PHOTOS: Roseville City-Wide Garage Sale Brings Out Bargain Hunters

For garage sale afficionadoes, Saturday was a time to Thprowl for bargains, rare finds and assorted treaures in Roseville.

The city of Roseville held its fourth annual community-wide garage sale with nearly 100 homes  participating in the extravaganza. .

Among the participants were Shannon and Cary Cunningham. Shannon said that for many garage sale visitors it was "all about getting the good deal." For other shoppers, they were on the prowl for specific items, she said.

A few blocks away, Roseville resident Don Hewitt said his family was participating in the garage sale as a way to clear some household items out of their home. "We are trying to downsize," he explained. "We have sold a lot of stuff."

One hundred ten homes participated in the third annual Roseville garage sale  in 2011, up from 85 homes that participated in 2010  but down from the inaugural year when there were 130 homes on the garage sale tour.

The idea for the city-wide garage sale was sparked by resident Mary (Nelson) Sherpa.

In an interview with Roseville Patch last year, Sherpa said she approached Roseville officials in 2008 about holding a community-wide garage sale because she had seen them in other cities like Woodbury and Falcon Heights.

Sherpa said the Roseville garage sale is a great way to attract people from outside the city to come and visit many homes within a short distance. And for residents holding garage sales, the event is a good way to recycle household goods and items they no longer want or need anymore, she said.

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