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Estate sale finds - 3/4 - 2 homeruns

Posted on 3/4/21 at 6:18 pm
Posted by theantiquetiger
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Posted on 3/4/21 at 6:18 pm
I spent $231

Vintage old Louisville shirt $5


Red Blooded Hats $15


Jewelry (the bangles are Sterling) $9


Sealed skin care (I did well with these before) $150


#93 Stanley wood plane $10


Griswold waffle iron $42
(I’ve started semi restoring it)




The two homeruns will be the Griswold which is worth about $300, and the plane, worth about $150.
This post was edited on 3/4/21 at 6:21 pm
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164342 posts
Posted on 3/4/21 at 6:21 pm to
That NRA and US Border Patrol hat are going to be worth a shite load 25 years from now
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
25455 posts
Posted on 3/4/21 at 6:24 pm to
I find some of these threads interesting and see how you make money on a lot of this stuff, but those hats can't be worth your time. I don't think there worth shite and you have to deal with selling them too.
Posted by Bigbee Hills
Member since Feb 2019
1531 posts
Posted on 3/4/21 at 6:24 pm to
quote:

plane, worth about $150.
i love old carpentry tools, especially planes.

if the non-baws of the ot want a mind frick, start down the rabbit hole of what highly sought after antique hand planes go for. some of them have sold for close to and over 6 digits.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119487 posts
Posted on 3/4/21 at 6:24 pm to
Thats an old Louahvil shirt.
Posted by JumpingTheShark
America
Member since Nov 2012
22927 posts
Posted on 3/4/21 at 7:01 pm to
Those hats are sold at every shitty gas station in the south so not sure on the value there
Posted by SlidellCajun
Slidell la
Member since May 2019
10503 posts
Posted on 3/4/21 at 7:12 pm to
So how do you go about establishing the value of these things
Posted by CajunTiger92
Member since Dec 2007
2821 posts
Posted on 3/4/21 at 7:39 pm to
Nice Griswold find! You never know what you are going to find. I picked up this 1958 football rule book at Mickey Mangham’s estate sale. I guess Tommy Lott was his roommate, looks like both their names are on it with a room number.



Posted by Champs
Geaux Tigers
Member since Feb 2008
11715 posts
Posted on 3/4/21 at 7:46 pm to
Would love to take the border patrol hat and go to a welfare office
Posted by LSU Coyote
Member since Sep 2007
53390 posts
Posted on 3/4/21 at 8:13 pm to
I want that plane.

How do we get in touch with you?
Posted by TigerOnTheMountain
Higher Elevation
Member since Oct 2014
41773 posts
Posted on 3/4/21 at 8:26 pm to
I think it’d be fun to try and guess which of your finds are the home runs.
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
66835 posts
Posted on 3/4/21 at 8:56 pm to
the I Luv Louavull is great if it’s in good condition
Posted by bulldog95
North Louisiana
Member since Jan 2011
20728 posts
Posted on 3/4/21 at 9:09 pm to
I know you’ve said it before but is there a specific website you use to locate which estate or garage sales you want to hit up? Do you use Facebook or online newspapers
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
99138 posts
Posted on 3/4/21 at 9:17 pm to
Theantiquetiger

Looking for some guidance. Will likely be selling off some a parent's stuff soon (it's in storage right now). A lot of furniture and some nice pieces. Any recs on people/businesses in the BR area to call to see if interested in buying outright, or possible consignment?
Posted by LSUShock
Kansas
Member since Jun 2014
4919 posts
Posted on 3/4/21 at 9:45 pm to
Good stuff. Nothing like a quick flip at an estate sale or garage sale in the summer. Flipped a Yeti Hopper 30 last year. Paid $15. Sold for $250 in 25 minutes.
Posted by Tiger_n_Texas
Member since Aug 2014
1017 posts
Posted on 3/4/21 at 10:34 pm to
Griswold looks good. I have quite a few pieces that were inherited that we restored and use daily. What do you use to estimate their resell value?
Posted by CedarChest
South of Mejico
Member since Jun 2020
2782 posts
Posted on 3/4/21 at 11:10 pm to
When I lived in Annapolis, Md I knew these two old gay antique dealers who made a fortune going to estate sales in Alabama and Mississippi and buying mostly vintage furniture at ridiculously low prices and sell it to rich Yankee tourists for just crazy high prices at their shop. They were the ones that turned me on to that great book, "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil." Jim Williams was just a souped-up version of these old dudes.
This post was edited on 3/4/21 at 11:18 pm
Posted by tonydtigr
Beautiful Downtown Glenn Springs,Tx
Member since Nov 2011
5128 posts
Posted on 3/5/21 at 12:06 am to
Like the waffle iron. Those are nice.
Posted by tigergirl10
Member since Jul 2019
10323 posts
Posted on 3/5/21 at 12:11 am to
No way in hell would I put skin cream from a garage sale or eBay not knowing how old it is or what weather conditions it was kept in on my skin.
Posted by TDsngumbo
Alpha Silverfox
Member since Oct 2011
41717 posts
Posted on 3/5/21 at 6:43 am to
That’s waffle iron and planer are interesting and the best in my opinion.
This post was edited on 3/5/21 at 6:43 am
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