Top 15 Finds of the Year Worth $1,000s From Garage Sales and Goodwill Thrift Stores

These are my top 15 finds of 2023! These are Goodwill finds, yard sale and garage sale finds, along with some rummage sale and estate sale finds. These are the things that I was most excited about finding and selling. They also are worth thousands of dollars! I had a great year reselling and couldn't add so many items to this list that I wanted to. Looking forward to 2024 thrifting and reselling.

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I'm Wick and I am a reseller for a living. I find things at garage sales, thrift stores, and even clearance at retail stores to sell. I do online arbitrage, retail arbitrage, and buy locally. While the majority of my business is done through Amazon FBA, I also sell on eBay or anywhere else I can flip the junk that I find.

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A: Yes, the difficulty is based on how much effort you put in and how much you need to make each month. I do this full time.

Q: Where do you find your clearance products to resell?

A: Literally everywhere. Check end caps and look for clearance aisles, but mostly it will be mixed in. Ask a manager if there's any good clearance deals and build a relationship if possible.

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[jillburgraff-miceli]

I found Fire King Mugs at a garage sale right after watching your video. I couldn't believe it. Probably my favorite find was a Spode China Plate, Imperial Plate of Persia. I never pick up stuff like that, but it was beautiful and $7.99 at Goodwill in it's original box. I sold that for $650. And that was the day I became a reseller. Those days really stick with you.

[duckman]

My best find was a huge box of old cameras for $25. Had 2 vintage Rollieflex cameras in it. Sold one for $1400 and the other for $1000. Tons of other high end cameras and lenses in the box too.

[PhotographyMacDonald]

My best find of the year was a FREE Soldner pottery wheel that I sold on ebay for $1600. I'm not sure if I will ever top that. Happy New Year!

[mikeahl]

My top 3 of the year. At a garage sale found the holy grail of vintage snare drums, a 1932 slingerland engraved black beauty snare one of 12 ever made for 20.00 been offered 5, 000.00 but no sale.oh been looking for one for almost 40 years.
At a estate sale got a box of jewelry for 40.00 went through it found 17.5 oz of scrap silver, and 8.2 oz of a mixture of 14k and 18k gold scrap. Along with 100's of vintage costume jewelry piece's from the 1930's-1970's have made over 10, 000.00 so far but still have more to sell.
At a garage sale value is not much but found the game of rock'em and sock'em robots in original box in very good condition for a dollar. It's going into my toy collection.

[rickymaiola]

Been watching your videos more and more to widen my knowledge on items and just wanted to say thanks!

My best find of the year was either a Lisa frank binder I found for $1 comps from 3-900 or a canon ae-1 program in a bag with a few lenses and flashes on my birthday for 8 dollars.

keeping the camera for sure

happy new year bro!~

[metavinci]

Found a Kingdom of hearts life sized prop key in my neighborhood bulk trash pick up. Sold it for $150. Found oversized large (60-70”) Christmas crystal ornaments-gold and silver. Likely a big department store custom piece. Sold for $100. I find more gems in the trash than at the Thrifts, Goodwill and yard sales. It’s a small side hustle that is fun to hunt for but better to profit from.

[fhdz]

My best find of the year, purchsed at thrift store, a pair of earrings for $3.99. The earrings were 14k gold with 16 small diamonds, approx 1.5ct. Sold for $600. I started reselling as a side hustle a couple of years ago, I'm still learning, but definitely more cautious with what I buy to resell. The thrill of the hunt is what I find keeps me reselling.

[thefadedlens]

Found a Sony Walkman AM/FM only sealed in the package. Got it for 7.99 at Goodwill, sold in 5 hours of listing for 150 plus shipping.

[Kajedanimal]

My favorite find was a pair of vintage Luchese boots, they were a beautiful cherry color made in Texas. They sold for a few hundred bills. My girlfriend gave me a box of vintage Sassy and Seventeen magazines from the late 80s/early 90s. They've been selling like crazy on average for $25 a piece. I sold a pair of vintage Doc Martens that I bought in the mid 90s. They went for $300. It was a good year...hopefully this coming one is successful for everyone in the reselling community. It's been slow since Christmas so far.

[marinabenninghoven]

Found 6 pop art lucite cubes in a bag at the arc. Paid $7. Sold 3 on eBay for $300, and 3 on Etsy for $310.👌

[pointustheway]

These BOLO vids are our favorites. Thanks - Happy New Year! Fellow Ohioans!

[xjkbbls]

Anastasia music box paid $3.00 sold for $632

[benjaminrquick]

You killed it this year Wick! Can’t wait to see what you run across in 24!

[rosalindaromo]

Great video! My favorite find and sale of 2023 is a Pioneer Woman Red Check Rolling Pin that had been on my bucket list. I paid $1.50 at a thrift store and sold for $150.00. I still have not found a Glassy Baby, but will still keep looking. The thrill of the find is real and fun. I also found 2 Game Boy Yu Gi Oh Dark Stories sealed games with cards in the box. A graded one sold for $3400 and non graded can go for $500 to $1500. That is my down payment for a new eBay storage building. I have not listed yet as I think I am going to get them graded. They still had the Target Clearance Stickers from 2004 and I paid $5.00 each at a small thrift store.

[MikeWishart]

I love how he keeps saying how excited he is, he's doing a great job at hiding the actual excitement super low key with excitement level.

[heiditucker]

Thank you for sharing all your knowledge. I love watching your videos. I started flipping this year for fun and extra cash. My favorites were a JBL speaker that I paid $220 for and sold within a week for $550. I sold a Songbird Hammered Dulcimer for $200 (bought for $26). I found an old broken harmonica at a yard sale for $5 and sold it for almost $90. I sold a Thurgood Marshal Bobblehead for $210 that I had purchased for $26.

[EazyPickenz]

Favorite find of the year was a Hot Wheels Legends to Life Don Prudhomme Diecast working paid $170 at Swap meet sold $470 on eBay, not biggest sale but def favorite!

[MySandstrom]

I was lucky enough to find the Avon calendar with the mouse for $2.00. Sold it for $110.00 and got a positive feedback.

[theroguepicker]

I found a pair of La Azteca Chimayo Vests for $20 and sold on ebay for about $1300 combined. Old southwest wool look with a cool label, the type of thing you would pick up just from the look. Also a 1947 nos jock strap sold for $150. You know about old underwear, but it's fun to tell my friends about it.

[mdnelson]

My best find of the year was a vintage Duke Nukem 3D Kill-A-Ton Collection PC Big Box Brand game.