Woodstock Georgia Find

[librarianmom]

About two or three years ago I was on the hunt for real true art.  I went into the local thrift store and saw.a silver frame with an orange mat.  I went over to investigate and saw the name Miro.  I turned the frame over, and on the back was a little pocket.  In the pocket was a little biography of Joan Miro as well as the original auction receipt for the  piece - it was an original Miro Signed in the stone and had been sold in 1956 for $55.00.  I got it for $18.88.  My next great find was a never been used retired Vera Bradley purse with price tag for 2.22 (at the same store).

[mccoysnina]

About two or three years ago I was on the hunt for real true art.  I went into the local thrift store and saw.a silver frame with an orange mat.  I went over to investigate and saw the name Miro.  I turned the frame over, and on the back was a little pocket.  In the pocket was a little biography of Joan Miro as well as the original auction receipt for the  piece - it was an original Miro Signed in the stone and had been sold in 1956 for $55.00.  I got it for $18.88.  My next great find was a never been used retired Vera Bradley purse with price tag for 2.22 (at the same store).

Great finds!  I love it when those kinds of things turn up.
Jeannie

[valleythriftshopper]

Wow! Miro is as "real" as you will ever find at a thrift or anywhere else.  What was the piece, I did not get it from your description?  As a librarian you must also find alot of great books at library sales!  

[librarianmom]

I moved recently and have not hung up all my art, so it took me a moment to find the Miro.  Actually, inside the pocket id a biography with picture of Miro, a certificate of authenticity that it is a lithograph signed in stone titled Homage to Miro by Joan Miro dated 9-1-78.  I was incorrect about the auction date, however.  I got it mixed up with another paining I got that had been shown at a national art show in 1956 and had a paper label on it with a $40.00 price tag.  The Miro was auctioned off 11/12/78 at Renaissance Fine Arts bid #311 for 57.50.  The colors are vibrant and WONDERFUL!!!!  I also have an original watercolor by Zoie Campbell, who showed her works throughout the country.  She was from Fort Walton Beach Florida, but has since passed.
My latest 2 finds are a hand painted Nippon celery plate and a set of Fine China I got in a $5.00 box lot at a country auction, and a piece of outsider folk art which I have been wanting 4ever and ever - a haitian man made out of a garbage can - 25.00 yippee!!!!!!!! 
Most books we get are not old, just paperback romances, mostly.

[valleythriftshopper]

Sounds like you've done well in the art department, you should post some pics of your art finds!  Hope you find the Japanese pieces you are looking for.

[loveit]

Great find on the Miro!

By the way, I live in Alpharetta and sometimes shop at the Woodstock Goodwill, although it is a hefty drive for me. We should thrift together sometime!

I once found a set of Georges Briard glasses at that Goodwill, and ever since then, I've felt an attraction to the store. However, with gas prices hovering at $4.00 a gallon and no end in sight, I can't justify thrifting so far away very often. There are closer GW's to where I live.

[loveit]

I just noticed that I'm a Sr. Member. I don't know how I achieved that status, but I'm honored!

[genuineimitation]

you might want to get the miro looked at - or check Ebay - sounds like you might have something there...

[librarianmom]

Great find on the Miro!

By the way, I live in Alpharetta and sometimes shop at the Woodstock Goodwill, although it is a hefty drive for me. We should thrift together sometime!

I once found a set of Georges Briard glasses at that Goodwill, and ever since then, I've felt an attraction to the store. However, with gas prices hovering at $4.00 a gallon and no end in sight, I can't justify thrifting so far away very often. There are closer GW's to where I live.

Unfortunately, I moved back to northern Alabama, where I was born to be by my mom and dad, and to allow my kids to go to one of top 1300 schools in the nation.  I miss that thrift store so bad!!!!  When they first opened, you could find the best deals, but then after a while they wised up to the good stuff and started overpricing it.  Now I am hunting big flea markets in Northern Alabama and southern Tennessee to go to with my husband, with whom I have been thrifting with for 18 years.

[foutchie]

our area seems to have turned more into resale shops, and they are priced a lot higher there.   hard to find too much at the thrifts, few as they are, with the influx of resale.

[valleythriftshopper]

our area seems to have turned more into resale shops, and they are priced a lot higher there.   hard to find too much at the thrifts, few as they are, with the influx of resale.

Strangly enough the city of Boston (I am from that area) has hardly any thrift stores.  I didn't go to thrifts stores as a kid or teen, so I was thinking about that & I put my friend's zip (she lives right in the city) into the directory & came up with one Goodwill.  She concurred that there are hardly any thrifts in Boston.  A few cities outside of Boston, like Somerville have a pretty good variety, but resale shops in general seem to be more prevelant in Eastern Mass.  I was watching a New England news show and they were doing a story about resale shops & how people were saving so much money on designer clothes and they did not even mention thrift shops.  In my little Western MA town I have three within a stone's throw.  There used to be quite a few more, but all the Goodwills closed some years ago. 

If you are planning a trip to Boston you better do your homework if you want to go thrifting!