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ILLINOIS HOMES: TREASURE HUNTING AT WOLFF'S FLEA MARKET

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TREASURE HUNTING AT WOLFF'S FLEA MARKET Treasure Hunting at Wolff's Flea Market  By   David Boegaard A good flea market is a wondrous thing. It serves as a great place to find all kinds of goods, but also as an entertaining community meeting place.  Flea market shopping isn't just about saving money, it's about having fun, discovering strange new things, and making a point to recycle rather than buy more new stuff from the same old big-box store. And Wolff's Flea Market in Rosemont and Palatine, IL is one of the best. Wolff's opened its "doors" in its outdoor Rosemont location in 1991. At the time, brothers David and Donald Wolff were making some spending money selling souvenirs at Allstate Arena. "One day, after a stadium event, the brothers looked at the parking lot and realized that it would be perfect for a flea market," explains David's wife Sharon, who manages media and merchandising for the business. "The brothers