Buyers and sellers alike can count on finding small items to freshen up.
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Sandy Erdman | ×
Carol Thouin chose the paint color Dried Basil from the current issue of Better Homes & Gardens magazine. (Contributed photo)
Soon you will be heading off if you haven t already to garage, auction and flea-market sales. But thrift shops are open year-round, so you can find items to paint or recycle all year to keep or sell.
Thrift shops are inexpensive places to shop. They help the community, and some are run by charitable organizations. They keep more items out of landfills, and they are great for collectors who love furniture and other little extras. You never know, you may just strike it rich with a certain item of great value.
Catalogs from retailers like Sears and Montgomery Ward are now collectible.
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Sandy Erdman | ×
To those of us who fondly remember being a young child eagerly leafing through the newest edition of the Christmas wish books, I thought I would share some history and memories.
Catalogs started circulating at a time when most Americans lived in small communities far from major cities, and all they had was their local general store. That changed when Richard Warren Sears launched the first mail-order business, along with Tiffany s Blue Book in 1845, Montgomery Ward of Chicago in 1872.
A 1970 Montgomery Ward Christmas catalog at New Generations of Harmony selling for $14.50. (Contributed photo)