Downtown Tailgate Flea Market

Rob Hilliard of Chicago plays a guitar made from a shovel Oct. 1, 2017 at Gerard Scherer's booth in the sixth Downtown Tailgate Flea Market in Cape Girardeau. Hilliard visited Cape Girardeau for family weekend at Southeast Missouri State, where his daughter is a student. (Ben Matthews)

Owen, 7, and Avery Madura, 10, look at toy John Deere tractors Oct. 1, 2017 during the sixth Downtown Tailgate Flea Market in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews)

Dexter Short, 4, plays with a toy cement truck Oct. 1, 2017 during the sixth Downtown Tailgate Flea Market in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews)

Dan Dunker, left, strikes a bargain at his booth with John Bohnsack Oct. 1, 2017 during the sixth Downtown Tailgate Flea Market in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews)

Pierre Whiteside looks through a box of books at the sixth Downtown Tailgate Flea Market Oct. 1, 2017 in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews)

Khloe Gantt, 8, makes a wooden pumpkin Oct. 1, 2017 at the grand opening of Board and Brush Creative Studio on Main Street in Cape Girardeau. The grand opening was held during the sixth Downtown Tailgate Flea Market in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews)

Emily LaCroix, left, walks with Bryce Carroll and his brother, Blane, as they view a knife display Oct. 1, 2017 during the sixth Downtown Tailgate Flea Market in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews)

Tom Sutterer of Perryville, Missouri, buys a tool kit Oct. 1, 2017 during the sixth Downtown Tailgate Flea Market in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews)

Jeni and Dave Carter browse antiques Oct. 1, 2017 during the sixth Downtown Tailgate Flea Market in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews)

Harriet Prater, right, talks to her granddaughter Christy Wilson Oct. 1, 2017 during the sixth Downtown Tailgate Flea Market in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews)

Antiques sit at a vendor's stand Oct. 1, 2017 during the sixth Downtown Tailgate Flea Market in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews)