Charity Shop Bargains

[chainsawjob]

As it's New Look it's probably not this (although they could have nicked it) but I'd associate NYC and the X with Straight Edge Hardcore: Straight edge - Wikipedia

Straight edge, oh that's not really my thing tbh

 

[chainsawjob]

£2 each. Sorted for vests.

 

[seeformiles]

Out of interest where are getting your guide price from?

2018 Record Collector book says £50. Discogs show a median price of £40 but it has been sold for £80. Copies offered for sale in similar condition range between £40 and £115

 

[killer b]

Picked up this table - an all time mid-century design classic created in 1927 by Eileen Gray - for £3 today.

 

[ska invita]

Picked up this table - an all time mid-century design classic created in 1927 by Eileen Gray - for £3 today.

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score!

just looked on ebay to see how much they are selling for...found this action shot, suggests how the base can be used to slot under a sofa leg

 

[killer b]

Over on the mid century modern facebook group, a poster tells me Gray designed it for her sister who enjoyed breakfasts in bed for breakfasting purposes - apparently there is a wood tray with a slot for use with it...

 

[Epona]

Bloody hell, can't get a fucking plate for £3 in the charity shops round here...

 

[Calamity1971]

Bloody hell, can't get a fucking plate for £3 in the charity shops round here...

I get charity shop envy on here. One in Durham was selling a Primark t-shirt for 6 fucking quid.

 

[nottsgirl]

Three books and a candle holder. £4 the lot.

 

[killer b]

A nice old Le Creuset (actually a line called Cousances that they stopped producing in the 80s)

 

[moonsi til]

I was in Morecambe last week & in one shop got the following for 50p each. I think there was a sort of sale on but the shop wasn’t one who prices folk out of shopping at charity shops so all items were good prices.

Black Superdry skinny jeans

Zara blue & white striped long trousers that look like a skirt

MIA double CD

Adrian Sherwood CD

& my partner bought a sorta Dolls World dolls head (think that’s what they are called but basically a dolls head with long hair on shoulders). I’m sure why he bought this will be revealed in time.

Then in Bridgenorth I bought a purple La Redoute cardi for £3 & PG Tips Snap cards for 99p

 

[chainsawjob]

A very good haul of clothes today, in the 10 minutes whilst I was waiting for a prescription to be filled. Everything fitted, this never happens!

Especially pleased with the M&S woolly cardigan, a man's one, it still had the price tags on

 

[chainsawjob]

Necklaces all 50p each. The watch 3 quid.

 

[killer b]

These bikerish DMs in the eldest teens size for £4. Unsure whether to give em to her tho as they're a bit kinky goth and I don't imagine she needs any encouragement in that direction from me

 

[moonsi til]

Fab find as per killer b

 

[QueenOfGoths]

3 books... and a Hello Kitty bracelet that is probably aimed at someone considerably younger than me! £7.00 for the lot. I'm really happy about the Hatch Show Prints book!!

 

[Elpenor]

A huge haul from Tenterden in Kent. Mainly run of the mill cds, dvds and books.

This cd is a standout - Wipeout Audio cd soundtrack for £1, goes for a lot more on eBay. Only bought it as I liked the music, but checked with a gamer mate and he said it’s fairly valuable

Also those 6 Pimpernel place mats for £1.50 to go with my new table



A nice salad bowl for £2

And a new jug for my filter coffee machine (existing one is cracked at the bottom) also for £1.50

 

[Epona]

A huge haul from Tenterden in Kent. Mainly run of the mill cds, dvds and books.

This cd is a standout - Wipeout Audio cd soundtrack for £1, goes for a lot more on eBay. Only bought it as I liked the music, but checked with a gamer mate and he said it’s fairly valuable
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Also those 6 Pimpernel place mats for £1.50 to go with my new table

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A nice salad bowl for £2
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And a new jug for my filter coffee machine (existing one is cracked at the bottom) also for £1.50

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Excellent haul!

 

[Elpenor]

3 for a £1 on CDs and DVDs at a shop in Torquay, picked up a few gems such as The Commitments, Apocalypse Now Redux and The Big Country.

Amongst the CDs was Craig David - Born to Do It which will be ideal for any romantic occasions

Also really liked a sofa, was £125 but perfect size and colour, alas I prevaricated and by the time I’d come back from breakfast it was already sold. Bah!

 

[Elpenor]

These two decanters (wine in the background, cut glass one in the foreground)


£25 for both

These mats for £5

 

[QueenOfGoths]

£1.50!! I haven't played this for about 30 years. Mr.QofG's was also excited by this purchase.

 

[8ball]

£1.50!! I haven't played this for about 30 years. Mr.QofG's was also excited by this purchase.

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I remember thinking as a kid that the people on the box must have been some kind of mysterious villains that lived on a private island.

 

[moose]

I remember thinking as a kid that the people on the box must have been some kind of mysterious villains that lived on a private island.

Nothing so exotic...unless it was an elaborate cover-up This updated photo of the Mastermind game box couple will be everything for people of a certain age

 

[moonsi til]

This magnificent goat in a Glasgow charity shop. It was in Southside where I don’t tend to frequent but the rain meant visit to The Burrell Collection & driving. It was only £10!

 

[Dovydaitis]

Nice sale in age uk yesterday, got myself a nice, cream Ralph Lauren posh top for £7.99. Will do for my holiday in March

 

[moonsi til]

I took 2 big bags to the charity shop & left with this green vase & the circle thing which is a candle holder. And a dress, a much needed clothes airer, a stoneware pot for wooden spoons & a jar with lid for bathroom stuff!

 

[blossie33]

Nice vase, my mother had one like that, it's a retro style I think, maybe 60's?

 

[Elpenor]

Does anyone else visit certain towns because they know the charity shops will yield interesting items?

 

[Epona]

Does anyone else visit certain towns because they know the charity shops will yield interesting items?

Well not "towns" as I live in London and getting stuff home from elsewhere is more of a pain/expense than it's worth - but yeah posher areas are sometimes worth a jaunt round the charity shops, simply because people in those areas tend to have nicer stuff to donate/replace items more frequently.

 

[Skim]

Well not "towns" as I live in London and getting stuff home from elsewhere is more of a pain/expense than it's worth - but yeah posher areas are sometimes worth a jaunt round the charity shops, simply because people in those areas tend to have nicer stuff to donate/replace items more frequently.

I did a chazza shop odyssey before lockdown that took me from Battersea (Northcote Rd) to Clapham High St, then over to Brixton Traid, then Herne Hill Oxfam and on to East Dulwich. Came home with loads of great stuff