I like finding things in locations where I've worked and things from down South and things from flea markets or even the sidewalks.
At a flea market I always head for the junk jewelry table first.
...that in spite of living in a mansion an American is not above wearing a pair of secondhand pants, bought for fifty cents.
I'm a real pawn-shopper.
Somebody was telling me about the French Army rifle that was being advertised on eBay the other day - the description was, 'Never shot. Dropped once.
Some of the best things that I ever sold on Ebay, I bought on Ebay - just for way less.
There was a junk store in Nashville on 8th Avenue, where I bought Patsy Cline's train case for $75.
Saturdays are set for antique shops. Williamsburg in Brooklyn has some good ones. I get in there and start meddling around with dusty boxes and rickety, worn-in stuff. I like it when I find something with someone else's name on it.
The other week I wrote a piece on a photograph I got at a flea market, and I got about 70 hits. I think a lot of people must be interested in flea markets.
L.A. has a lot of good flea markets - the Rose Bowl is always a good one. I have taken to eBay, too. Some of my favorite things - especially chairs, for some reason - I got on eBay.
If you live in a yard sale kind of neighborhood - in good weather, most neighborhoods are crawling with them on weekends - do a sweep to see what the competition is charging. No one is going to buy your $7 book if they can get it down the block for $1.
Everything in my house was either free or under 40 bucks, and people come to my house and can't believe that I picked up everything on the street or in a thrift shop.
Rich widows are the only secondhand goods that sell at first-class prices.
