Flea markets in Pays Bigouden: the passion of Martial Baudrit in Plozévet Reserved for subscribers<

An Alibaba cave. In the flea market of Martial, Saint-Michel, in Plozévet, you can find everything. At the top of a window, the junk dealer grabs an object. "It's 19th century Quimper earthenware, from the PB (Porquier - Beau) workshop", explains the latter. On this traditional object, two men support each other on their way back from a fair or party. At the bottom of the piece an inscription in Breton: "Dalch Mad", which means "hold on". Important words for Michel. "It's the story of the country, of what we are currently living and of my house which is being built". The earthenware is not for sale because it will be the key element in his new home. "It's my flagship object, in all circumstances of life, you have to hold on". On the wooden facade of his house, the phrase "Dalch Mad" will be displayed, "it's symbolic", he adds. In earthenware, the antique dealer mainly looks at the color of the stitches and the density of the latter.

The profession in the skin

To hunt, to search, it is a passion. "I think I've been antiquing forever." Small, with his mother, Martial went to Emmaüs to hunt. As a teenager, he "did the biffe, we hunted down what people left outside". A passion that culminated when he decided to return to Brittany to open his flea market ten years ago. "I took the empty room, I emptied everything to start all over again," says Martial. A flea market that he wants to be traditional, with noble materials. “What I prefer is finding objects from the Art Nouveau period and a bit from Art Deco,” he says.

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The junk dealer also does a lot of buy-backs of estates and individuals “Either we move, or the sellers come to us”. And this morning, a man showed up at the flea market to sell a mirror.

The tradition

With his wife Véronique, they chose to store by theme for better visibility of the objects. “Here, we are in the Louis XV - Louis XVI space, behind it is the Asian space and there the 50s and 60s. I also have Breton costumes, old photos, headdresses and that particularly appeals to young people, ”says the second-hand dealer. Born in Morbihan, this lover of Cap and Pays Bigouden “likes the authentic, traditional side at a time when we are trying to unify everything”.

respect for work

Since 2019, Martial Baudrit has opened a second flea market in Paris, avenue du Maine. “It is my son Killian who holds it after converting. But as a kid, he was already coming with me to hunt, ”he says. A passion transmitted by the father but also the taste for work. "I have six children and they all went through the flea market, to make a little money or out of passion". And this respect for work is reflected in what he is looking for. Mainly objects made by the hand of man with a work behind.

Practice

Saint-Michel at 74, rue d'Audierne, 29 710 Plozévet. Open daily from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Such. 06 08 95 04 75; email. sainmichel561@gmail.com; Website: www.brocante-saint-michel.fr.

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