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[diggummup]

I found a 9800IX escort radar detector with wiring at a yard sale for a buck. Used it for a couple months and then sold on ebay for $275 !!!

Thanks for sharing and welcome to the forum!

 

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[huntsman53]

Around 2005, a local Postal Clerk gave me a 1998-P "Error" Washington Quarter for only $0.25. The Quarter was missing a large portion of the Cladding but the Cladding that was left, covered Washington's face and made him look exactly like the Phantom of Opera. I listed it on eBay within a few days as the following: 1998-P "Phantom of the Opera" Washington Quarter - Missing Clad Error. It fetched a whopping $350 at auction. Shortly after, I purchased some Lincoln Wheat Cents for around $0.06 each from a Pawn Shop. About two weeks went by before I got around to searching them but when I did, I noticed that one, a 1944-P Lincoln Cent was much thicker than any other Lincoln Wheat Cents. After some searching, I found that the coin was struck on either an Experimental or Foreign Coin Planchet and was actually called a Piedfort Cent - Pollock 2078 Variety. Well, even though I listed it wrong as a Pierfort Cent due to some bad information online and there were a lot of naysayers on a coin forum about the coin, it still sold for just under $150 on eBay and the Collector who purchased it and was a collector of these type coins, was ecstatic about the purchase. I have made a lot of similar purchases and sales over the years but most of them were more costly and some also brought much higher premiums.


Frank

 

[Butter Hat]

Around 2005, a local Postal Clerk gave me a 1998-P "Error" Washington Quarter for only $0.25. The Quarter was missing a large portion of the Cladding but the Cladding that was left, covered Washington's face and made him look exactly like the Phantom of Opera. I listed it on eBay within a few days as the following: 1998-P "Phantom of the Opera" Washington Quarter - Missing Clad Error. It fetched a whopping $350 at auction. Shortly after, I purchased some Lincoln Wheat Cents for around $0.06 each from a Pawn Shop. About two weeks went by before I got around to searching them but when I did, I noticed that one, a 1944-P Lincoln Cent was much thicker than any other Lincoln Wheat Cents. After some searching, I found that the coin was struck on either an Experimental or Foreign Coin Planchet and was actually called a Piedfort Cent - Pollock 2078 Variety. Well, even though I listed it wrong as a Pierfort Cent due to some bad information online and there were a lot of naysayers on a coin forum about the coin, it still sold for just under $150 on eBay and the Collector who purchased it and was a collector of these type coins, was ecstatic about the purchase. I have made a lot of similar purchases and sales over the years but most of them were more costly and some also brought much higher premiums.


Frank

That is awesome. I love error coins...may even have one or two.

 

[huntsman53]

That is awesome. I love error coins...may even have one or two.

Thanks! I have spent most of my coin collecting years, searching for...collecting...sometimes purchasing and selling Error and Variety coins. It is the toughest field in the Coin Collecting/Dealing Hobby/Business to garner respect from other Coin Dealers and especially Error and Variety Coin Dealers unless you become recognized as very knowledgeable or an Expert. It is a field of collecting and dealing that is cliquey to say the least! While I was just beginning to garner some respect from well known Dealers and Experts in the field before I sold my' main Coin Collection, I was too disgusted with the treatment that I often received to continue in the field at the time. I got back into coin collecting in 2012 and more heavily in 2013 to meet requests from my many customers. While I still dabble in coins and especially Error and Variety coins, my main interest is to help and educate others on what they have found while searching coins. If this is the main field of the Coin Collecting hobby you want to pursue, then I guess that my best advice would be the following: Take failures and most criticism with a grain of salt and don't let it bother you. (This is where I failed at first but learned the hard way!) If you make new and previously unknown discoveries of Errors or Varieties, do not show these to Experts and other folks at Coin Shows because you will soon learn that they are in it for themselves and are not looking out for you. Document your' Error and Variety Coin discoveries in written explanations and photographs and make sure you document when they were found. Once this has been done, send the Variety Coins to a Variety Attributer with Coneca CONECA Atrribution Process and Error Coins to an Error Examiner with Coneca CONECA Examination Process for attribution and/or examination. If the coin or coins are found to be new discoveries, they will be documented by the Coneca folks, entered into the records and if worthy, will be featured in publications such as Coin World. Not having the funds and confidence to send coins in for attribution and/or examination, I mistakenly showed my' new discoveries to some Coin Dealers and Error/Variety Experts. Some told me that they were interesting but some told me they were nothing, only for me to find out later that most of this was a smoke screen. Some of these folks apparently walked away from me and began searching Coin Dealer's inventories for these same Varieties and/or Errors and once found, they submitted them to Coneca or other Experts in the field for attribution/examination/verification and actually received credit for my' discoveries. I vowed to never let this happen again and it will not!

I am sorry to advise you of the bad in this field of the hobby but I want you and others to be aware of what you may encounter! It is a very interesting and rewarding field to coin collecting but it is not without it's perils. I wish you the best of luck and hope you make many finds and new discoveries!


Frank

 

[Butter Hat]

Thanks! I have spent most of my coin collecting years, searching for...collecting...sometimes purchasing and selling Error and Variety coins. It is the toughest field in the Coin Collecting/Dealing Hobby/Business to garner respect from other Coin Dealers and especially Error and Variety Coin Dealers unless you become recognized as very knowledgeable or an Expert. It is a field of collecting and dealing that is cliquey to say the least! While I was just beginning to garner some respect from well known Dealers and Experts in the field before I sold my' main Coin Collection, I was too disgusted with the treatment that I often received to continue in the field at the time. I got back into coin collecting in 2012 and more heavily in 2013 to meet requests from my many customers. While I still dabble in coins and especially Error and Variety coins, my main interest is to help and educate others on what they have found while searching coins. If this is the main field of the Coin Collecting hobby you want to pursue, then I guess that my best advice would be the following: Take failures and most criticism with a grain of salt and don't let it bother you. (This is where I failed at first but learned the hard way!) If you make new and previously unknown discoveries of Errors or Varieties, do not show these to Experts and other folks at Coin Shows because you will soon learn that they are in it for themselves and are not looking out for you. Document your' Error and Variety Coin discoveries in written explanations and photographs and make sure you document when they were found. Once this has been done, send the Variety Coins to a Variety Attributer with Coneca CONECA Atrribution Process and Error Coins to an Error Examiner with Coneca CONECA Examination Process for attribution and/or examination. If the coin or coins are found to be new discoveries, they will be documented by the Coneca folks, entered into the records and if worthy, will be featured in publications such as Coin World. Not having the funds and confidence to send coins in for attribution and/or examination, I mistakenly showed my' new discoveries to some Coin Dealers and Error/Variety Experts. Some told me that they were interesting but some told me they were nothing, only for me to find out later that most of this was a smoke screen. Some of these folks apparently walked away from me and began searching Coin Dealer's inventories for these same Varieties and/or Errors and once found, they submitted them to Coneca or other Experts in the field for attribution/examination/verification and actually received credit for my' discoveries. I vowed to never let this happen again and it will not!

I am sorry to advise you of the bad in this field of the hobby but I want you and others to be aware of what you may encounter! It is a very interesting and rewarding field to coin collecting but it is not without it's perils. I wish you the best of luck and hope you make many finds and new discoveries!


Frank

Thanks so much for the info. It happens in other fields, too.

 

[silverdollarbill]

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[Beachkid23]

800 silver pendant .25 cents. Sold $59.99 w/ $3 shipping. Maybe worth more. Had it as an auction but decided to sell it to the first bidder for $60 bucks.

 

[kerouac35]

found this northern soul 45 at a garage sale 2 weeks ago for $ .50. Auction just ended today at $6,100.00.

 

[huntsman53]

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found this northern soul 45 at a garage sale 2 weeks ago for $ .50. Auction just ended today at $6,100.00.

Now that is a winner!


Frank

 

[Beachkid23]

<img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1166114"/> found this northern soul 45 at a garage sale 2 weeks ago for $ .50. Auction just ended today at $6,100.00.

Wth!! Did you know it would go that high? That's insane!! Crazy Awesome find! Congrats!!

 

[Oregon Viking]

I....will be lookin' for that 45!!
I have a bunch of 45's
just layin' about...I will be looking them up!!
Thanks!! Great score!!

 

[diggummup]

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found this northern soul 45 at a garage sale 2 weeks ago for $ .50. Auction just ended today at $6,100.00.

I think a congratulations is in order for this one! Way to go Man, great score.
I VOTE BANNER! !

 

[Lost&Found]

Congrats. My son has been flipin vinyl for the past few years with some very huge profits to help him get through college. He is still amazed that people pay what they do "for a cheap piece of plastic".

 

[AndyE89]

Bought a jewelry lot at a city wide garage sale. I paid 30.00 for the table. It has over 200 pieces. I sold these so far. 90% of the jewelry in the collection is signed.

I could have got more for the silver lot but I just sold it as one whole lot. Easier In the long run.

Still have tons of trifari and other signed stuff to put up. Its a lot to go through.

 

[mjm579]

Sold an album like this one recently. Paid .50 for it, sold for $48 and change. I'm using a different photo other than mine because this one is edited.

....I think the title concerns me more than her "tittles"!

 

[treasurekidd]

I picked up this Microsoft Flight Simulator software at a local thrift store for .99 cents. Included all three DVD in excellent condition and all the booklets and product keys. Sold for $43.06. Some flight simulator software sells more much more , and I probably could have gone BIN and waited out a higher price, but I'm all about the quick flip, so I started it low and am happy with the result.

 

[CoinHuntingDrew]

Haven't sold it YET, but it's going on eBay this week.

Picked up a 2003 Namco Plug & Play at a trailer park complex full of poor people for a $1 several days ago. They sell on eBay from between $22-25 all day. I should get in the neighborhood of $25. It's near mint; no minor/major scratches, batteries were dead & some idiot put them in wrong. No battery terminal corrosion.

 

[diggummup]

[h=1]Post your $1 (or less) Finds Here ***w/ Sold For Prices***[/h]

Again, not trying to be a douche but please wait until it sells before posting. Namco Plug & Play | eBay

 

[Fushek]

Saw others were having some success so decided to throw my hat into the ring (pun intended).

Texas A&M hat from 1984 made by Kudzu. Paid $.99 and sold for $24.99.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/261905989796?rd=1

 

[mojjax]

I bought this car spot light for a dollar . It looked pretty shabby - I spent a couple hours with some chrome cleaner . I put it on ebay - it had 4 watchers last night . Then I got a e-mail from a guy that had one just like it and he wanted mine also and he asked me if i would do BIN for $100.00 ..........SOLD !
Vintage Spotlight Car Auto Boat Police Ratrod | eBay