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re: Your best Goodwill finds.
Posted on 5/21/18 at 7:35 pm to Winston Cup
Posted on 5/21/18 at 7:35 pm to Winston Cup
quote:How much is that signed Dale Earnhardt pic worth?
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Posted on 5/21/18 at 7:37 pm to theantiquetiger
quote:Gotcha.
When I started out, I was no expert, I just knew quality, and learned on the way. I spent many of hours searching sold items of eBay, looking at prices.
When I would buy something, I would search similar items.
Damn smartphones have turned everyone into an "expert" now.
Posted on 5/21/18 at 7:41 pm to bhtigerfan
quote:
Damn smartphones have turned everyone into an "expert" now.
But you have to recognize the quality first. For instance, the pool cues I paid $100 for and sold for $378. It was after 10am when I got to the sale. I'm sure 100+ people saw those cues and passed on them. When she told me $100 for all three, I didn't bat an eye or negotiate. I just said "Sold".
This post was edited on 5/21/18 at 7:42 pm
Posted on 5/21/18 at 7:43 pm to theantiquetiger
quote:And that takes lots of experience.
But you have to recognize the quality first.
Posted on 5/21/18 at 7:49 pm to bhtigerfan
I picked up this bar today off the Nextdoor app for $60 (don't laugh at my collection, I gotta restock it
Posted on 5/21/18 at 8:00 pm to theantiquetiger
Is it antique?
Posted on 5/21/18 at 8:01 pm to theantiquetiger
Jesus, read this.
quote:
Only 24 copies were made of the original Declaration of Independence, and one of them wound up accidentally in the hands of a Pennsylvania bargain hunter in 1991. The anonymous man purchased a painting for $4 at a thrift shop because he liked the frame. Imagine his surprise when he removed the painting to find a pristine, first-printing copy of the Declaration hiding behind it. The document sold for 2.4 million dollars.
Posted on 5/21/18 at 8:03 pm to theantiquetiger
And this
quote:
Zach Norris (who has been confirmed as not Action Bronson) went into a Phoenix Goodwill looking for a golf bag. What he found instead was this watch. He recognized the brand name, LeCoultre, and bought it for six dollars. Turns out it was a vintage 1959 LeCoultre Deep Sea Alarm, which he sold online this year for $35,000. That money can buy a lot of golf bags.
Posted on 5/21/18 at 8:07 pm to bhtigerfan
quote:
Is it antique?
No, made in China piece of shite. Something you find at World Market
Posted on 5/21/18 at 8:13 pm to theantiquetiger
At the St Vincent de Paul store in New Orleans, some one bought a vase for $1, it was some rare artist, worth $25,000 (or something).
Things on my wish list to find in the wild one day:
Newcomb College pottery
Tiffany jewelry
1st gen GI Joe
1st year Hot Wheels
Hunter S Thompson signed book
Clemetine Hunter painting
George Rodrigue painting
I did find a Newcomb College vase one time. I offered $1500, but they turned it down.
Things on my wish list to find in the wild one day:
Newcomb College pottery
Tiffany jewelry
1st gen GI Joe
1st year Hot Wheels
Hunter S Thompson signed book
Clemetine Hunter painting
George Rodrigue painting
I did find a Newcomb College vase one time. I offered $1500, but they turned it down.
This post was edited on 5/21/18 at 8:15 pm
Posted on 5/21/18 at 8:17 pm to bhtigerfan
quote:
Only 24 copies were made of the original Declaration of Independence, and one of them wound up accidentally in the hands of a Pennsylvania bargain hunter in 1991. The anonymous man purchased a painting for $4 at a thrift shop because he liked the frame. Imagine his surprise when he removed the painting to find a pristine, first-printing copy of the Declaration hiding behind it. The document sold for 2.4 million dollars.
I remember seeing a show on this find, maybe on the History Channel (not American Pickers or Pawn Stars).
Posted on 5/21/18 at 8:36 pm to bhtigerfan
Another great buy I got one time. All the estate sale companies knew I was the BR toy expert. One company called me to price a large lot. I get there and she has 100+ pieces of 1st Gen 3 3/4" GI Joes and Transformers. It was a ton of shite and I knew it would take me hours to sort it all out, put correct weapons/equipment with the Joe. Plus there were about 30 GI Joe vehicles including the aircraft carrier.
I offer her $800 for it all but she says she already advertised them. So I spent at least 20 hours getting it all together and finding the prices. The total came out to about $1250. After two days of the sale, not a single item sold. She tells me I over priced them. I show her they were lower than eBay prices. She sells them to me for $625 (half price), and flip them for about $3500.
She was actually happy, because she would have normally just put a $1 each on everything.
I also found two Dunhill pipes and a Dunhill lighter at the sale. I paid $10 and sold for $400.
Plus, before the sale, as a payment for doing the pricing, I took all the character cards that were carefully cut off the GI Joe and Transformer boxes. I sold them for $200 or simething ridicules.
I offer her $800 for it all but she says she already advertised them. So I spent at least 20 hours getting it all together and finding the prices. The total came out to about $1250. After two days of the sale, not a single item sold. She tells me I over priced them. I show her they were lower than eBay prices. She sells them to me for $625 (half price), and flip them for about $3500.
She was actually happy, because she would have normally just put a $1 each on everything.
I also found two Dunhill pipes and a Dunhill lighter at the sale. I paid $10 and sold for $400.
Plus, before the sale, as a payment for doing the pricing, I took all the character cards that were carefully cut off the GI Joe and Transformer boxes. I sold them for $200 or simething ridicules.
This post was edited on 5/21/18 at 8:38 pm
Posted on 5/21/18 at 8:41 pm to theantiquetiger
Damn
Posted on 5/21/18 at 8:45 pm to bhtigerfan
I refuse to go into these type stores. They make me uncomfortable and depressed. I feel sick in any kind of discount/thrift/secondhand etc type store
So to answer the OP, nothing because I’ve never actually purchased anything from one
So to answer the OP, nothing because I’ve never actually purchased anything from one
Posted on 5/21/18 at 8:45 pm to bhtigerfan
quote:
Yeah, I understood that, just can't belive that was in a Goodwill.
I was twelve. My mother came home and said "I got something for you in the trunk!" I just about shite myself with excitement when I saw that in the car. I was stoked!
This post was edited on 5/21/18 at 8:46 pm
Posted on 5/21/18 at 8:51 pm to bhtigerfan
I've made a ton of money off this lady and she loves me for doing it. She knows she has things that are worth a ton of money but she knows she cannot get that in BR. So she sells it to me for more than she can get in BR, and I flip it for $1000's.
For example, she had a large collection of Anri figures. She had them priced around $1800. I offer $1300 and flip for $4000+
For example, she had a large collection of Anri figures. She had them priced around $1800. I offer $1300 and flip for $4000+
Posted on 5/21/18 at 8:52 pm to theantiquetiger
I was buying an antique entryway table and I also purchased a large vase with a gorgeous fake flower arrangement. The vase is black with a butterfly and flowers, it looks Japanese. How do I tell if it is valuable?
Posted on 5/21/18 at 8:59 pm to theantiquetiger
quote:
Just a hobby. Someone here (forget who) demos houses and buildings, finds stuff all the time.
Stout?
Posted on 5/21/18 at 9:01 pm to bhtigerfan
quote:
Only 24 copies were made of the original Declaration of Independence, and one of them wound up accidentally in the hands of a Pennsylvania bargain hunter in 1991. The anonymous man purchased a painting for $4 at a thrift shop because he liked the frame. Imagine his surprise when he removed the painting to find a pristine, first-printing copy of the Declaration hiding behind it. The document sold for 2.4 million dollars.
I'd be so tempted to keep it, but I wouldn't be able to sleep because of the fear that something would happen to it.
Posted on 5/21/18 at 9:02 pm to cajunangelle
quote:
How do I tell if it is valuable?
Glass is my weakest area, especially Asian. Only thing I know somewhat of in glass is fine crystal, Waterford, etc.
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