Founded in 1849, Harrods' world-famous, six-story department store in London boasts spectacular architecture and spans an entire city block. Visit the store's legendary January sale, and you'll find everything from porcelain to prized silver sets priced 25 to 50 percent off.

• Even in cold winter weather, people camp outside for a few days to be first in line.
  
• Harrods gets 300,000 customers the first day of the sale. The usual number is 35,000.
  
• This sale happens twice a year, in January and July.
  
• You can sign up for the January or July sale catalogs online.
  
• Extra discounts often apply to furniture, gifts, English china, English designers and Harrods souvenirs.
  
• Crystal Vase: $9,400 retail, $4,700 at Harrods sale
  
• Eight place settings of Spode china: retail, $1,440 retail, $1,008 on sale.
  
• Silver flatware: $18,000 retail, $9,000 on sale.

Harrods
Knightsbridge store, London
Phone: 011 44 020 7730 1234
www.harrods.com