She modestly brags about it: Isabelle Maleval is today one of the first merchants to have settled in Dauphine in 1991!
Before coming to Marché Dauphine, Isabelle Maleval was “a flea marketer for others,” especially for the Louvre des Antiquaires. Her interest and knowledge of traditional craftsmanship led her to specialize in antique tools, everyday objects of the best craftsmen, yesterday’s bottle openers and yesteryear’s hammers. In short, everything you can barely find, she does.
As a result, collectors are queuing up in her two stands, one completely taken over by her miraculous excavations, the other, a notch more “deco & popular arts”. Her core clientele remains her beloved artisans, shoemakers, bootmakers and other companions who prefer to work with old tools, from the humblest to the most sophisticated. It’s a matter of know-how!