When Terrence Lowery saw the despaired look on a young boy’s face as baseball player Willie Mays refused to sign his baseball card, he knew he wanted to start his own shop to sell affordable collectibles. His shop, Underground Collectibles, is one of many vendors at the Berwyn Indoor/Outdoor Vintage and Antique Market.

Located on Swedesford Road, the market is filled with vintage collectibles and antiques from curated vendors. It opens every Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. through April. For Lowery, the Berwyn Flea Market is a great place for vendors to sell their collectibles.

“What I like about this particular market (in) the area is we have a wide variety of different dealers here and a pretty decent clientele on the Main Line,” Lowery said.

The Berwyn Flea Market is an annual event, with regular customers such as Caroline Metzeger.

“I pretty much decorated my whole living room with everything from here about a year ago, so I came back to see what’s going on,” Metzeger said.

Jewelry, basketball posters, vintage magazines, wooden chairs, rusted door knobs and intricate paintings are just some of the many unique items customers can find at the market. Community member Deavin Riley’s family found the market to be a great place to feature their various collectibles.

“We’re a family business, and we were looking for a new physical location for our shop,” Riley said. “Somebody told us there was an indoor flea market in the area, and we wound up becoming a vendor here. We deal with estates and appraisals mostly, but we collect a lot of knick knacks and stuff through the jewelry appraisals.”

Not only is the market enjoyable for customers, but, according to Lowery, it brings joy to vendors.

“I’m trying to make people happy — I’m trying to just pass collectibles on,” Lowery said. “Somebody can come in here and get something that they can value and want to collect; then you know everybody’s happy.”

Customers like Metzeger enjoy attending flea markets to find pieces that tell a story.

“I like just giving something a second chance,” Metzenger said. “I like the history behind everything and thinking about how many places it saw and how many homes it went into.”