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| Snow Village? | Route 56? |
The now defunct Dickens' Exchange newsletter used to have a "Finds of the Month" column where collectors would write in and tell about the bargains they had found while at a garage sale, flea market, or Antique shop. I always enjoyed reading about fellow collectors and their great finds hoping that one day I'd come across my own great find and be featured as the find of the month!
Do you have a great find? Please share the greatest bargains you have found while at a garage sale, flea market, Antique shop, or online auction by completing the form below. If you can tell us its current value and what you paid for it.
What a find!
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| Name | Location | Find |
| Teri | CO | My mother-in-law found the Christmas Carol Christmas Spirits Figures (which I later received for Christmas) at a garage sale in their original box, with one missing, for 25 cents. |
| Barb | MN. | Hi, Well it was a great weekend find Teri tells me, we where at a flea market on Sunday & I found a 1987 Smythe wollen mill for $7.00, Teri tells me the 2003 Green book lists it for $1,025, so keep looking the great finds are out there. Thanks Teri |
| Bob | Long Island, NY | Flea Market Find!!! The 1983-1984 Monks-A-Caroling with the speckled cheeks. $5.00. |
| Nicole | Chicago, IL | I found an original Snow Village House (not sure which one) at a thrift store for $1.00. The house is from 1986! |
| Patti | Wisconsin | Found Dickens Village 1988 Walpole Tailor house at Goodwill for 99 cents. no box although perfect condition!!!!!! |
| Dillon | Monroe, NC | i found this sweet vintage news paper titled "Elvis Presley Is Dead!" in mint condition for only 50 cents!!! |
| Victoria | Illinois | I found the Slone Hotel, original price $90, for $10.00 at a local store because it was missing the sleeve that slides over the styrofoam box!! Yeah! |
| Steve Hughes | Steeles & Airport Rd. Brampton, | A fantastic flea market... so clean yet so many excellent vendors! It just shows you don't have to shop in a mess to get a bargain. |
| Bree | South | "Graceland" at an auction for $6!! |
| Ludwig | Montreal | Old Macdonald Farms cannisters for $1.00 each, the cookie jar $10.00, the butter dish $5.00. 3 Napco head vases at $3.00 each. Metlox Bear clown cookie jar $10,00, box full of Russell Wright $15.00 in the last month |
| m. litchfield | elgin, il | A local thrift shop was having a 50% off sale- picked up original Nantucket and Waverly house for $50 total!! |
| mary | flea market | Snow Village Special delivery set with US mail insignia $50 |
| Judy H. | NH | Hubby found an out of the box EbenezerScrooge's House (2001) at a Christmas Dove tent sale, during Columbus Day weekend. He didn't think I would mind that it didn't have a box since he only paid $15 for it. Greenbook OSRP $85 |
| paula | Baton Rouge, LA | i'm a garage sale girl. And enjoy collecting houses for my Christmas Village. I have always bought cheaper houses because i could only dream about the nicer ones. I found a box at one yard sale with assorted houses, trees, & Christmas decorations for $5.00. When i got home and sorted through the box, my jaw dropped. In the box was Mountain Lodge, Gabled Cottage, The Inn, Steepled Church (1976) and Nantucket (1978). I have no idea what their worth but i'm no for sure its more than$5.00. |
| Julie | Arkansas | I found the original Monks a Caroling (with the real cords) at a flea market for $4. |
| Lou | Toronto | I visited a flower shop to buy flowers for my wife and found a brand new Royal Observatory (Gold top edition)for $75.00 Canadian. It sells for between $175 and $200 US on ebay. I don't know what the greenbook value is. |
| Jackie | Northport, AL | I was in an antique store yesterday and found a gold chair candle holder with a Department 56 label on the back, for $2.50. I can't find a picture of it on any Department 56 website, though. |
| Arlene | Phoenix | Found a CIC Chocolate Shoppe mib at a garage sale for $15, and THREE Gold Dome Observatories at dealers while on vacation cross-country for $75 each. The other collector's Smythe Woolen Mill find has me inspired--it could happen! |
| nancy | pa | A box filled with merry monks. |
| Diane | Al. | After a long search for somewhere local. I finally found a very nice lady that has a shop behind her home about 45 minutes from where I live. While there I purchased Visiting Santa at Finestroms, Village Public Library, A Ride on the Reindeer Lines and the Reindeer Bus Depot all for $100.00 and she also gave me the yellow taxi and the little red car with the tree on top. I was so excited to find such a bargin. I will be going back again without a doubt. |
| Steve | California | Bayport house for $4.50 from a thrift store. |