Forget the Dollar stores...

[PrettySquareGal]

Show us your vintage yard sale/thrift shop/flea market finds that cost $1 or less!

 

[Flivver]

Back in 1978, while attending a ham radio flea market, I spotted a very desirable piece of WW I vintage radio equipment. I picked it up and asked the seller how much it was. He replied "seventy five...cents"!

After I composed myself, I paid for the item with three quarters from my pocket and pinched myself to be sure I wasn't dreaming!

I still have the item...a 1919 Grebe RORA audion control box.

 

[Dinerman]

I got these '30s ties for a quarter each at a church thrift shop. No wear whatsoever. Not even that typical rubbing where the knot is tied.

 

[PrettySquareGal]

Oh I love this sort of thing!

Yesterday I got this kitschy 1950's Santa display for $1:

I also got a large Rubbermaid storage box full of 1950's Noma candoliers for $3 total, so way less than a buck for each! And they all work and just needed some cleaning.

Oh, and a Victorian prayer book for 50 cents. I saw a copy on abebooks.com for $125!

 

[BegintheBeguine]

Nice everything! I like the 3-D effect the crafter did on the sleigh with the toys.

 

[PrettySquareGal]

Nice everything! I like the 3-D effect the crafter did on the sleigh with the toys.

I actually did some looking online and discovered that the sleigh is from Woolworth's! It also has "Japan" stamped on it.

 

[CherryRed]

Hmmmm...let's see. I know I get a lot of cheap stuff at estate sales. A few recent finds that come to mind are a 50's plastic raindeer ornament for a dime, a 78 of Bing Crosby singing "Route 66" for 50 cents, and brown suede gloves for 75 cents.

 

[CherryRed]

Oh I love this sort of thing!

Yesterday I got this kitschy 1950's Santa display for $1:

Ohhhhh I LOVE it!!!!

 

[PrettySquareGal]

Ohhhhh I LOVE it!!!!

Thanks!!! And I got these 1950's caroling Christmas figurines today for $1!

 

[happyfilmluvguy]

Four 33RPM Record Set of "South Sea Island Magic" with a 1968 copyright. Lots of Hawaiian related music, and so very relaxing in the evening and even during the day.

And for a single dollar, lots of goodies inside....

 

[SamMarlowPI]

i was with my father in a local antique store yesterday and he picked up a wooden "Sambo's" "good for a 10cent cup of coffee" coin and told me he and his friends used them all the time when he was a kid...the owner simply replied "take it..."

 

[Joie DeVive]

I hit the jackpot this weekend at the local Boy Scout rummage sale. For $4.02 I came home with a box of vintage goodies.

6 hats (5 for me, one for the mister)- 25 cents a piece
2 dresses- 25 cents a piece
2 handbags - 25 cents a piece
4 ties- 25 cents a piece
2 juice glasses - 25 cents for the pair
4 floral plastic candle rings- 5 cents a piece
and a chiffon scarf for 3 cents

I need to download the pictures off the camera. When I do I'll share.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

All of which doesn't say much for the Boy Scouts' ability to raise cash! lol

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[Joie DeVive]

All of which doesn't say much for the Boy Scouts' ability to raise cash! lol
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lol True.

In their defense, I did hit the sale in the last hour and a half, and for the last hour everything was half off, but still....

I just wish I had arrived earlier. I heard that before I arrived there had been a whole garbage bag full of vintage purses and one of hats, and at least a few of the hats had been in their original boxes!!

The ladies tallying my total told me it was a yearly event. Guess who's going again next year??!!

 

[Vintage Betty]

I love this thread.

Who doesn't like finding treasures at $1 or less?

Dinerman, love those baseball-inspired stiched ties.

1931 green bias in package - 40 cents. I picked up about 20 packages of trim from various eras. Nothing was more than $1.
Liberty Snap Fasteners that I have no idea what I will do with - 50 cents. Stain is really not that noticeable in person
Set of 5 buttons - $1

 

[Vintage Betty]

Forgot to add this too

Here's my $1 Find. The thrift store was kinda sneaky, they taped both together and I didn't see the broken tooth until I got home. (not that it would have deterred me...)

VB