Post your Garage sale, Estate sale, Thrift store finds !

[Swanicyouth]

Nope. I have With Sympathy from 1983.

 

[Robb.]

That snowmobile has *just* the right degree of patina IMO. You can tell it was played with, but it's still awfully nice.

I dont think it was played with... just handled and battered around over the 40 years !

 

[Bunky]

This is likely a regional thing on good yard/garage sales. In southwest Virginia, yard sales are as common as weeds growing with the same family having tables set up every week and there are hundreds of them. They are always picked over for anything good. From what I have seen, by 8 am or so, most anything gone is gone since they often start early.

Net, finding something is rare. The best way is to go to an estate auctions, almost as frequent, where stuff is at least offered to sale to all to the highest bidder.

 

[Accumulator]

Robb.- It's *that* old? 40 years, huh? Makes the condition even more impressive to me.

Bunky- Yeah, estate auctions can be great, especially in areas where families were long-established. Sometimes it's sorta sad though, the whole "nobody left who values this stuff" aspect of it. OTOH, when my father passed it was a good way to clear out the stuff that was (to me) always in the "what was he thinking..." category.

 

[Robb.]

Found some stuff this week from oil can, to toys, to records, to a 3 head cassette deck.
Here's pics


Quaker state oil can full

Unknown Toy Truck made in Japan.. i think it is a Marx ?

1960's Siku German Citroen diecast toy car (very rare worth good money)

Cassettes - Paid 25 cents each for the sealed and $1 for the msytery walk

Really nice Sony TC-K71 3-head cassette deck - paid $5.. works perfect

 

[Robb.]

cont....

Alot of records - paid 50 cents to 1 dollar for each - all mint

 

[Accumulator]

That Siku Citroen is really nice!

 

[Robb.]

Few more buys today


I paid $5 for the hot wheels redlines, blanks cassettes, Toy racecar and Hockey card.


I paid $20 for the 2 records from a local record show today.

 

[Accumulator]

Heh heh, remember playing with the then-new HotWheels Twin Mill like it was yesterday!

 

[Robb.]

This weeks finds:
- records, cassettes, toy cars, nintendo video games, Zapper gun, maple leafs book

 

[Accumulator]

Love that Hamburgler car! And the Dinky XK would make a swell raffle prize at a Jag Club dinner.

 

[Robb.]

I sold the dinky Jaguar and Corgi ecosse.

 

[Accumulator]

Robb.- I somehow thought you were keeping all this stuff.

 

[House of Wax]

found a picture of the op's house:

I kid, I kid lol

 

[Robb.]

robb.- i somehow thought you were keeping all this stuff.

95% of it i keep.

 

[Robb.]

This weeks finds and buys


- Lil Suzy CD - $2
- 2 Blank TDK cassettes - $1
- NOS Technics headshell - $5
- Two toy cars - $2.75
- LP Records - $1 each (sealed Rush Presto bought on ebay)
- Vintage 1970's sport fun skateboard - $8

 

[Accumulator]

$1 sounds cheap for good LPs, what with audiophiles still wanting vinyl.

Like that little Benz!

 

[Robb.]

Sunday May 3rd finds:


- Sansui TR-707a receiver $10
- Comic book - FREE
- Records, paid $20 - Most Beatles records are late 1970's reissues.
- Tins and cans - 25 cents each
- 1980's Tonka dozer - $5

 

[Robb.]

May 9 2015 finds


Nintendo game - $4
Two records - $1 each
CD's - FREE
Rush CD - $3
Cassettes mostly heavy metal - $1 each
1980s Tonka mini Jeep - $1
1940'S Shell Shelltox insect bug sprayer gun - $5

 

[Accumulator]

Heh heh...."Shelltox"...