Category Archives: Garage Sales

Garage Sales – Antique Roadshow treasures

We garage sale hunters are out each weekend looking for treasure. Writer Jonathan Berr has a great piece about the Antiques Roadshow on AOL’s Daily Finance. It’s a fascinating piece about a fascinating show looking for fascinating pieces. Many of … Continue reading

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American Fun – Preppy Handbook

Genius Lisa Birnbach is back! And I just ordered my copy of her True Prep! Thirty years after Lisa’s international best-selling phenom The Official Preppy Handbook, she and designer Chip Kidd are taking a contemporary look at how Wasps have … Continue reading

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Holidays – National Garage Sale Day

We’ve read recently about all the garage sale buys that people have taken home and discovered they are worth a fortune…like the woman in Omaha who bought a chair at a garage sale and got home to find $3000 stuffed … Continue reading

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Garage Sale – Find of the Week = Batman!

Holy smoke, Batman! A Batman No. 1 comic book that was discovered hidden in an old dresser bought at a garage sale in the early 1970s is going up for auction this week. According to MSNBC, the original garage sale … Continue reading

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Garage Sales – Bruce on Star 93.3

This morning I was on my favorite Hudson Valley radio station, Star 93.3, talking great garage sale finds with the fun Mark Bolger and sassy Kimberly Kay. (Vote for her on Regis & Kelly’s guest host competition!) Mark asked me … Continue reading

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Garage Sale – Find of the week!

Rick Norsigian is my kind of garage sale shopper. He bought a collection of 65 glass negatives at a garage sale for $45. Today, his find–a never before seen collection of photographs by Ansel Adams–will go on display in California. … Continue reading

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Garage Sale – Real Housewife foreclosure style

Teresa Giudice, the Real Housewife of NJ foreclosure princess who is $11 million in debt, is selling the overblown monstrosity of a house for a few dollars shy of $4 million. But if that’s out of your budget, can I … Continue reading

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Garage Sale – Find of the Week!

Yard saler Vaneisha Robinson thought she was buying costume jewelry when she paid $5 for this diamond studded pendant. When she had it appraised, she discovered it is worth almost $10,000. According to the AP, 20 year old Vaneisha said … Continue reading

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Garage Sales – Bruce on Home Wizards

Last weekend, I was back on the fabulous Cindy Dole’s radio show, Home Wizards, to talk about my summer passion: garage sailing! Tis the season, and I’m trying to head out every weekend this summer to hunt for treasure. Cindy’s … Continue reading

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Life 101 – Mastering the Garage Sale

Canada’s Globe and Mail did a feature on me for their weekly “Guide to Your Life.” Writer Dakshana Bascaramurty (try saying that three times fast!) interviewed me and wrote what I think is the best synopsis of my greatest garage … Continue reading

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