Book Description
This conversational guide, written by an antique dealer from America who moved to France 6 years ado and had his own stand in the Puces, gives you a true insider's look around.
From the Inside Flap
Finally! a guide book on the Paris Flea Market (Marche aux Puces) from an ex-pat American dealer who moved to Paris 7 years ago and became a dealer in the Paris Flea Market as well as the buying consultant for several top American Antique delaers. Not only will "Bit by the Fleas" give you an insider's view of exactly where the pros go shopping at the Marche aux Puces -- the biggest and the best "flea market" in the world -- but it will also bring you practical tips...French lessons...business tips...history lessons...and specific vocabulary.
About the Author
An antique dealer in America since 1979, Stuart Hough has the unique expertise of selling antiques on both sides of the Atlantic. Hough currently operates a company, William Stuart Antiques/William Stuart Export Services, in the Paris Flea Market area which helps visitors to Paris, antique dealers and designers from America buy, restore and transport their purchases. Stuart's wife, Pamela Hough, a native Floridian, followed her husband to France in 1995, after living in Colorado for 14 years where she worked in the cable television industry; following such a life change, and noticing the number of lost Americans in the Marche aux Puces, the idea for this book was born.
