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Another article about another type of treasure hunting.
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Pyledriver
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Seeing that old typewriter makes me sick. YEARS ago my family GAVE one to a guy just to get rid of 'old junk'!
That's a good article Bill. Bet you can find a lot of bargains at garage sales
and such. With the economy the way it is everyone is out to make it wherever
they can. You could buy it and hold on to it for better times to sell it again..
Sounds almost like a plan. Thanks for sharing. Gene
and such. With the economy the way it is everyone is out to make it wherever
they can. You could buy it and hold on to it for better times to sell it again..
Sounds almost like a plan. Thanks for sharing. Gene
Uncle Willy
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Yeah I've gotten some real bargains at yard sales and such. I bought a "grab bag" at one for twenty five cents and when I opened it up there was about a hundred bucks worth of stuff inside, router bits, wrenches, allen wrenches, and a host of stuff. My wife was a yard and garage sale freak. She came home one day and said, " Look what I found." She had a couple of gramaphone records ( tubes ) in the original boxes. I asked her how much she paid and she said two bucks each. I asked her if there was any left and she said there was. I told her to hotfoot it back over there and get the rest. She is a doll collector ( has about 600 ) and she found quite a few valuable dolls at these places fo next to nothing.
I was at a flea market and spotted this great looking doll that the guy was asking $55 for. I nearly bought it but wasn't sure about it and what it might be worth so I foolishly passed. When I got home I pulled out one of my wife's doll price guides and looked that doll up. It was worth a cool $1700 and I have kicked my self ever since.
Bill
I was at a flea market and spotted this great looking doll that the guy was asking $55 for. I nearly bought it but wasn't sure about it and what it might be worth so I foolishly passed. When I got home I pulled out one of my wife's doll price guides and looked that doll up. It was worth a cool $1700 and I have kicked my self ever since.
Bill
Uncle Willy
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That's how smart folks pick up bargains when other folks think everything old is junk. Have some friends who had a yard sale and were selling some old costume jewelry that belonged to their deceased mother. They had the items priced at 25-50 cents each until some guy savvy in old jewelry came by and informed them that some of the items were worth $1000 and up. They immmediately pulled them all off the table. A guy here in my neighborhood bought an etching at the Salvation Army Store for ten cents and later sold it for $10,000.
I knew some folks who had this old painting that had been in their family for many decades and was passed down from one to another, stored in attics, garages, etc. One day they found out what it was worth and sold it for $4.3 million. Some time ago I watched this gal on Antiques Roadshow bring a tiny little table in to be appraised and the guys there all went Ga Ga over it and appraised it for $300,000. She then took it to Sothebys Auction in Los Angeles and it sold for $495,000. So one never knows.
Bill
I knew some folks who had this old painting that had been in their family for many decades and was passed down from one to another, stored in attics, garages, etc. One day they found out what it was worth and sold it for $4.3 million. Some time ago I watched this gal on Antiques Roadshow bring a tiny little table in to be appraised and the guys there all went Ga Ga over it and appraised it for $300,000. She then took it to Sothebys Auction in Los Angeles and it sold for $495,000. So one never knows.
Bill
Great article!
Thanks for sharing!
Yeah, my wife is a garage sale freak. She's always lookin' for them on our travels. That's cool, she bought me that Sea Hunter MKll for cheap at a garage sale on the Gulf Coast a few months back and I had a blast with it over the summer.
Happy Hunting!
Thanks for sharing!Yeah, my wife is a garage sale freak. She's always lookin' for them on our travels. That's cool, she bought me that Sea Hunter MKll for cheap at a garage sale on the Gulf Coast a few months back and I had a blast with it over the summer.Happy Hunting!Uncle Willy
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Yeah there's all kinds of bargains at those places. My wife sure misses going to them. She practically lived at them.
Bill
Bill