301 Endless Yard Sale!

I waited and saved my pennies for Friday June 20 for months.  If you have not heard of the 301 Endless Yard Sale in NC, you need to find out about it!

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It was an awesome experience. My hubby was nice enough to let me go alone, no kids!  He stayed home and did a little yard work so I could have a day to myself junking and picking all by my lonesome.  It was glorious.

I started in Selma,  NC at 8am.  Very cool little antiquing town. Lots of little antique stores  so I hoped it would be a good town to pick.  It was. Great old furniture, maps, tobacco baskets.  Everything you could want.  The best deals were with locals who did not own shops but had lots of old stuff.  I scored a bunch of 1950's National Geographic maps, a few frames, 3 big wooden spools, and a metal scoop. Pics to follow down below.

I did see a really cool tandem bike.  Not $300 cool though.

Some prices in Selma were waaaay too high for me but I am glad I started there to give me a base line for prices in other towns.

Next I stopped at the American Legion sale.  So many nice men trying to raise money for our Vets. I purchased a vintage Bulova wind up mens watch.  It is aleady scratched up a little so if I scratch it again I won't feel bad. The Vets were so nice and let you dig through boxes and bags and there were totally willing to haggle.

I also picked up a Canon film camera AE-1 with a lens kit, a ton of lenses and a converter kit.  What does that do?  It lets me use all those lenses on my NEW Canon.  I got a telephoto lens in this kit too!  I am so excited.  I can't wait to try it out.  I would post a pic but the Vets made me swear not to tell anyone what a deal they gave me.  I will say I got the camera, 3 lenses, cleaning kit, lifter kit and huge bag all for $20!!!! WHAT!?  Crazy I know.

I drove through Selma into Smithfield stopping at a bunch of yard sales all along the way. So many nice people.

I Smithfield I stopped at a sale in a parking lot with 4 huge sellers.  The first would not deal at all saying it was too early in the weekend to reduce prices.  Fine by me.  NEXT! The cute little hubby and wife team behind her had an old Minolta Autocord camera for $5!It came with the original instructions and receipt. It doesn't work and I don't care. I have a couple I use as display in my home.  I did find more dorm beds here than a college would ever need.

The beds were only $15 each!  Crazy!  They also had a ton on office furniture, classroom furniture and bunk beds.

There were less sales on Fri than Sat., but I am glad I went on Fri to get the good stuff first.  I stopped at a house of all Thirty One items. Lady was a rep and was cleaning out!  She was swamped.  Other people had their yards all mapped out with yellow tape where new vendors would be on Sat.  

Somewhere down the road a little more I scored a bed for $30.  I will let you know more about this later as it is a project hubby and I will be working on later

One of the best stops was at an intersection with 4-5 sale.  I bought a solid piece feedback quilt for $5. Yes, I said $5.  This family cleaned out their barn and just wanted it gone. They had the coolest fishing tackle, quilts, old hairdryers, luggage, and the cutest kids to sell it all. When I drove by again later in the day on my way home they had hardly anything left.  Good for them.  I also bought the best bundt cake here.  I am a big believer in stopping at ll lemonade stands. This one happened to have homemade, still warm bundt cake.  $1 for a lemonade and a piece of cake. Breakfast of champions.

So many great sights on the way.

So many beautiful old houses and barns, and gorgeous fences. The people could not be nicer and everyone wants to know where I am from.

More than once after I told them Apex, but originally NJ, I was called a city girl!  ME!  If they knew where in NJ they would never call me a city girl.  I do talk fast and loud.  Love it or leave it.:)

Somewhere in Four Oaks I picked up a vintage tobacco burner and windows for $1 each.  More to come later as I will be showing you in a later post how I used these items.

I made it all the way down to the Dunn Benson line.  Great little shop with lots of old items right on the border at the Mary Stewart School. 

I think the best items and deals were in Smithfield and Four Oaks.  The people renting out their yard crack me up.  It was such a blast I can't wait for next year already.   So many people were in their campers and set up a sale in a parking lot. I want to do that.  Next year I will sell Sat and buy Fri.  Everything you could ever want was there.  also discovered some great junk shops. 

Funny story....I only regret not buying a vintage metal fan that worked.  I tried to haggle and she would not budge so I moved on.  So I am on my way back home and stop at a house with tons of kitchen sets from the 50's.  So colorful and in great condition.  The couple loading their truck asks for a hand. I am happy to help.  We start chatting about where the good deals are and they mention a deal but not a deal on vintage fans.  They tell me about the same lady who would not budge on price but they bought the fans anyway.  They show me the fans I did not buy!  I was bummed but glad they were so happy about them. We laughed about it when I told them my side of the story.

It was a great day. I finally got home around 3pm.  Here are pics of some of my smaller items. I will post more pics of the big items i am working on.

 

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Stay tuned for more on my other items and see where I used them in my home and how I repurposed them into other items!