When you go garage sale-ing...what do you look for?

[ashes]

Mine is usually MLP and accent type pieces of furniture.  Although if I stumbled across an amazing hutch for a good price, I'd snap it up.

[PrincessTiffy]

Defineatly ponies!!! But also dolls, nick nacks for decorating around my place, toys and clothes for my son, anything I think a family member would like.

My best recent score, a pair of knee length knitted brown uggs for $10. The lady wore them like twice, if that. Still look brand spanken new. And the receipt was in one of the shoes lol.

[kaoskat]

Toys. And books.

[Truly]

Ponies of all generations and merch, digimon toys and merch, g1 porcelain pony figures, cute things that I just have to have, sometimes bird related things that are super cute

[egyptiondragon]

Ponies pokemon dragons dinosaurs nintindo stuff books firnature etc etc

[Vertefae]

G1 ponies and kenner blythes for me. Transformers for the hubby and the usual baby stuff for the monster face.

[Skitterbug]

Tamagotchi, giga pets, nano pets, other virtual pets... Mind you, 90% of the time they stay in my own collection, lol.

Most of what I hunt for is vintage toys. I always have my phone on hand to look up stuff, too. I also keep an eye on vintage film cameras for my dad... olympus and leica cameras/lenses with the metal/leather bodies are almost always worth picking up.

[FullMoonFever]

I look for ponies, art supplies and jewelry.  I've snagged some amazing deals on high end art supplies that people didn't know squat about.

~Jenn

[Sora]

Lion King stuff, Pokemon stuff, certain Digimon stuff, Kingdom Hearts stuff (pfft), Smurfs stuff, ponies, Zelfies, retro Mario & Sonic stuff, Asterix stuff, Spyro & Crash stuff, certain vintage toys... I go to a very large car boot and I look for a lot of stuff.

...And lately I don't see any of it. 

[Aadra310]

Any 80-90s toy!  My Father-in-law owns a small antique shop and tea room so I'm always on the hunt for vintage stuff to clean up and put in the store as well as inexpensive tea cups/saucers and teapots to replace ones that get broken. 

Inexpensive Disney plush toys (for my future children!) and princess dolls for my friends who mostly have little girls.
Stamps for my great uncle (who is 95!) and has collected stamps practically his entire life.  I found a space set of 4 that he didn't have and I can't tell you how excited we both were about that 75 cent purchase!

25 cent beanie babies for my grandmother's retirement home for Bingo prizes.  They LOVE them!  Any cheap little thing men would like for Bingo prizes.  They are harder to buy for.

Mermaid/seashell/ocean stuff.  I want my whole house to make people feel like the beach is just around the corner...

I wish I had more luck at sales but I rarely find any real treasures.  So much of it around here is just straight up junk!

[invaderhorizongreen]

I look for ponies of all gens, movies, and some comic books, I also look for certain playmobil things. I am trying to find the rest of the playground dinosaur set, they are the right size for breezes.

[Broken Irishwoman]

Ponies are always my main goal, but I do keep an eye out for other nice things. I don't go to fleamarkets that often, but I do go to thrift stores now and then. I especially look for gothic clothing, sometimes you can pick up great things for just a few euros! My biggest thrift store dream is to find a long, vampirish dress. They are way too expensive to buy online, so if I ever find one I would be so happy. 
Other than that I just keep an eye out for anything sweet, beautiful or handy! 

[Kiwi]

I haven't gone to yard sales in years, but I'd probably look for the same as Value Village and places - MLPs, books for our collections, craft supplies, and then a general glance for anything that catches my eye.

[kittyberry]

i regularly go to flea markets and garage sales now that it's summer, so this is such a handy thread to keep track of your lists!
when i go hunting i end up zoning in on the following:

- pre-1970 sunglasses
- vintage peignoir edwardian to 1960s
- fantasy fillies
- g1 ponies
- g2 ponies
- oddities/gaff taxidermy

[ringwraith10]

I collect a lot of things and have a lot of interests, so I often come away with stuff I didn't even know I wanted. But when searching (or when eyeballing a yard sale from the car to decide if it's worth it) I look to see if it has toys, books, video games, etc. If it has any of those things, then my primary focus is on ponies and video games. Secondary focus is on books. After that I look for other toys and things I might be interested in -- this usually involves a lot of Disney merch. I am very picky about used pet supplies -- usually I only want new stuff for my pets because I don't know who might have peed or drooled on a used object, but sometimes I will take the risk if the item looks cleanable. Oh, also, also always on the hunt for new shelves! Like so many others have said.