I’ve recently gotten into the thrifting/antiquing bug myself and have lucked out on some amazing items. (by my standards) What are your favorite finds and why?
My current favorite is a “Milan Leather” leather jacket with a UK/Ireland phone number for customer service on it’s care tag. (I live in the USA for context) I snagged it for $28 dollars and can’t wait to wear it this winter.
If anyone knows more about that Milan Leather brand I’d love to know more about when that company was around so I can date just how old the jacket is.
One time a few years ago in a goodwill I was in a section for just random house decoration crap and there was a small leather bag. For no particular reason I picked it up and realized it had something in it.
It was a (later tested) working Gameboy Color with no problems. Since they were only selling the bag it was marked for like 5 dollars. I bought that shit so hard. Still couldn’t believe my luck.
Scored a working Commodore desktop calculator for $25. It needed a light cleaning and I replaced the cracked battery tray but the electronics and VFD tubes work great.
I have H.G. Wells’ The Outline of History three volume set - the 1940/41 edition - which I found for five bucks. They’re my nerdiest treasures.
I got a 60s radial arm saw for free that still runs like a champ. The person I got it from mentioned that he built a sailboat with his dad using that saw. Super cool to still have it in use
Nothing particularly special, but I like buying cheap all-metal $5 lamp bases and repainting them. Because holy shit are lamps expensive.
My favorite so far has a multi-spiral body with a leaf-shaped light diffuser under the bulb, which I painted with chameleon paints, so depending on the time of day/color of light it’s a variety of different colors (mostly purples, blues, and greens). It lives in my very bright living room for optimal effect.