Flea the People

“Regret is an inevitable part of the 127. Should’ve bought that T. rex cookie jar, that ironstone pitcher, that surfboard, that sleigh. These laments often surface on the 127’s Facebook page, along with images of prized finds. The other day, one of the group’s eighty thousand members posed a question to a man who’d posted video of freshly acquired Depression-era glassware in a garage that was already full of it: ‘What do you do with your newfound loot? Resell it?’ The man replied, ‘I just collect. My kids are nervous about my dying.’ Another shopper’s tableau included retro yard furniture, a metal ice-cream bucket, corroded playground animals, a shamrock sign, a butter roller, a Hoosier cabinet, and, literally, a kitchen sink. She captioned the photo ‘Spending my kids’ inheritance one junk sale at a time.'” The World’s Longest Yard Sale runs for six hundred and ninety miles. It gives new meaning to shop til you drop. Paige Williams in The New Yorker: Land of the Flea.