Thrift Store Gems 2013

[andycumbee19]

NWT Warmup style jacket by Reebok. Originally $80, $12 at TJ Maxx:

Found at a thrift store. Vintage collection. $0.89 Sorry for the large images

Sweet Thrashers jacket. That's probably more of a windbreaker than an insulated jacket, right?

Blueland, did they have this in a XXL? That's the jacket I regret not getting last time I was at the Bulb

[BLUELANDbeliever]

NWT Warmup style jacket by Reebok. Originally $80, $12 at TJ Maxx:

Found at a thrift store. Vintage collection. $0.89 Sorry for the large images

Sweet Thrashers jacket. That's probably more of a windbreaker than an insulated jacket, right?

Blueland, did they have this in a XXL? That's the jacket I regret not getting last time I was at the Bulb

Orgo, it's more like a windbreaker, but would be great to go for a run in cool weather (it has slits in the back for ventilation)

Andy, I didn't see an XXL. Only XL. Sorry. This is the only store i have seen them at.Buuuuttttt: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ATLANTA-THRASHERS-JACKET-2XL-/161000108904?pt=US_CSA_MC_Blazers_Sport_Coats&hash=item257c5ab368

[hoyt432]

I love seeing what you guys find, however being from Australia, I don't get the opportunity to go Thrift shopping for sporting gear, I will be in the US in June/July though and would love to go to some of these stores. I was just wondering what are good places to go to, where to look and any other general tips. I will be in Seattle and Whidbey Island (Washington), Chicago(Illinois), Jackson(Mississippi) and New Orleans(Louisiana). Any help and tips would be greatly appreciated and I cant wait to see if I can find something

Like the guys said TJ Maxx and Marshalls are good, I find some good steals for jerseys, etc. at Red, White and Blue Thrift stores, they are in like 8 states and have a wide variety of sports stuff.

[sc49erfan15]

Hurricanes Staal black alternate shirsey, TJMaxx, $7.

Like this one, except Staal and with the captain's C. Pretty satisfied with it for $7.

[nash61]

Went to the thrift store yesterday, and was on the fence about buying about 5 things. Came away empty handed.

Passed up: Portland Lumberjax t-shirt, $6 (if it was long sleeve, would have bought it), New York Rangers jersey shirt with no NOB, $7 (if it had the Lady Liberty logo, would have bought it), Guelph Storm playoff t-shirt, $3 (if it didn't have a year, I would have bought it), and a Syracuse Crunch albino gorilla Zenon Konopka jersey shirt, $4 (if the logo was larger and centered, i would have bought it.)

Overall, nice to see some sports stuff back at the thrift store, though.

[charger77]

Picked up a BNWT Tim Thomas Bruins jersey on Ebay for $22

[HedleyLamarr]

Braden will be showing up at your back door soon.

Edited just to make me chuckle.....

[GeoTheo]

At a Goodwill store in Davenport, Iowa I came across 5 6-packs of these Suns Coke bottles from '93. On the next shelf was this sweet Charlotte Hornets clock. Just thought they were too awesome not to share.

[Discrim]

I love seeing what you guys find, however being from Australia, I don't get the opportunity to go Thrift shopping for sporting gear, I will be in the US in June/July though and would love to go to some of these stores. I was just wondering what are good places to go to, where to look and any other general tips. I will be in Seattle and Whidbey Island (Washington), Chicago(Illinois), Jackson(Mississippi) and New Orleans(Louisiana). Any help and tips would be greatly appreciated and I cant wait to see if I can find something

I wish I could be more helpful far as advising where you could look in Chicagoland, but then again, even though I have family down there, I haven't visited in over a decade...there was this one swap meet a cousin and I went to once back when we were about 12-13 or so, though our consistent failures in renting NBA Live 96 from Blockbuster were the main funny-in-hindsight memory (it was Chicago in the mid 90s, at the height of Bulls mania).

My curiosity's been piqued, though...from your post, would I be safe in assuming the vast majority of Aussies who buy any gear, whether it be AFL, NRL, A-League, national shirts or what have you, tend to hold onto it? And I figure anything you DID find in thrift stores was in kids' sizes?

Far as the random ish in random places: Suns Coke bottles in Iowa...Minny Wild tees in the ATL...anything from the Rio Grande Valley in friggin Thunder Bay...yeah, that would be random. My neck of the woods, a white Packers jersey would qualify as random solely because you'd be surprised how few of those end up in Goodwill or VV. Most of the ones I've come across there are in home green. Of the random finds I own, you got a Puerto Rico WBC cap (even though I aint Boricua), a Rams Jerome Bettis jersey, and an Expos mini helmet I'd bought at a dollar store. And if you count books, Winning at All Costs, a history of Italian futbol calcio that I'd found an entertaining read, and another one I'd recommend is Cane Mutiny, which is basically The U in book form. Last one I'd recommend before I end this is Tip Off, about the 84 NBA Draft...yeah, you get the by-now overanalyzed Jordan-Sam Bowie debate, though a certain undersized foward (who may be wrong, but I doubt it) steals the show.

Random find I wish I hadn't left on the rack: I've bought myself a few blanks in different summers. Pinstriped Pacers white, Jazz mountains (also white)...but MAN...a personal holy grail I'd had in my hands, only to put back...a blank Warriors jersey. Not just any Dubs jersey, though...THE CITY. THE CITY.

[Bravo96]

At a Goodwill store in Davenport, Iowa I came across 5 6-packs of these Suns Coke bottles from '93. On the next shelf was this sweet Charlotte Hornets clock. Just thought they were too awesome not to share.

Interested in selling the clock at a somewhat reasonable price?

[PhilliesPhan1325]

I have had zero luck finding anything for about a year so when I saw these at Marshall's I pulled the trigger... Maybe it'll will lead to some more luck in other stores soon. I'm not the biggest fan of last year's stars and stripes hat but I have worn my Red hat with the flag in the P so much, figured this will grow on me.

And this Thaddeus Young jersey was one of the most peculiar things I've come across. I couldn't find any links or pictures about the Sixers involved with the NBA Go Green but it had all the stickers and I can rarely pass up basketball jerseys. So for just over $25, I'm happy with my choices.

[Korkie]

$5 at Ross. They also had an awesome faux retro North Stars dangle cap. I didn't buy it since it didn't fit, but I should've.

[spillpronecanvas]

Not at a thrift store, and at $50.00 it might not be considered a bargain per se; but I never thought I'd find a Navy Fisherman's jersey in Size Medium, located in Australia. Condition is great and it doesn't make me look like a penguin via being too baggy.

[lancealot]

Where did you find that?

[spillpronecanvas]

Where did you find that?

If you're referring to me; ebay. I was actually moments away from bidding on a white size XL for around $100 delivered (when I preffered the Navy, and would have to get a size XL tailored down to my size). Decided to do a quick search before coughing up the $100 and was shocked to find an Australian listing. I used to have an ebay saved search for the Fisherman jersey, but deleted it due to never finding anything ideal at a good price and needing more real estate in my saved searches. It was just perfect timing for me that I happened to manually search just 1 day before the listing ended.

Another good thing is the patch seems to be larger than most other Fisherman's jerseys I've seen.

[sc49erfan15]

Went on a mission to buy a fitted Charlotte Hornets cap today. FootAction finally had the fitted hat I wanted after everywhere else only had snapbacks or the one with the huge ugly HWC logo on the back. Tag says $28 but it rang up $5. Today was a good day.

Also: Winston-Salem Warthogs 5950 at Goodwill for $2. It's a 7 1/2 (too big for me) but pretty sure it's spoken for.

[sportstar1212]

Went to Lids today and scored an Arizona D-Backs purple and teal cap for $25 and a Buffalo Sabres 3930 cap for $15. To make the deal even sweeter, they were marked down an additional 30%. Two hats for less than $30, pretty good I'll say.

[Discrim]

Yeah, that green Sixers one is strange. It definitely would've been talked about here, at Uni Watch, et al, if it'd taken the court, and the Go Green program would be the only logical explanation for its existence. At the very least, you got yourself a headscratcher. Reminds me of a more subtly strange jersey I'd come across when I was in high school: a white Bears jersey with three orange stripes trimmed in navy on each sleeve, rather than the usual one-color navy-orange-navy stripes. That wasn't thrift, and I didn't buy, but I remember it well.

[zpqmaowl]

Screen-printed Hornets away Chris Paul jersey and a Predators 3930 for $8 each at Marshall's. They also had 2011 Angels hats for $12, but were 7 5/8 and above.

[DrizzyDrew1523]

When I go to Marshall's and TJ Maxx, I always look to see if there's anything that would catch my eye. I don't wear jerseys anymore, but the high school me would have been all for buying them. Anyways, I was at TJ Maxx and they had #21 South Carolina, #5 Northwestern, and #10 Temple jerseys all for $10. Old me would have definitely bought the Northwestern one since it was their newest update.