Best find from Garage/Yard/Thrift Sale that you kept for yourself?

[TreasureHunters]

I usually always go hunting to resell but sometimes the deals are just too good for me not to keep. My latest is a pair of Air Jordans that were my size, the guy said he bought storage auctions and I asked how much and he said $3.00 I grabbed them and was thinking of listing them on ebay for a quick $50+ flip but I tried them on and decided I would just keep them Wearing them now getting ready to go attend a NBA game with my beloved Portland Trail Blazers.

 

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[Beans]

Wizard of Oz canvas print.

 

[biggmike]

A Model 37 Ithaca Featherlight 12 guage Pump Shotgun

 

[smokeythecat]

Victorian can seated chain in American walnut. Oval seat and back. I recaned the seat. On the bottom is marked "R. Renwick and Son, Baltimore, Maryland". It was made about 1850. Cost $5.00.

 

[clovis97]

I'd have to think about that one for a while, but the one that comes to mind:

A super...almost mint...Martin guitar with a hard shell case.

I was at a garage sale, and the guitar was sitting behind the people having the sale. I asked if the guitar was for sale, and the gal replied "Yeah, but I'm not taking less than $50 for it."

I about broke my wrist trying to get the cash out of my wallet with lightening speed. Those guitars are selling for $900-$1,000 on ebay right now.

My wife took lessons on that guitar for a while. It soon may make its way to eBay...something we've been discussing for the past week.

 

[Iron Patch]

I do my buying online, but in the 10 years or so I have been doing it I have never bought something to flip and then decided to keep it. And believe me, I've had some awesome stuff! In a way I think how great it would be if I would have built a massive collection, but to do that I wouldn't have all the other goods I currently have... and I'd rather have these other items than stuff that's just locked away in display cases. My detecting finds scratch that itch for me.

 

[Bum Luck]

A framed bird's eye view of mt twin communities in great shape, a few bucks.

A brand new Guy Harvey T shirt with a marlin in it - 50 cents.

A beautiful 5 draw brass and mahogany telescope made in Germany from about 1860, $35.

 

[cheese]

A set of B&W (Bowers and Wilkins) high end speakers ($1100.00 new, model DM 603-S2) that were imported from England. They wanted $60 for the set and they looked like they were brand new. I gave them $100 (I knew the person running the sale and they were running the sale to raise money for a good purpose) and took them home with the intent to sell them. Then I unhooked my Yamaha speakers to try them out and verify that they worked before selling. I never reconnected my old ones after that. My living room surround system is better than the theater now. I could have gotten $600 for them on ebay, but I'd rather have them here. My old yamaha speakers will sell for more than I paid for these anyway.

Another time I bought a silvertone victrola type record player with a cabinet underneath and made of tiger oak with the original label and finish, in working order, for $100. It fits in with my decor perfectly and I have a corner waiting for just something like that, so it wound up staying here as well.

 

[dmpstrdiver]

I found and purchased a pair of Steiner Military binoculars with the reticle pattern in the right lens for $50.00. As a former field artillery red leg, I had always wanted a pair.

 

[frankendime]

Signed, numbered, Hoselton Canada full sized duck sculpture. Cast aluminum. Weighs 11 pounds. Bought at yard sale 15 yrs ago for $5 out in West Texas. It was a long way from home. Mine now.

 

[jerseyben]

My entire stereo system came from garage sales plus about 40% of my LPs. I have an HK 730i receiver and a Sony LX520 turntable. Total cost $12.

 

[capt-zero]

Well I won't get into too many of the things I keep, as almost everything I own came from garage sales, estate sales, thrift shops, or pawn shops. However, the most recent "treasure" I'll wear out before I sell, is a small one-hand Rockwell/Porter Cable model 155 router (cost $5) that allows me to finally do detailed marquetry inlay. My "old" Makita router was much too big and cumbersome, but works well in a router table. Of course a purchase about 5 years ago that I knew was a keeper the moment I bought it; my 1969 classic model Omega automatic watch. I picked it up for the princely sum of $2 and traded two gold rings to a guy for a general restoration. I paid $7 for the rings. I'm wearing the watch as I type this on my $10 dual core Dell Inspiron computer.

 

[Iron Patch]

My entire stereo system came from garage sales plus about 40% of my LPs. I have an HK 730i receiver and a Sony LX520 turntable. Total cost $12.

I guess you gave me my answer for this because that's what I did too in my late teens and early 20s. It's funny how it doesn't hold a candle to what I have now, but man oh man did that old one do the job at the time. In a way I think it would have been nice to have the stuff I have now, back then, but thinking a little more it would have been a bad idea because I would have sold it all in the end.

 

[Lafitte Deux]

A WW2 Japanese pith helmet. Just because it was too cool to part with.

 

[biggmike]

Well I won't get into too many of the things I keep, as almost everything I own came from garage sales, estate sales, thrift shops, or pawn shops. However, the most recent "treasure" I'll wear out before I sell, is a small one-hand Rockwell/Porter Cable model 155 router (cost $5) that allows me to finally do detailed marquetry inlay. My "old" Makita router was much too big and cumbersome, but works well in a router table. Of course a purchase about 5 years ago that I knew was a keeper the moment I bought it; my 1969 classic model Omega automatic watch. I picked it up for the princely sum of $2 and traded two gold rings to a guy for a general restoration. I paid $7 for the rings. I'm wearing the watch as I type this on my $10 dual core Dell Inspiron computer.

Speeling... LOL Your post sounds like me. Almost everything we have is from some type of second hand sale. I could never have afforded it otherwise.

 

[dejapooh]

I found a nice leather Harley Davidson Jacket with Tags for $10. My daughter took a liking to it, and she wears is almost everyday. I found a REALLY nice Taxco Mexican Sterling pin from about 1925 or 1940. Art Deco style from a named maker (can't remember the name off hand). I paid $20, and gave it to my wife for her birthday rather than sell it for $250. My mother in law is getting a Waterford Chrystal 10" Bowl new in box with Printed Tissue and so on. Cost $45, ebay price would be about $150 to $200. Amazon price is $285. In general, I keep nothing for myself. I need very little. I get a lot of gifts and life needs for my family (I am 6'5" 225#, so I generally can't find clothes at Garage Sales that would fit me. Besides, I wear $15 pants and $8 shirst from J.C. Penny's... It's not like I can save all that much by buying at garage sales)... Now, if I could find a nice pair of shoes... size 14... It would REALLY help.

 

[clovis97]

FWIW, my wife likes to latch onto things I find.

I bought a Nikon F series camera at a flea market for $40. I could have flipped the camera at the time for $200 to $225, and the Nikon film speed winder for another $80. She had to have that camera, and it still sits in the Nikon bag in the closet. I haven't looked it up again, but I doubt the pair would sell for much.

I also found a vintage Fiesta coffee urn in radioactive red for $9. It would have sold easily for $175, but I gave it to her for her birthday.

 

[dieselram94]

The best find I have kept for myself was buying almost all of some ones tools including a huge craftsman upper and bottom tool box full of high end tools, machinist vice from the 1920's and more for less than $100.00 I would love to repeat this but I doubt I ever will.

 

[xd]

I bought a chainsaw for 10.00 that I keep in my jeep and my 10,000lbs winch was 15.00 complete with mounting plate. I kept both of those.

 

[dieselram94]

I bought a chainsaw for 10.00 that I keep in my jeep and my 10,000lbs winch was 15.00 complete with mounting plate. I kept both of those.

Sweet!!!