Comments on: Op Shop Idol

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:45:17 +0000

Love the bundt steamer. I want one! I collect baking tins. I buy from op shops, ebay and the odd garage sale. And my best buys were all in Canberra.

By: FDB

FDB — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:48:15 +0000

“not sure if it is kitsch or fabulous”

False dichotomy alert!

By: Mindy

Mindy — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:00:43 +0000

I was in Ross’ Relics today looking for pudding bowls (or steamers). It has moved now, and is in an old garage on the other side of the road, towards the Melb end of town. If you go past the cheap Asian textiles (0r not if you prefer) you will find all the stuff still cluttering up every surface, although easier to see than in the old arcade. I didn’t find any pudding bowls or steamers but I did have a lovely time wandering around. Open most weekends I think. @dylwah I’m pretty sure I saw a few gravy boats with drip trays there. I didn’t look at prices though, sometimes it’s cheap and sometimes seems expensive.

I also tried Vinnies – complete lack of pudding bowls or steamers, but I suspect that the volunteer ladies are pretty on the ball and probably snaffle the good stuff first (which I think is one of the priviledges of giving up ones time to volunteer). I did however get a handbag with cane handles which I’m not sure if it is kitsch or fabulous, a red suede bag for my daughter so she stops pinching my handbag, and some dolls clothes for the doll we bought there last time.

By: Zoe

Zoe — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:29:44 +0000

Yes, Helen, Yass is particularly blessed with op shops. In fact there is an old arcade which has been converted into the world’s most cluttered oppy.

FDB, one day your steamer will come. dylwah what’s your gravy boat fetish?

By: Helen

Helen — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:16:21 +0000

Is the Yass op shop still there? My parents used to live in Canberra in the 1980s and I would drive up from Melbourne to visit them. I’d always arrange to be passing Yass during opening hours. Can’t remember much in the way of kitchen implements, but I do rememer the beautiful black suede medium heel shoes, 2 pairs in just my size, almost new cond.

By: FDB

FDB — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:44:40 +0000

Pudding steamers are my opshopping Great White Whale. I was tripping over them to get to the vinyl bin for years, then when I finally realised I needed to have one… nothing.

Griddle skillet – $2.50 from Don Bosco op-shop on Sydney Rd. Why is kangaroo with stripes so delicious?

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By: dylwah

dylwah — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:40:04 +0000

Good score Zoe, i am sure that this is why ishtar made stupid people, now if we could just get them to do the same with their grandparents china i’d be happy, note i’m not greedy, i just want the gravy boats and only if the drip tray is attached to the boat.