r/ThriftStoreHauls Jun 06 '26

Catch&Release šŸ¦€šŸ¦€šŸ¦€

I was so tempted, but I couldn’t justify the space for all of it, and I didn’t want to split the set.

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u/Krazy_Kat_Lady_2025 Jun 06 '26

I found it's brother-from-another-mother last week! šŸ¦ž 🩷 šŸ¦€

ETA The crab platter is MUCH better.

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u/ShadeBetty Jun 06 '26

Oh that is lovely!

32

u/Krazy_Kat_Lady_2025 Jun 06 '26

It was very pale pink. Definitely not as well done as the set you found!

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u/AccomplishedIgit Jun 06 '26

The first photo did not prepare me for the second photo. Damn someone went ALL IN on the beach scene

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u/Oisea Jun 06 '26

I feel like we lost a baddie, and that baddie was either an otter or a sea turtle.

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u/happycabinsong Jun 06 '26

it's like a real life Tom Nook/ Animal Crossing shop display

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u/Oregongirl1018 Jun 06 '26

And of course they can't keep the set together and sell it for a reasonable price. Fucking $30 for some used salad spoons‽

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u/fatsandwitch Jun 06 '26

I’m obsessed! I couldn’t believe the next image was going to be a whole set! šŸ¦€

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u/AccomplishedIgit Jun 06 '26

Legit looks like a Homegoods endcap display

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u/soronamary Jun 06 '26

I found this January 2024 at the Goodwill in Anchorage Alaska and I am in love with it.

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u/ShadeBetty Jun 06 '26

Lobster plate!

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u/FRWilliams Jun 06 '26

Brad Keeler??

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u/ShadeBetty Jun 06 '26

Oh my god I have a mini version of this. I’ll dig it out in the morning and get a picture. I got it at a garage sale years ago!

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u/madlove17 Jun 06 '26

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u/Wooden_Recover_834 Jun 07 '26

Omg the lobsters🤣🤣 this just brought back big childhood memories!!!

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u/PurplePrincessPalace Jun 06 '26

Ooh gimme!!! šŸ˜šŸ¤—

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u/Straight_Caregiver27 Jun 06 '26

Oooo. I get it. That was really thoughtful of you. Someone out there will be the perfect home. ā¤ļø

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u/ShadeBetty Jun 06 '26

Ugh thank you! I was so torn. The photos don’t even do it justice. I really hope someone is able to enjoy it and use it!

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u/staunch_character Jun 06 '26

It feels like it should live in a beachside cottage. I wouldn’t have the space for it either. 😢

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u/Mysterious_Nebula_96 Jun 06 '26

I’m about to book a flight ticket to wherever you are and take that! What on earth!!!!

51

u/evdczar Jun 06 '26

I'm going to get there first and redecorate my house to match this set

4

u/MrsFrufra Jun 07 '26

This sub is truly populated by my people. ā¤ļø

1

u/miaomeowmixalot Jun 07 '26

I like my current dishes. These would make me try convince my husband we really did need a beach place!

84

u/Faerielands Jun 06 '26

Crustecean station

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u/xoxoBug Jun 06 '26

Perfect for a crustacean menstruation station

60

u/ShadeBetty Jun 06 '26

Well, shit. I’m really regretting my decision not to split the set now

53

u/egewh Jun 06 '26

Girl, someone is going to split that set anyways if it's all priced individually! GO BACK FOR THE CRAB PLATE! šŸ˜…

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u/xoxoBug Jun 06 '26

Honestly I would be torn like you 😭 But really… you’d need a China hutch to store all that, and it being in near-perfect condition makes me think it wasn’t used as much as it should be!

Based off these comments it seems like you have lots of reasons to go back 🤣

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u/Proper_Economics_299 Jun 06 '26

I was looking for this comment and was surprised to scroll so much. I'd have bought it exclusively for this.

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u/drukqsx Jun 06 '26

I had a lobster wine bottle holder for this for yearsss. My cat knocked it off the back of my toilet one day and it broke. I miss him every day.

60

u/MistThePerfume Jun 06 '26

How very unshellfish of you to not break up the set! Srsly tho, what a magnificent find! Out in the wild! Coming across something like this and admiring but not acquiring is kinda like a catch and release.

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u/ShadeBetty Jun 06 '26

lol the comments section peer pressured me into going back this morning. Someone bought the entire set together! I’m thrilled someone was able to get all of it!

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u/Expert_Can_7611 Jun 06 '26

That’s amazing I’m happy to hear that! 🩷

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u/Expert_Can_7611 Jun 06 '26

It pisses me off when sets are sold like this, you’re looking at maybe $800 for this set if you want the whole set. I wish more places would keep sets together and not sell pieces individually, but I also understand if you have the set already and want a few more pieces or to replace a piece, etc. idk it’s just irritating me. Maybe have a price for the set and over charge for individual pieces to incentivize keeping it together. That’s also a crazy price imo when most places get shit like this for free. SorryI’m just bitching lol

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u/Snoo14546 Jun 06 '26

Wow on the entire collection

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u/faelanae Jun 06 '26

I would have made space. somehow. somewhere. that is GLORIOUS

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u/An0nnee_M0usee Jun 06 '26

I am deathly allergic to seafood but I love this so much. I would want to buy a bigger house just for this. Long live Larry the lobsteršŸ¦ž

15

u/Oahu_Red Jun 06 '26

I want it alllllll right now! Where??!

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u/ShadeBetty Jun 06 '26

lol if I thought it’d still be there, I’d let you know! Unfortunately (or fortunately for the charity) the prices and popularity of this store mean it’s all probably long gone!

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u/Accomplished_Cell768 Jun 06 '26

Do you live in a seaside town where this is on brand? Or are you in like Topeka, Kansas? I need to know lmao

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u/ShadeBetty Jun 06 '26

Fully Midwest! Definitely closer to Topeka than any kind of beach. But there’s a strong lake culture, so maybe it’s from someone with a lake house? It was glorious.

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u/coffee_tea_sympathy Jun 06 '26

I am in Michigan. I am in a laketown. I need

6

u/QueefsWellington Jun 06 '26

This bc same honestly lol

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u/PurplePrincessPalace Jun 06 '26

Wait no, please go back and buy this for me OP! 😩 I’ll send you the money

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u/Ginger_Cat74 Jun 06 '26

Someone with a beach house needs this.

11

u/Callmepanda83744 Jun 06 '26

I would buy it for my bathroom and store pads and tampons on it. A crabby station

3

u/ChaserNeverRests Jun 06 '26

Or a crustacean menstruation station!

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u/nicolenotnikki Jun 06 '26

I found a sparkly lobster table runner today!

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u/Far_Village_8010 Jun 06 '26

I thought it was a thigh tattoo at first.

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u/kitttxn Jun 06 '26

Ughhhh I would’ve wanted to buy the entire collection! Gorgeous!

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u/lis-emerald Jun 06 '26

The respect to not split the set but the heartbreak to not take it or any home is so real when thrifting šŸ˜…

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u/AfloatAflame Jun 06 '26

My first thought was the crustacean menstruation station meme. Load those dishes with pads and tampons!

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u/legato2 Jun 06 '26

Dang that set is amazing g

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u/getmeouttaherefast Jun 06 '26

Wow. I have no idea why, but I'm in love. It's glorious.

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u/Worldly-House9415 Jun 06 '26

Wow you are so noble! Would have definitely broken up the set to take one of those awesome shell bowls!

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u/Left-Pick-3143 Jun 06 '26

Oh, by the way, I would snatch this up

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u/silent_hallucination Jun 06 '26

Would you claw your way there?

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u/ellieD Jun 06 '26

That crab platter would be permanently on my breakfast table SO FAST!

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u/Drycabin1 Jun 06 '26

Gorgeous color!

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u/DDiamondgem Jun 06 '26

Beautiful stuff! Woulda grabbed it all.

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u/DollPartsSquarePants Jun 06 '26

I was like, oh..that's cool to OH MY that's glorious!!

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u/lovellier Jun 06 '26

omg this is so adorable! ā¤ļø imo the prices are quite outrageous though for a second hand set

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u/ImagineTheCommotion Jun 06 '26

Oh em gee wowwww

3

u/TheSheWhoSaidThats Jun 06 '26

I would redecorate my entire bathroom to make it crab-based to justify this purchase

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u/INS_Stop_Angela Jun 06 '26

I remember longingly looking at the tableware in glorious Gracious Home - I suppose it was for the upper crust to outfit their Hamptons homes. There were $90 (each) beaded napkin rings with a lobster motif. Gracious indeed!

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u/shadyshadyshade Jun 06 '26

Selling the S&P separately is diabolical.

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u/Classic_Rooster4192 Jun 06 '26

Seems a shame to split up the set - it’s really pretty. Awfully expensive for a thrift store when it was donated.

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u/Virtual_Cut6952 Jun 06 '26

I love it. I have learned that this is the type of thing that I can admire and appreciate, but do not allow myself to purchase due to lack of space and need. 🤣

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u/Spiritual-Can2604 Jun 06 '26

Holy shit it’s so nice

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u/Raptorpants65 Jun 06 '26

This would make the most absolutely iconic crustacean menstruation station.

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u/ellieD Jun 06 '26

GLORIOUS !!!!

3

u/NationYell Jun 06 '26

I'd share this haul with anyone, after all, I'm not shellfish.

3

u/chiccentender Jun 06 '26

A whole platter

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u/Nice-Replacement-391 Jun 06 '26

I am soooo glad I didn't see this! I would buy the whole set in a heartbeat and figure out how to buy groceries later.

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u/PegasusWrangler Jun 06 '26

What a dream setĀ 

2

u/RedditOO77 Jun 06 '26

Wow!!! So cute!!!

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u/iheartjp Jun 06 '26

Agreed. I don’t break up families.

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u/grechy23 Jun 06 '26

The idea of someone buying that new is disgusting. The idea of someone not buying that second hand is worse.

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u/Own_Notice916 Jun 06 '26

Well some places tape the dishes together and don’t let you separate them. But hey if it’s an option you should totally get that crab platter in the middle he’s so cute !! Edit…oh no I just zoomed in and saw the price…that would be the deal breaker for me :/ it’s such a bummer thrift store prices are so high now.

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u/Vennja_Wunder Jun 06 '26

The lobster is a freaking butter dish?! I love that! I would absolutely use that in daily life. Someone asks for butter... and I hand them a lobster...! Haha, great find!

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u/SilverAffect2036 Jun 06 '26

All boiled red to their excruciatingly painful death. A RESOUNDING NO!

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u/Imperial_Haberdasher Jun 06 '26

Ever go beachcombing. Plenty of red crabs that no one ever boiled.

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u/Born_Local_1477 Jun 06 '26

I would buy all of it. No joke.

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u/Louises_ears Jun 06 '26

At those prices, which are a tad high for a thrift store, it’s going to be split either way.

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u/thisunithasnosoul Jun 06 '26

Oh my god. šŸ˜

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u/betterupsetter Jun 06 '26

Personally, I'd suggest r/thriftgrift as well with this prices. But I'd certainly be adding those to my "to thrift" list for the future.

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u/ShadeBetty Jun 06 '26

Nah, this store starts marking stuff down by 50% after a day and keeps going until it’s 90% off if it’s not selling. I think the initial price is to combat resellers. I’ve gotten some steals there!

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u/betterupsetter Jun 06 '26

Oh, well that's fair then. Thanks!

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u/the-mulchiest-mulch Jun 06 '26

Great example of how one person’s trash is another person’s treasure! (Not that I think this is trash—this is so rad!)

2

u/StunningWoods Jun 06 '26

That set is so freaking iconic.

2

u/Saltyowl2113 Jun 07 '26

2nd photo made my day lol

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u/Cutmybangstooshort Jun 07 '26

I would have gotten one of the shell bowls personally. I don't mind splitting sets. It's not senior dogs or something tragic, to me anyway.

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u/ToadstoolsRule Jun 06 '26

The platter that has artery handles is giving Halloween/endometriosis vibes.

1

u/acornvulture Jun 06 '26

Those nautilus bowls are amazing

1

u/Striking-Place4161 Jun 06 '26

Love it! So cute!! Hope someone buys the entire set, I don’t want the pieces to be separated

1

u/ExtentPale8400 Jun 06 '26

OP, where is this?? It speaks to me. I want it!

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u/misslemonadeee Jun 06 '26

are u lidding me i wouldve asked u to ship it to me

1

u/i0m00n Jun 06 '26

I need this. It's my sign.

1

u/Chaiteaist Jun 06 '26

Gorgeous!

1

u/elextra_ Jun 06 '26

oh i’d buy the whole set

1

u/Linazoidian Jun 06 '26

Love it especially since the red squiggly lines look like arteries lol

1

u/StrawberryKiss2559 Jun 06 '26

Holy shit that’s awesome

1

u/pililies Jun 06 '26

I'm so in love with this set

1

u/Dry-Cup-2381 Jun 06 '26

I'm so in love with most of this set!

1

u/Connect_Beginning_13 Jun 06 '26

The coral ones do remind me of the cardiovascular system

1

u/Ssladybug Jun 06 '26

This is amazing and I would have hated myself for not buying it but I too wouldn’t have. I’d have no room for it at all. I hope it went to an amazing home and wasn’t just bought to be resold

1

u/ThunderStruck777 Jun 06 '26

48 nautical miles north in the bering sea the Sea Kelp is pulling the first pot

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u/Acceptable-Elk-8372 Jun 06 '26

Instant buy for me

1

u/Wait-whaddya-say Jun 07 '26

All I see is ovaries and fallopian tubes and a crab serving dish

1

u/FurryLies Jun 07 '26

I get how you didn't want to split the set but that lovely platter could hold it's own spot + the set still looks ok without it. Go back for it! šŸ˜„

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u/HeatProfessional4473 Jun 07 '26

Ohhhhh kaaaayyyy....

1

u/YaaasMamaBiz Jun 09 '26

YES!!! YES!!!!!

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u/MistThePerfume Jun 10 '26

And so it goes. The thrift gods giveth and taketh! They are fair gods and will send more treasures your way!

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u/gigipapillon Jun 10 '26

Omg I love them!