Best finds of the last week and a mystery item.

[zombieraccoon]

no idea what the heck this is. got it in a box of anchor shackles. paid $5 for the box, sold the 2 biggest shackles for $40 already

$16 was a damned good find at a thrift store


always pick these calculators up when i find them. TI-83Plus bought for $1

Really love this butterfly, sterling silver with amber wings. paid $3

 

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[can_slaw]

You really know how to turn a dollar into 10, very cool!

 

[zombieraccoon]

well until about 5 or 6 years ago, it was my full time job. the tv shows made it a lot harder, with a lot of new faces showing up. so i took a break for a while, and took a crappy job, and relegated buying and selling to a few days a month. so now i have started fresh, and am trying to claw my way back into the gam again.

 

[randazzo1]

Very nice! That is the first time I’ve seen someone post an authentic version of that bracelet. Awesome find! Like 90% of them are fake. That one is obviously the real deal. Awesome. Very lucky.

 

[zombieraccoon]

seen so many fake onea, i automatically go into fake mode whenever anything is stamped t&co. soon as i picked it up though it was pretty obvious. well over 80 grams 2+ ozt

 

[The Urban Prospector]

First pic looks like two forged hinges bolted together.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice finds for a great price!

 

[zombieraccoon]

Well got $229 for the t&co bracelet. probably could have got more had i sat on it, but bills are due. as far as the hinge idea, they are cast, perhaps part of an old hand tool to bridge a handle to the tool ?
after the success with the tiffany i went back to the same goodwill today. i met the lady who prices items, and looked through their stuff. they had an "alpaca silver" bracelet for 89.99 which i thought was funny. and this gem for $2.99. The lady told me "it's a shame it's not real silver or it would be worth a lot more." so i played dumb and asked her how she can tell. to which she replied. "All real silver says sterling, or silver on it" then she pulled out the alpaca (cheap nickel bracelet from mexico) to show me. I think this goodwill be a regular stop for me.



just relized it does have a mark of sorts, looks like an underlined G or 9. Don't know if it is a makers mark or put on after. it is certainly not distinctive.