Priceless: The Pietà by Michelangelo is Yours FREE

Posted by Nina Lalli at 5:42 PM, August 23, 2007

Someone in Brooklyn Heights needs to get rid of a life-size copy of Michelangelo's Pieta, which was, unsurprisingly, an impulse buy by the seller's granny:

Priceless: A Hipster Cooler

Posted by Nina Lalli at 4:49 PM, August 15, 2007

Audience Participation: What makes a cooler "hipster"?

From the craigslist Free Board:

Styrofoam box/hipster cooler (Upper East Side)
I have a large (about 21" x 14" x 15") styrofoam box originally used to ship Omaha Steaks. I'd rather not see it go to the landfill, and it still has life in it for someone who wants to use it for shipping or storage or as a cooler. It can be picked up from my doorman.

Priceless: This Cat-Hair Coated Bean Bag is Yours - Free!

Posted by Nina Lalli at 8:56 AM, August 9, 2007

Some hoarder in Sheepshead Bay has found him/herself unable to throw away this giant, cat-hair covered dookie ball bean bag.

Bean bag

Free Black Bean bag, 3&1/2' diameter. Filled with foam not those little packing peanut things. Currently covered in cat hair, comes off easy with a lint roller. (my cat is the only thing that used it so I'm getting rid of it.) Email for pic. Located in Sheepshead 11235; 29th & X.

Priceless: Free Mid-Century Armchairs

Posted by Nina Lalli at 4:49 PM, August 1, 2007

Last week, I brought you Jewish vagina rags, and I'm sure that was a very useful find, but I've decided to also point out free gems that are not a total joke, like the arm chairs below, because I love you. If you're willing to risk bed bugs and cooties, generally, craigslist's free board can be your ticket to surprisingly nice shit. I have often asked hip store owners where their couches came from, or their vintage desks, and heard it was all free. Meanwhile, my lazy ass is still watching TV on the armchair that was in my bedroom in high school. Thanks, Mom.

Pair of Mid-Century Design Chairs - Slid Teak (Kensington)

Priceless: Bedikah Cloths

Posted by Nina Lalli at 8:28 AM, July 27, 2007

Welcome to an all-new and incredibly classy feature on Threadster, Priceless, in which we scour Craigslist's free board for the city's most inexplicable deals. First up, free bedikah cloths:

Kosher bedikah cloths

Come pick them up whenever

917.822.7706

Oh, what's a bedikah cloth? It's the vagina rag a Jewish lady uses to check whether her period is done. Duh. You can pick some up for free in Forest Hills. Whenever.