James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Two brass Russian Orthodox icons #secondhandsacred 020
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Hand painted Jesus image w/ inscription #secondhandsacred 000
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 09/07/2026#2 from antiques mall outing: wood carved sacred heart statue #secondhandsacred 000
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Ecce Homo. Visited an antiques mall today and will be listing finds over the next few days. #secondhandsacred 020
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 05/06/2026A landmark piece. 1978. First modern LDS work of self-satire. #ebaymethod #secondhandsacred 000
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Thrifted cassettes, including two Jamaican gospel artists #secondhandsacred 000
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Friday’s haul from a St Vincent de Paul thrift #secondhandsacred 010
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 29/05/2026It’s icons all the way down the line… only one came home with me #secondhandsacred 010
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Friday was a good sourcing day. Visited new antiques shop in Winsted, CT. Great spot! I’ll be posting a few things from there this week, starting with… lot of (mostly unopened) 1952 View-Master Bible course. AND a vintage View-Master projector! #secondhandsacred 010
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Heritage USA souvenir #ebaymethod #secondhandsacred 010
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Last rites kit, thrifted. I don’t often find them fully intact like this! #secondhandsacred 010
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 01/05/2026First Bible game of 2026… #secondhandsacred 030
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 30/04/2026How many do you reckon came off before the assembly line noticed? How about the reaction upon opening the shipment? #secondhandsacred 061
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 29/04/2026From a library book sale, a Book of Mormon had this inscription on the first page. #secondhandsacred 010
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Thrifted, 2010 Revolve Bible #secondhandsacred 000
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 25/04/2026New addition for Domestic Devotion displays #secondhandsacred 000
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 15/04/2026eBay seller posted this dexterity game lot (from Akron, OH estate sale). And, an image from the patent filing… #secondhandsacred 010
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Third time I’ve stumbled on annual compilations of Jehova’s Witness publications. This time a more substantial collection! Bonus: it was a red tag day at Goodwill so all were 1/2 off. And fwiw, JW visual culture is consistently incredible! #secondhandsacred 010
Reposted by James BieloHeleen Murre-van den Berg @hlmvdberg.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Last weeks I worked on a piece for Collecting Religion, edited by @matthew-hayes.bsky.social and @secondhandsacred.bsky.social - a great way to think about project endings and the sorting out of material and digital collections that come with it collectingreligion.wordpress.com/2026/03/12/e...collectingreligion.wordpress.comEndingsby Heleen Murre-van den Berg Spaces These days I’m going through my books. I’ve transitioned from a heavy admin role to the regular life of an academic, with the accompanying change of offices, fro… 063
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 12/03/2026From eastern NY estate sale. This Book of Kells cloth was draped over the back of a couch. (Was reminded of my fieldwork for the Ark Encounter project, 2011-14, when one of the creative team artists used the animated movie Secret of the Kells as inspiration for one of his works). #secondhandsacred 010
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 05/03/2026A mixed ephemera bin added to the office experience! #secondhandsacred 000
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Fantastic thread!!!!!! Anyone working on Christian Nationalism as historical/cultural pattern will benefit from this. 130
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 04/03/2026An eclectic thrift haul yesterday #secondhandsacred 010
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Thrifted, 2023 Holy Bear. This company started in 1999 as a kind of evangelical alternate to Beanie Babies (1993). This bear was done in collaboration with a Masonic health charity. #secondhandsacred 010
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Some cassettes from the collection. What catches your eye? #secondhandsacred #cassettes #cassettecollection 010
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Such a tremendous session! We learned so much from you, and I anticipate many references to your work as part of their final projects! 040
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Thrifted in Evanston. “No one hears the cries of the poor, or the sound of a wooden bell.” Made in Haiti. #secondhandsacred 030
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 09/02/2026The rules are simple. When you find someone’s donated collection of Jack van Impe LPs at a thrift store, you get them all. (Three were still sealed!) #secondhandsacred #vinylcollection 030
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Thrifted. Key hanger from Guatemalan Catholic shrine #secondhandsacred 010
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 05/02/20261969 New Testament by Bill Bright and Campus Crusade for Christ (now Cru). This came out a few years before Bright and Loren Cunningham announced their 7 Mountain Mandate vision. #secondhandsacred 030
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 04/02/2026The Goodwill VHS section was especially antagonistic this week. #secondhandsacred #vhs #vhscollector #creationism #prophecy 020
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 02/02/2026I didn’t know the collection was missing a pencil sharpener until I found this at a Chicago antiques store last week. #secondhandsacred 040
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Greek Orthodox icon, sourced from Chicago antiques store #secondhandsacred 011
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Fun lil haul from Evanston antiques store yesterday. #secondhandsacred 000
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 20/01/20261949 Biblegraph, this one printed for Hilton Hotels (others for Billy Graham Revival and NY Tract Society. Seller bought from estate sale in southern IL #ebaymethod #secondhandsacred 010
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 14/01/20262 evangelical heavy metal hair band cassettes added to the collection: 1986, 1991. Thanks @animalrecordsevanston #secondhandsacred #stryperband #cassettes #collecting #recordstore 000
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 12/01/2026On Saturday I saw someone emptying a bin of books into a garbage container. Naturally, I was curious what was discarded. Opened the lid to see bibles & prayer books amid the scattered pile. So, naturally, I hopped in to take a closer look. Pulled out a few gems! #secondhandsacred #dumpsterdiving 140
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 22/12/2025An estate sale find from Friday. Also, the last new acquisition post of 2025! #secondhandsacred 030
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Thrifted, 4 Spanish language gospel cassettes. #secondhandsacred 030
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Thrifted, 2016 Minecraft New Testament. #secondhandsacred 050
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Reprint of 1985 Jack Chick comic. One of 24 comics Chick made. #secondhandsacred 010
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Bibles added over last 2 weeks. #secondhandsacred 020
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 15/12/20252020; a new used copy purchased online #secondhandsacred 040
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Some say for napkins, others for envelopes/mail. Either way, a nice addition to the Domestic Devotion exhibition theme. And I always like it when there are multiple price tags testifying to a social life in circulation #secondhandsacred 020
