Jean-Paul Roussel and his wife, antique dealers in the Aisne, have been part of the Maison des brocanteurs, in the former Banque de France, since September 2021. After a year and a half of presence there, the couple – who participated in this Sunday March 19 at the Péronne commercial sale on Place Daudré – complained of having been forced to leave the premises quickly and without notice, at the start of 2023.
“We received in person, Sunday January 29, 2023, a letter signed by Julien Cohen at the Maison des brocanteurs. The courier gave us formal notice to leave the premises and collect all our belongings by January 31. We only had two days to return! What shocked us above all was the attitude of Mr. Cohen and his wife, who showed real contempt for us,” confides this elderly person, originally from Péronne, who has been in the flea market for fifteen years. years, they tell the Courrier Picard.
The reason for this dispute: “sulphurous” “unacceptable and threatening” remarks and an “inappropriate” attitude, according to the content of the letter, which Courrier Picard obtained!
“I have never assaulted anyone. I just mightn’t bear to see new so-called second-hand dealers set up and sell anything. I am a crystal specialist, I know how to differentiate Baccarat from glass, for example. My fault was not to have closed my g…” sighs this man, asserting that he would have left the Maison des Brocanteurs anyway.
Contacted, Julien Cohen confirms having had to make this decision, without lightheartedness. “I have nothing once morest them, but when a professional allows himself to repeatedly criticize a colleague in public in front of several clients, it is not tolerable. So we had to crack down.”
