Your greatest thrift store find

[Bryan]

Doc Martens six-eye black boots. Exact fit (12E). Eleven dollars American. Just in time for winter.

[JonLP24]

1. Al Franken book

Lies, liars, and the lying liars who tell them(I think that is the title).

Book cost $1.

[fizzgig]

2. red plaid pants

paid maybe three bucks for them and looked DAMN good in them. i've lost a lot of weight since, but i keep them around just in case

[Zephie]

3. Silky tye-dye bandana, looks to be old enough to be from the 60s-70s

Wear it everywhere. $1.50. Bandanas are cool.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. Brown leather bomber jacket

$15, and it was in "like new" condition.

[CBGLuthier]

5. Casio SK-1 for 2 dollars

Cheapo sampling toy/keyboard that can be circuit bent and sold for $200. Holding on to it for a while longer since the supply will eventually be exhausted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_SK-1

http://cgi.ebay.com/Casio-SK-1-circuit-bent-keyboard-Limited-Time-/190552056510?pt=Keyboards_MIDI&hash=item2c5dc9a2be#ht_1142wt_1040

[raccoon]

6. Copy of CATCH A WAVE, a Beach Boy bio. Unmarked, got it for $1. 00. nt

[datasuspect]

7. Sandoz LSD-25 (liquid)

[Bertha Venation]

8. A full-length blue sequined dress

large enough to fit me (although I had to stuff the bosom). Wore it for a show. $6.

Later the same year, my sister wore it for Halloween.

[MerryBlooms]

9. Books - hard cover cookbooks for $1.29

My shelves are full of thrift store books - recently replaced a loaned and never returned, 'Wicked', for $.89 - I was thrilled!

[madmom]

15. you might find this amusing then....

from useless knowledge.... According to a British medical report, the fungi that feed on old paper may be mildly hallucinogenic, and the "fungal hallucinogens" may cause an "enhancement of enlightenment" in readers. The source of creative inspiration for many great authors through history may have been a quick sniff of moldy books, causing them to get high.

[MerryBlooms]

35. Nice. :D

I wonder if that's why my cat always jumps up to rub his face all over my book and then lay down right under it so that the book's lightly resting on his head. If so, I'd consider that a 'two-fer' - two highs for the price of one! har.

[sinkingfeeling]

10. A cobalt blue Depression Era candy dish. Paid $2 and worth around $75.

[RedCloud]

11. Swedish WWII wool coat for their army.

It kept me from turning into ice.

[Kali]

12. having my kids learn

that they could get a crapload of new-to-them clothes for the price of one item at the mall

proud of them for that, my best "find"

[LynneSin]

13. The exit door

Never found anything of use in Thrift Shops

[charlie and algernon]

14. An original Van Gogh with an original copy of the Declaration of Independence

hidden behind the painting.



Then I woke up.... :P

[RSillsbee]

16. 50$ Cabella's fleece for 6 bucks NT

[greendog]

17. Baritone Ukulele for 20 bucks.

[PassingFair]

18. Kitchen table for $50.00

Teak, with sliding leaves out can seat 10 comfortably.

With leaves in, fits in kitchen, looks good and
makes me smile when I look at it.

Still "in love" with my $50.00 table 15 years after
finding it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. An old framed map of Scandinavia.

Turned out it was over 400 years old.

[Forkboy]

20. A perfect leather jacket for $40.

I had had my previous one stolen, so it was nice to find the perfect replacement so cheap. I paid $180 for the original one. Hard to find these babies on the cheap. :)

[GoCubsGo]

21. A pair of Merrell jungle slides/clogs

Brand new, never worn. They retail for $70 bucks. I paid $6. I don't usually look at the shoes, but did that day. I stll can't believe they were in my size.

[BiggJawn]

22. Yamaha folk guitar for $9.

Saw it sitting on a couch where some kid had left it. Would have loved to seen my face when I flashed on the crossed tuning forks logo...

[KT2000]

23. Loden coat from Germany

Full length, perfect fit - $ 10 !!!
I love it.

[csziggy]

24. A winter coat large enough to wear over several sweaters

I was working at a barn in the winter and needed the warmth. I think I paid $5 for it.


The REAL bonus was finding a hundred dollar bill in the pocket on a day when I had $2 left for the rest of the month and needed food and gas for the car. That money kept me going for a couple of months since it was about half my monthly pay.

[provis99]

25. an antique Underwood No. 2 typewriter from 1912. Paid $2, and it works.

you may now envy me.

looks something like this one.

[pengillian101]

30. Oh crap, am I old!

My first typing course was using something like that. The teach taped a piece of paper at the top that hid the keys, so we had to learn touch typing. It worked - so I could type 100 WPM w/no errors in 1969. I even won an 'award' Thanks for the memory! :toast:

[Odin2005]

26. I work at one. Want a list?

I got a copy of a very hard-to-get book from the 70s called Das Energi for 50 cents.

[friendly_iconoclast]

27. A mint-condition Yamaha surround receiver for $29

Resold it to a friend of mine at the same price because his old Marantz had died, as I was (and still am) rocking a very nice Yamaha RX-530 that I had gotten at the same store for $15...

[shanti]

28. oh man

when i was in hs in 73, me and my friend used to love to hit up the thrift stores for the "good" stuff. the good stuff? well, that would be clothes and shoes from the 50's and 60's! i found poodle skirts, beaded sweaters, and wool jackets galore! would love to have them now, good times....

[Broken_Hero]

29. Castle Greyskull

Salvation Army, got it in 1999. :)

[eShirl]

31. a vintage burgundy satin smoking jacket

had just a small water stain on the lapel (or was it a martini stain)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

32. Paul Revere & The Raiders "Just Like Us" vinyl album, mint condition, 45 cents

Not a scratch on it. Dust jacket was perfect too except someone wrote the price on it with a MAGIC MARKER.

[LaydeeBug]

33. A gown for a recital...fit perfectly, needed no alteration whatsoever, and I am busty and short

so that's practically unheard of. It costs more the clean the dress than it cost me at the thrift store....$4.00

[LaydeeBug]

34. Oh, and I got a Jerry Garcia tie once too. :) nt