flea and finds

I was selling at a flea market today. So no yard sales this morning. I did okay at the flea. Not as much as times past…I’m not sure what I did last year but I think it was around 1,800. This time it was right at 1,400. Still not a bad day. But I wanted to beat last years mark. I got a lot sold. Nothing high priced sold…I took a stack of 50 baggies and used them all (had to go back to my truck around 11 for more). So I sold a ton of little crap. It was a $5 and $10 kind of day. My largest sale of the day was 60 (the Fenton cranberry small hurricane lamp from a few weeks ago). So I got a lot of nice stuff boxed up and ready to go for the next sale!

But just because I didn’t hit any yardsales this morning is not to say I went without! On my way home (after 4pm) I glanced down a street and saw a sale (or at least a very messy yard). No signs up but I went back and was told he was setting up for tomorrow but I was welcome to shop now! I never need encouragement to yardsale shop so I took my time and got a few goodies! He had really good prices.

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4 annuals from the 30’s $1ea flea em
Brass fire extinguisher $5 I see an okay number of these at sales but the sellers always seem to want 25+ So I was very happy to walk with this for 5!
old blow torch $1 flea it
Group of fishing lures $5 One good one in there…Heddon punkinseed in yellow shore ($50+)…then a few middle of the road lures (20 +/- ea) 2 ccbco pikes, 2 jinx w/box, musky wood jitterbug…and 2 pieces of junk. The punkinseed will have to be pryed out of my cold dead hand…

Very nice way to top off an already successful day!

its summer…

looks like it might have something...but no

nothing here

candlewick

I'm so there...

bad picture...looks like the fun house mirror. I got the flowbee here...see it?

nope nothing here

or here

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Up and out a bit earlier today. I was gone by 5:25…went to an estate sale first thing. Got some tools there but not much else…guys sale. Then it was around to neighborhood sale after neighborhood sale after neighborhood sale…I could go on. If the ads in the paper were correct on the number of home I probably hit something around 150 houses today? And I was still home around 12noon! Most of the sales were the baby junk variety that don’t require me to get out at. But there was also some down right good ones!

I got a few pictures today when I was up at or heading to the sales…so you can check that out on my blog if you wish.

All in all a nice fun day…but it sure does wear you out quick…its warm today…about 88-90 now.

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nose to a row boat $2 It looked kinda cool…should be able to turn a profit at the flea??
vintage wood/wire bird cage $1 to quote the seller “an antique store would get it paint it and put a $150 price tag on it. But I want it gone…$1″ He was my kind of man!

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Newer tiffany style lamp $5 It was only $5 with no cracked glass…nice metal base…people seem to love these at the fleas.
Sterling Silver $20 for it all I asked about the bigger bowl first (its reed and barton BTW) and was told it was the only piece of real silver he had and wanted 15 for it…okay with me…but I checked the rest and found a few other sterling ones. I asked the price was told 20 for it all. Fine by me…

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Forest green bubble set $1 Flea it…I think…I haven’t looked it up yet to make sure…
candlewick bowl 25cents flea junk
fire king jadeite bowl $1 Nice bowl! Good price!
Hall Aladdin teapot w/ infuser $1 I almost asked are you sure when they quoted me the price…nice find!
Niloak vase 50cents still has some/most of the original sticker. You know it sorta bugs me I’ve never found a good piece of Niloak…I’ve found roseville…weller…gold watches…all kinds of really nice items. But not a single piece of good niloak…
kings crown blow $1 flea it
iris and herringbone bowl 25cents flea junk
Fenton banana $5 This was my last find of the day…when I hit the last neighborhood sale…I thought you know I haven’t found any Fenton today and it would really cap things off good. And 15 minutes later there it was…

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flowbee $5 in box I’m supposed to buy these right??
leatherworking tools $5 I need to sort these…
metric nut driver set $2 keep
Craftsman 1/2 torque $5 nice one…I didn’t have a 1/2 torque…now I do…
2 craftsman tap and dye sets (one metric) $10 for both. The estate sale seemed to be $5ea for everything in the garage…
proto gear wrench 9/10mm $1 keep…I was missing those one too…
2 mitchell reels $2 for both…one is a 308 so it will sell…

worst of the worst

What a bad day. It sucked on a lot of levels…not a lot of sales. A lot of sales that never opened? And not to many sales overall…

I got up and went to an estate sale first thing…me and about 10 others were in line for this 7am sale. And by 7:30 no one was there and I left (and fought the urge to throw a rock through the window). I saw an on Craig’s list this morning around 6 for an okay sounding 8am sale so off I went. But I found another sign on the way (had the address and time on it… 7am…I went back and checked). Drove by…nothing…lights were on…but no one out. I didn’t feel like knocking on the door so I kept moving. To the 8am sale…got there about 7:45…nothing…drove off found 2 junky sales (nothing at em) checked again at 8:15…still nothing. You can just guess how mad I was at this point. I still think its a conspiracy…

So I threw up my hands and went hunting for other sales…only found 2 items and gave up early. I didn’t see to many sales…I think its the holiday…or a conspiracy aimed at me…or people are just plain stupid (present company excluded).

The 2 items I did get are items I learned about on the board…so thanks everyone. If not for you I would have had nothing! Also if your starved for more oldkeet adventures check my blog I hit another thrift yesterday and took more pictures!

BTW on my way home I did check both estate sales again…they never opened. The Craig’s list one removed their add…I wanted to send them a nice “happy” email. A sign in front of the house would be nice people!!!!

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30lbs of legos $10 With the container its 36lbs…so I figure about 30..not a bad price…now I just have to ship them
cuisinart blades $3 for all I think I’m supposed to buy these when I see them right? There are 13 of them…

That’s it…it should pay for my gas today…

Thrifting Pt. 3

I went to get my taxes done today…I didn’t come out to bad. I made a bit more on ebay this past year then in 07. Another day another dollar. But its close to a thrift shop so I stopped in after to check it out! The prices seemed to be a bit better at this one. However still not what I would consider “thrift” Although it also could have been the fact they did not have one single item I wanted.  No telling what the price would have been on a “nice” item!

Western Electric phone 39.99. Check ebay item 330318884455...one just like it...9.99 closed no bids.

a bad picture of a junk piece of glass 4.99

7.99...and very broken...

early american pressed cut (hocking 60-80's) banana splits 3.99 ea. I doubt I could get 3.99 for the set on line!

The biggest piece of junk today! 11.99 Indiana teardrop compote. Its losing its coloring!

14.99 Murano glass bowl...about 5 years ago it would have been worth this. But Murago has hit the dumpster. 7.00 flea item IMO

this was kinda nice. It has some medium grade condition issues on top...but still so-so overall. Although it was priced at $299. So I passed...

another day…

I started out at an estate sale first thing. It wasn’t my type of sale. It was all high fashion type junk. Stuff I knew nothing about…they didn’t have high prices…but still I don’t know what that junk is! All I got there was a coin purse thing (My $1 gamble) and a dusty skateboard. After that I went over to a neighborhood sale and that is where I found almost all my items! I got there around 7 and between 7 and 8 it was almost a frenzy for me. Good things for cheap! Not many other buyers is was great. Then right at 8am (I looked at my watch and thought wow what a day so far!) someone flipped a switch. I didn’t find a single item for the rest of the day…still I had enough stuff to call it a good day!

Weather is nice as could be…70’s sunny…breezy…

I sold at the flea today…did about 1k to go with the 1,100 I did on ebay yesterday to make for a very nice week!

Here is the loot!

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2 Vintage 60’s lamps $10 They are powder blue in color…although the picture flash washed out the colors. Not Fenton…but still nice and they were cheap enough!

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Blue coin dot vase 50cents Nice piece of Fenton…great price (see the sticker it really was 50cents!)
Westmoreland lattice edge banana $5 its a nice piece of Westmoreland I should be able to get 40 out of it at the flea
fiesta carafe pitcher 50cents flea it
white bauer vase $1 flea it
Fenton silvercrest basket $2 flea item…nice piece…I wish they sold as good as they look…
2 Fenton white opalescent pieces $1 flea em
Westmoreland hand painted beaded grape ash trays 25 cents ea more flea stuff

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Vintage Lotus skateboard $1 Got this at the estate sale…I dug it out of the garage…
Find of the day? A kenwood touchscreen navigation system to a SMART car $20 Yardsale item the seller was about 1million years old. Very nice gentleman who said it came in his car and all he could get it to do is beep at him (even after he said his grandson showed him). So he took it to the dealer and had them install a “old fashion” radio…this had got to sell for good money…right?
The coin purse $1 Even I know the vuitton logo…don’t know if its real…they had lots of fancy looking items to me. The seller who looked about 12 (but was probably closer to 18) said it was all his great grandmothers and had no respect for it…anyone know?

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Pyrex 50cents each ($4 total) They had a few more pieces but nothing that made a set…a few of the lids were chipped so I mixed and matched lids until I had 2 sets in great shape!