Thrift stores are veritable treasure troves for cool old goodies, intriguing ancient valuables, and things that will make you mumble ‘What in God’s name is that thing’ to yourself or shout ‘I must have this! Now! Cashier, take my money!’
The Facebook group ‘Weird Secondhand Finds That Just Need To Be Shared’ serves as a central hub for weird and awesome photos from thrift shops, flea markets, and garage sales. We’ve collected some of the most interesting pics of weird things that people found, so scroll down and feast your eyes on a buffet of strangeness. Remember to upvote your faves and share the most interesting things with your friends.
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One of my best friends in elementary school was a precious girl who had cystic fibrosis. After 7th grade she moved out of state, and I heard the next year that she had passed away. I was heart broken. After she moved, we lost touch and I didn’t get to say good bye. Years later, as an adult, my sister and I were shopping at our local thrift store, and I bought a bag of random gift tags in which I found this angel drawn by my dear childhood friend It had her name and the city she’d moved to printed on the back. I was stunned and overwhelmed that it found it’s way to me. It will always be my best find
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The letter reads: dear Jennifer, this is a special button tree. The top button on the left is from the army uniform that your great-grandfather (my father, Oscar Anderson) wore while he was fighting in WWI - 1918. The top button on the right is from the navy uniform that your grandfather wore while he was serving aboard the USS Sproston dd 577 (a destroyer) during WWII - 1944-45. The other buttons on the tree are from my mother’s button box. The tiny ones may have been on some of my baby clothes (which makes them real antiques)! In those days you saved the buttons from the clothing you were throwing away. Love, grandma
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My kids love it. $2 at salvation army in Mchenry IL. They had two left.
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Please excuse my foot fog, these shoes have like three tiny vent holes in them. I can’t wait to wear obnoxious socks with them
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House in the background is: Buhl mansion guesthouse & Spa in Sharon, PA. You can stay there and it’s really gorgeous
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He’d been hanging on my living room wall at my old place for years. That is, until my husband made me take him down because he didn’t think potential buyers would appreciate my dark decorating style. Well, we sold the house and I’d been begging my husband to bring earl home for months, but he was one of the first things to be put into storage, so he was buried pretty deep. Well, he finally made it to our new house today and he’s proudly hanging above the fireplace, where he’ll stay for years to come. To answer some questions, Earl is a thick plastic, he has the artists name engraved on the side, I looked him up once, he’s worth about $200, but I’d never dream of selling him. I do decorate him for parties and holidays, he’s puked streamers, blown up balloons, worn santa hats and bunny ears among other things. I usually try to match him to whatever my headless mannequin (deidre) is wearing. He doesn’t glow in the dark. He does have an Adam’s apple, it just doesn’t protrude very far. He’s always reminded me of Maynard Mames Keanan more than flea though
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The larger one my mom gifted to me. It was one she used when she was in high school for a botany class project. The smaller matching one I found a couple months later at a goodwill. It was destiny
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I went shopping with my mom and grandmom at antique/secondhand stores today. I said “keep an eye out for a hippo, I need a house hippo.” not five minutes later, my mom found three hippos. So we now all have our house hippos
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Turns out the layby fell through and the owner of the shop finally made him available for sale again. Today I got to buy him. Hes the size of a child. How amazing is he?!!
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He now serves the purpose of scaring everyone that comes out of that bedroom
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Chloe Straub Report
Found the best ornament yesterday, a vintage 1985 fraggle rock ornament at a charity shop in Dublin. It was made by hallmark and henson company. Fraggle rock was one of my favourite tv shows growing up! It def came home with me. Best €5 I have ever spent
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I did not buy it that day , but went home and thought about it for three weeks . Called the store and purchased it , then drove three hours there and back to bring it home . I now have a pug “room” to go with my pug chair
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I gasped so loudly when I found it that my husband was like ‘ohhhhh you found a treasure!?’ from across the huge store and quickly made his way over
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I had to get it because it looks freakishly like my father I stuck an airplant in the hole in the top and I’m giving it to him for christmas
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A year ago I moved from the UK back to Spain where charity shops are not really a thing. Last weekend I went back to Bristol to visit friends and stopped at my local charity shop, where I had found other gems in the past. But this. I wish I could wear it every day. Bristol, UK
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“I want you to draw me like one of your french girls.. “ my kids were questioning my sanity during our photo shoot.
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Hi guys this is my first post here ! Bit of backstory for this: so I was a flight attendant for Primera air until the company went bankrupt in October 2018. I was heartbroken, I loved my job! (This is gonna be a long post, sorry in advance. TLDR at the buttom) The last flight I was so insane. We were flying from BLL in Denmark to Chania. We took off not knowing what was in store for us but it was about to be a wild ride. Not long after the seatbelt signs came off we were called to the front of the aircraft where my senior (boss of the cabin) told us we were bankrupt while crying. It was all very emotional but soon there would be no time for crying. (Skip next paragraph if you don’t like mention of blood) We went back to our stations and suddenly smell something weird. We look out from the galley and see something dark and red on the floor. We knock on the door to the bathroom. An elderly lady was in there, bleeding all over the place. It looked like someone was murdered in there. There was blood everywhere! Sink, mirror, floor, the whole nine. She was talking calmly and explained she had had surgery in her behind and it must have been that. We called for a doctor and it turns out he had been there to operate and knew her by name! Told her that she had gotten a letter stating that she wasn’t to travel within two weeks of the operation but she thought it wasn’t to be taken serious. Doc told us he didn’t consider it life threatening per say but that she needed a hospital. We ended up diverting and got her with an ambulance and called for cleaning. In the meantime Primera air broke the news on Facebook. Which meant that all the 180-something passengers suddenly found out. We debated if we should turn back to Denmark. But agreed after talking to some of the passengers that we should continue our last flight and finish it. We got back in the air and gave all drinks and snacks people wanted away. It was very emotional knowing this would be the last time we did that. People were so nice too. All our makeup was ruined, we took turns crying and got so many hugs and well wishes from the passengers. It was lovely really under the circumstances We land and the passengers went on their holidays. Then the aircraft got seized and we were told to leave. Luckily our crewing department managed to book us a hotel and air travel home before everything was closed. Not much sleep were had that night. A lot of red wine and g&t as well as a lot of stories and memories shared. Flash forward and an old colleague tells me he found this food trolly for sale. That food trolly was on my very last flight. Naturally it had to come home to me a memory I will forever cherish. TLDR; this food Trolly was on my very last flight with Primera air and thus I had to have it
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This is from a few years ago but I only recently found this group. Unfortunately was too broke to purchase at the time but strongly considering making the three hour drive to pick it up if it’s still around!
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It lived from then on in his workshop out in the barn. When he passed I asked her if I could have the “Ugly head”. She said yes, she never wanted to see it again. Unfortunately for her, I put him on the entrance table in my foyer. We all (except my mom) love him. I put seasonal hats on him
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Starting tomorrow, he will sit on my desk at school. What a perfect tissue box cover for a kindergarten classroom
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(I just had to add that I love you, weirdlings! I thought everyone would get a kick out of this, but had no idea how much! For those of you who want your own cig pooping donkey, I found a couple online when I searched ‘donkey cigarette dispenser. You can put your weed in it!”
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For $14.96, I initially passed it up at the salvation army on n clybourn in Chicago, figuring the thing was probably broken anyway. But, lots of people on this site let me know 1) personal mini fridges are actually a “thing” that lots of people have and 2) star wars merch can be highly collectible even if not in perfect working order (or in the words of my fave commenter, “ya done messed up, a-a-ron!”). So I went back and rescued Han Solo, and to my surprise, he works just fine. Thanks for the assist
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