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Making "Great hauls" @ thrift stores lately !!! But lotto $$ dowwwnnnnm
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Mr. Jones Offline
#1 Posted: Mon, Feb 22 2021, 11:06 AM EST
Joined: 06-12-2005
Posts: 19,421
Herfing fog Beer

From Dec.20, 2020 to about Jan. 5 , 2021
The SCRATCH OFF lotto trash ticket scene wasssss
RED HOT!!!
IN AROUND A $600-700 TWO WEEK TAKE !!!

NOW??? ITS cooled down...way down...
Like maybe ? $20-30 a week ...one week was A ZERO and chked 1,000+ tickets And got nothing...

But....

The thrift store scene is paying off BIG-TIME..

WENT to a York, pa. Gun show w/ 1,000 tables...found several magazines dirt cheap, 20 RDS .308 for $16, and
100 Rd Teammo 7.62x39 Russian steel case $45
Other stands had ungodly pricing!!
.308 (20) were $20-35
7.62 x 39 were $25/20 or $75/50 or $125/100
PMC 5.56 FMJ $699.99-$899.99 PER 1,000
BUT N.O. carcano 6.5 x 52 mm ANYWHERE ..

AFTER the show I hit the GOODWILL...

One great MINT VINTAGE 30'S OR 40'S HAWAIIAN SHIRT VERY OLD LABEL but never worn $4.95 (value $150-200)

One Don Ray Purdy still life original oil on Masonite ( from Elkins Park pa gallery)
paid $2.99...value $300-900 / maybe more cuz he's dead...at recent auction house sites...his oils are $2,500-7,500...

Vernon Wood ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH , big
24 x 18? ..paid $3.99...
Value $200-400+++ at auction sites...

Judith Gallagher(?) Original Oil on canvas (many people walking on beach with umbrellas
But abstract) I have seen this artist before but not sure about last name ( many many dot matrix prints sold by the thousands but I have an original ..
Could be worth $1,000 AT THE VERY LEAST ?
FROM THE RITTENHOUSE SQUARE( PHILA, PA.) CLOTHESLINE EXHIBIT FROM 1968...
Paid $2.99

Found TWO LOCAL ARTIST (AROUND LANCASTER PA) ORIGINAL WATER COLORS...
PAID $6.95 AND $9.95...
THESE PAINTINGS ARE AMAZING....
HE SELLS HIS OWN STUFF ONLINE.
MOSTLY DOT MATRIX REPRINTS AT $150-300..
ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS START AT $2,500-$4K++

SOME here may think I'm a "little off"...
But I am "off" like a FOX AND SMAAAHHTT
AS HELL WHEN IT COMES TO ART AND ANTIQUES...plus I AM THE LIVING MASTER OF MISINFOMATION AND DISINFORMATION SUPPLIED TO THE FBI-SSG division of felon MURDeRER'S WHO IS STILL ABOVE GROUND/
ANYBODY ELSE would be six feet under.

IF YOU ever need answers or advice on ART
Or your grand parents or parents families ESTATES BELONGING VALUES just "PM" me and I can try and help you...

*** N.E.V.E.R. SELL anything that you know nothing about...and never hire a house "clean out junkman" for a flat fee...
They are ALL SHIESTERS AND THEIVES and will rob you blind...And never never ever hire those guys in the back of the local rag to buy your entire estate for
One or two grand...they are taking you to the cleaners...
JadeRose Offline
#2 Posted: Mon, Feb 22 2021, 11:22 AM EST
Joined: 05-15-2008
Posts: 19,525
I do like a good thrift store dig.
opelmanta1900 Offline
#3 Posted: Mon, Feb 22 2021, 11:49 AM EST
Joined: 01-10-2012
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When I was 15 I moved to this little town and one of the only places of business they had was a thrift store... I paid $15 for a 3 piece light tan corduroy suit and fifty cents for a horrific green cat bank that had a $5 bill inside it... that suit changed my life...
Mr. Jones Offline
#4 Posted: Mon, Feb 22 2021, 11:59 AM EST
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Posts: 19,421
They are just places of "CHEAP OPPORTUNITY" to educated people ....like the CBID community here, who have general and or very specific knowledge about various items that are donated .....
by unknowing idjits just wanting to clean out houses or getting rid of clutter because they are pressed for time or getting bothered by a spouse or family member with an upcoming deadline...or they have physical inabilities to actually lift anything and just pay "young hunks who take junk" fly by night hucksters who rob them blind and laugh the whole way to the bank...

I have always said...."I LOVE STUPID PEOPLE"
ESPECIALLY the dumbo's who price the items in the backrooms of thrift stores....

I can only imagine if what I am finding for real out in my travels is only the tip of the $$$$ valuable iceberg that gets donated to the these thrift stores??

I think some stores have an entire "closed RACKET" GOING ON AT SOME LEVEL ? with the store manager at the peak...it would be very easy to pull out expensive & valuable donations ( if you know what to look for) and never have them reach the store floor...then you sell them out of your garage to a few select dealers who are in on it too...
It's a win ....win for the people doing it...

I think it is harder to do now than back in the 1970-2010's
Before all the internet sites and thrift store silent auctions plus frontstore glass showcases for antiques that many bigger chains have today...
ZRX1200 Offline
#5 Posted: Mon, Feb 22 2021, 12:18 PM EST
Joined: 07-08-2007
Posts: 60,599
My grandparents had been into antiques since the early 60’s, had shpos multiple times and had stall rentals at the local antique mall. Grandma went so far as to get certified as an appraiser for Mexican silver jewelry and for gems (precious and semi-precious).

They got a painting at an estate sale for under a Benjamin that’s ugly as **** but valued at $100k. They were also smart about buying when things weren’t popular (like original Japanese art and Beatles lunchboxes).
Mr. Jones Offline
#6 Posted: Mon, Feb 22 2021, 3:09 PM EST
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Posts: 19,421
#5 zrx

Very cool story...
They were ahead of their time...


The stuff is out there ..it's hit or miss and it is a little time consuming...but I'm semi retired and I need $$$ for taxes, utilities , and insurance ( car is $1,200 yr, house is
$ 1,100 a yr, life insurance is $3,000 a yr...)

***plus you
Gotta get up and move everyday...keep busy...
If you sit around and mope , whine and eat like a pig and drink like a fish....
You,'ll die real quick in retirement...
ZRX1200 Offline
#7 Posted: Mon, Feb 22 2021, 3:41 PM EST
Joined: 07-08-2007
Posts: 60,599
Yeah ya gotta stay sharp if you’re gonna score any top notch ax wounds.
Plowboy221 Offline
#8 Posted: Mon, Feb 22 2021, 8:00 PM EST
Joined: 03-03-2013
Posts: 5,144
Mr. Jones wrote:

If you sit around and mope , whine and eat like a pig and drink like a fish....
You,'ll die real quick in retirement...



Uhhh I do that already, probably been doing that for the last several years. Can I get an appraisal on life expectancy? I’m thinking I have maybe a good six years I’ll be 40.
Mr. Jones Offline
#9 Posted: Mon, Feb 22 2021, 8:22 PM EST
Joined: 06-12-2005
Posts: 19,421
HA !!!!

Your still young , And the body can adjust to that when you are younger...at 64 ....it's different...

What is your blood pressure, cholesterol, weight and
Height?
delta1 Offline
#10 Posted: Mon, Feb 22 2021, 9:06 PM EST
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Plowboy221 wrote:
Uhhh I do that already, probably been doing that for the last several years. Can I get an appraisal on life expectancy? I’m thinking I have maybe a good six years I’ll be 40.



didja hear that the coronavirus has reduced the average American's life expectancy by one year?

when I was born, the average American male was expected to live to 74...I got 6 more years too...let's plan to gather up in 2026 for the Last Round Up Herf
Mr. Jones Offline
#11 Posted: Wed, Feb 24 2021, 7:41 AM EST
Joined: 06-12-2005
Posts: 19,421
Found a McCoy 1776-1976 Liberty Bell "mint" Cookie jar
(No lid) for $2.99 yesterday at manhiem reuzit store...
The house cleanout dumpster across the street from the reuzit STORE is finally gone...
I found bookoooo items for resale in that thing for the last
6 weeks plus I pulled out about 250 lbs of aluminum , brass,
#2 copper wire and steel from it too , many $$$$ and it was all FREE...
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