Northern California Flea Markets & Swap Meets
Markets from the Bay Area and Sacramento down through the Central Valley, with what a space costs, which days are cheap, and what California requires before you can sell.
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Selling at a Northern California flea market
Northern California splits more sharply than the south between general swap meets and the antiques circuit. The swap meets: Denio’s, Berryessa, the valley markets, sell space by the day and take the everyday resale merchandise most vendors carry. The antique fairs, led by Alameda Point, restrict what may be sold to items twenty years or older and charge several times as much for a booth, so they are a different business rather than a pricier version of the same one.
The other thing worth knowing is that the cheap day is not always the weekend. Denio’s sells a Friday space at $12 against $35 to $55 at the weekend, which makes a quiet Friday the sensible way to find out whether your stock moves before paying peak rates.
Published day rates in the region run from $10 at the cheapest markets to $170 for a premium reserved space. California generally requires sellers at swap meets and flea markets to hold the appropriate seller’s permit. Qualifying purchases for resale can be made without sales tax when properly documented with a valid resale certificate.