*Brocante:(BRO'-kant) n. French  1. Junk shop, secondhand store, flea market. 2. The wonderful, serendipitous finds one discovers whilst hunting & gathering bits of inspiration with which to create art or feather one's nest. 3.Items that prove the truth of the adage, "One man's trash is another man's treasure." 
Source: Susan Jacoby's Francophilic Mental Dictionary of Fancy Names for Things.