Thrift Store Scores: Top Tips for the Hunt

Back in the late 1980s when we started thrifting in college everything was much more simple. There were fewer dealers, no Internet and no smartphones. We had only our wits and growing antiquing knowledge to help us get by when making a buy. Today, dealers from around the world are rampant, buying up vintage denim, clothes and other merchandise. Nearly everyone has a computer in their pocket, connecting them to eBay or other pricing sources. Dealers abound with bar code readers that...
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Back in the late 1980s when we started thrifting in college everything was much more simple. There were fewer dealers, no Internet and no smartphones. We had only our wits and growing antiquing knowledge to help us get by when making a buy. Today, dealers from around the world are rampant, buying up vintage denim, clothes and other merchandise. Nearly everyone has a computer in their pocket, connecting them to eBay or other pricing sources. Dealers abound with bar code readers that provide pricing for books and CDs.This book contains much of what we've learned from experience, mistakes and the changes in the thrifting scene over the last 30 years. In the early 2000s, we started a thrifting blog called Swing:Modern Vintage. There we share all our best finds and shared the the knowledge that led to those great thrift store finds. Now, we've taken our best posts and photos, expanded the content and added new photos, and put them all in one place to make it easy for other thrift store addicts to benefit from our knowledge. In addition, we've added bonus content focusing on how to decorate with thrifted treasures.