Par Clemence Country
Published on 16 Sep 23 at 9:16 p.m. See my news Follow News Rennes In Rennes, Emma hunts, repairs and sells many objects. (©Clémence Pays / news Rennes)
At 89, “almost 90!” “, Emma the sellout in the skin. Sunday September 17, 2023, she will get up at 5:30 a.m. to set up her stand in the Saint-Martin district of Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine), for the famous garage sale.
” It must be ma 45e braderie Saint-Martin as an exponent. At first, I went there, but as a customer,” smiles Emma.
Several days of preparation
Friday September 15, news Rennes met her. In his apartment, the octogenarian bricks, sorts, arranges and classifies his numerous collections.
“I have dolls, tablecloths, pocket watches…” Emma lists, in her living room that looks like a cave of Ali Baba.
In a display case, Emma stores her collection of rice powders. (©Clémence Pays / news Rennes)
One of the rooms in his home is also teeming with his treasures : “Old rice powders, old magazines or atlases and comics”. In the next room, there are lamps, a few frames…
The hostess also takes us to her cellar. “Well, it’s a little empty because I started loading my car. »
In her car, Emma loads everything she wants to sell at the Saint-Martin flea market. (©Clémence Pays / news Rennes)
A vehicle that is actually already quite full, with his table and chair to rest during the day.
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A passion for many years
Emma caught the virus a long time ago. “My mother loved antiques, old things”, a taste for beauty “and noble materials” in which she has always been cradled.
Growing up, Emma enjoys using her hands and learns various manual labor with his parents. “It stuck with me. »
But it was in retirement, after a career in the hospital environment, that Emma discovered the auction rooms. “I really liked the atmosphere, with my father-in-law. Then I collected the items. And the clearance sales appeared. »
Babies will take place on Emma’s stand during the Saint-Martin clearance sale. (©Clémence Pays / news Rennes)
At first, she goes there to walk around and start buying things that sometimes he doesn’t necessarily like. “But I told myself that I would resell them and that’s how it started,” says the collector.
Little by little, we equip ourselves with a table, a parasol, things that are essential to us.
Emma
This passion takes her to Saint-Malo, to Nantes, to Saint-Brieuc, with a friend of her daughter “who drove me because he had a big car and liked that too”.
At the age of sixty, Emma occupies every Sunday, “if not the week”, for sale and bargain hunting.
La Rennaise also participated in the organization of the Franco-British fire sale, in Saint-Cyr. An activity on hold since Covid.
New practices and some flights…
Over the course of these forty years, Emma has seen practices evolve.
In the auction rooms, in the past, it was the show. Now, “it’s a lot on screen, with online sales.”
At 89 years old, Emma goes to garage sales and never gets tired of them. (©Clémence Pays / news Rennes)
At garage sales, regulations have appeared.
“Before, we arrived a little later, the first ones there could choose the best location. It was cooler. Now you have to register.”
Emma also regrets the flights on the stands. “Especially the silverware, we have to tie them up. I had a Playmobil stolen too, last Sunday,” she notes.
A little notoriety
But whatever, the atmosphere remains good.
“Even if I do the clearance sale alone, it doesn’t bother me, because I spend my day talking with people,” appreciates the retiree.
People often say to me: ‘Oh, but you were at the clearance sale last weekend.’ People recognize me a little. We find the same people from one Sunday to the next. We met.
Emma
Sometimes bargain hunters come to Emma to look for a specific item. And when she doesn’t have it on her stand, she brings it back to the next sale.
Even people in the neighborhood consult it to get their opinion on the value of an object.
Clearance sales, but not only that
Although her passion is time-consuming, Emma nevertheless finds the time to other hobbies. She does the gym, restores armchairs, frames, lampshades.
Emma also collects old books and magazines. (©Clémence Pays / news Rennes)
And what else ? ” I did a carpentry course too,” lists the Rennaise.
In short, a busy retirement, not to mention that Emma is also mom and grandmother!
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2023-09-16 23:01:33
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