Pickups in thrift stores?

[topekabob]

Krazy3's threat about finding minor league jerseys in a thrift shop reminds me of what I've found in various thrift shops:
- Arizona Rattlers game used jersey
- Danny Ainge game worn and autographed softball jersey from a charity game
- Nets jersey (not game worn) autographed by Jason Kidd
- T-shirt autographed by 25 members from both MISL all star squads from 2004 MISL all star game in St. Louis (anyone want this? $20 and its yours!)
- A bunch of game and coach worn hats from the collection of former major leaguer Ken Berry

Anyone else find good stuff in thrift shops?

[KrAzY3]

- Arizona Rattlers game used jersey
- Danny Ainge game worn and autographed softball jersey from a charity game
- Nets jersey (not game worn) autographed by Jason Kidd
- T-shirt autographed by 25 members from both MISL all star squads from 2004 MISL all star game in St. Louis (anyone want this? $20 and its yours!)
- A bunch of game and coach worn hats from the collection of former major leaguer Ken Berry

Nice list of stuff, love the variety. I was torn between thinking I had used up my entire lifetime of luck and I'd never find anything again (obviously my haul was a one time thing but I did find another two separately) and thinking thrift stores need to be regular stops if I'm around one.

I wonder how stuff like that ends up there, but it reminds me of what my niece one said. She likes Slipknot, so I showed her my mask signed by the members of the group. She looks at it, scrunches up her nose and says "there's writing on it"...

Anyway, I'm interested in hearing what other people have found as well.

[Dewey2007]

I have a friend who played minor league baseball in the early 90's. When I ran into him recently and asked if he had any jerseys he'd like to lend to our sports exhibit he said unfortunately he had cleaned out his closets and took everything to Goodwill last year. He sounded a little bummed and said "Man, I wish I would have kept it now".

That's how stuff ends up there!

[godwulf]

I was poking around a local thrift shop a few years ago, and saw what was obviously somebody's slightly cracked game bat lying amid the "sports" stuff - old bike helmets, kids' gloves, golf clubs, etc. It was a brown Hoosier bat, with the name "Brant Brown" on it, and a $3.99 price tag. I had no idea at the time who Brant Brown was - turns out he played for the Cubs in the late '90s - but I just felt that it was wrong and disrespectful for it to be where it was, so of course I brought it home.

A couple of years ago, I stopped into a Goodwill store on my way to work and found - among the toys - a very beat-up kid's Padres souvenir batting helmet, with Garth Brooks' autograph on the bill, for a few dollars. I remembered that he'd worked out with the Padres at ST here one year, and I figure that's almost certainly when it was signed. I keep meaning to list it on eBay, but I'll probably never get around to it. (Hey, Padres and/or Garth fans, it's yours for five bucks, shipped.)

Stuff I didn't find, myself, in thrift shops, but bought from folks who did: three of Matt Williams' golf bags, probably from charity tournaments, all different, near mint and nicely personalized...and the infamous Kelly Stinnett DBacks shower wrap.

[ndevlin]

Krazy3's threat about finding minor league jerseys in a thrift shop reminds me of what I've found in various thrift shops:
- Arizona Rattlers game used jersey
- Danny Ainge game worn and autographed softball jersey from a charity game
- Nets jersey (not game worn) autographed by Jason Kidd
- T-shirt autographed by 25 members from both MISL all star squads from 2004 MISL all star game in St. Louis (anyone want this? $20 and its yours!)
- A bunch of game and coach worn hats from the collection of former major leaguer Ken Berry

Anyone else find good stuff in thrift shops?

Hey Bob, are these Topeka thriftshops?? I never find a dang thing in thriftshops or garage sales of any kind in Topeka. You would think you would find some old minor league stuff like Topeka Hawks items, but you just dont.

Ive never met Ken Berry, but Ive written to him a couple of times and hes responded. I actually just bought a gamer of his a couple months ago. Im afraid to ask him about it or sign it. Not sure how he'll react.

[jwasserman]

While not game used, I did make what turned out to be a rather significant find in a Thrift Store about a year ago. I found two old sports scrapbook tucked away with the books. They contained dozens of newspaper articles, photographs, and award certificates all about a high school football player named Pierre Marchando. Ultimately, he made a failed attempt at joining the Patriots and joined a now defunct league. He suffered some injuries but never lost hope in his future in football. He seemed like a genuinely likeable person. The last page of the scrapbook contained his obituary- a car accident took his life in his mid-late twenties. The bulk of the articles came from the mid 70’s so I figured there was a good chance his family was still alive. I managed to track down his mother through a remembrance page on a church website. From there I learned that his brother Rene was still living and found him in a simple Yahoo phonebook search. His son, Pierre’s nephew whom he never met, now plays football for the same high school. Pierre apparently made such an impact in his town that they named a yearly athletic award for him. Ultimately, I was able to return both books to the family and got to talk to Rene for some time. Monetarily, I was out actually out money between shipping and the original cost of the books but it’s still my best find.

[GarkoCollector]

A couple of years ago, I stopped into a Goodwill store on my way to work and found - among the toys - a very beat-up kid's Padres souvenir batting helmet, with Garth Brooks' autograph on the bill, for a few dollars. I remembered that he'd worked out with the Padres at ST here one year, and I figure that's almost certainly when it was signed. I keep meaning to list it on eBay, but I'll probably never get around to it. [b](Hey, Padres and/or Garth fans, it's yours for five bucks, shipped.)[/b[

Email me a scan. I know a little girl that loves Garth Brooks. She isnt old enough to know where San Diego is or who the Padres are, but she knows 99% of Garth's songs by heart.
Thanks,
Tom

[GarkoCollector]

A couple of years ago, I stopped into a Goodwill store on my way to work and found - among the toys - a very beat-up kid's Padres souvenir batting helmet, with Garth Brooks' autograph on the bill, for a few dollars. I remembered that he'd worked out with the Padres at ST here one year, and I figure that's almost certainly when it was signed. I keep meaning to list it on eBay, but I'll probably never get around to it. (Hey, Padres and/or Garth fans, it's yours for five bucks, shipped.)

Email me a scan. I know a little girl that loves Garth Brooks. She isnt old enough to know where San Diego is or who the Padres are, but she knows 99% of Garth's songs by heart.
Thanks,
Tom

[godwulf]

Email me a scan. I know a little girl that loves Garth Brooks. She isnt old enough to know where San Diego is or who the Padres are, but she knows 99% of Garth's songs by heart.
Thanks,
Tom

I'll do that tonight when I get home.

[sox83cubs84]

My two best (and two of only a few...the deals don't appear in my area):

Late 1980s Bears home Jim McMahon pro-issue (not used) jersey;

Lansing Lugnuts Minor League home gamer.

Dave M.
Chicago area