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What is your great garage sale find?
Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:07 pm
Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:07 pm
For all you curb crawlers
Indirectly, mine would be the photo of the first game in Tiger Stadium. Didn't find it at a garage sale, but the person who was having garage sale showed it to me and I bought it later.
Directly, it would be 1000+ Estes rockets (built and unbuilt) for $250, sold for nearly $4000.
5 of the rockets were large rockets, still in boxes, they sold for $1500 alone.
Indirectly, mine would be the photo of the first game in Tiger Stadium. Didn't find it at a garage sale, but the person who was having garage sale showed it to me and I bought it later.
Directly, it would be 1000+ Estes rockets (built and unbuilt) for $250, sold for nearly $4000.
5 of the rockets were large rockets, still in boxes, they sold for $1500 alone.
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Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:09 pm to theantiquetiger
Waffle iron
Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:09 pm to theantiquetiger
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Indirectly, mine would be the photo of the first game in Tiger Stadium.
Can you post it? I think I remember it looking crazy.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:10 pm to theantiquetiger
I have never been to a garage/yard sale.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:10 pm to Paul Allen
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Waffle iron
I found a waffle iron once, paid $5, sold it for $400, but it was a Griswold waffle iron
Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:11 pm to theantiquetiger
Custom made farm table because some dude stored it at his brother in laws house and wouldn't come get it. $175 at least ten years ago. Worth much more now I am sure. 
Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:11 pm to theantiquetiger
Nice
Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:11 pm to theantiquetiger
I have never found anything worth a crap at a garage sale. How do you pick which ones to go to?
Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:12 pm to theantiquetiger
I found a $40 dollar bill.
That's $40 all day.
That's $40 all day.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:13 pm to BRgetthenet
Boba fett action figure missing only one arm.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:14 pm to WoWyHi
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Can you post it? I think I remember it looking crazy.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:16 pm to WoWyHi
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I have never found anything worth a crap at a garage sale. How do you pick which ones to go to?
Old, rich neighborhoods like Garden District and Highland Road area from campus to Staring Lane. Plus old neighborhoods in Goodwood/College Drive Area.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:16 pm to theantiquetiger
That's awesome.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:17 pm to BRgetthenet
Not at garage sale but, found an old Singer sewing machine( one with foot petal) on road. Cleaned it up,painted it up. Put glass top on it. Wife liked it enough to put in den and she is very picky.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:19 pm to theantiquetiger
That's amazing 
I've never been to a garage sale but I've bought some hard to find Fitz & Floyd pieces on EBay.
I've never been to a garage sale but I've bought some hard to find Fitz & Floyd pieces on EBay.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:23 pm to theantiquetiger
Co-worker was just talking about that he found a full set of silverware for $5...cleaned them up and resold them for $300.
Talk about a win
Talk about a win
Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:23 pm to jmcs68
i have been a garage/estate sale shopper for over 10 years now. Garage sale are fun but it takes 50 sales to find one good thing.
Estate sales are 1000x better. I have found some amazing stuff for pennies. The estate sale companies focus on the "high end" stuff like furniture, art, silverware, jewelry, etc, and I walk out the door paying a couple dollars for a toy or sports item I know is worth $100's.
Estate sales are 1000x better. I have found some amazing stuff for pennies. The estate sale companies focus on the "high end" stuff like furniture, art, silverware, jewelry, etc, and I walk out the door paying a couple dollars for a toy or sports item I know is worth $100's.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:25 pm to jmcs68
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I've never been to a garage sale but I've bought some hard to find Fitz & Floyd pieces on EBay.
Seriously though, is there a method to choosing? I always just see junk crap when I go to them.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:25 pm to theantiquetiger
Granted, I paid $1700 for the photo of the first game in Tiger Stadium, $300 more to frame.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:25 pm to theantiquetiger
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Estate sales are 1000x better. I have found some amazing stuff for pennies. The estate sale companies focus on the "high end" stuff like furniture, art, silverware, jewelry, etc, and I walk out the door paying a couple dollars for a toy or sports item I know is worth $100's.
Aren't these by invite or registration mostly though?
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