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Offline 3Deep

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Golden Finds
« on: October 21, 2015, 11:36:39 AM »
this past weekend my wife I drove down to Florida we're pretty close by the way, but anyway we stopped at  an old barn made into and old Flea Market type thing, bought my son a 300 dollar mountain bike for 10 bucks and get this they have an old Harley Davidson motorcycle I might can get for a few hundred bucks.  Any of you ever go out to this yard sales and old Flea Market type sites and find golden goodies, I saw on the news the other day a person bought an old picture at a yard sale and get this the picture is worth about 5 mil, because it contain Billy the Kid playing croquet, if I could only be that lucky.

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Offline tonypep

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Re: Golden Finds
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2015, 11:50:09 AM »
I work at an Antique Mall every other wknd and see a ton of cool stuff. Got a Dali print the other day with Cert of Auth. Great 2nd job. Charleston is definitely known for antiques and auctions
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Re: Golden Finds
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2015, 12:31:46 PM »
Me and my wife hit the thrift shops, swap meets and garage sales in our town at least once a week in search of hidden treasures.  And anytime we travel, we always make it a point to map out the area we are staying in and spend at least a half day on the hunt.  I also buy/sell from time to time to help cover the thrift addiction. 

We've found some really nice high end older wood furniture worth a mint that we bought for next to nothing, as well as plemty of artwork, electronics, etc.  I figure if I can get all my stuff for 25% (or less) of the actual cost, it essentially quadruples my salary.   ;D

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Re: Golden Finds
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2015, 12:52:38 PM »
At the mall we oversee 90 booths that are rented out by auction people, mainly. Its definitely an insider group and they could used to make a living buying/selling. Now its more like a hobby that pays. Cool stuff comes in each day
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Re: Golden Finds
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2015, 01:13:04 PM »
I "garage sale patrol" my neighborhood most mild weather Saturdays, and used to also both buy and sell at a local drive-in Flea Market before the big ones all changed to mostly new imported junk.
Best I ever did was a yard sale down the street from me back around '77, eight or nine pocket knives, brand new old Keen Kutters and Winchesters for just a few bucks each.

 

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Re: Golden Finds
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2015, 09:11:10 PM »
Quote from: tonypep on October 21, 2015, 11:50:09 AM
I work at an Antique Mall every other wknd and see a ton of cool stuff. Got a Dali print the other day with Cert of Auth. Great 2nd job. Charleston is definitely known for antiques and auctions

what did the Dali go for?

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