Barngains
A select list of barn-gains picked up on my travels, mostly in charity shops (but also car boot sales, markets, book shops, online and high street sales, etc), from 2007 to the present day. See also Barngains and London through its charity shops on the blog posts for more details.
Peter Beard | £50 | Taschen online sale, 2024 | 5/5
Paul Outerbridge | £4.99 | Taschen online sale, 2024 | 4/5
Kevin Rowland – My Beauty LP | £10 | Record shop sale, Frome, 2024 | 3/5
Instant Light – Tarkovsky Poloroids | £9.99 | Charity shop, Cornwall, 2024 | 4/5
Bob Dylan – Fragments, 5 CD deluxe edition | $27 | amazon.com, 2023 | 5/5
Tbilisi by Martin Parr | £4.99 | Bookshop sale, Penzance, 2022 | 3/5
8 CDs by Half Man Half Biscuit | £1 each | Charity shop, Clapham Junction, 2022 | 4/5
Harold and Maude soundtrack LP | £7.99 | whatrecords.co.uk, 2022 | 4/5
The Constant Gardener, signed first edition | 50p | Car boot sale, Pool, Redruth, 2021 | 4/5
Cards Against Humanity | £4 | Car boot sale, Redruth, 2021 | 3/5
The Residents, Eskimo CD | £2.99 | Charity shop, Truro, 2020 | 3/5
Serge Gainsbourg, Aux Armes Et Caetera LP | £4.99 | whatrecords.co.uk, 2020 | 3/5
Joanna Newsom, Divers CD | 49p | Charity shop, Newquay, 2020 | 4/5
Mexico: A Revolution in Art, 1910-1940 | £9 | Charity shop, Redruth, 2020 | 3/5
Can, The Singles, CD | 99p | Charity shop, Redruth, 2020 | 4/5
French Connection check shirt | £2.99 | Charity shop, Redruth, 2020 | 3/5
English Graphic by Tom Lubbock | £3 | Falmouth Bookseller, Falmouth, 2020 | 4/5
The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's LP | £1 | Charity shop. Redruth, 2020 | 3/5
Guy Bourdin, Stern Portfolio #61 book | £5 | Charity shop, Wimbledon, 2019 | 4/5
Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Yellow LP | £1 | Charity shop, Camborne, 2019 | 5/5
Bob Dylan, Mondo Scripto | £3 | Charity shop, Putney, 2019 | 5/5
Bruce Springsteen, Western Stars CD | 1p (till error) | Tesco, Cornwall, 2019 | 5/5
Museum of Everything Book #4 | £2 | Charity shop, Forest Hill, 2018 | 5/5
Andy Warhol: The Complete Commissioned Record Covers | £3.50 | Charity shop, Crystal Palace, 2018 | 5/5
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca West | £3 | Charity shop, Hammersmith, 2018 | 5/5
Street Photography Now | £7 | Charity shop, Streatham, 2018 | 3/5
Letter B Alphabook | £1.45 | Charity shop, Clapham Junction, 2018 | 3/5
Planet Rock, Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force LP | £1 | Charity shop, Clapham Junction, 2018 | 3/5
Jane Birkin, 2 CD+DVD box set | £4 | Charity shop, Clapham Junction, 2018 | 3/5
Atlas of Improbable Places | 50p | Charity shop, Crystal Palace, 2018 | 4/5
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 9 DVD box set, Vol. 1 | £5 | Market stall, Greenwich, 2018 | 5/5
XTC, Skylarking LP | £5 | Leaf and Groove, Forest Hill, 2018 | 4/5
Frank Hampton, Tomorrow Revisited | £1.50 | Charity shop, Crystal Palace, 2018 | 4/5
Great Expectations and David Copperfield | Free | St Ives, 2018 | 5/5
Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed | £10 | Charity shop, Putney, 2018 | 3/5
Guardians of the Galaxy OST LP | £1 | Charity shop, Richmond, 2017 | 4/5
7 Days in Myanmar | £5 | Book Time, Greenwich, London, 2017 | 4/5
Joanna Newsom, Have One On Me, 3 LP box set | £1 | Charity shop, Crystal Palace, 2017 | 5/5
Signed Grayson Perry monograph | £4 | Charity shop, Barnes, 2017 | 5/5
Museum of Everything Book #1 | £4 | Charity shop, Barnes, 2017 | 5/5
Thelonius Monk, Monk's Music LP | £1 | Charity shop, Putney, 2017 | 4/5
Flora, Nick Knight | £1.25 | Charity shop, Croydon, 2017 | 3/5
Grey Paul Smith zip-up cardigan | £7 | Charity shop, Newquay, 2017 | 4/5
A Compendium of Collective Nouns | £3 | Charity shop, Hammersimth 2017 | 4/5
Clarice Cliff 'Crocus' jug | £3 | Jumble Trail, Penge, 2016 | 5/5
Bob Dylan, Mood Swings | £3 | Charity shop, Crystal Palace, 2016 | 4/5
Neil Young, Freedom LP | £1 | Charity shop, Crystal Palace, 2016 | 4/5
Various toys including Lego dumped in a skip | Free | Crystal Palace, 2015 | 5/5
Wise Children, Angela Carter, signed first edition | 50p | Charity shop, Putney, 2015 | 5/5
John Cale autobiography | £4 | Charity shop, Elephant & Castle, 2014 | 3/5
The Who, Live at Leeds LP | £1 | Kingston car boot sale, 2013 | 4/5
Edward Poulozzi Tate Gallery catalogue, 1971 | £3 | Charity shop, Muswell Hill, 2012 | 3/5
Bob Marley, Catch a Fire LP | 92p | Charity shop, Fulham, 2012 | 5/5
6x original Beatles LPs | £1 each | Charity shop, Tooting, 2012 | 5/5
Congos, Heart of the Congos 2CD | £1 | Car boot sale, Battersea, 2011 | 4/5
Fanzines | £1 | Charity shop, Fulham, 2011 | 3/5
Bob Dylan, Mono Box Set | £17.99 | eBay, 2011 | 5/5
Billy Joel, The Stranger (2CD & DVD Legacy Edition) | £6.99 | hmv.com, 2011 | 4/5
Rod Stewart, Storyteller 4CD | £5 | Frome car boot sale, Somerset, 2011 | 3/5
Annie Leibovitz, American Music | £3.99 | Charity shop, Trowbridge, 2011 | 4/5
Various Dario Argento DVDs | £1 | Poundland, 2010 | 4/5
Deerhunter, Crypograms CD | £1.99 | Charity shop, Putney, 2009 | 3/5
Leonard Cohen, Book of Longing | 30p | Ashton Common car boot sale, Wiltshire, 2009 | 4/5
Miles Davis, Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (5 CDs) | £9.99 | hmv.com, 2009 | 5/5
The Complete Bagpuss DVD | £2 | ASDA, 2009 | 3/5
Pantone mugs | £3.49 each | Blackwell, Charing Cross Road, 2008 | 3/5
Five old wooden picture frames | Free | Dumped in a skip, Barnes, 2008 | 5/5
Free tea towel and DVD with pack of PG Tips | The price of tea | A supermarket near you, 2008 | 3/5
Jack Johnson, Curious George CD | Free | Bin on Fore Street, Trowbridge, 2008 | 3/5
24 Series DVDs – all seasons | £17.99 each | play.com, 2008 | 3/5
Dawson's Creek DVD complete box set | £39.97 | amazon.co.uk, 2007 | 5/5