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How many of you use your local second-hand places for props and such?

Im very lucky working near Covent Garden - there's lots of opportunities for old keys, ink bottles, spoons and photos for trying out various effects..

...there's even a wagon type stall that sells invisible decks and spongeballs and so on...

i try and keep an eye out for interesting old books too...

in fact today i got myself 8 victorian photographs of various ladies (not in an state of undress you understand) 50p each! An old ink-bottle and pen-nibs and a strange looking silver spoon all for a fiver...

Ever found any usable gems? An original magic book perhaps?

Thanks for the idea. I have picked up some old magic props at boot sales before.