Flowers are blooming, sunshine is showering over the Palouse, and people are getting around to their spring cleaning. Nearly 75 vendors will haul their no-longer-needed items to Beasley Coliseum Saturday morning for the 10^th Annual Beasley Garage Sale.

Although the garage sale has been happening for 10 years, Beasley Coliseum director Leo Udy said this year would be no different from any other.

“Somebody can come in with garage sale items and walk away with nothing,” Udy said. “They can sell it, donate it, or even put it in the dumpster. We will have all those options on Saturday.”

Boost Collaborative will have a truck at Beasley to pick up donations and aid a nonprofit organization that provides help for the Palouse community.

“There’s not many places you can go where there are 60 to 70 garage sales all in one place,” Udy said.

One table people can peruse Saturday will have items such as collectible matchbox cars, vintage gas masks, Christmas décor and bread makers. The vendor, Sara Thompson, was planning to sell these items online in her store, World’s End.

The focus of World’s End is to take items that would become trash and turn them into art or repurposing them to give them new life, Thompson said. However, the business is shifting to more art products, so Thompson has plenty to sell.

“We have a lot of collectibles – glassware, toys, knick-knacks, even items that would make for great steampunk projects,” Thompson said. “We have boxes and boxes of just random stuff, all in great shape because it’s what we wanted to sell online. But we don’t have the passion for online sales of stuff, so we want it gone.”

The Beasley Garage Sale will allow Thompson to start fresh on the art aspects of her business. Right after the garage sale Thompson and her husband will teach a free class at Neill Public Library on how to make flowers out of recycles materials.

Sophomore architecture major Brieanna Cunningham said she loves finding fun items at garage sales that aren’t easy to find in stores. Cunningham said she likes to look for home décor or fun collectibles when shopping.

“I never go to sales in Pullman or Moscow during the year because they’re sparse and small,” Cunningham said. “But having a bunch of mini sales all in one place makes for a fun morning and I never leave empty-handed.”

Those looking to sell at the sale must register in advance and reserve their spot for $20. Beasley will provide a table for the vendor for an additional $5. While vendors can bring a variety of items to the sale, some are off limits. Udy said weapons, food and vehicles are unacceptable. In addition, commercial businesses or home businesses are not allowed to use the garage sale as a gateway for their sales.

“The purpose of this is not for personal business promotion,” Udy said. “It’s just a great garage sale.”

Beasley Coliseum assistant director Russ Driver has worked the garage sale for 10 years and said he’s seen some vendors return for every single sale. He said the oddest object he’s seen at the sale is an old deep freezer that had something rotten inside before its arrival.

Driver said he has purchased some really nice speakers for his stereo at a fraction of the original cost and a drum set for just $35.

“The sale is a success because it’s such a fun event,” Driver said. “There are great bargains on some really nice things.”