posted on August 9, 2002 08:42:26 AM new
You fill in the rest!! My most memorable stop was at a garage sale back in june where I purchased an antique Marx train set MIB for $5 from an old man. Lets hear yours...
posted on August 9, 2002 10:34:33 AM new
My most memorable purchase/sale was back in 1998. I purchased an "Old Face Cranberry Teddy" beanie baby for $5 at a garage sale and it sold for $840. Don't think something like that will ever happen again
posted on August 9, 2002 10:35:46 AM new
I bought an airplane model with a 3 ft wing span for $1.00. Tried to give it to a neighbor kid. Tried to give it to my husband. Sold it on ebay for $157.00. Two old moldy books for 50 cents. Ebay price = $175.00 for both. Husband bought 3 model kits at an auction for 50 cents each. Built one, gave one away. Sold the other one for $135.00. Tried to get him to ask his friend for the other one back. Now don't ask me about all the stuff I paid lots more for that I KNEW would sell and didn't. Many more of those unfortunately!
posted on August 9, 2002 01:08:44 PM new
My most memorable purchase was a wedding band for my wife. Strange but I can remember every detail about that simple $150.00 purchase.
posted on August 9, 2002 01:16:28 PM new
Last Nov. I went to an estate sale. There was a set of Royal Crown Derby "Traditional Imari" The price was $850.00. The man who was putting on the sale said that 2 or 3 antique dealers had been in & one had offered $500.00 I looked it over & told him I would take it. There were a pair of 10 in. candlesticks. I sold the pair for $1000.00. I sold the set piec meal on ebay for over $5000.00!!!
posted on August 9, 2002 04:53:01 PM new
MY VERY FIRST DEAL ON E BAY,,,,,,,,,,KEROSENE OIL GLASS LAMP. SWAP MEET THING, $10.00......A WEEK OF CHANGING THIS AND DOUBLE PICTURES AND EDITING MY WORDING AND KILLING THE AUCTION OUT OF FEAR I HAD DONE SOMETHING WRONG AND CHANGING THE SEARCH ENGINE LINE TO FINDING OUT HOW TO ACTUALLY SPELL KEROSENE RIGHT,,,,,,,NOT KERISINE,,,,,,OR KERESENE,,,,,I FOUND A FEW OTHERS WHO COULD NOT SPELL IT RIGHT AND LET THEM KNOW......SOME THOUGHT,,,WHO IS THIS IDIOT? ALL I COULD FIND AT FIRST WERE MAYBE 10 LAMPS,,,,,,,I KNEW THERE HAD TO BE HUNDREDS! WHEN I LEARNED TO SPELL,,,,,,AND BELIEVE ME ,,,,THIS TAUGHT ME WELL! $118.00 BUCKS! YIKES.......HELLO E BAY! GEES,,,,NOW I AM REALLY PARANOID AGAIN,,,,DID I SPELL IT RIGHT????? HAHAHAHA.
posted on August 9, 2002 05:19:42 PM new
Dukes of Hazzard enamel belt buckle with the Confederate flag on it. Bought it for a quarter at Goodwill. It sold for $214.00. The auction went hot. Amazing...
Also an old silk scarf from some silk exhibition in Japan. The design was by Salvador Dali. It sold for around $75.00 and the buyer was absolutely thrilled. I paid a dime for the thing.
posted on August 9, 2002 05:20:24 PM new
An iron I purchased at auction for $140 which I sold for $1375
or a goat head bell that I purchased for $12 which I sold the same day with a BIN for $135 (and they had 4 more at the auction - darn it for not taking all of them!) The lady who was having the auction cringed when she heard the final bid price!
Or a 3 foot tall Buddah carved from a single piece of wood that I purchased for $70 that I re-sold $275. My wife couldn't figure out why I bought it.
posted on August 9, 2002 09:25:24 PM new
A mountain bike. Paid $75 for this bicycle with flat tires and covered in dirt. The wife thought I was insane. After a bath, and some air, it sold a week later for $459. I love when a hunch is right. She is an eBay convert now.
posted on August 9, 2002 10:19:14 PM new
O.K. I CAN ONLY ASSUME EVERYONE HERE IS WELL OVER THE AGE OF 21 NOT TO EVEN MENTION THAT 18 BALONEY,,,,,,,WANNA HEAR MYYYYYYYY FIND,,,,,,,,????????? TEN PEOPLE HAVE TO COME BACK WITH A YES! OR OTHERWISE,,,,,NO SHOW......WELL,,,,,,,,,
posted on August 10, 2002 08:51:33 AM new
One of my best purchases was 3 yrs ago when a lady called me over to sell me china and glassware. She wanted $500 for all of it and told me that on the phone before I arrived.
There were 3 pieces of chintz that sold for about $2500 and the rest of the mixed pieces sold for about $4000.
And I will be the 3rd vote for wanting to know what Jack's find was.
posted on August 10, 2002 11:34:41 AM new
I'm jumping up & downwanting to know Jack. Does it have ANYTHING at all to do with manequins? SP? How to spell that completely left me! I vote YES!
posted on August 10, 2002 04:04:57 PM new
5 pair of used underwear. They were 4X Big Dog's I had bought a couple of years earlier for $5.99 each on clearance. I wore them for 2 years, lost a lot of weight and was going to give them away. I decided to sell them on ebay got $36.00 for them.
Had a friend move out of town, had a bunch of junk she left, and said go ahead and go through it and take what we want. Had a Christmas ornament we got $163.00 for.
Purchased a Calculator at an Estate sale for $2.00 and sold it for $125.00
posted on August 10, 2002 04:52:36 PM new
A poster that I bought at a rummage fpr $2.00. Haven't sold it yet, I'm waiting for the busy season to start. Should go for around $150.00 (hopfully).
And yes Jack....do tell!
posted on August 10, 2002 06:11:58 PM new
A victrola I bought for $5 and sold for $200. The lady's neighbors were having a yard sale so she thought she would just stick four or five things out on the end of her driveway. Okay Jack . . .
posted on August 10, 2002 10:00:13 PM new
My best one didn't cost me anything.
I just recently sold a freebie give-away that I got at a Major League baseball game for $71 ............ I have 4 more, one of which someone had left on the ground
wanting to know Jack. Does it have ANYTHING at all to do with manequins? SP? How to spell that completely left me! I vote YES!