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The wife and I picked up some pretty good stuff this past weekend. The vintage cheesecake pics are at the end of the post. They are slightly not safe for work (NSFW) so if you are worried about somebody peaking over your shoulder, this is your chance to bail out safely. Here is the loot:
I picked up this nice old Pentax film camera & lens for $10. I have a Pentax closeup lens attachment that fits this. I have been trying to sell the closeup attachment for $10 but no takers so far. I'm going to list this camera with this closeup attachment to enhance the value of the listing. I might get as much as $100.
The wife bought this Dooney & Bourke purse for $25. I don't know squat about ladies purses except that some of them bring ridiculously large amounts of money and that there are cheapo knockoffs of the expensive ones. She says this is a good brand. She thinks this is worth $50 to $100. It looks like a good quality product so we shall see.
This is a set of wine bottle stoppers I grabbed for $5. They are stainless steel with a wooden top (rosewood, I think) in a nice case. No brand name on them. Probably worth no more than $20 so I was a little disappointed in that. I really like them so I may keep them.
My wife got these Lego-style blocks for $5. The package is still sealed. I had never heard of the Best Lock brand. She says these will fit with Lego blocks. I have no idea what they may be worth. I will let her figure that out.
This is an older Sunbeam Mixmaster mixer with two bowls and two sets of attachments. Paid the $10 sticker price. It works great and should bring $80 - $100.
We stumbled upon a very large church sale late in the morning Saturday. Huge amount of stuff there but I'm sure it was pretty well picked over by the time we got there. The only thing we bought were these light bulbs. These are 50W halogen bulbs. The light fixture in our home office uses this base style so I was familiar with the price but I stopped by Lowe's Sunday just to confirm what I thought. These puppies retail for almost $8 each so this is about $100 worth of bulbs. I paid $10 for 13 of them. I will keep these for my own use. Like old Ben Franklin used to say, "A penny saved is a penny earned" so I just earned $90.
My wife picked up the American Girl doll accessory and the large bag of Barbie clothes for $10. I have no idea what the AG toy is worth but some months back she picked up some old Barbie clothes like this and sold them in pieces. I think she made about $100 on them. This is a larger lot than that group was but she says these are newer so who knows. I think she just likes to play with them.
OK, OK.... Below is what all you lecherous old creepers (like me) have been waiting for. Last chance to bail out... This is actually pretty tame stuff (at least by today's standards) so I hope I'm not crossing a line into prohibited territory.
I paid $4 for this Art Album which is actually just a collection of photos of nude young women. Judging by the hair and photographic styles, age of the paper, etc. this is probably from the 1920s. On the inside of the cover it says this was published by the Fantasy Publishing Company of New York. Unfortunately, there is no date. There are 26 photos in the album. I suppose they called it an "art" album to evade anti-porn laws.
I find it interesting how they handled the full frontal shots (such as the second picture). Somebody drew in by hand (probably on the negative or the master print) some strategically placed decorative drapery and/or blurred the image to prevent, shall we say, "full disclosure" of the young lady's charms. This has been done for several of the images.
Unfortunately, there is some damage. The cover is detached and in bad shape around the edges. There has also been some water damage which caused some wrinkling and staining especially on the pictures toward the back of the album. The second picture is the last page of the album so you can see that the wrinkles and stains have not seriously damaged the images.
I picked up this nice old Pentax film camera & lens for $10. I have a Pentax closeup lens attachment that fits this. I have been trying to sell the closeup attachment for $10 but no takers so far. I'm going to list this camera with this closeup attachment to enhance the value of the listing. I might get as much as $100.
The wife bought this Dooney & Bourke purse for $25. I don't know squat about ladies purses except that some of them bring ridiculously large amounts of money and that there are cheapo knockoffs of the expensive ones. She says this is a good brand. She thinks this is worth $50 to $100. It looks like a good quality product so we shall see.
This is a set of wine bottle stoppers I grabbed for $5. They are stainless steel with a wooden top (rosewood, I think) in a nice case. No brand name on them. Probably worth no more than $20 so I was a little disappointed in that. I really like them so I may keep them.
My wife got these Lego-style blocks for $5. The package is still sealed. I had never heard of the Best Lock brand. She says these will fit with Lego blocks. I have no idea what they may be worth. I will let her figure that out.
This is an older Sunbeam Mixmaster mixer with two bowls and two sets of attachments. Paid the $10 sticker price. It works great and should bring $80 - $100.
We stumbled upon a very large church sale late in the morning Saturday. Huge amount of stuff there but I'm sure it was pretty well picked over by the time we got there. The only thing we bought were these light bulbs. These are 50W halogen bulbs. The light fixture in our home office uses this base style so I was familiar with the price but I stopped by Lowe's Sunday just to confirm what I thought. These puppies retail for almost $8 each so this is about $100 worth of bulbs. I paid $10 for 13 of them. I will keep these for my own use. Like old Ben Franklin used to say, "A penny saved is a penny earned" so I just earned $90.
My wife picked up the American Girl doll accessory and the large bag of Barbie clothes for $10. I have no idea what the AG toy is worth but some months back she picked up some old Barbie clothes like this and sold them in pieces. I think she made about $100 on them. This is a larger lot than that group was but she says these are newer so who knows. I think she just likes to play with them.
OK, OK.... Below is what all you lecherous old creepers (like me) have been waiting for. Last chance to bail out... This is actually pretty tame stuff (at least by today's standards) so I hope I'm not crossing a line into prohibited territory.
I paid $4 for this Art Album which is actually just a collection of photos of nude young women. Judging by the hair and photographic styles, age of the paper, etc. this is probably from the 1920s. On the inside of the cover it says this was published by the Fantasy Publishing Company of New York. Unfortunately, there is no date. There are 26 photos in the album. I suppose they called it an "art" album to evade anti-porn laws.
I find it interesting how they handled the full frontal shots (such as the second picture). Somebody drew in by hand (probably on the negative or the master print) some strategically placed decorative drapery and/or blurred the image to prevent, shall we say, "full disclosure" of the young lady's charms. This has been done for several of the images.
Unfortunately, there is some damage. The cover is detached and in bad shape around the edges. There has also been some water damage which caused some wrinkling and staining especially on the pictures toward the back of the album. The second picture is the last page of the album so you can see that the wrinkles and stains have not seriously damaged the images.
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