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The Paris Flea Market

Prestel Publishing, 2024
ISBN 9783791379739
Hardcover
21 x 27 cm
256 pages avec 250 illustrations

A wild and sprawling city within a city, the Puces de Paris, Saint-Ouen flea market is the most epic antiques, collectibles and curiosities market in the world. 

For more than a century It has been a mecca for art, craft and design lovers, dealers, collectors, and the simply curious. This book draws back the curtain on this legendary place by presenting a fascinating promenade through the market’s alleyways, providing, faster and with more fun than Google, thrilling immersion in the history of the decorative arts, the future of design trends, and the special life and community of place. A journey of endless connections.

Photography by Toby Glanville
Design by Rik Bas Backer, Change is Good

Also published in a German-language edition :
‘Der Flohmarkt von Paris: Les Puces de Saint-Ouen’

“A celebration of the culture, history and oddball treasures of the market”
The New York Times

“Author Kate van den Boogert brings its infinite treasures evocatively to life, profiling its most venerated dealers and devoted trinket-hunters.”
Financial Times