jerseyben
Gold Member
First "big" haul of weekend this yard sale season.
Friday:
Stopped by my steady coin source for the past 3 years. Picked up the following (paid about 50% of retail):
-1877-S Trade Dollar (XF, cleaned)
-1875-S Twenty Cent Piece (VG-10)
-ladies Bulova 23 10k RGP watch, works in great shape (the band is also gold filled)
Went to an estate sale of a prominent area doctor. Sadly I got there a bit late and it was clearly picked over already. Still picked up the following:
-handwritten recipe book for $1
-bag of pens/pencils for $1, contained a gold filled Cross pen, and an 80s Parker fountain pen
-also bought a case of 7" reel tapes but I took them back because they turned out to be recordings of family events and the family running the sale was extremely pleased to get their stuff back - GOOD KARMA
Saturday:
Went to an "old money" townwide yard sale in one of my favorite areas in the whole state! Pretty much guaranteed to score when you hit this area. Picked up the following:
-Small "suitcase" of assorted jewelry for $5. Initially thought this would be a score of a lifetime but it ended up being lackluster. 98% of the jewelry was complete junk. Pulled out 3 sterling earrings (pictured) and a handful of halfway decent costume jewelry including some tiffany fakes.
-small vintage watering nozel - $1
-Beatles Anthology 2 - 2 disc set - $1
-2 coins: 1921 GB shilling (silver) and 1943 canada quarter (silver) - $2 each
-11 Craftsman wrenches plus 1 Snap-on wrench for $10
-2 FULL bottles of fullsize designer perfume - $1 each
-6 LPs - 60s music for my own collection
-ROOMBA Discovery 2.1 BRAND NEW IN BOX! - $30 (currently charging to make sure it actually works)
I was REALLY holding back on Saturday. I could have bought WAY more stuff. I was being extremely selective and I must have "passed up" about 30 items that I had considered buying. I probably went to about 50 houses all together. If I wanted to open a store I could have done so with the amount of sell-able stuff I saw on Saturday. In all honesty, I did not come across that big "score" I was really hoping for but either way I bought a bunch of stuff for my own collection and I had fun.
Friday:
Stopped by my steady coin source for the past 3 years. Picked up the following (paid about 50% of retail):
-1877-S Trade Dollar (XF, cleaned)
-1875-S Twenty Cent Piece (VG-10)
-ladies Bulova 23 10k RGP watch, works in great shape (the band is also gold filled)
Went to an estate sale of a prominent area doctor. Sadly I got there a bit late and it was clearly picked over already. Still picked up the following:
-handwritten recipe book for $1
-bag of pens/pencils for $1, contained a gold filled Cross pen, and an 80s Parker fountain pen
-also bought a case of 7" reel tapes but I took them back because they turned out to be recordings of family events and the family running the sale was extremely pleased to get their stuff back - GOOD KARMA
Saturday:
Went to an "old money" townwide yard sale in one of my favorite areas in the whole state! Pretty much guaranteed to score when you hit this area. Picked up the following:
-Small "suitcase" of assorted jewelry for $5. Initially thought this would be a score of a lifetime but it ended up being lackluster. 98% of the jewelry was complete junk. Pulled out 3 sterling earrings (pictured) and a handful of halfway decent costume jewelry including some tiffany fakes.
-small vintage watering nozel - $1
-Beatles Anthology 2 - 2 disc set - $1
-2 coins: 1921 GB shilling (silver) and 1943 canada quarter (silver) - $2 each
-11 Craftsman wrenches plus 1 Snap-on wrench for $10
-2 FULL bottles of fullsize designer perfume - $1 each
-6 LPs - 60s music for my own collection
-ROOMBA Discovery 2.1 BRAND NEW IN BOX! - $30 (currently charging to make sure it actually works)
I was REALLY holding back on Saturday. I could have bought WAY more stuff. I was being extremely selective and I must have "passed up" about 30 items that I had considered buying. I probably went to about 50 houses all together. If I wanted to open a store I could have done so with the amount of sell-able stuff I saw on Saturday. In all honesty, I did not come across that big "score" I was really hoping for but either way I bought a bunch of stuff for my own collection and I had fun.
