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

[dejapooh]

MY BEST $1 EVER!. My best BUY ever.

About a year ago I found a book called "Sites of Maui." It was a acheological review of the island's culture, geography, and so on. I found it on a damp lawn for $1. Even with the damp lawn, it was in perfect condition. Put it up on Amazon, and it sold last night... $899.99! I wrote about it in another thread a long while ago, and decided to go for the long dime over the short nickle. Of course, Amazon took their $140. Then again, the best price on Ebay was $150.

 

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[trdking]

Well I have not posted for a while but my $1.00 find was too good to keep to myself. Last one sold on eBay was $850 and it didn't even work. Mine has been keeping time for the last 6 plus hours so I'm happy with it.

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That LeCoultre is a honey

 

[Beachkid23]

Bought 5 for $5. Sold 3 for $300. I have a feeling they’re worth more but I couldn’t find anything on them. Even 2 antique jewelry sites couldn’t help.

 

[GB1]

this old Dr. pepper bottle for $1

 

[treasurekidd]

Here's a few recent picks out of thrift stores:

Tim Horton's cup - paid .89 cents, sold for $19.99 + shipping

French champagne ashtray - paid .99 cents, sold for 19.99 + shipping

Pflatzgraff Yorktown plate - paid .99 cents, sold for $15.99 + shipping

Not much, but every little bit helps.

 

[JimDon]

Bought 5 for $5. Sold 3 for $300. I have a feeling they’re worth more but I couldn’t find anything on them. Even 2 antique jewelry sites couldn’t help.
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That is just crazy!I never would’ve guessed

 

[Beachkid23]

That is just crazy!I never would’ve guessed

Same here. I just picked a number in starting with that and had two bids. Million-dollar question will they get returned?

 

[billjustbill]

What is it and what does it do? ;>)

Bill

Never mind about answering.... It appears to be like those fancy choice items at a fancy restaurant that have no prices listed..... If you have to ask the price or what is it, you shouldn't be ordering it..... .

I found the word "Bencher" and learned they are a manufacturer of a fancy version of on old Morse Code key... (I was hoping it was some type of wave transmitter gizmo for 'mind control'....)

https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/bnr-by-1?seid=dxese1&cm_mmc=pla-google-_-shopping-_-dxese1-_-bencher&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2NGKo4jO3gIViJ6zCh1qlwVnEAQYASABEgLz8vD_BwE

 

[diggummup]

Never mind about answering.... It appears to be like those fancy choice items at a fancy restaurant that have no prices listed..... If you have to ask the price or what is it, you shouldn't be ordering it..... .

I found the word "Bencher" and learned they are a manufacturer of a fancy version of on old Morse Code key... (I was hoping it was some type of wave transmitter gizmo for 'mind control'....)

https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/bnr-by-1?seid=dxese1&cm_mmc=pla-google-_-shopping-_-dxese1-_-bencher&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2NGKo4jO3gIViJ6zCh1qlwVnEAQYASABEgLz8vD_BwE

? This is in reference to what reply? I looked back over a year and couldn't find it.

 

[13dolphins1]

Hit the local thrift store....walked by and saw this....on a shelf loaded with knickknacks. Most precious moment stuff are junk....but the disney PMI ornaments aren't. Some with box are pricey on ebay. No box and I have it listed at about $65. Got her for a buck. Not bad for a donation trip (I dropped off some things I cannot sell or not worth the time from a storage locker I bought.) I'm not retiring but still cool.

 

[HistoryTeacher]

Bought this for .77 at a TS. Sold this week for $48.00. Second time I have done well with Marimekko.

 

[GibH]

Bought this for .77 at a TS. Sold this week for $48.00. Second time I have done well with Marimekko.
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Good to know. I'll have to remember that name.

 

[diggummup]

Good to know. I'll have to remember that name.

Yeah right. Who'd of thunk it?

While I'm here, I bought a dozen Miami Dolphin ornaments from the Hamilton mint at a garage sale back in August for $1 each. I finally sold all of them, several weeks ago actually, and they sold for a total of $137. Here are a few, but not all pics...

 

[treasurekidd]

Here's a couple more recently sold thrift store items:


Vintage Naval Aviators brass ashtray, paid .99 cents, sold for $29.99

Cape Cod baseball coffee mug, bought two of these for .99 cents each, sold one for $19.99, second one still up.

 

[diggummup]

Here's a couple more recently sold thrift store items:


Vintage Naval Aviators brass ashtray, paid .99 cents, sold for $29.99

Cape Cod baseball coffee mug, bought two of these for .99 cents each, sold one for $19.99, second one still up.

Nice. I like that ashtray. That was a good score.

 

[Indigo Knight]

Elaine Hanclock print: Found in the free pile at the town dump, sold for $55 (auction house)
Lot of metal housewares: Bought for $1 at auction, sold for $8 (scrap).

 

[hughmaster10]

Bought this vase from a TS for .50c thinking it may be worth 15-20$.

Turns out to be very rare.
I listed it last night, and it sold tonight for 175$ buy it now. [emoji44]

 

[Beachkid23]

Broke watch for a $1. $65 sold for.


Necklaces by Joan Rivers $1 each. Sold for $55 shipped.

 

[AlabamaClay]

I got this signed John Glenn campaign poster for a dollar. It was in a stack of other papers and posters at a sale. Sold it got $225.

 

[Indigo Knight]

Don't overlook VHS tapes. Most are worthless but there still is a market for them.

Sealed VHS Sesame Street episode: found in free pile at a yard sale, sold for $34 (Amazon).
Sealed VHS Back to the Future Trilogy: found in the trash, sold for $25 (Amazon).
Vintage mechanical pencil: free at the bottom of a box of other purchases, sold for $15 (eBay).
Susan B Anthony Dollar Coins: bought for $1 each from the bank, sold for $1.10 each (eBay).
Broken medical lift: found next to a dumpster, sold for $9 (scrap).