What is your charity shop bargain of the week?

Frith

loolah - I don't really know Evesham but the Salvation Army was in Bridge St (and there was another charity shop opposite that).


There were 3 charity shops in what appeared to be the main street and the St Richard's Hospice went back a long way. Perhaps there are 2?


ETA - just been on their website and there are 2 and one is a homeware store with furniture. The other is on the High Street.


Went round Kidder this morning and got a floor length black and white striped dress, originally from Primark.

Hobsons_Choice

Kidderminster today: a pair of "long" Calvin Klein shorts, bnwt : £4.99 and an M&S linen shirt £1.99 both from Oxfam.

Artytarty

A nice jaeger shift dress in a pink/fawn tweedy mix. Fully lined.
£7.20. I'll need a cardigan or something with sleeves to wear under it for the winter.
50% cotton50% wool.

Miró

Today in the hospice chazza I found a BNWT, floaty, cotton lawn dress with a pin tucked bodice...great for holiday packing as it weighs next to nothing and will be sooooo cool. Original chazza price £5 but reduced to £2.50

alexnder

Found some Marco Tozzi strappy wedge sandles and a really nice black Apricot dress for £1 each. Quite pleased.

Ballymackeonan

Not a CS bargain of the week, but a "sleeper" - a picture I got in a CS last Autumn. It was sitting propped up at the till, a large Victorian oil painting of a country scene. I looked at the back, and there was a small typed label on the frame that it was a fake Herring, naming the faker. It had a tear in it, but was only £3 and I reckoned it was worth taking to a restorer (I'm lucky - there is a good one near here...) The repair cost £80 - not a bad total price for a Victorian oil.

I took it to the Antiques Roadshow yesterday, the expert identified it immediately and valued it at up to £700!

funnyfreckle

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I took it to the Antiques Roadshow yesterday, the expert identified it immediately and valued it at up to £700![/QUOTE]

Wow - congratulations! You obviously have a great eye for a bargain :T.

Will we be seeing you on the telly?!

charlies-aunt

After an economically enforced absence from the local charity shops and other retail outlets (skint) I has a couple of quid spending money left today so I was able I was able to go foraging in the Age UK shop and found . . . . . . . . . . .


a long sleeved striped maxi dress -Principles by Ben de Lisi - £1
a pretty leaf patterned fleece gilet - £1

patricia50

Not actually a charity shop buy but a jumble sale bargain. I found a Remoska cooker (on Sale at Lakeland from £145.99) and it cost me----50p. It had been tested and was found to be working but I need to actually cook something in it now.

funnyfreckle

charlies-aunt wrote: »

After an economically enforced absence from the local charity shops and other retail outlets (skint) I has a couple of quid spending money left today so I was able I was able to go foraging in the Age UK shop and found . . . . . . . . . . .
a long sleeved striped maxi dress -Principles by Ben de Lisi - £1
a pretty leaf patterned fleece gilet - £1

Wow - you did really well with your £2! I'm so glad you found some great bargains to treat yourself