Popeye, Issue 929 – Diggin Secondhand Finds

POPEYE magazine is the “Magazine for City Boys”. The founders printed this on the cover of the magazine when it debuted in 1976. What’s a “city boy”? The term doesn’t appear in the dictionary and no expert panel could define it. So we felt we should explore every aspect of what this “city boy” might be. After decades of debate, it still makes for a topic of lively discussion. It can be a style or a way of thinking. To get an idea of what makes a city boy, read POPEYE magazine.

In this issue:

Why do people go out of their way to buy second-hand goods? Of course, there is more than one reason. They can buy high-quality items at reasonable prices, or they have interesting designs and ideas that would never be thought of today, or they like the texture that changes over time. There are surely ten different answers for ten people. But the most important thing is that the act of finding a treasure among the many things piled up is the best fun for us. There are unexpected stories hidden in things that we don’t understand, we are excited by folk crafts from countries we’ve never been to, and we learn about the unknown history of familiar brands. I think that such exciting experiences are what draw us to flea markets, second-hand shops, and recycle shops. So, if you haven’t yet discovered the fun of digging through second-hand goods, I would like to tell you. Why not dig second-hand?

Contents
■BRIMFIELD ANTIQUE FLEA MARKETS
■People around the world, what did you buy at flea markets?
■The second-hand items I dig for. What do we look for and how do we look for them in the endlessly vast world of old things?Learn hints from 21 diggers about their perspective.
■Emily & Aaron search for great things in Tokyo.
■Great vintage clothes and great miscellaneous goods we found. We introduce in catalog form the vintage clothes and miscellaneous goods we found while walking the streets of Tokyo from a “second-hand” perspective.
■Living with old things. The undiscovered world is here! Deep in the mountains of Fukuoka, there is a store that antique lovers from all over the country respect. Why not go to a store where you can buy items from everyday life in America 100 years ago?■YELLOW PAGE OF SECONDHAND
■Digging at recycle shops / BOOK LIST for good diggers /Watch list for that person. / To have a long relationship with old things.

* Japanese Text only*