"Lovingly painted dishware, bicycles and garden tools, a heavy cellarette that looks to be rescued from a 18th-century pirate ship it's all ready and waiting to be adopted into your home at Oakland's annual White Elephant Sale. A fundraiser that's collected more than $30 million in its six-decade run, benefitting the Oakland Museum of California, the sale gives attendees the chance to peruse a massive warehouse loaded with all kinds of carefully organized crud."
"Overseeing the well-managed chaos is a staff of mostly elderly volunteers who will happily point you to the treasure of your dreams, and explain why you must buy it now. Get the rush of adrenaline from snagging that one-of-a-kind item you can't find anywhere else, the sale's organizers write. Over the course of an entire year, our volunteers collect, sort and repair a massive selection of donated goods priced so you can score amazing deals."
Oakland's White Elephant Sale offers donated items across nine departments in a 90,000-plus-square-foot warehouse, including dishware, bicycles, furniture, art, masks, lab and astronomical equipment, clothing, and jewelry. The fundraiser has collected more than $30 million over six decades, benefitting the Oakland Museum of California's educational programs, exhibitions, and marketing. A mostly elderly volunteer staff collects, sorts, and repairs donations year-round and assists shoppers. Open warehouse days run 10 a.m.–2 p.m. on specified February dates, with a free-entry clearance weekend 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Feb. 28–Mar. 1 at 333 Lancaster St., Oakland; reservations and a $5 ticket are required.
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