(Thrift)stores and fleamarkets

In the middle of July, I had my 48th birthday. I got a beautiful lamp from hubby and some other things, some lovely clothing/jewelry from the girls and money from my mom/in-laws. From the money, I bought a nice Yamaha organ from 1984 in perfect condition. I wanted an electric piano but didn't find one in my area, so that"ll have to wait. As the organ came cheap, I had some cash to spare for thrifting and flea marketing :)

This Bellora tablecloth (67 by 98 inch) is a lovely creme damask, comes in the original box, never used, with 12 napkins, Egyptian cotton. Retailed for 440 dollars (!) and I bought it for 80 shekels in a second-hand store. (22 dollars, 17 euro). I wonder though who buys a 440 dollar tablecloth????

German cake-set (large cake plate and 6 smaller cake plates) and a set of 10 identical salad plates (or a little bit larger "cake plates") that are a Chinese copy-cat of the German original and of inferior quality to the German. This is a cake plate set I want to use if the girls bring friends and I am afraid to get one of my Liberty Blue cake plates broken :). Bought in second-hand store for 30 shekels (8 dollars).

Lovely set of 5 large goblets in purple.

Set of six English cups and saucers. Love the blue pattern.

Not a thrift store, but still a steal. Fabrics at Ikea in the sale for 9 shekels ($2.40) a meter (little more than a yard). The black will be for curtains for Sharon.

These 4 beautiful brown glasses came from Italy and cost me 2 dollars for the 4 together at the Haifa fleamarket. I also got 8 white crystal wine glasses from Italy there but somehow forgot to photograph them. And found a linnen table runner from Russia there as well, but it's in the laundry at the moment, so photos later :)

This painting was painted by the Italian painter Antonio Casiglio Fazzini and was 10 dollars at the second-hand store. I know it's somewhere in Italy, but it looks exactly the Kishon River and mount Carmel behind it, where we live.

These cereal bowls and coffee mugs I bought at an Israeli clothes and home-chain, named Fox. For each purchase you make they put aside 10% of the amount you paid as cash you can use at your next buy. This set was 35 shekels ($9.40) and I got it for free :)