Eline is carrying a blue lamppost that she is about to load in the trunk of her car. Delighted with his find. “I work in events, I live in the Thionville area but I often come to the flea market in Metz, because I find it more interesting than in my area. “The young woman usually gets up very early to hunt there at 6.30 am” We do better business at dawn. “
This Saturday morning in the Metz-Expo car park, second-hand professionals and individuals are at the rendezvous. Michel Coqué, general manager of Metz-Events, cannot believe it. “For maybe twenty years we have never had so many reservations. »It has 260 registrations instead of 140 on average. A record that the bad weather did not blunt, since only “ten were not there”, specifies Michel Coqué.
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Friendliness
Must say that they are equipped. Tents, parasols… It’s not the rain that deters regulars. Especially after seven months of absence due to a pandemic. Thierry Le Coeguen comes from Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises: “In twenty years, I must have missed a deal once for my daughter’s wedding! Today, he appreciates. People are there. No wonder for the second-hand dealer: “We went through a social break of seven months. Beyond the financial loss, we haven’t seen anyone as we are used to seeing people. We couldn’t move, or get stuff, everything was closed. We couldn’t move. We took the opportunity to restore at the house. “
Pascal traveled from the Ardennes. He sells some beautiful, very original pieces. He too has been coming for years, because he considers Metz to be a beautiful market. He finds friends, reappropriates the conviviality put on hold during the health crisis. “Now it takes time for people to get back into the bath. Rediscover the automatisms of life. “
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Originality
This first flea market of the year 2021 (they had been suspended in October 2020, Editor’s note) takes place outside. Despite the ambient humidity, the walk along the alleys is pleasant. The products are there, of high quality, sometimes very original. Celebi carries a bench above her head, her companion Sandrine a glass floor lamp. “We just renovated a house, we wanted original things that we don’t find in everyone. Here you can find the old that is even more modern than the modern, ”he smiles.
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