Brag a little....What was your best thrift/second-hand/Consignment store find?  

I found a Brian Froud, Goblins of the Labyrinth book that I bought for £1 and it turned out to be worth about £300. I'd never sell it though!

My fav find was a red denim jacket. I had saw one in the LLBean catalogue, but it was about $40-. I happened to run into a thrift store to look for clothes for my teen aged daughter (I buy most of all our family's clothes at thrift stores) and I happened to find a red denim jacket! It was made by 'cotton ginny' (do you guys have that store in the US? Or is it just Canadian?) Anyways, I think I paid about $4- for it...I have also managed to get some great pants/jeans for all of us at thrift stores :-)
(I also love garage sales and gotten a few neat things there too such as a picture from Ikea (a furniture store) for 50 cents where at Ikea the print is $10-!!)
signed,
love those bargains :-)

My favorite things would have to be an old dresser with really deep drawers that I got at a yard sale while spending the weekend in NH. It isn't all that pretty, but it was exactly the size I needed it to be and I had been searching for something for several months with no luck before that I found that. The other thing would have to be my pea green boiled wool Loden vintage jacket. I got it at a tag sale at my local Sons of Italy and the woman gave it to me for under $20. It's so warm and wonderful that I don't wear it that often because it makes me sweat! It's just so great though.

Ten years ago I purchased a green leather jacket from Value Village of seven dollars. That thing is still my favorite article of clothing to this day and every time I wear it out I get tons of compliments on it. Bonus! No one has one even similar where I live.

We buy a lot of children's clothes for our son at thrift stores. And it looks great on him. No one thinks he dresses poor. We also bought a kitchen supply, and wooden clothes liner where you hang them up to dry.

I lucked out yesterday. I was looking through the book section and found a cookbook of "The Barefoot Contessa" for $2.00. Normally these books are $35 or so. I gave it to my Mom as she has been wanting one so this definitely counts as one of my best finds ever.

In Singapore, we don't have many of these thrift/second-hand/consignment stores you mentioned.

The closest we came to is Cash Converters which is a place where people try to sell their old stuffs - which other people will browse to buy.

I did see another small shop packed with goods and it claims to sell all things Russians. :P

Other than these, it would be the not so rare yet still quite rare flea markets. Oh yes, there is one "lane" dedicated to these old stuffs.. manned by some "seniors" I think.

I am never really one for these "old items" so I typically give such a miss.

Best finds in a thrift store were both in one day...I was looking for a costume for a Halloween party and in amongst the sort of bags and "black" items ( for witch costumes, vampire, etc) was this little black bag...it was paired up with a shawl of sorts and I just happened to pull it out to look at the shawl...the bag seemed to be a nice fabric and as I looked closer and began to remove the "stickers" that someone had decorated it with I was shocked to see it was a Kate Spade bag...I believed it must be a knock off..but the asking price was $1.25 and the stickers were peeling off easily...I purchased it and went on my way...Next stop..a Goodwill shop where I quickly ran went through a group of sweaters and pullover type shirts...a heathery grey realy soft v neck sweater caught my eye and as I pulled it out I could see it still had tags on it from Nordstrom's( big in the states)..and had originally been $245.00...It was exactly my size and was 100% cashmere...no stains, holes, perfect!!! I paid $5.00 for it ...When I got home that day I had no costume...but I took the purse to Nordstrom's and they showed me the numbers inside on a small tag that can be traced for authenticity..or so they said...I since had a Kate Spade representative look at it and tell me it's not a knock off...but an original that would normally sell for $460...What a deal!!!! The downside of course was that it was LAST YEARS...so I've had to get over that I'm carrying a bag that is from last season..LOL...I really love it..and would have even if it was a knock off..but it isn't and it's my great thrift store find!!!! Along with my cashmere sweater and some great jeans I found on sale...my entire outfit was under $10...and it still gets lots of compliments!!! In the jewelry department I found a pair of clip on Chanel earrings for $1.00...probably 10 years ago..and they are still in great shape and people comment on them when I wear them...they too are the real thing...Love those thrift shop deals!!!!!

I found on Freecycle.com a used handicapped recliner lift chair (new at $500.00+) for FREE. It's in wonderful condition and works like a charm I've been needing one for such a long time, but no insurance covers these. Now I can transfer from my wheelchair to it and back again without yelling for help. Plus its so comfortable!

I like the thrift store as well...Me and my sister bought my neice whom mother doesn't buy her anything..at lest 20 outfits which by the way looked very new..and we only sent about 40.00..that was a very good bargin...i plan to do more shopping there especially because my son goes threw clothes like they are nothing.........