Thrift Shop Pickups - Page 544

callou2131 · 08-02-2020, 08:25 AM

I'd smash

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trask7 · 08-02-2020, 05:59 PM

Found this a few months ago. I paid $2.99 but it is pretty cool looking, it is original art but no clue about it.

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Hess687 · 08-03-2020, 06:01 PM

US 12 Garage Sale is in Michigan next weekend. "Michigans longest garage sale." Has anyone ever gone to one of these? It covers 212 miles and starts near the Indiana border near where I live and goes all the way up to Detroit....I'm thinking about giving it a go.

shrevecity · 08-03-2020, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Hess687

US 12 Garage Sale is in Michigan next weekend. "Michigans longest garage sale." Has anyone ever gone to one of these? It covers 212 miles and starts near the Indiana border near where I live and goes all the way up to Detroit....I'm thinking about giving it a go.

We have the Hwy 80 sale here twice a year. It usually mainly covered East of Dallas to around Jackson MS or about 400 miles.. The spring sale was cancelled for the most part this year.

timfsu2k · 08-03-2020, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Hess687

US 12 Garage Sale is in Michigan next weekend. "Michigans longest garage sale." Has anyone ever gone to one of these? It covers 212 miles and starts near the Indiana border near where I live and goes all the way up to Detroit....I'm thinking about giving it a go.

127 yard sale starts this Thursday in my area. I wouldn’t miss it in previous years but not sure how it will be this year due to corona.

TheWrightStuff · 08-03-2020, 08:18 PM

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val47 · 08-04-2020, 06:19 AM

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Of the $150 zippo collection I bought, Ive sold probably 70% of them and have made over $1500 so far. Have sold the better ones already, I think Ill end up with about $1750 total.

good score, had no idea about the zippo interest I'll keep and eye on them from now on

Hess687 · 08-04-2020, 08:42 PM

Nice find for me today at the Goodwill Outlet. Wizard Video VHS tape of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Cost me $1 and should sell for $200+. First time finding a Wizard VHS tape, plus I'm at my parents and they have a VCR so I can test the tape on it as well.

shrevecity · 08-04-2020, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Hess687

Nice find for me today at the Goodwill Outlet. Wizard Video VHS tape of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Cost me $1 and should sell for $200+. First time finding a Wizard VHS tape, plus I'm at my parents and they have a VCR so I can test the tape on it as well.

i need to get those blue underground DVDs I found the other day listed. Right now having physical issues, my eyeglass prescription has gotten way out of whack so its hard for to focus on listing much at all.

TheWrightStuff · 08-04-2020, 09:07 PM

Have a question about selling gold. Ive collected a small amount over the years of estate sales. Probably about 2 ounces of 14K items. Everything from necklaces, charms to a 14K watch. When selling gold as scrap, for items that have ston es in them, small diamond chips and other small stones, do you remove all of these before weighing to get the gold scrap value? Im planning on selling it all in a lot on ebay. Im guessing for the watch(its not good), Id need to bust out the crystal faceplate and remove the stones set around the face. Or do I just leave all that in and weigh it all as is?

discostu · 08-04-2020, 10:34 PM

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Have a question about selling gold. Ive collected a small amount over the years of estate sales. Probably about 2 ounces of 14K items. Everything from necklaces, charms to a 14K watch. When selling gold as scrap, for items that have ston es in them, small diamond chips and other small stones, do you remove all of these before weighing to get the gold scrap value? Im planning on selling it all in a lot on ebay. Im guessing for the watch(its not good), Id need to bust out the crystal faceplate and remove the stones set around the face. Or do I just leave all that in and weigh it all as is?

I wouldn't pull the stones out.

Weigh as is.

shrevecity · 08-05-2020, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by TheWrightStuff

Have a question about selling gold. Ive collected a small amount over the years of estate sales. Probably about 2 ounces of 14K items. Everything from necklaces, charms to a 14K watch. When selling gold as scrap, for items that have ston es in them, small diamond chips and other small stones, do you remove all of these before weighing to get the gold scrap value? Im planning on selling it all in a lot on ebay. Im guessing for the watch(its not good), Id need to bust out the crystal faceplate and remove the stones set around the face. Or do I just leave all that in and weigh it all as is?

I would leave it as is. They watch may have value to someone more than scrap even in bad condition. It won't likely hurt the value of the lot. In description I might put the watch weight separate though

Pittboy · 08-08-2020, 01:17 PM

Picked up a 1999 US Open Pinehurst leather strap back hat at the local Goodwill Clearance Center last week on 1/2 price day.
Probably had .40 invested in it. Just sold for $45 after a bidding war on ebay.

Totally unexpected, but much appreciated!

r0yals2012 · 08-08-2020, 08:19 PM

Today was the last huge garage sale day of the season. There will still be garage sales but today was really the last city wide nearby. I did decent. Started at 7 and ended at 3. It was around 100 degrees. Here is what I got.

Halo UNSC Master Chief Adult Costume with Helmet and Muscle Suit-$20 (can't find any comps but should do well on it)
Revell 1959 Impala (made in 1985) model New Sealed-$3 (sells for about $25. I have done well with models lately)
Spektrum Drone Controller-$1 (sells for about $35)
OEM Gamecube Controller-$0.50 (hope the USPS doesn't break this one like the last one)
OEM Dreamcast Controller with VMU-$0.50
Xbox 360 Kinect-$3
About 1,000 or so baseball cards, a lot of them are numbered, refractor, inserts-$10 (for me lol. Finally found something for myself)
And my best find of the day
Cricut Easy Press 2 NIB-$25

My mom is eyeing it but she has the smaller version of the Cricut Press so she told me to sell it.

timfsu2k · 08-09-2020, 01:03 PM

Did anyone hit the 127 yard sale this weekend? I usually do Fri/Sat but this year due to work was only able to go on Thursday. Still hit plenty of sales and picked up some nice stuff. Would love to rent a van and do a week long trip one of these years.

aggies1960 · 08-09-2020, 07:01 PM

Probably purchased about 150-200 clothing items over the weekend. Glad it was all tax free. Places started putting out jackets this week so it was well stocked with new items. Got a lot of listing to do. Also, found my first Bathing Ape item.

jedi500 · 08-10-2020, 04:36 PM

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Probably purchased about 150-200 clothing items over the weekend. Glad it was all tax free. Places started putting out jackets this week so it was well stocked with new items. Got a lot of listing to do. Also, found my first Bathing Ape item.

Nice find on the BAPE, I once found a Shark Hoodie but it turned out to be fake. I did find a rare KENZO hoodie once.

callou2131 · 08-11-2020, 05:09 PM

Awesome pickup today! I HAVE to play with it before I sell it. I'm off tomorrow so I will spend the day moving furniture out of the kitchen and building it. Inventoried it, its 100% complete and all original. Not bad for $25

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Hess687 · 08-11-2020, 05:13 PM

^^^^ I love little projects you get to play with and test out before selling it. I've sold quite a few slot tracks and always built them up first to obviously test, but to play with as well. Done that with a tabletop hockey game and a Monday Night Football Stadium as well. It's a nice break from listing and shipping.

ajlaxmn · 08-11-2020, 07:08 PM

Slot car stuff is awesome!!! Cars sell great individually and they’re cheap to ship.

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Trash2Treasures · 08-11-2020, 10:48 PM

Local Auction today had alot of Lone Ranger stuff could be diamond in rough as stuff was set in lots got a handful of books, toys, pins buttons etc for less then $50 figure all the plastic toys just make a “lot” listing on ebay

daxwills · 08-11-2020, 11:02 PM

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Slot car stuff is awesome!!! Cars sell great individually and they’re cheap to ship.

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There is a big slot car show by my house. I went once to check out the other diecast and stuff people had. Some people had more money wrapped up in rc cars than I did in working motorcycles. Some of those slot cars are insanely valuable.

shrevecity · 08-12-2020, 06:21 AM

I have tons of old track in the garage when I find sets only thing I look for is the cars. Even non working they often bring more money than the track will. There are some cases where the track will decrease the value if you sell it with the cars. You can usually look at a car and see if it is likely working or not. There is also a smell that the cars will have as well as the control when they are burned up and not working.

ajlaxmn · 08-12-2020, 07:54 AM

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There is a big slot car show by my house. I went once to check out the other diecast and stuff people had. Some people had more money wrapped up in rc cars than I did in working motorcycles. Some of those slot cars are insanely valuable.

Yes they are valuable. AFX is one of the best. Carrera is good, Atlas is good, tyco is ok. I’m not aware of any other brands, but they are fun to find.

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callou2131 · 08-12-2020, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by daxwills

There is a big slot car show by my house. I went once to check out the other diecast and stuff people had. Some people had more money wrapped up in rc cars than I did in working motorcycles. Some of those slot cars are insanely valuable.

Yup. I had about 5k into an RC truck, and this was 10 years ago. That thing was amazing though lol.

08-02-2020, 08:25 AM	#13576
callou2131 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Centreville, Md Posts: 8,486	I'd smash Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk __________________ Sent using US Airways Wifi

08-03-2020, 08:18 PM	#13581
TheWrightStuff Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Texas Posts: 6,839 Nathan104	delete Last edited by TheWrightStuff; 08-19-2020 at 04:05 PM.

08-08-2020, 01:17 PM	#13588
Pittboy Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: USA Posts: 196 cassybill	Picked up a 1999 US Open Pinehurst leather strap back hat at the local Goodwill Clearance Center last week on 1/2 price day. Probably had .40 invested in it. Just sold for $45 after a bidding war on ebay. Totally unexpected, but much appreciated! __________________ My son and I collect Pitt players in their college uniforms

08-08-2020, 08:19 PM	#13589
r0yals2012 Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 7,693	Today was the last huge garage sale day of the season. There will still be garage sales but today was really the last city wide nearby. I did decent. Started at 7 and ended at 3. It was around 100 degrees. Here is what I got. Halo UNSC Master Chief Adult Costume with Helmet and Muscle Suit-$20 (can't find any comps but should do well on it) Revell 1959 Impala (made in 1985) model New Sealed-$3 (sells for about $25. I have done well with models lately) Spektrum Drone Controller-$1 (sells for about $35) OEM Gamecube Controller-$0.50 (hope the USPS doesn't break this one like the last one) OEM Dreamcast Controller with VMU-$0.50 Xbox 360 Kinect-$3 About 1,000 or so baseball cards, a lot of them are numbered, refractor, inserts-$10 (for me lol. Finally found something for myself) And my best find of the day Cricut Easy Press 2 NIB-$25 My mom is eyeing it but she has the smaller version of the Cricut Press so she told me to sell it. __________________ I love autographs with Bible Verse inscriptions Girls Can Collect Cards Too! Royals, Wichita Wind Surge Twitter-@doublehcards @aacentralphotos-MiLB Photos Waymaker Miracle Worker Promise Keeper My God That is Who You Are Last edited by r0yals2012; 08-08-2020 at 08:21 PM.

08-09-2020, 01:03 PM	#13590
timfsu2k Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Louisville, Ky Posts: 2,578	Did anyone hit the 127 yard sale this weekend? I usually do Fri/Sat but this year due to work was only able to go on Thursday. Still hit plenty of sales and picked up some nice stuff. Would love to rent a van and do a week long trip one of these years. __________________ Nolan Ryan Collector

08-02-2020, 05:59 PM	#13577
trask7 Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 2,287	Found this a few months ago. I paid $2.99 but it is pretty cool looking, it is original art but no clue about it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

08-03-2020, 06:01 PM	#13578
Hess687 Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Indiana Posts: 4,772 hess687	US 12 Garage Sale is in Michigan next weekend. "Michigans longest garage sale." Has anyone ever gone to one of these? It covers 212 miles and starts near the Indiana border near where I live and goes all the way up to Detroit....I'm thinking about giving it a go.

08-04-2020, 08:42 PM	#13583
Hess687 Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Indiana Posts: 4,772 hess687	Nice find for me today at the Goodwill Outlet. Wizard Video VHS tape of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Cost me $1 and should sell for $200+. First time finding a Wizard VHS tape, plus I'm at my parents and they have a VCR so I can test the tape on it as well.

08-04-2020, 09:07 PM	#13585
TheWrightStuff Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Texas Posts: 6,839 Nathan104	Have a question about selling gold. Ive collected a small amount over the years of estate sales. Probably about 2 ounces of 14K items. Everything from necklaces, charms to a 14K watch. When selling gold as scrap, for items that have ston es in them, small diamond chips and other small stones, do you remove all of these before weighing to get the gold scrap value? Im planning on selling it all in a lot on ebay. Im guessing for the watch(its not good), Id need to bust out the crystal faceplate and remove the stones set around the face. Or do I just leave all that in and weigh it all as is?

08-09-2020, 07:01 PM	#13591
aggies1960 Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 4,940 jayaggie2015 jayaggie2015	Probably purchased about 150-200 clothing items over the weekend. Glad it was all tax free. Places started putting out jackets this week so it was well stocked with new items. Got a lot of listing to do. Also, found my first Bathing Ape item. __________________ Professional Thrift Store Reseller - Check my eBay for flips

08-11-2020, 05:09 PM	#13593
callou2131 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Centreville, Md Posts: 8,486	Awesome pickup today! I HAVE to play with it before I sell it. I'm off tomorrow so I will spend the day moving furniture out of the kitchen and building it. Inventoried it, its 100% complete and all original. Not bad for $25 Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk __________________ Sent using US Airways Wifi

08-11-2020, 05:13 PM	#13594
Hess687 Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Indiana Posts: 4,772 hess687	^^^^ I love little projects you get to play with and test out before selling it. I've sold quite a few slot tracks and always built them up first to obviously test, but to play with as well. Done that with a tabletop hockey game and a Monday Night Football Stadium as well. It's a nice break from listing and shipping.

08-11-2020, 07:08 PM	#13595
ajlaxmn Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Turner, ME Posts: 7,307 ajohnbarker	Slot car stuff is awesome!!! Cars sell great individually and they’re cheap to ship. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Die hard Chargers Fan from the State of Maine. "Always with them negative waves"- Oddball "Uh-uh, I don't tip"- Mr. Pink

08-11-2020, 10:48 PM	#13596
Trash2Treasures Member Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 371	Local Auction today had alot of Lone Ranger stuff could be diamond in rough as stuff was set in lots got a handful of books, toys, pins buttons etc for less then $50 figure all the plastic toys just make a “lot” listing on ebay

08-12-2020, 06:21 AM	#13598
shrevecity Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 28,059	I have tons of old track in the garage when I find sets only thing I look for is the cars. Even non working they often bring more money than the track will. There are some cases where the track will decrease the value if you sell it with the cars. You can usually look at a car and see if it is likely working or not. There is also a smell that the cars will have as well as the control when they are burned up and not working.