Baoguosi Temple antiques market

If you’ve always enjoyed nosing through other people’s photo albums, imagine how much more interesting it’d be if those photos were a century old.

The eccentric stall owner at no.1-373 at the little-known Baoguosi antiques market (best visited on a Thursday morning), has been collecting such photos for years and has now got a rather impressive collection, ranging from prerevolution sweetheart snaps, people posing with their first TVs, to the family albums of PLA generals.

Prices start at around 10RMB but can run into thousands.