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Sounds like my folks. They have their niches like depression era glass and first edition novels. But drat can they spot a deal in a junk sale and they have an encyclopedic knowledge of makers. It's pretty impressive. I've been buying/finding and scrapping precious metals for years now. So can almost promise you the 178- piece is probably worth something if you can find the right buyer, the rest is scrap unless you want to use it or pass it along.
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King of Bees posted:Sounds like my folks. They have their niches like depression era glass and first edition novels. But drat can they spot a deal in a junk sale and they have an encyclopedic knowledge of makers. It's pretty impressive. I've been buying/finding and scrapping precious metals for years now. So can almost promise you the 178- piece is probably worth something if you can find the right buyer, the rest is scrap unless you want to use it or pass it along. GWBBQ posted:If you can take clear photos of the pins, I can identify them for you. Actually, I should post my Soviet hats I got at Goodwill, too.  the 1780's piece is a "berry spoon", and one of the 1800's pieces is a "pickle fork" fuckin' bougies Edit: also my uncle has these two cats and the bottom one is the cool kind of cat who responds to people instead of ignoring them 
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May 12, 2019 02:29
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Sounds like you'll make your money back and then some. Awesome!
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Dog Case posted:This thing was at a thrift store and I bought it for some reason Absolutely do not use regular gasoline in that. It's because of the ethanol additive in gasoline now, basically it destroys small engines by corroding metal parts and destroying gaskets/fuel lines/etc and is hydroscopic so it turns into varnish after sitting for a few weeks. You can get cans of pre-mixed 40:1 or 50:1 fuel at most hardware store chains, and can generally get ethanol-free gasoline direct from fuel suppliers (a search for "[county name] ethanol free gas" should probably do it) if you need a lot of it or it requires a odd ratio, some older engines had odd ratios that went as high as 16:1. You might actually want to drain the tank, run it until the fuel lines empty and then fill it up with the new fuel just to be safe. That said, old Craftsman chainsaws were decent and are great for light-duty stuff. Though mind the lack of the kickback guard.
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May 12, 2019 08:32
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They sell enzyme additives at most power tool stores or auto part places that neutralize the ethanol...somehow. Anyhoo, when we got a lawn tractor the clerk said the number one reason for returns and repairs was ethanol gas.
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May 12, 2019 14:21
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Literally just check out china to use it. It's much better than stoneware and it's not valuable enough to care about, but still expensive enough to produce that getting it new is a hassle.
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May 12, 2019 17:12
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Antivehicular posted:I've wanted to own some uranium orange Fiestaware since I first heard of it back in middle school. Of all my stupid dreams, this is the stupidest. Hey, Here you go. This is where I got my radioactive coffee cup and giger counter. Surprisingly affordable. http://unitednuclear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_8&products_id=1088
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Captain Invictus posted:
This is exactly what I thought your silver sniffing uncle’s house would look like when you described him.
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May 12, 2019 18:26
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Captain Invictus posted:Uncle trip report: mostly silver plated, but about 9ish pieces are sterling silver, three of which are from the mid-late 1800s and one is from 1787, he was able to eyeball most of it(and...smell some of it). He broke out the musty old silverware identification book he got from the auction house back in the day and traced it back to being made in London in august 1787 because all the sigils along the underside of it specified it to that extent, neat. Even had an identifier for the person who made that specific piece but he couldn't find it in the book, but it's rad that it's that ancient. I've been told that antique silver stuff has or develops a faint but sweet smell over time. Dunno if it's a real thing or old wives tale, but neat to know it's this widespread.
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Applesnots posted:Hey, Here you go. This is where I got my radioactive coffee cup and giger counter. Surprisingly affordable.
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GWBBQ posted:Good old nutcase Bob Lazar, at it again. Holy poo poo! I had no idea who he was and googled him and that is some Art Bell levels of nuts right there. Still, sells good stuff.
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King Doom posted:I've been told that antique silver stuff has or develops a faint but sweet smell over time. Dunno if it's a real thing or old wives tale, but neat to know it's this widespread. Smells more like sulfur in my experience. Also sterling tarnishes differently than plate. Less rainbows
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Captain Invictus posted:there was this big basket full of all sorts of silverware(some fancy, some not) so I bought the whole thing, I took out all the stuff that's just "normal" utensils and took a picture of the fancy stuff that was in the bottom of it. Most of these seem to be sterling silverware, whole lot of elaborate stamps printed on the undersides of a lot of them, mostly from italy and the UK it seems. I'm visiting my uncle later today and he ran an auction gallery for decades, so I'm sure he'll be able to help identify some of it if there's anything special. Those stamps are "hallmarks" and are a mandated part of sterling silver in the UK, and they are one of, if not the oldest continuous piece of consumer protection in the world. With cutlery, with space considerations, it can be a bit tricky, but they should have the year, an assay office mark, a sterling silver mark and hopefully a maker's mark. Also the UK pieces should probably have a lion passant. You can easily find good records online to exactly date to the year, where it was assayed and potentially manufacturer which will help a lot with selling it. Generally, the earlier the better. Post 1850s or so, mostly they are scrap value unless they are unusual or from a desirable maker. Anything Georgian (so 18th Century and early 19th) is at least worth doing a little legwork on. Probably worth upwards of $30 a pop.
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May 18, 2019 12:26
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 From 1980. Four cassettes and a booklet. I seriously doubt this was ever played. They had another six or seven sets as well. Classical music is not usually my thing, but I thought this was pretty neat.
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May 19, 2019 02:29
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A thrift thread?! Awesome, I mainly shop for stupid shirts and levis now adays, but things catch my eye every now and then and I feel like it could be an interesting talk piece. Found this projector today. Didn't buy it, but it looked nice.Edit: apparently a bell howell super 8 autoload projector. $14.99 ShortyMR.CAT has a new favorite as of 05:51 on May 19, 2019 |
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ShortyMR.CAT posted:A thrift thread?! Awesome, I mainly shop for stupid shirts and levis now adays, but things catch my eye every now and then and I feel like it could be an interesting talk piece. There is (or was) a Super 8 projector I noticed at a thrift store next to my apartment a couple weeks ago. I kind of wanted it, but I also really need to stop buying poo poo I can't fit in my house. I don't recall if it was Bell&Howell, just that it kind of fit all in a self-contained case. (Un)fortunately, the thrift store is moving and is now having an 80-90% off everything sale. Maybe I should go and see if that is still there.
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An even better deal! My only reason to not buy things is just I have no where to put it or don't have the means to restore it.
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The thrift store secret to avoid becoming a hoarder is to figure out a few things that you like and try to exclusively focus on finding that stuff. Eventually you get to the point where you see other cool stuff, appreciate it at the store, and then move on because it's not your stuff. If you're into flipping stuff, this also helps avoid the situation of finding something that's outside your area of knowledge, but you're pretty sure you saw somewhere that these things are valuable! So you buy it, then later you do some research and learn that some of them are valuable, but this particular one is actually the opposite and now you're stuck with it. Anyway the last good thing I found was an old aluminum hardhat with "USFS" scratched under the bill that I added to my hipster-wall of outdoorsy stuff. 
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noice. My gameplan used to be, "Find old video games that are worth thousands of dollars", but everybody wised up on that after the few thrift store treasure finds made it out to the news. (super rare copies of track and field, Nintendo Competition cartridges ect ect) My new gameplan is, "Can I use this? Will this look cool if I display it?". I'm currently writing this as I wear my Levis denim jacket that I got at an Buffalo Exchange for $26 bucks  Though Buffalo exchange is kinda cheating, everything in there is pretty much amazing or amazingly stupid (Grim reaper shirt I bought for my cousin that says, "Don't fear the reefer" and him smoking a joint)So far my thrift store hauls have included: 1. Microsoft flight stick/joystick 2. This denim jacket 3. A wood keyblade that my wife found and hung up on our wall 4. Some random clothes 5. Dressers 6. Rabbi costume for Halloween
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ShortyMR.CAT posted:(Grim reaper shirt I bought for my cousin that says, "Don't fear the reefer" and him smoking a joint) SUPER jealous.
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May 29, 2019 18:38
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He yet to wear it. What a prick.
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The shirt wasn't particularly nice but I liked the tag It certainly is!
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Damned if I'd find the pic now but I had an American Eagle belt that I noticed years into owning it that it said "open responsibly" on the back of the buckle
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I found this little propane lantern at a Goodwill for $2.99. A pack of mantles cost another $1.99  
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Took a trip to the Humane Society shop: Stephen King's Mr Mercedes Rosemary and Thyme Complete series (I have a thing for Felicity Kendal) Eleventh Hour - Never heard of it, but it has Patrick Stewart A picture frame Flood - They Might Be Giants Their Satanic Majesty's Request - The Rolling Stones $10 for all.
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Mister Kingdom posted:Took a trip to the Humane Society shop: Mr Mercedes was great until you hit the third novel where King went all Fahrenheit (I.e. aliens from the internet.)
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So my partner recently posted our most prized possession in a FB group that's similar to this thread, and it's been pretty popular there. (I've been meaning to post it here for ages but never gotten around to it.) Anyway, the story behind it is that I was at a garage sale and asked the person running it two questions: 1) What's the story? 2) How much? She said "I don't know, and a dollar." And that's how we came to own Titty Frog Very mildly NWS due to crochet frog genitalia.  https://imgur.com/s6Rud8s P.S. Bonus stop-motion we made because people keep on arguing about the magic cards in the background on some reddit where it got reposted.  https://imgur.com/cBDmL8d
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King Kambrook posted:So my partner recently posted our most prized possession in a FB group that's similar to this thread, and it's been pretty popular there. (I've been meaning to post it here for ages but never gotten around to it.) Big fan. Also love your swan thing.
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Cross-post but: got a Sony bdv-780w in perfect condition with all the surround speakers and subwoofer for 35$. Now I just have to go back and grab the wireless amplifier for the surround speakers and my tiny living room is gonna *bump* With just the front/center/sub channels going my windows rattle, I can't wait til I find the amp and get to watch bad boys 2 on blu-ray, the best surround system movie ever. This also means I get to take the sound bar and giant subwoofer that was in the living room, into the even smaller bedroom. My life just got a whole lot louder. 
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King Kambrook posted:And that's how we came to own Titty Frog welp, i guess dirty frogs were A Thing. everyone, meet my newest animal friend, Dick Frog!   Dick Frog didn't come from the thrift store though, he came from my grandparents' bedroom. we're pretty sure my gran made him. THIS little beauty though, i did pick up at goodwill just this weekend. i love it so much. 
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P.S. I'll find my frog
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borrowed from a FB group
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 Found this bad boy from goodwill store in parts, cost about 15 dollars (12 EUR) and was labeled "misc Legos". It even came with the back part of the original box and the instructions were between the divider and the box. Unbelievably everything in the engine, drive train and transmission still works. It ended up missing only 2 unique parts (both door mirrors with model-specific prints on them) and handful of other secondary stuff (such as most of the second seat, parts for the back spoiler, some other random parts which I was able to mostly replace). I guess the previous owner had built the B-model (Formula 1 car) and lost the leftover parts. Now it sits in my office on a shelf where I can fiddle around with it when I am bored.
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God drat that's a hell of a find. I remember building the Super Car with my dad when it came out and accidentally assembling a major component of the gear shifting mechanism wrong, and having to disassemble half the thing to fix it.
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Captain Invictus posted:God drat that's a hell of a find. I remember building the Super Car with my dad when it came out and accidentally assembling a major component of the gear shifting mechanism wrong, and having to disassemble half the thing to fix it. A lot of Technics models now use connections that make it extremely hard to disassemble even partially without instructions because unlike with Lego connections it's not immediately obvious which bit has to come off first. E: by a lot I mean two I guess. I don't disassemble a lot of Lego sets:D
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King Kambrook posted:So my partner recently posted our most prized possession in a FB group that's similar to this thread, and it's been pretty popular there. (I've been meaning to post it here for ages but never gotten around to it.) Haha, isn't that card worth like a bajillion dollars?
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Beartaco posted:Haha, isn't that card worth like a bajillion dollars? Yes, but only if it is in mint condition and from the original 1st edition sets, not from the later re-runs or remakes.
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Der Kyhe posted:Yes, but only if it is in mint condition and from the original 1st edition sets, not from the later re-runs or remakes.
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Captain Invictus posted:they remade the black lotus and such in accurate replicas of the alpha/beta/unlimited versions? I thought the entire thing of those and the Power Nine was that they would never reprint those, ever, so only the ones that were out there were it. I am almost certain that they have re-released or at least allowed reprints of black lotus and the others in later editions and the "made to order"-decks. They do, however always carry the symbols depicting when and to what edition that particular card belongs to. Only the 1st print run of each card carries no extra symbols so they are the expensive ones.
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Der Kyhe posted:I am almost certain that they have re-released or at least allowed reprints of black lotus and the others in later editions and the "made to order"-decks. Black Lotus and the rest of the Power 9 are on the reserve list (cannot be reprinted) and have not been reprinted since Unlimited in 1993. There are also non-tournament-legal versions that have different backs/shape printed shortly after. The non-tournament-legal Black Lotuses cost a couple thousand. The Unlimited ones (cheapest actual playable cards) go for over $5,000. Black-bordered ones (Alpha or Beta) run from around $15,000 to $150,000, depending on condition. The one being torn up in the previous post is pretty clearly a fake, even from the low quality pics.
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