Best Car Boot, Charity Shop and Jumble Sale Bargains

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Hello all!

At ThriftyBelle's request I taken the liberty of starting a new thread for us second-hand lovers to show-off our bargains.
Please feel free to share any amazing finds you've made recently, don't forget to tell us how much you've paid and what you intend to do with your purchases.

Our last thread inspired many people who'd never considered buying second-hand to explore their local charity shops and car boot sales. Hopefully we'll encourage more people to save their pennies, benefit charities and help save the planet by recyling other folks' cast-offs.

If any of you guys are interested I've started a daily blog sharing my finds and offering vintage hunting tips to anyone interested. Click on my user name and select my homepage and feel free to comment or ask questions - it'll be great to see you!

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• To continue where I left off let me share this weekend's bargains:
  Car boot sale finds today:
  Vintage Liberty, London silk scarf (Early 20th century, fab condition) Ј2
  4 x vintage silk scarves 50p each
  Brand new VANS plimsolls Ј2
  1940's tea dress Ј2
  2 x 1970's maxi dresses Ј3
  1960's tricel zip-up psychedellic tunic Ј1
  1970's ditsy cotton blouse 50p
  1950's "Troika" retro printed satin jacket 50p
  Vintage pink satin evening bag 50p
  Quilted "Chanel" style bag with chain strap by Ravel 30p
  Fake fur stole 20p
  Rohan "GOA" jacket Ј2
  Trashy Versace printed culouttes 50p
  Pringle puff sleeved merino wool sweater 50p
  2 x glass apothecary jars
  Ancient "shabby chic" biscuit tin with scenes of "Northern Spain" Ј1
  Retro car radio with cassette player 50p
  Shall keep the apothecary jars, biscuit tin, Liberty scarf, one of the maxi dresses and the car radio (VW camper restoration project). Some of the silk scarves will be made into cushion covers. The remainder will be laundered and eBayed.
• I have recently returned to 'booting' after moving to the NE and just love it.
  With a 10mth granddaughter you can imagine how tempting everything is. Because I go every week though, I limit myself to buying only a couple of things.
  This morning I picked up
  ELC toddler truck Ј1
  Usborne 'That's not my.....' books. 2 for 50p
  Boots wind up musical alarm clock. 20p
  Next hooded coat Ј1
  Oh and 3 Nigel Slater cookery books for me............... Ј1
  Never let it be said I get carried away!
  Can't wait till next week.
• I haven't been to a car boot for a while but recently got a fantastic ebay bargain.
  Its a genuine Links of London sweetie bracelet with a genuine charm for Ј30.00, I had Ј20.00 in my paypal so in my head it only really cost me Ј10.00.
  I love it and its an early Christmas pressie to me.
• I got a lovely monsoon handbag & matching shawl for Ј4.00
  both as new, and will keep for my hols, also got
  book 50p
  gilet for dd1 50p
  planter for kitchen window sill 75p
  and a dolly for gd1 50p
  weather was nice and sunny. so I enjoyed the fresh air & my bargains.
  katiex
• Hi everyone, I got some unusual finds (usually just games) today;
  Ikea "Smila" Moon wall lamp, brand new in packaging for Ј1 ( for eBay, as I can't stand it )
  Prima Candy Floss maker, boxed with everything for Ј2 ( getting used for a while and then probably eBay when everyone gets tired of it.
  2 Really nice hand carved painted wooden masks for Ј7 ( for ebay
  And back to the usual, with all of these ebay as well.
  Way over 400 pokemon cards for Ј2.
  4 game boy colour games, 2 boxed. Ј2.50
  Zoo tycoon zookeeper collection, and a bix box of duplo from same stall; Ј2.
  Had a nice time out and was back before the car boot officialy started!
• Today I got
  New Per Una denim skirt Ј1
  New Sonnati shirt Ј1
  Belt, been looking for exact one for ages 50p
  8 vacuum storage bags Ј1
  Black jeans 50p
  Smallish trolley suitcase for our night away Ј1
  Nike collar t-shirt Ј1
• Our bootsale was rubbish this morning so I'm really disappointed as I could have done with some extra sleep today - all I got was some more mini champagne bubble bottles for our wedding next year. Total spend Ј1.50
• Well done on your bargains everyone!
  I haven't been to any carboots for the last few weeks but decided to go to 2 yesterday.
  One was a bigger weekly one and one was a smaller once every few months type of one.
  I actually got the best bargains at the smaller one.
  I got:
  4 Dvd's- Ј1 each. They are fairly recent ones.
  Wall-e on Blu-ray- Ј1. It's Ј17.99 on play.com!
  Warehouse dress- 50p
  Next perfume 100ml (still in wrapping)- Ј2.50
  Small Next perfume- 40p
  A Sylvanian Squirrel- 10p
  A lovely plaque with a little quote on- 50p
  A set with matching cup, egg cup, bowl and plate- Ј1
  Large cross stitch flexi hoop- 50p
  A lovely set of coasters- 50p
• Warhammer (fantasy roleplaying game with figures, very geeky!), full untouched game, Ј10 (currently selling for Ј49 at retailers, Ј40+ on ebay, and something I've been after )
  1x kingsize and 1x double fitted sheets for Ј1.50 each (BNIP)
• I didn't get much this weekend, i went to the boot sale in hope to get some bubble wrap but the man that sells it wasn't there this week.
  I managed to get a huge bag of children's clothes (all Next) including a coat for 3.50, so i have clothed my daughters for the winter.
• Hi guys,
  Not been on this thread(well the last one for ages)
  Went to the car boot on sunday and managed to get a gorgeous Gap knitted cardi - like the waterfall cardi's but longer for Ј1
  Grey topshop cardi for Ј1
  2x replay jeans for Ј7 (for Ebay)
  GENUINE UGG BOOTS BRAND NEW!!!!!! ...........................Ј35!!!
  Could not believe my luck, girl had the receipt to prove they were real and I thoroughly checked them over and they are. Had everything inside the box and they were my size I've already been wearing them
  I only have car boots on a Sunday in my area, so will be there again on sunday and let you know of the bargains I've got
• i got a nearly new paul frank bag for Ј2.50 that was it though at the weekend, it was pretty slim pickings,but im happy with my new bag!
• Today I have stumbled across, on the second hand market, a single sized feather filled patchwork bedspread! To use the words of Goanmad, its vintage..lol. Been looking for one of these for ages and very pleased I got one even better than I could have imagined for three quid!
• Hello All!
  Just back from the Thursday boot sale, what a day!
  Today's bargains were:
  Ј766 worth of Urban Outfitters goodies (belts, necklaces, bangles, nail polish, bags, head bands and alice bands) for Ј20 - Xmas pressies sorted!!
  6 copies of "Everybody's Weekly" from 1934 - Ј3
  6 TopShop ribbed vests/ 2 American Apparel tops/ 3 vintage fringed hippy skirts/ This seasons' TopShop ruffled dress/ All Saints denim shorts/ 2 Indian beaded Salwar tops/ 4 new bras in my size/ girls' Hilfiger jeans/ Ralph Lauren hoodie/ Monsoon cardi/ ASOS "Kate borrowed my tee-shirt" bag still in cellophane wrapper/ 2 French Connection tops/ Faux fur wrap/ Vintage "Chelsea Girl" high waisted trousers/ silver leather gloves - Ј14 the lot (the lady is there every week and keeps stuff aside for me)
  Vintage 80's Simon Jeffrey gold dress Ј1
  ASOS ditsy print tea dress 50p
  TopShop funnel neck coat 50p
  Huge Indian brass earrings 50p
  10 pairs of handmade beaded and embroidered new court shoes Ј5
  2 foot tall burnished brass caparisoned elephant statue (from India) Ј3
  Oasis pink leather bag 20p
  2 vintage silk souvenier scarves 40p
  I shall keep the American Apparel tops, the elephant, some of the TopShop vests, the bras and the brass earrings. The magazines will be cut up and the illustrations used for decoupage work on an old screen and the souvenier scarves will be made into cushion covers. BF is keeping the All Saints shorts and my mum will probably want the TopShop coat and the fur wrap. The rest are to be eBayed!
• The poor guy selling the Urban Outfitters stuff hadn't sold anything until I came along and was thrilled with his Ј20!
  It's such a weird little car boot sale because it's held in the week so it only tends to be old folks wandering about - shame for the sellers but fantastic for me, no competition whatsoever.
• I am so jealous of the Urban Outfitters stuff (and everything else too)! Any idea why he was selling all that? It seems such a lot to sell for so little. Well done for you though
• Last Saturday I was working in a town where I haven't looked at the charity shops for years, so i took time to have a hunt. Nothing much, except for a little jug in the shape of a billy-goats head - the spout is the mouth and the horns form the handle. No marks, but it is hard-paste porcelain, hand-painted and in good condition, and well worth Ј3!
  My antiique dealer friend had a look at it last night, it's a cracker.. ("You can add that one to your pension scheme")