Best Car Boot, Charity Shop and Jumble Sale Bargains - New Thread 4/10/09

medsdemon

Happy new year everyone.
managed to get out to one shop when we visited Whitby and picked up a fabulous brown velvet jacket for my DD who absolutely loves it and was just what she was searching for. Cost £6.99 but a tenth of the cost it would be new.
Am hoping to get back to carboot this weekend but not sure it will be on.

onceposh

Hi
Newbie poster to this forum although have been a lurker and love reading your posts.
I m posting asking for your help as you all seem to know everything.
I have bought a vintage 1950s "gucci" handbag from my local charity shop. Im pretty sure its authentic but would like to make sure. Can anyone help ? I have googled and checked comparison sites but not really any information about something so old. Its too old to have serial numbers and leather tags.
Thanks in advance Sally

lulu650

I thought that even vintage Gucci had labels inside.

Check this website and halfway through the page you'll see examples of vintage Gucci labels on handbags. http://members.ebay.com/ws2/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=aegiale&afsrc=1

goanmad

My first charity shopping session of the year yesterday yielded:

1980's green leather skirt "Lorraine Chase Collection" £2.25
1970's St Michael floral smock £1.99
Vinyl vanity case £1.49
2 x papier mache bangles 99p
Vintage paisley print silk scarf 99p
Hand-knit Aran sweater £2.99
Pile of paperbacks 25p each
Ted Baker casual shirt 99p
Vintage French Connection cheesecloth shirt 99p
Diesel military style shirt £1.49
Topman Skinny jeans £2.99

Here's to a year of bargains.

JesaRose

The best place to get authentication on designer bags is thepurseforum - google the site and post on the Gucci thread with photos. There are lots of collectors on here who can tell you if they think its a real one or not

monkeypuzzle32

your best bet may be to take it to a Gucci store and see if they know about it or if they are interested in getting it authenticated by the company-I would have thought 50's Gucci bags were fairly hard to find these days so they may have a company interest? Also you could try the Purse Forum-the ladies on there know so much about bags and are happy to help out.

pinkladyof66

Visit last week was fruitful for me managed to get

A Debenhams designer top
2 pairs of M & S Autograph trousers pure new wool - one short for work and one long for evenings
next black bag

all were in like new condition - cost me £16.50 but well pleased

sweetnothings

Welcome back goanmad hope you had a lovely time in India the posts on here have been very quiet seems we were all waiting for you to come home lol
Dropped off some charity bags yesterday and spotted a lovely silk Ted Baker top and an Oasis shirt dress on the way out for 50p each! karma? :A

JesaRose

I'm hoping to have a day of charity shopping with my mum this week so maybe I will have some bargains to post later in the week

I did buy a very sweet little wool dress from Shikta (I think) and a pair of brand new black jeggings for £5 and £3 this week in one of my local charity shops. The dress is in the wash at the moment so I will try and post a photo when its dry

Nice to see you back Goanmad. I think I have worked out how to properly follow blogs so hopefully I will be following yours very soon

JesaRose

Quickly nipped round the jumbley type charity shop in my lunch hour today and picked up this little 80s dress with matching belt which I was eyeing up before Christmas. I decided not to at the time but today it was on the £1 rail so I couldn't say no. I'm going to attempt to take a few inches off (at least six of them).



I also got these Christian Dior tights for just 50p



A great little party outfit for £1.50:money: