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COPYRIGHT 2006 San Bernardino County Sun
Byline: Emily Sachs
Mar. 4--LOS ANGELES -- Castoff clothes, books and knickknacks can earn a princely sum for charity -- especially when the clothes are designer, the books are rare, and the knickknacks collectible.
Goodwill has taken resale retail to lucrative levels with its online auction, ShopGoodwill.com, which in Southern California nets some $25,000 a month in sales, the second highest in the country, according to estimates.
Recent auction items include a photo album of century-old original images of Los Angeles, a 200-year-old painting, and carefully-collected designer Barbie dolls. The near-steals are even more impressive a Bulova watch for $6, a rabbit-fur coat for $12 and a Versace tie for $21.
"We're turning people's discards into desire," said Mary Murphy Hammid, who oversees the regional auction items from Goodwill Southern California's headquarters in East L.A.
About 800 items are put online monthly, each culled from general donations dropped off at the 47 Goodwill stores across the region, from the High Desert west to Santa Monica and north to the...
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