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

BLUEWKD

Does anyone know of any car boots this weekend apart from Dewsbury Rams in west/south yorkshire please. I am wanting to sell some new stuff, but Dewsbury Rams licence does not allow for anyone to sell anything new.

goanmad

BLUEWKD wrote: »

Does anyone know of any car boots this weekend apart from Dewsbury Rams in west/south yorkshire please. I am wanting to sell some new stuff, but Dewsbury Rams licence does not allow for anyone to sell anything new.

Have you visited this website?
http://www.carbootjunction.co.uk/car-boot-by-county.php

My visit to the Salvation Army today resulted in:

Purple 1980's suede courts
Miss Holmes Suede shoes with gold heels
Green suede heeled pumps with gold chain detail
Vintage white angora Kangol beret
Black faux fur hat
Yellow leather shoulder bag
Purple clutch bag
Vintage "deadstock" black satin panty girdle

Total cost: £5.40

No jumbles listed for tomorrow/ this evening and if the weather continues like it has been all day the boot sale looks a bit dodgy.

jasmineswhiskers

goanmad wrote: »

Have you visited this website?
http://www.carbootjunction.co.uk/car-boot-by-county.php

My visit to the Salvation Army today resulted in:

Purple 1980's suede courts
Miss Holmes Suede shoes with gold heels
Green suede heeled pumps with gold chain detail
Vintage white angora Kangol beret
Black faux fur hat
Yellow leather shoulder bag
Purple clutch bag
Vintage "deadstock" black satin panty girdle

Total cost: £5.40

No jumbles listed for tomorrow/ this evening and if the weather continues like it has been all day the boot sale looks a bit dodgy.

Hi Goanmad, You always have such wonderful finds from a seemingly constant stream of jumblies/bootys, I was wondering how far you travel to go to these (thinking of broadening my horizons) or how far anyone else travels.

Claire_Bear

I don't drive so I'm limited to where I can go by where the bus/train goes. I'd be willing to travel a long way on the bus as I have a weekly pass but theres some places you just can't get to.

GrammarGirl

I visited my favourite charity shop on Tues and picked up:

Pink vintage floral bone china tea set - £3.49 (think I'm obsessed with tea sets! This one's very Cath Kidston)
Frank Usher heavily sequinned/beaded top - £4
Floral chiffon shirt - £3
Brand new polka dot peep toe heels - £3

There's vintage fair at my local hospice over the weekend, so looking forward to that!

GrammarGirl

goanmad wrote: »

Miss Holmes Suede shoes with gold heels

I'd never heard of this brand until I visited a vintage shop in Sheffield and saw a pair! I had to take a picture on my phone and send it to my family - Holmes is our surname, making me Miss Holmes! These shoes were literally made for me! :rotfl:

goanmad

GrammarGirl wrote: »

I'd never heard of this brand until I visited a vintage shop in Sheffield and saw a pair! I had to take a picture on my phone and send it to my family - Holmes is our surname, making me Miss Holmes! These shoes were literally made for me! :rotfl:

Fancy that! They are quite a posh label, my Grandma used to love them.

Jasmineswhiskers - At the weekend if there's no local jumbles or car boots BF and I pick a town within a half-hour drive (checking out the Association of charity Shop's website as a reference point). My best chazzing pal is a teacher so during her school holidays we go further afield choosing a handful of towns in a different county.

lola34

Just back from Jumble sale todays pickings were

Urban Outfitters tshirt 15p
M&S Girls shirt with tags 15p
Vintage hand made floral skirt very small waist but am going to alter it 15p
Mark one 80's tie front shirt 15p
books x 3 10p each
videos x2 10p each
70's / 80's tupperware set with 4 lidded tubs £1
Wrestling stage for DS's figures 20p
Holly Hobbie hanging storage with pockets - handmade but couldn't resist the Holly Hobbie material 20p

medsdemon

lola34 wrote: »

Just back from Jumble sale todays pickings were

Urban Outfitters tshirt 15p
M&S Girls shirt with tags 15p
Vintage hand made floral skirt very small waist but am going to alter it 15p
Mark one 80's tie front shirt 15p
books x 3 10p each
videos x2 10p each
70's / 80's tupperware set with 4 lidded tubs £1
Wrestling stage for DS's figures 20p
Holly Hobbie hanging storage with pockets - handmade but couldn't resist the Holly Hobbie material 20p

you got some lovely bargains there:)

*Love* for the Holly Hobbie fabric.

Today i got a lovely vintage silk floral print Laura Ashley scarf for £1 from my CS browse. Realised i should have bought those peeptoe Gina shoes i saw afterall... nevermind.

looking forward to see what the Carboot brings tomorrow:D

GrammarGirl

Today I went to the most amazing vintage fair in aid of St Gemma's Hospice. Throughout the year they hold on to vintage donations and then sell them (obviously at higher prices) at this event. If anyone's interested, it's also on tomorrow - 10am - 1pm at St Gemma's Hospice (the actual hospice, not the charity shop) in Moortown, Leeds. I got there at 12 today and was told they'd already had thousands through the doors. I just missed out on a dressmakers dummy (gutted!) but did pick up:

3 pure silk scarves in various prints, £1 each
Long string of pearls, £3
Short pink pearl necklace, £2

The girl in front of me bought 30 (!!!) silk scarves and 20 (!!!) vintage coat hangers at a cost of £50. She must've been a seller... but something about the greedy, manic look in her eyes told me it was all for her wardrobe! Yikes!