By Micah Clark | Observer Contributor
Source: http://riettafleamarket.com/vendor-information/
On April 2nd, Rietta Ranch opened for the year after its winter break; this large and popular flea market has a large assortment of vendors attracting shoppers from all around. Located at 183 Gardner road along route 68 in Hubbardston, this flea market is one of the largest in the North East.
As a flea market, it is like an organized mass garage sale, which accounts for variety and maybe rarity of the things you can find. You really don’t know what you might find because anybody can rent a table and sell old stuff like at a garage sale. Many tables sell things that are decades old, and seeing these vintage items can give you a little look into the past, and can be a nostalgia trip if it’s something from your own history. You may find tables that have an assortment of comic books from the 70s that you can purchase for fifty cents each.
In addition, you can find video game cartridges and controllers for old generation video game systems. If you like antiques or stuff that is vintage, it’s the perfect place if you ever wanted to find artifacts from the 80s, like old toys, or VHS tapes from the 90s. How about old records or maybe even laserdiscs? You can find playing cards and vinyl record. Rare coins are sold by other vendors, and so on. You can even sell stuff yourself if you rent a table.
Flea markets are not just for people selling old used items. All sorts of cheap goods in large quantities are sold, in case you need clothes hangers or deodorant, etc. Maybe a military surplus merchant has set up shop and you can see camouflage jackets and bullet proof plate carriers. One person might be selling stones and crystals for making necklaces, and another sells BB guns. Candy, towels, brushes all are available, and one person has entire rows of plastic bins full of miscellaneous supplies.
Rietta Ranch is partly like a farmer’s market; you can find lots of fruits and vegetable produce, but also all sorts of small business products. There is honey, and another person may be selling candles. Inside the large vendors building is a lady who sells homemade incense sticks with a variety of scents. Another person in the building sells baked goods, like lemon bars and marshmallow covered brownies.
A morning spent at Rietta is an enjoyable experience of looking over various oddities, bargains, and the occasional gem find. If you love garage sales, then you will love Rietta Ranch.
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