yard sale

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Chamlee once picked up a charming ceramic sun at a yard sale for $30—only to learn via Google that the stamp on the back marked it as a rare piece by midcentury potter David Gil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

Wonder what they got at the yard sale to justify that?

From Salon • May 15, 2025

A friend was telling me about readying for a twice-a-year neighborhood yard sale, how she had begun decluttering in anticipation of the event.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2024

Another person asked the most obvious question: “Are you sure you didn’t have a yard sale over the weekend that you forgot about?”

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2023

Facing me when I entered was the old portrait of Patriarch Athenagoras that Desdemona had saved from the yard sale years ago.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides