Post your $1 (or less) Finds Here w/ Sold For Prices

[craig101]

I found some older fireworks catalogs recently. paid about 50 cents each for them. I've sold some for $30, $50, and $75 each.

 

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[Baltimore]

I found some older fireworks catalogs recently. paid about 50 cents each for them. I've sold some for $30, $50, and $75 each.

Those sound cool, got any photos?

 

[Drmad7]

Picked up this Georg Jensen cup for 99 cents last week. I was so excited, I kept checking the shelves for another. Could have sold for at least $150 more, but I took the best offer of $255.00. Fast nickel...

 

[diggummup]

So they are a plastic?? Someone told me that a way to test for Bakelite is to poke it with a hot needle.. was i told wrong his whole time?

Never use the hot needle test for anything. Some early plastics are very flammable. Here is a very informable blog concerning all plastics, including testing methods, relating to jewelry.
https://chatsworthlady.com/2012/06/21/vintage-plastic-jewelry-what-it-is-and-isnt/

 

[Drmad7]

Bought this today for 99 cents...sold for $105.00

 

[diggummup]

Bought this today for 99 cents...sold for $105.00 View attachment 1598908 View attachment 1598911

Sweet find. Good for use in 3rd world countries and doctors that make house calls (is there such a thing still?).

 

[diggummup]

Vintage brass cat ring holders. paid $1 for all 3. Sold all 3 for $24.

Sold this Civil war era match safe for $29.99 that I got for $1...

This Swarovski crystal sewing machine was only .50. It sold for $49.99...

 

[bigcaddy64]

Thomas Pink sterling silver collar “bones”. The hallmarks are so small even a 16x loupe had a hard time seeing them. Paid $1.00 and sold them for 40.00

 

[bigcaddy64]

The following weekend had me digging in a huge tub of sunglasses at a avid golfers house. When he finished wearing a pair, into the tub the went. I bought 3 pairs for 3.00

Oakley whisker $67.00
Maui Jim typhoon $57.00

The Prada sunglasses haven’t been listed yet

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Drmad7, that is one nice find and profit!

 

[Indigo Knight]

window air conditioner: bought for $1, sold for $60.

I bought a window AC at an auction for $1 in December, sold it in July for $60.

car battery: found near a dumpster, sold for $12.80 for scrap.

 

[treasurekidd]

Grabbed these for $1 at a big yard sale last weekend and sold them as a lot for $75 plus shipping. I normally wouldn't have touched anything like this, but they were all sealed boxes and with expiration dates of November of 2019, so they were good. My wife the nurse checked them out and said they were ok to sell too, which made me feel better about it lol.

 

[mojjax]

Paid 25 cents - sold $131.50
http://www.ebay.com/itm/132736550771?ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1561.l2649

 

[diggummup]

Paid 25 cents - sold $131.50
http://www.ebay.com/itm/132736550771?ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1561.l2649

Sweet little find! Congrats. I see you never mentioned it being made of bone. Was that intentional?

 

[diggummup]

Sold 4 of these for $49.99 each w/free shipping in the past month. They were less than $1 each purchased in a lot of about 15 items or so for $10. https://www.ebay.com/itm/123267356976

 

[Baltimore]

Nice finds everyone! I love when this thread comes back.

Found this sealed Blockbuster video promo t-shirt, dated Sept, 1995 in a bag of trash at an estate sale, woman running the sale said I could have anything in the trash for free.
Sold for $75 & shipping.



Found this in the same bag of trash, a very early Nike thermal shirt. if you ever find anything Nike with this tag buy it, there's serious collectors out there.
Sold for $30 & shipping



Found these in the pocket of a duffle bag I bought to sell, was going to throw them away but looked them up on ebay. Somehow, there's a market for used swim caps, sold them for $10 and shipping.

 

[diggummup]

Nice finds everyone! I love when this thread comes back.

Found this sealed Blockbuster video promo t-shirt, dated Sept, 1995 in a bag of trash at an estate sale, woman running the sale said I could have anything in the trash for free.
Sold for $75 & shipping.

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Found this in the same bag of trash, a very early Nike thermal shirt. if you ever find anything Nike with this tag buy it, there's serious collectors out there.
Sold for $30 & shipping

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Found these in the pocket of a duffle bag I bought to sell, was going to throw them away but looked them up on ebay. Somehow, there's a market for used swim caps, sold them for $10 and shipping.

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Thanks for the info on the Nike label. Who'd of thunk that Blockbuster Video shirt would have sold for that much? Good score. Don't think I've ever run across a swim cap down here.

 

[mojjax]

Sweet little find! Congrats. I see you never mentioned it being made of bone. Was that intentional?

It is made of metal . It's going to Canada .

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/584461-small-old-tool-tee-handle.html#post5883195

 

[diggummup]

It is made of metal . It's going to Canada .

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/584461-small-old-tool-tee-handle.html#post5883195

I see now. The link you posted earlier takes me to a "FANTASTIC VINTAGE / ANTIQUE CARVED SAMURAI STERLING SILVER CAPPED CORKSCREW". I didn't notice earlier that it was not your ebay page, or the price. Didn't have my morning cup yet at the time.

I just found this at the top of that ebay link. I've been getting this a lot lately on recently completed listings, anyone else running into this?
"The listing you’re looking for is no longer available. Check out this similar item we found for you."

 

[Baltimore]

Yeah, according to ebay any old blockbuster video stuff has some value, uniform shirts, membership cards, vhs cases, etc. I couldn't find anything like my shirt anywhere on the internet, so I put it up for a high price and hoped for the best. Nike stuff with a blue tag is valuable too, basically made in USA nike from the 80's and before can bring some money, I just sold a basic Nike logo tee from the 80's for $75. I'd never seen a swim cap in the wild either, I imagine they mostly just get tossed.

I've had that Listing no longer available thing happen several times recently, it's caused some confusion.