Sacramento Antique Faire — Local services in Sacramento

Been going to this faire for the past 15 or so years. I don't know if it's the new location or the fact this was a 3rd weekend but I wasn't impressed with the selection of vendors today. Leaning more towards a swap meet/craft faire than an antique faire - several vendors were selling pumpkins made out of old propane bottles, there was a booth with life sized santas and elves. And a lot of just plain old junk.

The true antique vendors wanted an arm and a leg for some of their items - $175 for 2 old fishing pulleys and unusable rope? Come on. Used clothing booths -$28 for a used pair of Dickies that I can buy new for $17. Then, my least favorite - the vendors that name their price based on the customer. Heard different pricing 3 times. Not cool.

Please start vetting your vendors like they do at the Alameda faire. Like the new location, but the quantity and quality of vendors...

Deals! Grub! Music! Treasures abound. Prices are fair. Lots of people for all you extroverts to enjoy a bit of people watching. Vendors were friendly. A wide assortment of inventories to peruse during the visit. Rusty things. Records. Shiny things. Odd bits and ends. VHS, Comics, Mirrors, Fixtures, Rustic Farming Implements, Dolls, Gobbledegook, etc.

If you don't find anything here worth swooping, you aren't looking.

Recently held in an old parking lot which provided my only complaint: Many roughly paved , unpatched, cracked blacktop surfaces that may make difficulty for those with mobility issues. But truly, this was a minor inconvenience.

I'd never been there before, but I'm aiming to return again soon, either as a vendor or a customer.

Really worth a look.

So check it out for yourself.

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Always Find a Treasure or two here! I like to go at 7:30 AM if I could get there by 6:30 I would but I’m just not awake yet. I believe in concentrating on getting two or three types of items say lamps and tables. That way I don’t become overwhelmed because there’s just so much to look at. The vendors are all very nice and I have a few favorites that I enjoy saying hello to. There is a veteran at the desk where you pay your fee to get admitted he is the nicest man I always look forward to seeing him because he has the biggest smile! Parking is easy especially if you get there earlier but walking one or two blocks is not bad you just can’t carry too many things at once.Are usually make two or three trips to my car before it’s full then I have to leave. I love that it happens every second Sunday rain or shine...