What is the best thing you have ever found at a yard sale?

This happened to a friend of mine, she bought a TV that was quite new, but was told it did not work, it was a 30 inch screen. Her husband felt he could fix it. She paid $20. She got home, realized it did not fit in the entertainment center, she went back and bought the entertainment center for $30. She got it home, found the missing remote for the TV. Pressed a button on the remote and the TV worked. This gets better, she fell in love with an old roll top desk that they had when went back for the entertainment center, but did not have room for it in the car. She called the people, they still had the desk. SHe paid $20 for it. When she went to refinish it, she found a drawer that was sealed shut. It was full of collectible post cards between 50 and 80 years old. She sold them for $3000 dollars.

I best thing I found at a yard sale was a great wingbacked chair for $15. It wasn't beautiful but it was very well made chair and quite comfortable. Even though I no longer have it, it served it's purpose well in my art studio during its time with us.

Why you lucky dawg you. I have always wanted a convertible. We are in the market for a decent used car. So far we haven't been very successful. Most we ever find at tag sales aren't worth much. But I get tickled pink when I find something that is a steal! I bought a nearly new griddle for $3, a 30 gallon fish tank with all the gadgets for $15 (the guy wanted $20).

hi there GardenGerty we call it garage sale in Australia i found some things that were very cheap like a pram for only $5 dollars which was ok and clothes and books cds just depends what people sell i have never had one have you ever had one and plus i don't have anything to sell thanks for this discussion

I found a large box of 50's comics that were later worth hundreds of dollars, I also look for precious moments figurines and I end up with a lot of them.

a mixed breed puppy who became our most beloved pet for many years and we called her swap because it was at a sort of swap meet and yard sale.

would you believe pal I have never ben to a yard sale , I have heard of them and it seems like a great idea to me , We have car boot sales not far from us and I have only ever been to one of them , I was always going to take all of Ross extra CD's and DVD's and sell them off but never got round to it , He took boxes full to a local hospital lately and they really appreciated them there . I hope Scotland starts to have yard or garage sales I would love that and not have to drive or walk far to them xxxx

The best thing I found was not at a yardsale, but rummage sale. I found two great end tables. I have found great clothes for my kids at yard sales. Thanks for the reminder....Maybe Friday this week we can go yardsaling.

I am not sure what is the best thing I have found at yard sales, but my husband & I sure love them. When I bought my holiday house at Pennehsaw, I furnished it entirely with items from yard sales. My husband has bought cheap pasint, enough to paint th whole of the kids bedrooms. We have bought great second hand books, games & folding chairs. Even pot plants. Hubby buys really cheap kjids bikes & does them up. Yard sales are great.

I found a really nice tooled leather purse at a yard sale for .50 and sold it on Eaby for about $50. I also found a beautiful crocheted comforter like my grandma would have made, and paid $2 for it.

I found a wade figure in a car boot sale once for about 3 pounds sterling when I went to get it valued at an auction it was valued at 320 pounds..I sold it because I needed the money and got 150 sterling for it..Not a bad investments at the time but sometimes I wish I had kept it, what can we do lol eh? This is life at least I could get something for it when I needed it isn't it?

I would have to say that the best find for us was my girls piano. Our house burned 6 years ago and they lost their piano and their keyboard. We didn't have enough insurance to recover everything so the piano wasn't a priority. One day at a garage sale, my youngest fell in love with this old upright piano, with beautiful scroll work. However, a dog had been using it for a chew toy and it had some damage to the legs. The man was asking $250 for it, because it is an antique. When I tried to explain to Lauren that we simply couldn't afford that, he struck up a conversation with my talkative child. Upon finding out that she had lost her piano in a fire, he asked for my husband's work number. That night, this man and his son delivered the piano to my girls with a big red bow on it and said Merry Christmas in April.

I once bought a box of jusk because I wanted a child's book in it and when I was looking through the box I found the lid part of a candy bar display box that was advertizing Hop Along Cassidy. On a dare I put it on ebay with .01 starting bid and it sold for $397.23. It was a good sale because I bought the whole box of stuff for $1.00 and sold a number of collectibles from it.

i find twin tub for gran who i love and potato peeler machine to peel potatos for mash. my gran look after me and she say she get me wife at sale. i wish. i never had girl partner but will save to buy wife when i rich.

I think it would be an entertainment center. We went to a well off neighborhood and found an entertainment center for 20 dollars. I needed one because I was moving and didn't have anything and I didn't want it to sit on the floor. It is really nice and I feel pretty good for just paying twenty dollars.

I can't say as I have ever found any HUGE steals at garage sales as some have mentioned here but I do love to go garage saling to see what kind of bargains I can find. I mean you can find CD's in perfect condition for a quarter. Books for A quarter. DVD's for $1.00. Great Condition Jeans for $2.00. If the person has their stuff priced right there are lots of bargains you can find. I'm a cashier working a minimum wage job. So I love my yard sales!