Ok how about this?Best yard sale find with a twist....

[dirtsearcher]

What is your best find at a yard sale that you paid little for and resold for big money I will get it started with a couple of my own.

Last year I went to a community sale and the first house I went to I was looking around and noticed a zip case on the ground.It had a piece of paper on it that read "detector $100".I opened it up to see the most beautiful White's Silver Eagle I had seen.It was unused and included the rechargeable battery,charger,c-cell holder,all original paperwork,magazines,white's towel,white's hat and protector for the detector and display.I about had a heart attack but dumb me I asked the lady if she would take $75 for it.She said it belonged to someone else and preceded to call him.He said he wouldn't go lower than $90 or otherwise he would just keep it.I said sold and ran to the car to get my cable bill money.Needless to say the wife had attitude with me all day for spending that money until I got home and listed it for sale and sold it same day for $350.

My other one happened 2 weekends ago.I was about to finish up with sales cause it was after 1:30 and most sale were ending when I went to a moving sale.It was run by 2 old women.As I was walking uo their driveway into their garage I noticed a box of costume jewelry and noticed a really nice necklace.I picked it up and it was a diamond cut rope with a heart pendant with 3 different gold colored roses on it.I palmed it and picked up one of the cheapo rings in the box and asked the old lady what she wanted for the jewelry.She said "oh,I don't know..how about a dollar"..Then she asked the other lady how much for the jewelry and she said "whatever you want to sell it for".I said ok and preceded to look around and got my kid an old phone and the necklace.Got home and weighed it and it was 9.1 grams of 14k.Took it to one of those payday loan places that buy gold and sold it to them for $100.

My sister was able to pick up a bracelet at a sale for a quarter and brought it over to show to me.She said it was gold plated cause it showed 750 on it and she said it must be plated since silver was .925.I said no way...that is European for 18k gold....we forgot to weigh it but she is suppose to bring it back over sometime but it was kinda heavy.

So now I want to hear of you good deals......

 

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[Kentucky Kache]

I once found ten "how to" videos at a yard sale for, I think it was $2.50. I made about $100.00 on Ebay.
Bought for a quarter each, sold for about ten dollars each.

 

[ivan salis]

church bazziar sale -- theres a bunch of most "costume" gaudy old jewelry with a sign 25 cents each but a few catch my eye so over I go -- I checked for markings / tag or clasp marks -- yep (3) 925 type items and one 14 k gold one -- $1 later -- I had a 14 k necklace and (3) 925 silver ones -- I gave em out as gifts over time -- I checked online the day I got em just for "giggles" --- using one of the silver necklaces--it alone was listed at 19.95 plus shipping and $5.95 handling on a website (would have cost me $25.90 to buy it retail) -- so 3 -- about $25 dollar each silvers and 1 say about 100 buck gold one --- $175 buck worth of value for $1 -- not bad in my book.

 

[DPBOB]

Lady came to my garage sale.. Asked me if would want to buy a metal lathe. 2 weeks later I went down to her house ( 1 block away) She wanted $10.00 for it. I gave her $20.00. I sold it about a month later on ebay for $1225.00

 

[allen]

a couple of years ago at an auction
I bought 100 records for a $1.00,
and the next weekend sold each of them
for a $1.00 each, so a $99 profit.

 

[dirtsearcher]

Lady came to my garage sale.. Asked me if would want to buy a metal lathe. 2 weeks later I went down to her house ( 1 block away) She wanted $10.00 for it. I gave her $20.00. I sold it about a month later on ebay for $1225.00

WOW!!!!

 

[mamabear]

I bought a piece of "junk jewelry" for a buck. It's an Ellensberg Blue agate worth about $300. love the junk!!

 

[mrs.oroblanco]

I went to a moving sale (last day) and brought a 3 months old refrigerator and 3 month old matching gas stove for 75.00 - still with the 5 year warranties.

As I was leaving, I saw this box with a few measuring tapes, etc., all broken up (the box), and asked how much - she said a buck, and I bought that too.

Got it home, and under all the tape measures was 58 pieces of expensive machinist tools, in super shape. After checking on Ebay, the 58 tools were worth about 500 bucks.

So, for $76.00, I got about $1200 worth of things - I really liked that!

Two weeks later, at an estate auction - I came in late and didn't really have a chance to look, and saw two matching recliners - bid times 2 deal - got them both for 20 bucks. When I got them home, we took off the old looking covers, and they turned out to be pretty near brand new, tags still on both, each worth about $500.00 - new.

It also turned out that they were heavily padded, brand name, 4 position recliners, brand name recliners. We were going to sell them, but Mr. O loved them so much, we kept them

B

 

[mamabear]

B your avatar should be you & the Mr. in your chairs. would love to see it.

 

[gods country girl]

1.was checking out the yard sales, found 2 bangle style bracelets both marked 14k .asked the lady how much she said both 50 cents each.............sold the smaller one for $75.00 to the local jeweler, and kept the second one for myself .


2. another yard sale i bought a matching pitcher and large coffee mugs for $5 , listed them on ebay , got $182.50 for the mugs and got $ 175.00 for the pitcher


3 bought an old perfume bottle in a box lot at an auction for $1, perfume bottle was broken, but sold glass stopper on ebay for $118.00 ( bottle and stopper were made by Stueben Glass)

4 bought a ton of boxes in a box lot auction for $2 and found a solid silver champagne tap with a very nice design on it.Sold it for $75.00

5.another yard sale bought a set of milk glass dishes for $25 sold just the cereal bowls on ebay for $425.00 sold the rest of the set for $50 at my own yard sale


always keeping my eye out for a good bargin.

 

[Yellowhouse]

Bought an advertising pencil that had a little oil can floating in the top and it was from a defunct oil company in California named Signal. Paid 3 bucks and got 286 on Eblay.

 

[UncleVinnys]

Of all the odd things . . .
I found a huge box of used wine corks for $5.

Sold it on eBay for $78! But it was $25 to ship.

 

[trish76642]

I found an old medical syringe kit...its over a hundred years old at a garage sale, payed $2.00 for it...Its in a small wooden box covered in purple/blue velvet looking material, inside is the old metal syringe with screw on needle, and a small glass vial that still has the morphene tablets. The Lady who sold it to me was a retired nurse, and an old Doctor had given it to her.

Same garage sale, i bought one of Websters first dictionarys, got it for $3.00. Its about 6 inches thick and so old you have to be really careful with the pages because their so fragile.

 

[Produce Guy]

Last week I went to a garage sale with a EVERYTHING MUST GO sign in the front yard,my friend said it was too busy so we would come back in 3-5 hours later,well about 5 hours later almost everything was gone,except for a old wooden shed in the backyard,I asked if the shed was for sale and the women said yes,everything has to go,well my friend said we'll give you a $100 for it,she said yes and take what's ever inside to.Well the inside had old yard tools,early 1900's,3 old lawn mowers and a brand new Brill reel push mower($250),2 cases of old Coke bttls.and some old Life and Outdoor life magazines.I belive we came out ahead.

 

[lostcauses]

Private estate sale, purchased box of fountain pens, Payed $1,000.00 Sold the waterman floral 504, and a moore safty (fountain pen) for one cent short of $16,000.00. Ah the bad part is I had folks with me so it ended up a split.. Still was a great deal.

On same note, was an an estate sale, gal I knew had just purchased a bitters bottle for $32.00. sold the thing for $13,500.00. I wish I had beat her to it, LOL. Like I had a clue on that one.
I admit she out did me.
Keep looking folks it is out there.

 

[trish76642]

Private estate sale, purchased box of fountain pens, Payed $1,000.00 Sold the waterman floral 504, and a moore safty (fountain pen) for one cent short of $16,000.00. Ah the bad part is I had folks with me so it ended up a split.. Still was a great deal.

On same note, was an an estate sale, gal I knew had just purchased a bitters bottle for $32.00. sold the thing for $13,500.00. I wish I had beat her to it, LOL. Like I had a clue on that one.
I admit she out did me.
Keep looking folks it is out there.

WOW!! I dont know what a Bitters Bottle is nor have i ever seen a Moore Safty Pen, but i need to look into that! LOL...wow!

 

[lostcauses]

most bitters are not that valuable. Wish I could remeber the name on it.
As for the pens, the waterman 504 floral reprouse (speeling) is the expensive one. I estimated about a grand, I was wrong is was over 12 grand. Damn rare pen.

Private estate sale, purchased box of fountain pens, Payed $1,000.00 Sold the waterman floral 504, and a moore safty (fountain pen) for one cent short of $16,000.00. Ah the bad part is I had folks with me so it ended up a split.. Still was a great deal.

On same note, was an an estate sale, gal I knew had just purchased a bitters bottle for $32.00. sold the thing for $13,500.00. I wish I had beat her to it, LOL. Like I had a clue on that one.
I admit she out did me.
Keep looking folks it is out there.

WOW!! I dont know what a Bitters Bottle is nor have i ever seen a Moore Safty Pen, but i need to look into that! LOL...wow!

 

[cchunter]

My best yard sale find was Marantz stereo equipment. I when to this sale and they were selling this old tube stereo with receiver, amp, equalizer, record player, tape deck and speakers. The brand was Marantz, I had never heard of them. They were asking $40 for everything, Not knowing what it was I offered $25 and they said ok. I get it home and look it up on ebay and this stuff is worth some big $$$. So I list each item on Ebay and they all end up selling for $2700 . I got $1600 just for the amp. Most of it went Japan. I ended up taking the family to Disney for a week on it.

 

[dirtsearcher]

My best yard sale find was Marantz stereo equipment. I when to this sale and they were selling this old tube stereo with receiver, amp, equalizer, record player, tape deck and speakers. The brand was Marantz, I had never heard of them. They were asking $40 for everything, Not knowing what it was I offered $25 and they said ok. I get it home and look it up on ebay and this stuff is worth some big $$$. So I list each item on Ebay and they all end up selling for $2700 . I got $1600 just for the amp. Most of it went Japan. I ended up taking the family to Disney for a week on it.

That was a great find there.....

 

[Seamuss]

Found a set of wheat cents that had mostly S mint marks with a few key days. I paid three dollars and three of the penneys were worth just over one hundred dollars each. And a few worth thirty to sixty dollars each.