Sunday Antique Market at St. Lawrence says goodbye after three decades

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“I’m closing this Sunday, because I want to go out with a positive market for all my dealers,” says founder Marlene Cook, who fears lack of traffic to help the show get back on track

A weathered teddy bear from the 1940s, film cameras and oil paintings, coins dating back to the Roman Empire — the treasures spilled out across the tables of a downtown antique market.

Through its final day, the market bustled with visitors, ebbing and flowing between its stalls. For more than 15 years, this has been Irene Van Horsen’s Sunday routine, where she displays her collection of antique toys and delicate, handmade lace. With the news of the market closure, she’d been trying to pass along her email and phone number to any regular shoppers she saw.Hussain Saffar started visiting the market as a collector of fine carpets and area rugs about 25 years ago.

Looking at the other vendors, he said their relationships had come to feel familial. “I’ve known most of the dealers so many years, and nobody is happy about closing it down,” he said.There was a thrill to hunting down a unique item, Cook said — whether that meant a prized comic book, an elegant gold ring, or, for her, a vintage photograph.

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Am so sad to see the antique St. Lawrence market go after 30 years, have enjoyed going there, picked up many deals

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