Morbid Anatomy returns with fashionably macabre flea market in Brooklyn

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“The Morbid Anatomy flea market is a place to go if you're the kind of person who likes the kind of things you can't buy at normal flea markets,” says Joanna Ebenstein. “We have what I call morbid-ilia, different kinds of macabre or death related things.'

McGarrity was one of more than a dozen merchants gathered in the sunny courtyard at Industry City in Brooklyn to kick off the event, which will now happen monthly, in its new space where art and death intersect.

That life-size doll head is actually a purse. It was cut open and turned into a handbag for sale at Morbid Anatomy flea market.That life-size doll head is actually a purse. It was cut open and turned into a handbag for sale at Morbid Anatomy flea market.“The Morbid Anatomy flea market is a place to go if you're the kind of person who likes the kind of things you can't buy at normal flea markets,” Ebenstein said.

These African snake vertebrae are for sale to wear for a night on the town at Morbid Anatomy flea market, April 30th, 2022.These African snake vertebrae are for sale to wear for a night on the town at Morbid Anatomy flea market, April 30th, 2022.“I do like creepy doll heads since I was younger and found one on the street,” said Brooklynite Natalie Kocsis, who purchased the doll head purse. “It’s definitely a statement piece. Not many people have doll head purses.

 

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