Thrift Store Finds

I love thrift stores because you never know what you might find.

I've read stories about people finding valuable things like maps behind paintings or even instances where people have found rare carnival glass worth thousands of dollars.

I've never found anything worth that sort of value, but I still love finding treasures. Here's a few that I found in the past few months.

It has this little description on the back:

I can't seem to get the picture from the back of the print to post, so I'll type it out.

It says:

X. Portrait of Armand Roulin (1888)
Oil on canvas. 26. x 21 3/4 in.
Museum Folkwang, Essen

"In this engaging portrait, the sitter is placed at a nonchalantly casual angle in the picture space. The easy grace of young man-hood is conveyed by the flowing, thin painting, the rhythmic countours of shoulder and slouch hat, and the simple colour harmonies. The blue of the hat is picked up by vest and button and the wavering yet definite contour line. Against an expanse of green lies a large area of yellow--that colour which symbolized for the painter all the positive values of love and life.
During his year in Arles, Von Gogh painted many portraits of his neighbours. None of them were commissioned. They are, like this one, unpretentious studies of humble people of various ages. Unlike traditional portraits by earlier masters, they rely on colour rather than the play of light and shadow to bring out character. Realistically drawn, they nonetheless reveal the artist's loving sympathy."

It was probably sold in a gift shop in Essen, but I got it for $1.00. So I'd say it's a good find.

This is a little bible with a wooden cover that I found for $4.00. It was made in Jerusalem and the cover is made out of olive tree wood.

I found a few like it online going for 90.00-100.00 dollars. So $4.00 is a great deal, and it's lovely and in perfect condition.