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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 October 1943, Page 3

Brisk business at the old and famous bric-a-brac fair at the Porte de Clignancourt, on the north fringe of Paris, where the visitor and the artist, wandering among the hundreds of stalls, picked up some trifle or more ambitious souvenir, is still functioning, and echoes of the “Marche aux Puces,” or flea fair, occasionally reach the outside world. Old clothes and family utensils seem to be the mainstay of the fair. Prices have climbed considerably since the days when one haggled over a few francs. Thus a German reporter tells how, in the early days of May, when he visited the fair, he saw a leather satchel sold for 3000 francs. This represents some £l2 at pre-war rates.