Coins, clocks, watches, pens, 18k jewelry and loose gemstones.
Dont know why, but I always buy marbles and not even a collector...
I hoard fans
Coins, clocks, watches, pens, 18k jewelry and loose gemstones.
I collect coins, precious metals and merchant thermometers.
I really did not think I hoarded things till I saw your post. But I guess I do. I bought a 100 year old clock ($5.00) last year and rebuilt it. It now looks great (could get $300.00 on ebay) since then I have purchased two more antique clocks. I intend to rebuild them also, someday.
Of course coins too, mostly half dollars. Got them all at my local banks for 50¢ each. Lots of 40% JFK and many Franklins and Standing Liberty too.
My biggest hoard was over one year ago. I bought over 300 lbs of costume jewelry from one family. (It took 3 visits over a one year period to buy it all) I still have about 50-75 lbs. The family had a "cash for gold" company that threw all the "rejects" in many boxes. I think I bought about 75% of what they had. I tried to buy the rest but they refused. Out of that 300 lbs I found MANY ounces of AG & AU. I then sold about 200 lbs on ebay. Five pounds at a time as "artistic" jewelry. A lot of that can be resold on ebay. Al the chains are still balled up into one huge knot. It probably weighs 25 lbs. Some day I will go through that, I am sure there are many gold/silver chains in that mess. It is the size of a volleyball.
I have a thermometer. I don't even know what to do. It has that special metal in it.
I have a few Bicentennial pieces. When I find them I'll set them aside for you. They're yours, they have your name on them now. One is a small ceramic piggy bank with the bicentennial logo on the side. I'll locate them during my move in the next few weeks.So Ijust scored this at my neighbors yard sale....for a buck!
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