What is the most valuable thing you have found so far @ a thrift store?

[Dude111]

For me its gotta be the copy of Back to the future (1985) I found ON VHS recorded on 4/1/87 from HBO over analogue cable!!

Lemme give ya some details:

I dont like digital @ all.. I buy ANALOG MEDIA to get ANALOG QUALITY and back to the future (1,2 and 3) on VHS and Beta WERE DIGITALLY COMPROMISED! (It wasnt a true analog transfer to the VHS tape) and in my opinion WASNT GOOD AT ALL......

I have recently discovered the VIDEODISC copy of PART 1 (1985) WAS INDEED 100% ANALOG and I was fixing to get a VD player!! (I was close) then 1 day a box of HOME MADE VHS TAPES came into salvation army... (Not official tapes) -- They werent going on the floor.... The box stayed in the back for about a week......... @ first I didnt paw thru it but then I did and baby I AM GLAD I DID!!!!!!!!!!!!

I ended up getting TWO PIECES OF GOLD OUT OF THAT BOX!!!!!

1) Back to the future - 1985 -- 100% ANALOG (Taped 4/1/87 off HBO)

I still cant believe I got it!!!!!!!! (Its recorded in LP mode and not SP but considering its what it is,I WILL TAKE IT!!)

2) The Fugitive - 1993 (Recorded off HBO in 1993 (Analogue cable)) -- It has that beautiful OVER CITY thing HBO used to have before movies..... CANT BE REPLACED!!!!!! (And the copy of THE FUGITIVE IS BETTER as its in SP mode and not SLP as when I recorded it off PPV in the 90s))


I guess thats the best/most valuable thing TO ME I have gotton SO FAR @ a thrift store!!


Lets hear some good stories dues!!

[Dude111]

I found a copy of The Goonies (1985) recorded off analogue cable!! (Cinemax)

I had been looking for one forever..... They destroyed this movie on the official tape... DIGITALLY PROCESSED.. Its thin/flat and looks horrible!!!!!!!!!!!

I found this a couple years ago........

[Hawkee]

I used to adore going to thrift stores because they had some amazing bargains and you'll never know what treasures you can sometimes find and for me and my dad we found a valuable treasure once. And it all began when my dad and I were looking at old vintage jewelry and we found this watch and we thought it would be really collectible because it was a Rolex and we bought it and did some research on it and it was really a collector's item because it was a unique watch and then we went to a watch shop and we indeed found a treasure and today my mom still has that watch. My mom loves vintage antique jewelry and when you have antique jewelry the gems on them can be worth a fortune and my mom collects antique jewelry as a hobby

[Dude111]

Thats quite true Hawk!!