The ever-humorous Deb Haupt of Haupt Antiek Market in Apple Valley, Minn., likes to call this “getting a leg up on sales.” More fun facts:



Her slice of the junking pie: “My husband and I travel to Europe to shop the flea markets of France, Italy, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands and ship home one-of-a-kind finds.”



Related sidelight: They take groups of shoppers along for European shopping trips. Next up: Oct. 10-19, to Provence, France.



Best piece she’s hauled to the Bonanza: Metal washstands from Europe.



Best junking find: An iron piece that covered a window in an old barn in Germany.



Been with the Bonanza: “Since the beginning! I was involved when it was just 18 extra vendors at the Long Lake Junk Market.”



She loves: The camaraderie among vendors.





Funniest Bonanza memory: “When the lights went off in Medina and we had to scramble around in the dark.”



Can’t junk without: GPS.



No one would guess: She would love to get her Christmas cards out on time.



We’re all about being on time! For your planning purposes, it is only 23 days until the Junk Bonanza!



Kim



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