Thumper
06-29-2014, 09:09 AM
Well, at least this post started out as "one" ... but I got carried away and threw a few more items in here. ;)
I had a good weekend and would have had an EXCELLENT weekend if I'd grown some balls and spent some more money. I attended 4 sales, but one was intriguing with lots of cool "man stuff". The guy was an ex-pilot (don't know what kind ... commercial, private, hobby???) and had some cool aviation related stuff. He also had tons of gun related stuff ... old leather saddle scabbards/holsters, etc. He was also a polo player and I almost sprung for some of his old riding boots that had the coolest antique wooden shoe trees I've ever seen. (believe it or not, I've sold a ton of old wooden shoe trees/stretchers for some decent money). Problem was, they didn't want to sell the trees separately and I didn't really want to fool with the boots ... although I didn't research them as to value.
I did pick up a couple pair of loose trees ... four old trees for $0.50 each ... ONE identical pair just sold on The Bay a couple weeks ago for $40 ... a decent profit margin no matter how you look at it.
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Anyway, I picked up a ton of odds & ends at that particular sale as well as a few small items from the others.
I also stumbled on an old AM radio from the mid-50's that I thought was cool and I bought it for a song. I've researched it and the sale prices are pretty crazy. One just sold for $100 and others have sold for prices all over the map ... from $100 to $695! This is from the era of big tail-finned cars and the space age/aeronautical look. I like that old "torpedo" dial. This radio powers up, but has that dang "hum" that is common with this era electronics ... so it most likely needs to be "recapped" (a normal procedure with old am radios, especially if they haven't been used for a while). Anyway, I think it's cool and after a bit of clean-up, I'll prolly list it in another week or two.
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I had a good weekend and would have had an EXCELLENT weekend if I'd grown some balls and spent some more money. I attended 4 sales, but one was intriguing with lots of cool "man stuff". The guy was an ex-pilot (don't know what kind ... commercial, private, hobby???) and had some cool aviation related stuff. He also had tons of gun related stuff ... old leather saddle scabbards/holsters, etc. He was also a polo player and I almost sprung for some of his old riding boots that had the coolest antique wooden shoe trees I've ever seen. (believe it or not, I've sold a ton of old wooden shoe trees/stretchers for some decent money). Problem was, they didn't want to sell the trees separately and I didn't really want to fool with the boots ... although I didn't research them as to value.
I did pick up a couple pair of loose trees ... four old trees for $0.50 each ... ONE identical pair just sold on The Bay a couple weeks ago for $40 ... a decent profit margin no matter how you look at it.
3190
Anyway, I picked up a ton of odds & ends at that particular sale as well as a few small items from the others.
I also stumbled on an old AM radio from the mid-50's that I thought was cool and I bought it for a song. I've researched it and the sale prices are pretty crazy. One just sold for $100 and others have sold for prices all over the map ... from $100 to $695! This is from the era of big tail-finned cars and the space age/aeronautical look. I like that old "torpedo" dial. This radio powers up, but has that dang "hum" that is common with this era electronics ... so it most likely needs to be "recapped" (a normal procedure with old am radios, especially if they haven't been used for a while). Anyway, I think it's cool and after a bit of clean-up, I'll prolly list it in another week or two.
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