I spotted this rather ancient magazine in amongst several piles of much more modern magazines at the 'Coffee and Jumble' this morning. I picked it up, flicked through it to check all the pages were present (it is a rather 'thin' publication) and paid 20p for it. When I got outside and had a proper look, I realised it dates from 1884!! Good grief, it's over 125 years old - I don't think I've ever thrifted anything as old as that before. Considering its age it is in very nice condition, I wonder where it has been kept all these years in order to have stayed so well preserved. It seems quite sad really that something so old could change hands for as little as 20p. What's the oldest item you've ever found whilst thrifting?
Linked to Apron Thrift Girl's Thrift Share post.
Wow thats an old find. I think the oldest find comes from 1910 which is the bag I sold on Dickinsons Real Deal.
Nope, .... correct myself... while typing that I just looked up to see my watercolour from 1889 which I picked up a couple of years back. I'd forgotten all about it and its sat on the wall in front of me LOL.
Posted by: sharie | 02/07/2011 at 09:11 PM
I thought that this item was so interesting. We couldn't get over the date either. The advert on the front is priceless - Tricycles especially adapted for the amateur photographer - amazing. What a bit of history you got for your 20p.
Very interested also in your last post on low-fat living, do hope that you keep us uptodate about how you get on and the things you are trying out.
Wendy x
Posted by: Wendy | 02/08/2011 at 12:25 AM
Wow, that's amazing! What are you going to do with it?
Posted by: Shoestring | 02/08/2011 at 02:48 PM
My oldest find: about a year ago I came across two beautiful old books at our local St. Vincent DePaul thrift here in Arizona. They had wonderful leather binding, gorgeous end papers, and fly-spotted pages. I snapped them up for $1.00 each. When I got them home, I discovered that they were printed in - get this - 1792, and were stamped "from the Library of Vanderbilt University" in Tennessee (half-way across the country). Since there was no "discard" info on them, I suspected that they had been borrowed and never returned. I contacted the Vanderbilt librarian and he replied that those two volumes (part of a set of 6) had been missing for 7 years. I mailed them back to the library -- and hope that I've gained some good karma for my future searches.
Susan J - Mesa Arizona
Posted by: susan johnson | 02/09/2011 at 05:27 PM