If so, tell me about some of your greatest finds and what you've done with them.
2006-11-19 18:42:11 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
I have decorated my entire home (when I had one!) with garage sale stuff.
Three of the coolest things I ever found were:
1. an old-fashioned seltzer bottle made by the Sparkletts company in the '30's.
2. A very nice mini-grandfather clock about 30-50 years old.
3. A fully functional, Western Electric 555 PBX switchboard, the exact same model that Lily Tomlin used to use when playing Ernestine (one ringy-dingy!)
I like to joke that a lot of guys think they're all cool and bitchen just because they have a pinball machine in their den. I have an actual working switchboard, and the antique phones that go with it! Top that!
I have used these items as props in a film I'm producing about the life and work of William Mulholland.
2006-11-19 18:48:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Love it! Found an old jade mini vase that said Jeresulem on it . it looked kind of like an incense burner. Also has a womans very vague face on it. ??? Need to take to Catholic Church to inspect it. Can';t find anywhere in books or on the net. Son and I are always looking for brass and silver items from other countries and dates and old closed company names, Need antique roadway to come to town. Might need to be in a museum.??
2006-11-25 05:43:36 · answer #2 · answered by christina g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love em!
Bought a valve spring compresser for a flat head engine (At the time, I had a 1935 80 c.i. Harley flathead).
Didn't buy it, but found a U.S. Calvary CAMEL saddle (in the late 1800's, the army used camels in the Arizona/New Mexico area.)
2006-11-20 06:28:28 · answer #3 · answered by strech 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i go to yard sales and flea markets sometimes, a lot when i was younger, mostly my mom buys stuff, i love flea markets though cause they have some unique stuff you cant buy from stores. we usually look for stuff for our house like displays and stuff, or cute jewlery. i dont know about the best price cause i usually just tag along with my mom.
2016-05-21 21:48:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
These places are the best places to shop as far as I am concerned. I have found many of things that i currently use, from all of these places. Not just clothing. I have also found many slightly used and some new items at these places.
2006-11-27 13:35:29 · answer #5 · answered by ldemmitt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Got a really nice set of dishes at a yard sale for two bucks this summer.
2006-11-19 18:46:15 · answer #6 · answered by littlechrismary 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being a Mom finding Barney tapes was my greatest find. Especially when they were only 50 cents each.
2006-11-20 01:24:17 · answer #7 · answered by mommy120803 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I found a beautiful dark blue dress from the fifties that I bought for ten dollars and wore to the homecoming dance this year. :D
2006-11-19 18:52:39 · answer #8 · answered by K-Rex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mostly its other peoples junk and i really dont want it either. however in wales i went to a boot sale, and found a singer portable sewing machine that was a hand crank model in a arch topped wooden case,
2006-11-19 18:51:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I bought a rookwwod vase for $10.00 sold it for $320.00. found a "tepco" swan vase for $5.00 and sold it for $220.00, tepco was note noted for making vases. and there have been many others
2006-11-20 06:28:28 · answer #10 · answered by treetown2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋