Salvation Army - hit the jackpot!

[anisa]

So I was a little bummed that an oil painting i bid on at Salvation army went to a higher bidder a couple of days ago. i couldn't justify the cost of outbidding them *bah*

i had a good feeling today tho, and i went in to take a look, and just as i was done with the kitchen area, i said to my daughter "lets look at the weird pictures" cause the wall of odd prints and posters is always mostly stuff no one would ever want. i look to one side and ghasp!!!

i saw a couple of elusive ruscha wall hanging tiles, BIG ones! i immediatly got down to snatch them up off the bottom shelf. i knocked down a cheap print while i was at it, i didn't care what price they were, i HAD to have them, and boy were they heavy!

it turned out they were 5.99 each. i was laughing. i wanted something like them so bad for sooo long, and i find them tossed on the bottom shelf along with other junk. these normally sell for about $200-300 each, and i got both for under 12 dollars.

i was laughing while lined up to pay for them because it is the beginning of the month and they had just put out a ton of new auction items. of course these were worth more than any of the things they had put in the auction. they just didn't know.

so happy!

this is a camera pic. they are old, from the 60's. some of you may say "wth, that's old CRAP" but i love it

[couponclipingjerk]

I like it, win-win situation, Sally Ann got some money, you got a bargain and everything always happens for a reason. Great post!

[anisa]

i told hubby about how much ppl pay for them, and showed him prices online. he's all like "you should sell them!"

i was like heck no, i can't even afford to buy these types of things for 600 bucks, i can sure as heck afford 12 tho ;p

[Mrsb07]

I love when that happens. Finding hidden treasure is awesome!

[guineapig]

Great buy and find...but one has to know their stuff...someone else might have bought them and put them out in the garden for a stepping stone...

[sarah_300c]

You never know what you're going to find at Thrift stores. You can get some really amazing things for next to nothing prices!

[amanda4]

+1

You never know what you're going to find at Thrift stores. You can get some really amazing things for next to nothing prices!

[amandamck]

That's awesome, good for you!

[aaaa]

Nice work. Gotta love the salvation army.

[aussie]

thats awesome!!!!

[Ivycottage]

Great find. I love thrift shops!

[guccigoo22]

Great finds! I'm glad you kept them! You deserve to have fine art in your home, no matter what the actual cost was! Plus, you can always sell them in a few years, if you redecorate, and by then they may have doubled in value! Tell your DH it's an investment!

[Natalka]

How interesting! Nice find since it's something you like. I didn't know what they were, so I did some googling!