In a truly amazing auction, a Sarmatian King’s Gold Necklace and Amulet from 2000 years ago is up for bidding.
I’ve got a lot of vintage playing cards sitting around in one box or another. For some reason, if I see an interesting vintage card deck when I go out to estate sales, I end up snagging it. Sometimes, I pick them up by the box full. Since I am on a bit of a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Second Hand Sale presents… American Girl Dolls With a history dating back to the mid 1980′s, American Girl Dolls have become quite popular among todays young girls and doll collectors in general. Although some people frown on what they see as the over commercialism of the product, they remain on holiday wish lists. Wikipedia has [...]
Coca Cola memorabilia is a huge collectible area. The brand is a true piece of Americana. It holds a place in our culture much larger than being just a beverage. Here’s a more recent commercial… [nms:coca cola,7,1,50] Guy Peellaert, The Michelangelo of Pop Art « Coca-Cola Art Gallery – … Coca-Cola Art Gallery · Coca-Cola [...]
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” [...]
Among the many items I have to list are about 2000 vintage and antique postcards. These could take a while, but I figure I’ve got to get started. I’m listing them below what I’ve seen them going for on specialty postcard sites because frankly, I’m not an expert on them. This is a very old [...]
Second Hand Sale presents… Vintage Sewing Notions and Buttons I moved a box today and found a ton of vintage sewing notions and buttons. It was actually a mixed lot made up of items from at least a few different estate sale purchases. I started wondering why the heck they are called “notions”? I checked [...]
Second Hand Sale presents… These Cutwell Automotive Engine Burs are a fine example of what I’m surrounded by right now. I’ve got so much stuff that has accumulated through buying lots of estate merchandise that I can barely keep track of it. Someone could probably really use these (even though some are missing). I, on [...]
Second Hand Sale Online presents… This is a program distributed to professional teachers who attended the 1929 Fayette County Teachers’ Institute. This is definitely a niche item, so we’ll have to see if anyone out there is collecting old materials related to teachers and/or education. This might also interest people who collect prgrams from various [...]
I occasionally come across World War II Aviation Memorabilia and books. One of my best finds to date was an original P-51 Mustang flight manual that was in great shape. I don’t know if the original owner was a collector or a pilot, but it was fascinating to read it. It felt like holding a [...]
Car Sales Second hand car sales are a wonderful way to save some money. That new car smell just isn’t worth the thousands of dollars it costs to enjoy for fifteen seconds before you drive your new vehicle off of the lot and watch it depreciate in value instantly. I’ve had two friends ask me [...]
I’d like to use my Second Hand Sale site as a place to give more thorough descriptions and background information about what I have managed to collect over time. I also think it is important for buyers to get a feel for who they are dealing with when they buy online. Of course, I invite [...]
Second Hand Sale presents… 1926 McKeesport High School Yearbook This is a very nice old find that I came across at an estate sale. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I run across old yearbooks on a fairly regular basis. This example however is in exceptional shape for such an old book. It also [...]
Second Hand Sale presents… A very nice 1945 Vintage McKeesport High School Yearbook. One of the things I enjoy finding at estate sales is old yearbooks. Looking at them is like looking back at life during another generation’s glory days. All of the young faces filled with dreams of the future! I generally could have [...]
My Second Hand Sale Presents… Vintage Gibson Guitars! Ok, I’ll admit that I haven’t run across ANY of these at yard sales or estate sales yet. But I used to play around on guitar a bit and if I do find one, I’ll be keeping it for myself most likely! The best deal I ever [...]
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