Tag: ebay auctions
Beagle Club
I didn’t even realize that there was such a thing as a Beagle Club until I found a bunch of neat old Beagle Club pins. I purchased an entire collection from an estate. Some of the ones I found dated all the way back to the 1950′s. Update: The pins I found did indeed sell [...]
Diversions of a Diplomat in Turkey 1887 Antique Book
Among the many very old books I acquired when I purchased one particular estate lot, was this very nice 1887 edition of Diversions of a Diplomat in Turkey by Samuel S. Cox. Mr. Cox was a United States Minister to Turkey who wrote not so much about his political work, but the diversions he found [...]
Vintage Cooper Tires Sign
People collect all kinds of things. Tires signs are quite popular, as are items related to gas and oil. I’ve found that people especially seem to like the Cooper signs for some reason. If there are any on eBay, they will show up here above the other signs. There is an old gas station near [...]
Hess Toy Truck and Front Loader
These are very popular and thus, very hard to get your hands on without doing a bit of searching. The 2008 Hess Toy Truck and Front End Loader makes back up warning sounds along with having a working horn and lights. That was definitely a popular item late in 2008, when I first put up [...]
Vintage Railroad Maps|Railroad History
When I came across some vintage railroad maps, I was surprised at how huge they were (at least the ones I had). I guess they’d make a pretty neat framed display in a train room. One buyer told me that he is actually using them to build true to life scale models of steel mills [...]
Popular eBay Auctions
Second Hand Sale presents… Popular eBay Auctions Recently, I was thinking about what I like to look at when I check out eBay as a buyer or a browser. The Pulse used to be interesting, but now it seems to me to be mostly populated by items that I suspect people have agreed to “watch” [...]

