I paid $65 for a giant collection of vintage dishes at a thrift store. Then I found out it's worth almost $1,000.

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Dishware in a shopping cart.
I purchased this China set at a local thrift store.

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Vintage photos show how the role of women in the workforce has evolved in the last 100 years

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A woman in a knit dress with flared sleeves works at an early model desktop computer made by Servus, 1970s.

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Vintage photos show what life looked like behind the Iron Curtain

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Children admire a painting on a sunny beach day in Russia.

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Gen Zers and millennials are clamoring for their grandmas' bathrooms

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Toilet dressed as grandma with wig and glasses surrounded by floral wallpaper and pink tiles

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5 telltale signs of a fake luxury handbag, according to a vintage goods expert with 20 years of experience

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A Neverfull handbag from Louis Vuitton.
A Neverfull handbag from Louis Vuitton.

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A bride found a $25 wedding dress and turned it into the gown of her dreams

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A side-by-side of a bride and groom holding hands in a field and the same groom hugging his bride from behind.
Adrian Bradley wore a vintage wedding dress she bought at a thrift store.

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55 vintage photos show what life looked like in the 1920s

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Women at a café in Paris, circa 1920.

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Furniture flippers are getting roasted online for painting vintage wood pieces 'millennial gray'

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Before and after photos of wood chest painted gray with white design.
A furniture flip by content creator Christina Clericuzio, who has gotten hate for painting over wood pieces.

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The most popular tech gadget from the year you were born

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Steve Jobs holding the first generation iPhone in 2007.
Steve Jobs holding the first generation iPhone in 2007.

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Vintage photos taken 100 years ago show what life was like in 1924

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Three models from Washington's spring fashion show raise the hems of their dresses so they can wade through the waters of Arlington Beach in 1924
Three models from Washington's spring fashion show raise the hems of their dresses so they can wade through the waters of Arlington Beach, Virginia, in 1924.

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