Category Archives: Trash or Treasure

Vintage Find

Posted on September 21, 2022 by Tina

People in my neighborhood put out boxes of their unwanted belongings marked as “free”- celebrity cookbooks, beat up sneakers, coffee mugs, VHS tapes, never anything I’m interested in. Until Sunday that is – partially concealed under a stack of Psychology … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Trash or Treasure | Tagged California, retro, vintage tablecloths | Leave a comment

Who Wore It Best?

Posted on December 27, 2019 by Tina

I spied this little gem on 10th & Carpenter Streets a few weeks ago, someone put this out on the curb for the trash men . I believe it was Versace’s inspiration for the iconic green dress J Lo wore … Continue reading →

Posted in Philadelphia, Photography, Trash or Treasure | Tagged green dress, inspiration, J Lo, Versace | 1 Comment

BEYOND the Spinning Rack of Comics

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Joe_Williams

I guess the thing I miss most about comics is the newsstands and druggists that once carried the 4-colored treasures I eagerly plucked from spinning racks or wooden shelves. I would spend what was probably an inordinate amount of time … Continue reading →

Posted in Curious Clutter, Trash or Treasure, What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1956, Anthony Perkins, black and white, buxom, cheap, cheesecake, detective, Diane Webber, girlie, James Dean, pasties, Psycho, scandal, sex on the campus, SHOW, strippers, tawdry, trash, vintage, vintage ads | 2 Comments

Shoes on 11th Street

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Tina

Posted in Philadelphia, Photography, Trash or Treasure | Tagged fashion, shoes, size 7 1/2, trash day, vintage | Leave a comment

Waterlogged Olympians and Huey Lewis Shoes at 13th and Kimball

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Joe_Williams

Spotted on the corner of 13th Street and Kimball in South Philadelphia – a hardback semi-autobiography of Michael Phelps and a two-tone shoe that was probably the height of fashion in the 1980s.

Posted in Trash or Treasure | Tagged Broad Street, dump, Last Supper, mirror, New Wave, oddball, olympics, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, shoes, South Philadelphia, swimmer, trash, trash or treasure, treasure, tumbleweave, two tone | 2 Comments

Bond, James Bond

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Tina

I was shopping in my neighborhood on Saturday morning when I came upon a man selling second hand items at a table. Baseball cards in foil packets, DVDs, cookie tins – nothing I was particularly interested in. However, at … Continue reading →

Posted in Blast from the Past, Trash or Treasure | Tagged 007, 1960s, 1966, Connecticut, espionage, Gentleman Spy, Gilbert Toys, Goldfinger, Ian Fleming, James Bond hand puppet, Made In America, Scottish, Sean Connery, spy, toy, vintage | Leave a comment

At Circle Thrift

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Is it an ashtray? A very heavy mask with no eye holes? An object d’art? Trash or treasure?

Posted in Trash or Treasure | Tagged ceramic, Circle Thrift, face, ghost, sculpture, trash, treasure | 5 Comments

Three Guys Walk Into A Bar…

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Mrs. Crankipants

and The Jewish fellow says to the Italian, “The Irish kid’s buyin’! His Old Man’s loaded!“ Spotted at a sidewalk sale in South Philadelphia.

Posted in Trash or Treasure | Tagged 1960s, BAR, Catholicism, funny, humor, Jesus, JFK, Kennedy, Philadelphia, President, sidewalk sale, The Pope | 5 Comments

I find your lack of faith…disturbing.

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Walking to work on trash days I’m noticing a certain disenchantment with my favorite of all holidays before the day has even arrived!

Posted in Halloween, Trash or Treasure | Tagged Alien, Halloween, mask, monster, rubbish, Star Wars, trash | 3 Comments

Trash or Treasure?

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Joe_Williams

It’s trash day in the neighborhood, and something I found in a neighbor’s pile of refuse has prompted me to create this new category: Trash or Treasure.