At a garage sale last week

[safeinOhio]

And saw an old baseball on a shelf and ask if it was for sale. Guy said sure, how about a quarter.
Has hand stitching that goes straight across, not like the herringbone like we normally see.
Late 1800s. Not worth a fortune, but at least $30 or more.

[GP6971]

1. I've picked up a lot of

stuff...old Lionel, American Flyer and Marx trains and accessories. Most don't work but are good for parts and occasionally I get a real gem.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Don't you love finding stuff like that? Last fall, I paid 25 cents for

an aluminum Christmas tree, in orginial box, 5 feet tall. Sold it in my vintage mall booth for $84.

[safeinOhio]

3. Best fine last week was an old carpenters tool chest.

I thought, at first, the ten dollar tag fell of some other item. Still had the two pull out shelfs in it and had a tin cover on the top so one wouldn't need a piece of glass to make it a coffee table.

It takes a lot of stopping before you find a good one.

[pansypoo53219]

4. more reason to hoard. i got a roman key(ebay research after) 1/2 off at a sale.

$2.50. worth less than $30 i think. but hey, its OLD. now if i only i had gotten the WHOLE set of 1903 american edition encyclopedia britannica intomy car instead of just 3. best bathroom reading ever. had to find another set.. not as pretty, but 1891. gave up on rummage for state sales. but not as good as it used to be. no more depression era.

[Vinca]

5. Good for you guys. I'm finding zilch. There haven't been all that many yard sales so far

because of the rainy weather and the thrift shop has gotten foolishly over priced. I hate these ruts. It seems like you'll never find anything good ever again.

[safeinOhio]

6. Hang in there.

Get out early and you'll hit one.
I love when I see someone just putting out the sale sign.

I hate when I'm walking up the drive and someone is coming out with a guitar case.

[Vinca]

9. This weekend I finally found something good. A Moorcroft pottery lamp for $40!

Lots of other smalls that should sell pretty quickly in the booth and another wooden duck decoy to add to my growing collection. It was just what I needed to get the juices going to continue the never ending treasure hunt.

[wyldwolf]

7. It's fascinating the OLD stuff you can find that isn't worth a whole lot.

Found a copy of a 1940s-era Captain Marvel comic book. It was an odd piece - seemed more like a newspaper insert. 4 pages front and back. Online price was about $25. I thought I'd struck gold when I saw it.

[safeinOhio]

8. Last year I found a couple

of blank Students For a Democratic Society (SDS) aplication Post card size. Not a lot of value, but very cool to me.