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Thrift with Me// finding books to resell

 I walked through the Hospice doors at exactly opening time. "Buy 1 Get 1" sign on the books, today was my lucky day! I had no room in my arms for books, I got over 30. I also picked up a holy grail item - this is what I call an item that can flip for more than $100. I don't remember how much I spent on everything pictured here. Find out what I got below, keep reading and let me know in a comment which one was your favorite find!


Above: Gandhi, The Last Tycoon, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Louis L'Amour book, Homeland, The Cat and the Curmidgeon, The Best Cat Ever, Animals, The Phantom Tollbooth, All Dogs Christmas Carol, The Cat Who Came for Christmas, Doggie/ Yorkie magnet, Readers Digest book of greatest novels, Cold Mountain, The Reindeers Big Night, Girl with the Pearl Earring, The Christmas Theif, Lone Survivor, In the Heart of the Sea, I know Why the Caged Bird Sings (2nd copy)

above: Raggedy Ann, Nancy Drew and the E-mail mystery, Unknown Quantity, The Great Mouse Detective, Georgia O' Keeffe, Louis L' Amour, Louis L' Amour, The Water is Wide, The Cat Who Said Cheese, Stone Fox, 3 Little House of the Prarrie books, Black Beauty, Best Loved Songs of the American People, Sewing Books
above: The Last LEcture, Spartina, The Christmas Alphabet Book, Plenty of Pelly and Peak, The Magic School Bus, Murders in Texas, Readers Digest Best Novels,

Last photo: Got Getta Gund Tiger, 2 newborn beanies, Honeywell Pentax camera. 

The camera is the holy grail item! That's 42 more books to my shop. (Actually I'm keeping Black Beauty, Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Sewing Book, and the poor but still readable copy of I Know why the Caged Bird Sings.) Remember, half those books were free! That'll be 100% profit.

The Tiger and the baby hats are for my niece and nephew.

And the animal books: The Cat and the Curmudgeons, The Cat Who Came for Christmas, Doggie/ Yorkie magnet, The Best Cat Ever, Animals,  All Dogs Christmas Carol VHS, will be for a lady named April who tried to rescue my kitten, who she named Braveheart and held him in warm arms as he passed away in the hospital. 

This month I want to start donating 10% of my booksales to Rescue Pups, or April, who rescues cats and dogs from the streets and gives them hospital care and a safe place until they are adopted. I need to make my business work, so I have to start selling my art and higher priced items. It'd be a dream to be a bookseller and directly make a positive impact in my community by saving animals.



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