An opulent October 2024, my fellow gifted thrifters and thrifty gifters! Second month of Fall, Elul and Tishrei, LGBTQ+ History Month and the second half of Latinx Month! Month of Rosh Hashanah, the Days of Awe, Coming Out Day, Yom Kippur, Indigenous Peoples Day, Sukkot, Pronouns Day, Simchat Torah, Shemini Atzeret, Intersex Day, and Halloween!
This month, I’m going to talk about dragons! As I do here every Fall. I identify with, love and collect them. I was born in the 1976 Year of the Fire Dragon, and 2024 is a Year of the Wood Dragon. A few times a year, I present a Dragon Day on my social media, where all of my posts are dragon-themed (I also do Lizard Days).
Nu, because so many people love dragons, thrifting dragon items can be quite competitive and otherwise challenging. But the size of the dragon fandom also means there’s a huge quantity, quality and diversity of dragon items on the thrifting market. I’ve been very pleasantly surprised by the many fabulous dragon items I’ve seen and thrifted, offline and on – especially at Goodwill of Greater Washington, and ShopGoodwill.com.
Here are four pieces of dragon-themed clothing I saw at my local Goodwill (Gaithersburg) recently.
[dragon items on DC Goodwill’s Shop Goodwill site recently that I can’t include all the photos! But of course I’m going to show you the six jewelry items (three brooches, two pendants, and a pair of earrings).
https://shopgoodwill.com/item/210310969
800 Silver Gold Plated Vintage Enamel Chinese Dragon 1.5″ 9.0g
https://shopgoodwill.com/item/211420595
Erwin Pearl 0.28kt Gold Plated Lion Brooch 2 1/2in 88.7g – 9.30
https://shopgoodwill.com/item/211537237
Vintage Jomaz Gold Toned Dragon Brooch 4″ 41.7g
https://shopgoodwill.com/item/208084084
14k Yellow Gold Diamond Cut Textured Chinese Dragon Pendant 1″1.8g
https://shopgoodwill.com/item/212463081
925 Sterling Silver Pendant Necklace Lot 67.4g
https://shopgoodwill.com/item/209672580
925 Sterling Silver Multi Design Assorted Earring Lot 45.3g
And here are seven other dragons I have to display for you – two tchotchkes, an incense burner, a go board, a ye olde helmet, a horn, and a gong with stand.
https://shopgoodwill.com/item/207699784
Fantasy Detailed Black/green Dragon Statue with Sword and Treasure
https://shopgoodwill.com/item/208866769
Summit Collection Yellow Dragon
https://shopgoodwill.com/item/208902616
Chinese Myth Themed Incense Burner Resin Replica
https://shopgoodwill.com/item/209821551
Wooden Go Board With Carved Dragon Motif
https://shopgoodwill.com/item/209916632
Japanese Helmet
https://shopgoodwill.com/item/210883015
Copper Dragon Head Horn
https://shopgoodwill.com/item/213474118
Gold Dragon gong stand
There was also a Tibetan teapot, Japanese teacups, a collection of Chinese dishware (one, two, three, four), an unusual 3D Chinese plate, two Viking ship salt cellars (here and here), two Chinese vases (here and here), two lots of pewter figurines (here and here), two Chinese horse-dragons (here and here), two artworks (here and here), and a donut-shaped jewelry box!
Nu, I could discuss dragons all day, but I don’t want this post to…drag on. So, meet me back here next month, and I’ll tell you about my latest visit to my local Goodwill! And may the rest of your October overflow with thrifty treats.
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