Rychly Prachy Dvaasedmdesaty Ulovek Praha 04.03.2013 Direct

What was the catch? Think 2013: Nokia bricks, modified MP3 players, one first-gen iPad with a cracked screen, and a sealed box of Korean knockoff headphones that were actually… surprisingly good.

By 8 AM on March 5, 2013, I had set up a “pop-up” (we called it a bazar na dece – a blanket bazaar) in the passageway at Anděl. No permit. Pure chaos. rychly prachy dvaasedmdesaty ulovek praha 04.03.2013

Through a chain of three intermediaries (a barman at a Žižkov dive, a retired security guard, and a philosophy student who owed me a favor), I got a tip about a bulk lot of unclaimed parcel post from the main sorting facility near Florence. The official auction was for the next week. But the unofficial preview was happening that Monday night at 2 AM. What was the catch