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Cheryl Senter for the Boston Globe
Plastic tubs filled with items confiscated from New England’s major airports are resold to the public in New Hampshire.
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Cheryl Senter for the Boston Globe
The New Hampshire State Surplus Store in Concord has become a hub of this secondhand market.
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Cheryl Senter for the Boston Globe
Tom Zekos of Newbury, N.H., searched tubs of confiscated pocket knives for sale at the surplus property store.
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Cheryl Senter for the Boston Globe
TSA collects so many miniature multitools and Swiss Army knives that each model has its own bin at the surplus store, where they sell for $2.
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Cheryl Senter for the Boston Globe
There is an entire subculture of resellers who wait in line for hours before the surplus store opens to pounce on the newest inventory.
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Cheryl Senter for the Boston Globe
The store is open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Cheryl Senter for the Boston Globe
Snow globes were outlawed along with many liquids and gels in 2007 after an apparent terrorist plot to use liquid explosives on planes.







