August 12, 2009 – 8:41 pm
When I was actively going to estate sales a lot, I sort of specialized in finding the offbeat items that people collect. The reason for this is becomes obvious if you have ever attended an estate sale. The early rush of people trying to buy the “common” collectibles can be pretty obnoxious and they tear [...]
August 10, 2009 – 6:15 pm
It seems that people are looking for a way to get their hands on some cheap makeup. I’m sure this means the price, not the quality. I don’t think anyone wants to break out in a rash for the sake of saving a couple of dollars. Every once in a while if I mention that [...]
August 10, 2009 – 12:31 pm
If you are looking for hot items in games and toys, Batman Legos look like a winner right now. Even though I already have tons of estate sale items, I look constantly for interesting auctions so I know what else to keep my eyes open for when I go out. Actually, I’m trying not to [...]
Vintage catalogs are one of my favorite things to find at estate sales but they don’t turn up all that often. I think they are one of those collectibles that were treated as ephemera and were often thrown away. I know there are a lot of people out there who collect the old Sears Christmas [...]
I’ve got to admit that I never intentionally went out looking for marbles for sale. While it is true that I have always focused on the “offbeat” items that qualify as collectibles, and it has been a constant learning experience, antique and vintage marbles were not something I actively looked for. Instead, they seemed to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
STARBUCKS CUP UPDATE!!! Below, you will find the original post I wrote back in July of 2009. I was shocked to see how popular the Starbucks Venti Tumblers were on eBay. I wrote about it and offered some links to the auctions on eBay. I really didn’t think about it much, but then I noticed [...]
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. photo [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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