what memorable thrift store / curbside find, other than audio gear?

I found a near-new Samsung VCR/DVD, complete with book and remote!

and...in Tennessee in 1981, at a yard sale; got a belt buckle for 25 cents...holding a silver dollar! (I still have it)

.in Tennessee in 1981, at a yard sale; got a belt buckle for 25 cents...holding a silver dollar!

I won't say a word....................

I found my listening chair by the trash can. :yes:

too many to count....I will list a few

thrifts:
mid century danish teak lounger
60's designer chrome and black leather lounger
60's Japanese designer folding chair
danish teak tables
Roomba vacuum.

curb:
69 CCM mustang bike
eames fiberglass chair
two nice old phone tables. they make great nightstands
canadian teak couch
2 sheets of birch ply ( cut into smaller pieces )
honda minitrail 50cc



wow, this is a lot harder counting out all the audio scores...

My all time favorite: I found a absolutely mint condition Ricoh Aficio Monochrome Copying machine at a GW. It was marked for $70 but it was 50% off day so $35. It worked perfect. I took it to work and sold it to the company I work at for $400 . . . . . :thmbsp:

Mid-Century modern Lane dresser in very nice condition at Salvation Army for $40. I saw the same one at a vintage store for $1000.

Also, a couple of mid century modern Steelcase pedestal swivel chairs for $5 a piece at a different SA.

I've furnished my apartment in vintage-modern from CL and thrifts.

Sweetest curbside find? Did money exchange hands?

A couple of nice suits from the DAV and Goodwill, a really cool art-deco dresser from the SA (it's been following me around for years, I need to get off of my butt, build new drawer assemblies and refinish the whole thing), a nice stick vac found next to a trash can, and some other odds and ends. Nothing too extreme.

Best thing I ever found at a garage sale: my girlfriend, at her garage sale! She gave me a hug and her phone number - now we're nearly joined at the hip. :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Absolutely true! Did I say she's a good cook?

Best thing I ever found at a garage sale: my girlfriend, at her garage sale! She gave me a hug and her phone number - now we're nearly joined at the hip. :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Absolutely true! Did I say she's a good cook?

Awesome scroe!! bargains and a babe:banana:

i found a stickley coffee table, mission style. gave it to my mom for christmas, she grilled me for an hour because she thought i'd become a drug dealer.

i found a stickley coffee table, mission style. gave it to my mom for christmas, she grilled me for an hour because she thought i'd become a drug dealer.

Did you at least manage to sell her some smack?



:lmao:

Trash:
a lightly used Dyson
1960 France and Son solid teak coffee table from Denmark
1940s jeweler's bench
1920s cottage style breakfront
Bridgestone 450 road bike
Knoll Saarinen Tulip Table
Leica Slide Projector
Antique pull down maps

Thrift:
60 gb PS3
Wacom Tablet for $1.99


Truthfully, my best thrift finds are audio related!

i found a stickley coffee table, mission style. gave it to my mom for christmas, she grilled me for an hour because she thought i'd become a drug dealer.

I dont know what a stickley is, but that's still funny.

I found a sign on a curb next to a pile of stuff.
The word "FREE" was written on the sign, so I took it.

Recently I found a self propelled lawn mower, just needed the pull start fixed.

Back when I was about 9 or 10 I found a whole box full of “adult magazines”

Trash:
a lightly used Dyson
1960 France and Son solid teak coffee table from Denmark
1940s jeweler's bench
1920s cottage style breakfront
Bridgestone 450 road bike
Knoll Saarinen Tulip Table
Leica Slide Projector
Antique pull down maps

Thrift:
60 gb PS3
Wacom Tablet for $1.99


Truthfully, my best thrift finds are audio related!
Wow, what zip code do you live in?

How about a Knoll 1960s credenza, >6' long, walnut, white lacquer doors, finger joint legs, yard sale, $5.00. A bargain at 100xs the price!

Wow, what zip code do you live in?

I'll second that question!!!

My whole house is furnished with mid-century design all found at thrift stores, garage/estate sales, or curbside finds. It would be too hard to choose which one is the best. If I stick to stick to audio gear I have to list: pair of JBL 4311 studio monitors near mint $30 at a thrift, Bang & Olufsen 4004 Tangential Turntable $25 at a thrift, but best of all a very nice pair of vintage JBL C40 folded horn speakers (price my secret, but a mere fraction of their value at an estate sale).

My house decorated in "not so early american garage sale" = recycling at its best = priceless!!!!

I found a edger on the curb once. Was a somewhat expensive model at the time, if i remember right. In anycase, problem was the previous owner apparently did not know, (or wasn't bright enough to know), that before putting in new oil, you must drain the old first. So when it started it sprayed oil everywhere. Some serious clean up and a proper drain/fill, etc, worked fine for years.

Another curb dive find was a 70's era console T.V. It worked, but the screen had serious color problems. Green and purple, etc. So on a hunch i whipped out the demag coil and what do ya know, looked just fine aferwards! Gave it to my grandmother.

I dont know what a stickley is, but that's still funny.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stickley

My aunt has two originals - a two-person bench and a chair. She knows I lust after them.

Trash:
a lightly used Dyson
1960 France and Son solid teak coffee table from Denmark
1940s jeweler's bench
1920s cottage style breakfront
Bridgestone 450 road bike
Knoll Saarinen Tulip Table
Leica Slide Projector
Antique pull down maps

Thrift:
60 gb PS3
Wacom Tablet for $1.99


Truthfully, my best thrift finds are audio related!

Damn, that's some serious haul.