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how did you find out about the estate sale - word of mouth or listings someplace? I can see this becoming my retirement job
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I have a big insulator collection and know quite a bit about insulators. If you want, post some pics (or PM me a link to pics) and I can probably tell you about them and what they're worth. Any...
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I'm not much interested in reselling so an items value isn't all that important to me. I just like to find things that interest me either as a functional item or as a cool display item. If I can...
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Here's one of my finds that is both functional and a cool display item, and I don't think I paid much for it either. It's an older Vice-Grip display board that would have been in a store somewhere. ...
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Well they do have numbers and some are better organised than others. The numbers are mainly so you can bid on an item and if it doesnt sell at the end of the next day at the price they are asking...
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Very pretty Moot. :)
Unfortunately I left most of my pretty stuff when I made a quick break from my ex husband. :(
I hope to get time and money to get some more antiques.
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Well it was an estate sale but kind of like a hoarders place. The lady and guy running it said there was about 1/4 of what had originally been in there. I got a big industrial westinghouse fan for $3...
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where are the pictures? :mad:
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Nice finds there :woot: Especially the glass clorox bottle, don't see many of those around, the WH Fan you should be able to dismantle and clean it up, and make it like new again, if you want to use...
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The wire looks pretty fraid and dangerous on it. They told me it used to hang on the wall of a church. I need to do a little more research. I was probably going to resell it.
Not sure how much...
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I like finding things worth "value" for "free" and cleaning the item up - and then donating it - and taking it off my taxes - now to me that is the best slick deal of all - money is not the objective...
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Yeah, green is probably the most common color I have seen. I meant to say that the ones that would be called "7-up green" are fairly unusual. Then again, maybe some colors are more common in...
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Wow Picca, I had no idea!! Most of mine are "unmarked" which I think means they were made before the70's? Not sure on that. Thank you for that info because I will make an effort to pick up more if...
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I am the same way:nod: I love pretty things. My house is decorated all pretty much like that picture I posted. DH is so sweet about it too. He has painted each room the colors that I wanted and put...
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Im kind of suprised that many of you dont buy several items with the idea of reselling any of them. You obviously has a good eye and of the value of these items. So you can probably take advantage...
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Pretty things are to keep and enjoy! Not sell :nono2:
Money is not eveything Mr. Scampsters. :whip:
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A lot of lines are left to rot but there was one line in good shape out in West Texas along a railroad line. There were several insulators I wanted off that line but when the railroad company...
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You really want to give MLV the opportunity to spoof this? :annoyed:
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Waiting on ZM for my appraisal
This guy finally called me back i was in his area at Estate Sales wish he had called yesterday we werent that far from him
Im buying more blue mason jars a Mix of...
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I know it was a kind of morbid statement because everyone eventually dies but it seems some weeks are more popular to die in than others.
I was looking through the 18 mason jars i bought the other...
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Got several like this for $1 a piece
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&item=330670110828&nma=true&rt=nc&si=78rZkIkOMK6FGl21NN0Mk6NonnM%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc...
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I kind of looked at that site and mine has a long neck and nothing special about the top. I wish i had this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/220948327270 :(
Didnt some also have a ball that rose...
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Well this thread sucks now that you had to go and limit the content to glass :annoyed:
And how come we never got to see pics of the fan?
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Should i add ceramics to title ?
I didnt post pic yet because i wanted to clean up first.
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Ill send you $5 for it since thats the SD limit ;)
Maybe it was a European thing to have a little glass ball inside the bottle that rose with pressure.
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i guess i can print pages out but theres something nice about having something you can hold and paw through.
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I probably should stop buying mason jars LOL
Bought another 18 Blue Mason Jars- 3 were half gallon and the rest were pints and quarts for $40
and some more clear ones with glass lids at a...
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People buy what they like/love - so don't stop buying what you are truly interested in :nono2:
http://www.myinsulators.com/glass-factories/bottlemarks3.html
for the info below :)
T.C.W.CO....
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Just be careful on the Mason Jars and the bottles. There are a lot of fakes on the market. I know a little bit about glass bottles and jars but not that much. I had an aunt who was an avid collector.
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Couldnt seem to find much on Western Mineral Water Company
Green bottle with Camel stamped twice on it
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i do like those insulcats under the fakes.
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I rescued one of these last year. Apparently I never took pictures of mine and it is packed too tightly in the garage to get to it now but here is a similar one:
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This jar was obviously from the 1970's why the hell would it be selling for so much
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I got the tire pump partly apart. I need to figure out how to get the rest of it apart though. There seems to be a lot of play between the crank and the rod so I need to find out if there is some...
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If the Zero fan worked I was going to try to figure out how to replicate that "hammered" paint and redo it. I know there are a couple of ways to do it. Unfortunately I think that one is dead. I...
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This isn't a recent find but I never took pictures of it before. It is a fairly old Walker floor jack. No hydraulics on this baby. If I could find some good pictures of what it looked like new I...
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A brand new Walker Jack was what was stolen from us by a "scrapper" - boy were we pissed beyond words :ranting: Long story short - hubby took it and a bunch of other stuff out of his truck at the...
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I bought all the stuff to put a bathroom in my basement about a year ago. Nothing fancy, just standard lower-end fixtures since it is just a simple extra bathroom with a shower. After finding the...
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They also had some vintage aluminum ship's porthole's that would have made a great window for the sauna but I couldn't bring myself to spend the money they wanted.
Something kind of like this only...
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I looked at the 1920's catalog and they sold all sorts of jacks (including what they called "hydraulic oil jacks") but not Walker brand jacks. However as the business grew, they added all sorts of...
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