: colored Fela with ticket stub, colored American Idiot with ticket stub, Company (Esparza), New World Stages Avenue Q with understudy slips.

My dad won "A Life In The Theatre" tickets at the TDF booth and got a CD sampler.

$3: Hairspray workshop highlights CD and Ragtime revival program

$1: High Fidelity CD sampler

$5: Andy Karl's Oz Blog soundtrack

3 Playbills for $1: Enron with u/s slip, Fela! at 37 Arts, Vanities at Second Stage