K. A. Scheffer

Thrift Shop Finds From My Camera Roll

Inspired by my first post of interesting thrift store/antique shop finds, here are some interesting things I found and didn’t buy over the years. Most for good reason.

I’m going to be completely honest, I’m not sure if I took this photo or not. I found it in my camera roll and it does look familiar. The shop it’s in looks like one I frequented about 10 years ago and the quality it on par with photos take on my old Samsung keyboard phone from roughly 12 years ago. If I did take this photo, I’m surprised I didn’t take the doll home.

This one confuses me. Is it a weird perspective or is she super short?

Yikes! Extra yikes to the fact that he looks like one of my exes on that back photo.

I now own 4 vintage black cat figurines, just not these.

Yikes on bikes! Sadly, this is probably the 5th Klan group photo I’ve found in my many years of antiquing.

I’d be lying to myself if I said I didn’t love these wonderfully tacky mugs, especially the Hebrew (?) Wizard.

He was delightfully whimsical and I regret not taking him home.

I’m also kicking myself for not adopting these terrible and wonderful Star Trek bears.

Pinwheels are for babies. Saw wheels are for men.

There was a strong weed aroma when I took the lid off.

I had no clue what they were when I found them. Being a fan of VC Andrews and Amanda Palmer, I should really be ashamed of myself.

A blast from the past. Strawbridge’s went out of business in 2006. This dress looked like it was from the late 90s at best and still had the tags. Grandma was clearly a hoarder.

I actually bought this one. We call him Heroin Dog.

Probably the coolest things I ever found at Goodwill, but at the time I didn’t think I would ever have kids.

I feel bad for the weeb that had this made. I don’t know if it’s a character or original digital art they wanted to display, but it turned out bad. So, so bad.

Speaking of weebs, finding this brought a tear to my eye. I loved this comic as a teenager. I might go back and read it again.

I was heavily pregnant when we found this. We were about to take it home until we realized it was broken in multiple places. So sad.

I don’t know if this counts, but here are some shots from my favorite booth at the flea market in my hometown.

I can’t imagine what kind of person keeps a framed picture of General Patton in their ho- my dad. My dad would keep a framed picture of General Patton in his home… He probably has one somewhere.

September Antique/Thrift Shop Finds

I used to go to antique shops almost every weekend. Even if I didn’t buy anything, it was just something that made me happy. Sadly, I don’t get out much anymore. I want to make it a habit to go at least once a month. So here are some weird and wonderful things I found at various antique and thrift shops.