Go to a local flea market and haggle

“A few years ago, I was shopping at Porte de Vanves flea market in Paris when I spotted a floor lamp which looked like Goffredo Reggiani’s Three Fingers Arc Floor Lamp. I asked the vendor how much he wanted for it, and he said 300€. Since I was not 100% sure it was a genuine work, I was comfortable with driving a hard bargain with him. I scrupulously followed each step of the haggling process, with some back and forth, walking around his stall, checking other items, cracking a joke with him and talking abstractedly with other customers. Twenty minutes later, when I realized the bargain stalled at 220€ for the time being, I slowly started to walk away and the vendor, noticing it, offered me the lamp for 200€. It was still above the 150€ limit I had given myself for this item. I thanked him, and told him I might come back, but not for sure. “I thought I’d wait until the moment he’d start packing his stuff, when he’d be more receptive to a final offer. After strolling the flea market up and down a few times, I noticed the vendor was packing his truck. I walked to him and offered to ‘relieve him of his burden’ by taking his lamp. He laughed, offered me 170€, and after two minutes of additional bargaining we settled on 160€.”