Garage Sale Finds: Neighborhood Garage Sales Pay Off

$683 Reasons to love thy neighbors' Neighborhood Garage Sales 

It pays to shop at Neighborhood Garage Sales. Check out the savings/profit potential of these reader-submitted garage sale finds!

GARAGE SALE FINDS: Priceless $8 Quilt

"If only this quilt could talk."

Imagine you're browsing around a random garage sale when out of the corner of your eye, something unexpected grabs your attention. It feels familiar and upon closer inspection you recognize it as having once belonged to a family member who passed or, as in the case of this antique friendship quilt, to more than one deceased relative.

15 Craigslist finds packed with Rustic American charm

"I spy a Rustic American Craigslist buy."

CURATING CRAIGSLIST — Independence Day may be my favorite holiday, but it's living in Oklahoma that makes going all-out in celebration on the 4th of July a tradition I can really get behind. 

GARAGE SALE FINDS: You won't believe what was in this $15 mystery box!

Was the seller drunk?

One of those legendary garage sale finds you only ever read about, you'll never guess what was inside this "Mystery Box"  that some lucky...

Garage Sale Finds: Vintage Comic Books Uncovered

I'm still on the mend and what better way to spend that time than reading comic books. I wrote about the comic book find I made at a garage sale a few weeks back. The comics were ten cents each and the vast majority were coverless. But for 10 cents, I wasn't ashamed to pick up a bunch of the orphaned adventures. While collectors call them worthless, I'm here to defend the lowly coverless comic book.

Great Finds: I Spy a Craigslist Furniture Buy (7)

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"Time got away from me and I noticed I haven't posted an I Spy a Craigslist Buy  lately. Can you believe it? My boys even mentioned it had been awhile since I'd found something on Craigslist! We might have to remedy that!  

Garage Sale Finds: 1970 TV Guide - John Wayne

What was on TV Nov 28th through Dec 4th, 1970?

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We're dipping back into the old stock with this issue from 1970.  Writing about these older issues is a challenge, because they're just prior to my earliest memories of TV, so it's a little like exploring a foreign world.

Garage Sale Finds: A Charlie Brown Christmas Record

A Charlie Brown Christmas Record

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Christmas isn't complete without a viewing of the classic "A Charlie Brown Christmas" now in it's 50th year of broadcast. Before the days of VHS, much less DVD, you saw it once a year and if you missed it, you were out of luck.  Read-along Charlie Brown Christmas books and records, that you can sometimes find at Garage Sales today, filled the long gap between Christmases.

Garage Sale Finds: Vintage 1976 TV Guide - Gone with the Wind

What was on TV November 6th through 12th, 1976?

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Welcome once again to What was on TV.  The major television event of this week in 1976 was the first network airing of "Gone with the Wind". I remember my mother being very excited about this.

Great Finds: I Spy Craigslist Furniture Buys (6)

Last time I posted an I Spy a Craigslist Buy someone asked how often I do them or if I post on a specific day, I'll try to aim for every two weeks, but since I'm at the mercy of Craig I have to be flexible.  :)  I was thinking how much fun it would be to design an entire room with today's finds. I can't even let my brain go there, it won't turn off - imagining how to balance it all to work together, how each piece would function and then fabrics, colors, paint, accessories...it's endless. 

Garage Sale Finds: Ben Cooper Rubber Witch Jiggler...

Flappy Witch

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This Ben Cooper flappy rubber witch jiggler was made in Hong Kong and probably dates from the 1970's.  

MOTHER OF ALL MOVING SALES / Huge Garage, Estate Sale

CRAIGSLIST GARAGE SALES (OKLAHOMA CITY) -  Our huge Garage Sale / Estate Sale in Oklahoma City was rained out, so we're moving even more great garage sale items to the yard at the MOTHER OF ALL MOVING SALES....  and

Here's a real find: Eddie Van Halen's Hot Rod is for sale on Craigslist

"It even comes with an autographed guitar from the band."

If you're a fan of the intricate guitar work that defined the eighties, you will no doubt be amped about this Craigslist find — a 1934 Ford four-door Hot Rod previously owned by guitar legend Eddie Van Halen.

The Best Garage Sale Finds Are Heaven Sent

"He showed the photo to his Grandmother. 'Wow,' she said, and kept staring at the photo."