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

“I bought that at a yard sale along with a chair. I think I paid $65 for the two pieces,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

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

From Salon • May 15, 2025

The local online parent group, where I’d hoped to find new friends, was basically a random yard sale.

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2025

The sofa bed is never folded up, the desk came from a yard sale.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson