Charmin
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My sister and I went to a garage sale yesterday and I can't believe the stuff we got! We pulled up to this sale and the driveway was lined with big U-haul boxes. I walked up and looked at the tags on the boxes and they said $2 for box. I started going through a couple of the boxes and almost hurt myself trying to pull the tags and tell the man and woman running the sale that I wanted those boxes! My sister gave me this look like "HOLY CRAP! Can you believe this?!?!" 
Just the stuff on the top of the boxes convinced me to buy them and when we got home and started going through them, it was mind boggling! We found brand new, still in the boxes, Corning Ware, a Waterford crystal vase, Normandy set of glasses, vintage linens that still had the tags on them, including an Irish Linen tablecloth & napkins, a Swedish stainless steel tray(still in the box), Flint Arrowhead kitchen utensils, handmade wooden bookends, Asian napkin rings, 6 vintage Pyrex bowls(not pictured), LaSalle College advertising bowls(maybe dip bowls?), vintage baby mug still in the box and so much more. The woman must have been a pack rat, because almost all the items had their original packaging and labels. It looks like some of it was maybe wedding gifts to the couple, because there are little gift cards stuck in some of the boxes. I still can't believe what we got---We spent $52 and had a truck load full! I brought some stuff home with me to research for ebay and we took some to my sisters junk shop. Oh, I almost forgot about the jewelry---There were 4 bags of misc. jewelry for $1 a bag. In one bag there is an Italy 14K chain, and there were 2 silver pins in another bag as well as lots of pieces of junk jewelry that my sister will have no trouble in selling. I don't have a picture of the jewelry yet, but I'll take one to show you the good stuff---Are most pieces that are marked Italy 14K not really gold? I don't have a test kit and need to get one to check the Italy gold chain.
Another thing I got that I am going to keep was a Karastan Persian rug(4'x6') for $5! It is a gorgeous dark red with blues, oranges, and tans. I wish sales were like this everyweek! That was so much fun!
Hope everyone has a great Holiday weekend and thanks for looking!
Here's some pics---it'll take me a couple of minutes to get all the pictures loaded.
Just the stuff on the top of the boxes convinced me to buy them and when we got home and started going through them, it was mind boggling! We found brand new, still in the boxes, Corning Ware, a Waterford crystal vase, Normandy set of glasses, vintage linens that still had the tags on them, including an Irish Linen tablecloth & napkins, a Swedish stainless steel tray(still in the box), Flint Arrowhead kitchen utensils, handmade wooden bookends, Asian napkin rings, 6 vintage Pyrex bowls(not pictured), LaSalle College advertising bowls(maybe dip bowls?), vintage baby mug still in the box and so much more. The woman must have been a pack rat, because almost all the items had their original packaging and labels. It looks like some of it was maybe wedding gifts to the couple, because there are little gift cards stuck in some of the boxes. I still can't believe what we got---We spent $52 and had a truck load full! I brought some stuff home with me to research for ebay and we took some to my sisters junk shop. Oh, I almost forgot about the jewelry---There were 4 bags of misc. jewelry for $1 a bag. In one bag there is an Italy 14K chain, and there were 2 silver pins in another bag as well as lots of pieces of junk jewelry that my sister will have no trouble in selling. I don't have a picture of the jewelry yet, but I'll take one to show you the good stuff---Are most pieces that are marked Italy 14K not really gold? I don't have a test kit and need to get one to check the Italy gold chain.
Another thing I got that I am going to keep was a Karastan Persian rug(4'x6') for $5! It is a gorgeous dark red with blues, oranges, and tans. I wish sales were like this everyweek! That was so much fun!
Hope everyone has a great Holiday weekend and thanks for looking!
Here's some pics---it'll take me a couple of minutes to get all the pictures loaded.
Most of it will go to my sisters shop (antique/collectibles/junk shop). She sells for us and supports our habit(of garage sales). 
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I'm glad you're unboggled, Brendan 
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