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Saturday Puzzle-Contest!
Saturday, August 27th, 2022

UPDATE: The winner is…Carol G!
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I’m late posting today because a friend messaged my dd to tell us there was a garage sale we could not miss this morning! The woman was selling vintage Pyrex dishes, which my daughter collects. My SIL was game to drive us there and patiently waited while we picked through her junk to find hidden treasures! We came away with so many pieces of Pyrex my daughter doesn’t have room to display them! It’s a great problem for an addict to have. I worked my way down one end of the table, snagging items I knew she’d want, and when we met in the middle we were both thrilled at all our finds.

Then I went through the rest of the tables looking for strange and wonderful treasures, which are what I collect—not that most of my treasures are worth anything, but I’m always looking for the thing that makes me happy.

The item I came away with cost an entire dollar! You have to solve the puzzle to see the tarnished brass (tarnish just means it has been around a while, like me). We looked on eBay to see what similar things go for. The ones we found were promotional type items produced in the 50s. Mine was sold at Knott’s Berry Farm—Ghost Town, California—I have no idea when. The top part flips to change numbers. The screws on the sides change other settings. Now, you have to see what the little treasure is, right? It’s found its forever-home on my desk. 🙂

Puzzle-Contest

Share one garage sale/junk shop find that makes you smile for a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card!

19 comments to “Saturday Puzzle-Contest!”

  1. Diane Sallans
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    · August 27th, 2022 at 12:41 pm · Link

    I got a couple of those wooden plaque paintings of Charleston SC houses – and of course books!



  2. Debby
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    · August 27th, 2022 at 4:12 pm · Link

    I found a plate with a dragon on it.



  3. N.J. Walters
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    · August 27th, 2022 at 4:15 pm · Link

    Love the desk calendar. My father had one similiar.



  4. Mary Preston
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    · August 27th, 2022 at 6:00 pm · Link

    I love garage sales and second hand shops. Over the years I have bought a few pieces of designer clothing for next to nothing.



  5. Jennifer Beyer
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    · August 27th, 2022 at 7:52 pm · Link

    I found an OLD pyrex glass dish at a yardsale. I love it because it’s so simple and elegant and OLD. It reminds me of my grandmother.



  6. Anna Taylor Sweringen
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    · August 27th, 2022 at 8:13 pm · Link

    OMG. I remember having one of those calendar things. It was silver. When you flipped/rotated it the date changed.



  7. bn100
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    · August 27th, 2022 at 9:51 pm · Link

    books



  8. K. Campos
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    · August 28th, 2022 at 2:36 am · Link

    Books and a beautiful ballerina music box that played a unique childhood lullaby that has always been hard to find. It always makes my sister cry when she hears it.



  9. Steph
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    · August 28th, 2022 at 11:04 am · Link

    I found my two end tables for my guest room😁



  10. Colleen C
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    · August 28th, 2022 at 12:17 pm · Link

    books and horse statues



  11. Rebecca Merz
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    · August 28th, 2022 at 3:35 pm · Link

    I also collect vintage Pyrex and Corelle. It is such a great day when I find one.



  12. Mary McCoy
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    · August 29th, 2022 at 12:06 am · Link

    Books, and old Fisher Price toys



  13. ButtonsMom2003
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    · August 30th, 2022 at 1:52 am · Link

    2:34 (must have been a really easy one LOL)
    One of my favorite finds was at a flea market. I used to collect beavers and I found one that was really unusual. It was two beavers together in such a way that it was shaped very similar to a ball. You really have to see it to understand how unique it is. I’ve had to let go of most of my collection due to downsizing but the one was a keeper



  14. Pansy Petal
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    · August 30th, 2022 at 2:02 pm · Link

    What a treasure you found! I haven’t seen one of these in forever. I am trying to remember which grandparent had one on their desk. I loved it. A garage sale find that makes me smile? As I may have mentioned, I collect pansies. So the pansy covered pillow on my couch always makes me smile. Found it at an “antique mall” in the Seattle area. Love it!



  15. Eileen Airey
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    · September 3rd, 2022 at 8:10 am · Link

    Great finds. It is great to see garage sales back. I missed them. I found a beautiful homemade full size quilt that I still use.



  16. miki
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    · September 3rd, 2022 at 8:43 am · Link

    an old glass quill, haven’t dared to use it yet



  17. CAROL G (CLYNSG)
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    · September 3rd, 2022 at 9:47 am · Link

    I found a pair of large Murano glass birds (which are NOT inexpensive at retail) and got the pair for $50. An auctioneer friend was absolutely flabbergasted when he found out. Unfortunately, one of them was broken (it really was accidental, but I was NOT happy) by a friend of one of my grandchildren. We never told her mother, since she would have wanted to replace it, and we knew that would have been financially extremely difficult for her.



  18. Delaine McLafferty
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    · September 5th, 2022 at 12:13 pm · Link

    I haven’t seen a calender like that in years. ‘
    We always looked for jigsaw puzzles that we could alll put together. My dad would do them for hours.



  19. Delilah
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    · September 6th, 2022 at 5:38 am · Link

    I loved reading about your finds. And I love that so many of you have seen the calendar I have on my desk now!

    The winner of the Amazon gift card is…Carol G!



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