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<p>[QUOTE="Joan, post: 4498009, member: 5398"]I used to find a lot of great vintage clothing, jewelry, and accessories at thrift stores and estate sales in the Minneapolis/St.Paul area, but those days are long gone. I now tend to shop closer to home and find an occasional overlooked treasure in small town thrift stores (but I don’t go shopping as often as I used to either—mainly selling inventory from the good old days of treasure hunting—I’m not making huge profits, just supplementing retirement income). </p><p><br /></p><p>Yesterday I bought a 1920's dress and an antique lace wedding veil for $6.98 each at a little thrift store 5 miles from home. There’s also a rural church thrift store about 10 miles from home that sells everything for $1.00 each (I found a 1950’s rayon Hawaiian shirt and some sterling jewelry there, but I wonder if more people have discovered it, since lately I haven’t found anything worth buying even for $1.00.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joan, post: 4498009, member: 5398"]I used to find a lot of great vintage clothing, jewelry, and accessories at thrift stores and estate sales in the Minneapolis/St.Paul area, but those days are long gone. I now tend to shop closer to home and find an occasional overlooked treasure in small town thrift stores (but I don’t go shopping as often as I used to either—mainly selling inventory from the good old days of treasure hunting—I’m not making huge profits, just supplementing retirement income). Yesterday I bought a 1920's dress and an antique lace wedding veil for $6.98 each at a little thrift store 5 miles from home. There’s also a rural church thrift store about 10 miles from home that sells everything for $1.00 each (I found a 1950’s rayon Hawaiian shirt and some sterling jewelry there, but I wonder if more people have discovered it, since lately I haven’t found anything worth buying even for $1.00.[/QUOTE]
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