One of my favorite things to find at estate sales is old advertising materials. There was a time when I had every intention of totally redecorating my game room with a vintage advertising theme. It may still happen, but not until I’ve cleared a lot more estate merchandise out of my house. It’s kind of [...]
The area I live in used to have a thriving Steel industry. There was a lot of money in it and many people supported their families very well. Sadly, the steel companies went away. What was left behind, besides a lot of abandoned mills, were many beautiful homes built by and lived in by the [...]
I’ve always loved to learn. My sister made up lots of names for me growing up because of it. One of the things I really like about going to estate sales is that I find so many wonderful old items that seem to have their own stories. Many times, relatives share bits of history and [...]
Vintage Iron Maiden concert shirts are held in high esteem by collectors. I’ve sold a LOT of vintage concert tour t shirts on eBay and I’d have to say that Iron Maiden fans are some of the most hard core when it comes to getting the shirts they want. Iron Maiden formed in 1975 and [...]
It might just be the area where I live, but I come across trading pins a lot. I’ve sold them in the past individually and as singles, but I have found that you have to really study up if you want to know which individual pin will bring a lot at auction.
The people who collect [...]
I found myself in possession of a couple of really nice railroad lanterns after a friend of the family died. He had been a devoted collector of railroad memorabilia and even had an entire room that was filled with all things trains. He had started by collecting model trains but then moved on to things [...]
I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to find much when I started researching vintage baseball gloves. I lucked out by finding some videos (I included a couple at the bottom of this post) and websites that were filled with information. Vintage baseball gloves always looked a little bit goofy to me. I was brought [...]
I look at what is selling on eBay as a way to know what to look for when I hit yard sales and estates sales. Sometimes I find things as I browse and research, that make me do a double take. Starbucks cups are one of the items that caught my eye recently.
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Now that I’ve got kids of my own, I find myself spoiling them a little. When they want a ball at the store, I usually buy it. If there is some fabulous prize at McDonald’s (yeah, right!) we usually end up with it. One of the things I wanted growing up, that I could never [...]
Do you remember any 80’s cartoons? Do you have strong memories to go with them? I myself was more into the cartoons of the 70’s, but I’ll try to get to my point here. Getting older is kind of a funny thing. As you are growing up, you just can’t wait to not be a [...]
As an eBay seller and a frequent visitor of estate sales, I’m constantly learning about new items that are collected by people. Some of them are surprising,some are sort of expected. Sometimes you see something and even though you may not have thought about it before, it just screams “collectible” when you find it.
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I honestly enjoy going to estate sales and checking out what is around. Every once in a while I manage to find an old bakelite telephone hidden away in a corner behind all of the big ticket items. These seem to be getting harder and harder to find. I didn’t find any good ones at [...]
You know, it is unbelievable the amount of “stuff” I managed to buy over the past few years of hitting estate sales, yard sales and garage sales. One thing I just could not walk away from was a good old Atari or Nintendo NES. I actually lost track of how many vintage video games I [...]
Window Air Conditioning Units
My wife and I spent the first several years of our marriage living in a house without any central air conditioning. We managed to get by the hottest days of summer by going out and getting our hands on second hand casement air conditioners. We bought two of them and really did [...]
It’s a funny thing, I have bought and sold so many estate sale items that I really could not begin to make a complete list without looking back at my records. In all of that time, I never even thought of selling second hand windows for a house. The other day, I went to [...]
Finding Good Used Furniture
I came to the conclusion shortly after my wife and I got married that second hand furniture was the way to go. Now, that the economy has tightened up a bit on everyone, I am even more convinced that buying used furniture can be a great way to save some money.
The great [...]
February 10, 2009 – 11:29 am
I came across some really great photo software that I think might work well in eBay auctions. Actually, it’s outstanding for any photos. I made my sister a video that I know is going to make her either smile or cry using old photos I took of her and her kids back in the 90’s. [...]
January 28, 2009 – 3:53 am
That’s what the title says… Vintage Knickers. Really. I haven’t posted in a little while and I was doing a bit of research about some vintage dresses I bought a while ago as part of an estate purchase. It’s too long of a trail to describe here, but as I was trying to dig up [...]
January 10, 2009 – 1:08 am
Second Hand Vintage Coasters
I’ve got a bunch of neat old second hand vintage coasters that I recently put up for sale. They’re an interesting lot, but like so much of what I have stored all over the place, they just have to go. I suppose the person who originally owned these was a bit of [...]
January 8, 2009 – 12:30 pm
It doesn’t happen a lot, but every once in a while I’ll find antique hat pins among estate items I’ve purchased. Often, they are buried amongst other small items that have been pushed aside or tossed into an old tin. Of course, you don’t see nearly as many people even wearing hats for fashion nowadays, [...]
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