Thrift stores are veritable treasure troves for cool old goodies, intriguing ancient valuables, and things that will make you mumble ‘What in God’s name is that thing’ to yourself or shout ‘I must have this! Now! Cashier, take my money!’
The Facebook group ‘Weird Secondhand Finds That Just Need To Be Shared’ serves as a central hub for weird and awesome photos from thrift shops, flea markets, and garage sales. We’ve collected some of the most interesting pics of weird things that people found, so scroll down and feast your eyes on a buffet of strangeness. Remember to upvote your faves and share the most interesting things with your friends.
We at Bored Panda absolutely love thrifting and the amazing things that can be found and we hope you do as well. So when you’re done looking through this list, you’re cordially invited to check out our previous collections of great things found in second hand shops right here, here, here, and here. And we wouldn’t want this post right here to be left out either, right?
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#1 Stumbled On This At A Yard Sale In Pa I Almost Crashed And Couldn’t Turn Around Fast Enough Lol, I Lucked Out It Fits Perfect!
Image source: Mike Witkowski
#2 My Sister And I Were Shopping At Our Local Thrift Store, And I Bought A Bag Of Random Gift Tags In Which I Found This Angel Drawn By My Dear Childhood Friend
One of my best friends in elementary school was a precious girl who had cystic fibrosis. After 7th grade she moved out of state, and I heard the next year that she had passed away. I was heart broken. After she moved, we lost touch and I didn’t get to say good bye. Years later, as an adult, my sister and I were shopping at our local thrift store, and I bought a bag of random gift tags in which I found this angel drawn by my dear childhood friend
It had her name and the city she’d moved to printed on the back. I was stunned and overwhelmed that it found it’s way to me. It will always be my best find
Image source: Heidi Fitzgibbon
#3 Found A Cat Sized Tiara For My Princess
Image source: WeirdSecondhandFinds
#4 Great Find By My Daughter, 1902 Print Of All Is Vanity!!! Just In Time For Tricks And Treats
Image source: Catherine Nicely Thoman
#5 A Few Years Ago I Stumbled Upon A Young Woman’s Personal Travel Journal From 1926 Belonging To Mrs.virginia H Mayfield, The Very First Female Judge In The State Of Alabama
Image source: WeirdSecondhandFinds
#6 Found The Coolest Brooch Of All Time In An Antique Store In Boise, Idaho
Image source: Andrea Jasso
#7 I Found My Mug At A Yardsale And The Hat At A Thrift Store On The Same Weekend
Image source: Scott Leak
#8 It’s Home! And Matches My Doodles. Thanks Again, Weirdos
Image source: Sarah Smith
#9 Yasssss! Finially Something Post Worthy! A Teal Triceratops Purse You Guys!
Image source: Samie Mae
#10 My Cat Did Not Love It
Image source: Maddie McShinsky
#11 My Weirdly Beautiful Find
Image source: Angel Trudeau
#12 Found A New Container For All My Arsenic!
Image source: Laura Jean
#13 Something Unique And Technically Second- Hand I Thought This Group Would Enjoy. My Grandmother Made Me This Button Tree Pillow In 2001 (She Passed In 2003)
The letter reads: dear Jennifer, this is a special button tree. The top button on the left is from the army uniform that your great-grandfather (my father, Oscar Anderson) wore while he was fighting in WWI – 1918. The top button on the right is from the navy uniform that your grandfather wore while he was serving aboard the USS Sproston dd 577 (a destroyer) during WWII – 1944-45. The other buttons on the tree are from my mother’s button box. The tiny ones may have been on some of my baby clothes (which makes them real antiques)! In those days you saved the buttons from the clothing you were throwing away. Love, grandma
Image source: Jennifer Meese Becker
#14 If Only I Had A Place To Store Him After Halloween! I Would So Take Him Home To Put Coming Out Of My Woods To Scare The Crap Out Of People Driving By
Image source: Betty Miller
#15 I Found The Same Ken Doll They Based Ken Off Of From Toy Story 3 At Goodwill Today. Best Find Of The Year!
Image source: Chelsea Ward
#16 I Work For Kdot And Sometimes We Have To Go Pick Up Roadkill, Tire Scabs, Mattresses… You Name It. Today I Hit The Jackpot!! And No You Can’t Have It. It’s Alllllll Mine!! Haha. Kansas
Image source: Rodney Wright
#17 Thought I Was Grabbing A Plain Black T-Shirt For Work, But What I Got Was A Mobile Puppet Show
My kids love it. $2 at salvation army in Mchenry IL. They had two left.
Image source: Lenny Danger Reed
#18 Weirdest But Cutest Measuring Cups Ever
Image source: Kacey Lee Wood
#19 My Mom Found Three Porch Gargoyles At A Barn Sale. One Of Them Rode Shotgun With Me Back To North Dakota From Idaho… A Little Too Chatty, But Great Company
Image source: Ame Watkins Trull
#20 Found These Babies At A Flea Market Last Week. Secondhand Lamps With Real Xray Lampshades. They Obvs Came Home With Me
Image source: Lyssa Davidson
#21 Found This Little Gem Today In A Antique Store
Image source: Troy Gleason
#22 I’m So Happy! I’ve Wanted One Forever And Found This For $22
Image source: Sandra Conner
#23 After 15 Years Of Marriage I Was Looking For Some Inspiration To Cook A New Romantic Dinner For My Husband
Image source: Cleo Pedemonte
#24 So I Found The Holy Grail For Every Lady On A Budget… Heels That Go With Everything
Please excuse my foot fog, these shoes have like three tiny vent holes in them. I can’t wait to wear obnoxious socks with them
Image source: Alexandra Miller
#25 Just In Time For Halloween – Found This Sad Composition Baby Doll At A Great Thrift Store In Salem, Ma And Saturday I Found The Perfect Dress (At St. Vincent Du Paul) So I Could Match Her
House in the background is: Buhl mansion guesthouse & Spa in Sharon, PA. You can stay there and it’s really gorgeous
Image source: Beckie-Ann Galentine
#26 Does A Shrimpy Travel Pillow Count As A Weird Secondhand Find?
Image source: John Carroll
#27 This Is My Favorite Yard Sale Find Ever! His Name Is Earl. I Got Him Five Or Six Years Ago At A Hoarders Yard Sale Along With Some Doc Martens And A Lava Lamp
He’d been hanging on my living room wall at my old place for years. That is, until my husband made me take him down because he didn’t think potential buyers would appreciate my dark decorating style. Well, we sold the house and I’d been begging my husband to bring earl home for months, but he was one of the first things to be put into storage, so he was buried pretty deep. Well, he finally made it to our new house today and he’s proudly hanging above the fireplace, where he’ll stay for years to come. To answer some questions, Earl is a thick plastic, he has the artists name engraved on the side, I looked him up once, he’s worth about $200, but I’d never dream of selling him. I do decorate him for parties and holidays, he’s puked streamers, blown up balloons, worn santa hats and bunny ears among other things. I usually try to match him to whatever my headless mannequin (deidre) is wearing. He doesn’t glow in the dark. He does have an Adam’s apple, it just doesn’t protrude very far. He’s always reminded me of Maynard Mames Keanan more than flea though
Image source: Heather DeMougin
#28 They Say Art Gives Voice To Our Dreams… Still At The St. Charles, Il Salvation Army If You Want To Get It For Yourself
Image source: Rebecca Miller
#29 Denim In The Front (Not Stretchy, Just Regular Denim!) And Joggers In The Back
Image source: Jennifer Kelly
#30 These Appeared Brand New
Image source: Stacy Beahan
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