Steve – There’s collies, and there’s flowers. Cauliflowers! Wonderful vistas in the last several videos. You certainly live in beautiful country out there.
A year or so ago you sold a portable analog TV. I tried to search in the podcasts, but couldn’t find the video. I recall that you were able to test it somehow. I picked up a 1985 portable GE TV/radio. It seems to work, but I’d like to see if I can get something to show on the screen. I’ve got a VCR and a cable with yellow/white/red plugs on one side and a single plug (that fits into the antenna port on the TV) on the other side. I’m trying to figure out how to connect something from our TV or receiver to the VCR. Any thoughts? I put it off for later and hope to get back to it today. If it’s too difficult, I’ll just show the white noise and hope that is good enough.
I didn’t sell much last week, but I have a few interesting items to show:
It is hard to buy silver plate flatware for a low enough price. This set came tarnished with a beat up case. I guess that put off the other bidders. I threw out the case and polished the flatware. Bought for $5.75 and sold for best offer of $50. http://www.ebay.com/itm/183264163137
I bought this vase recently at auction for less than $1. The design looks like similar vases from Fenton, but I couldn’t find anything with an applied design in front. I put “maybe Fenton” in the title and priced it a little higher than others at $17. Sold in just a few hours. http://www.ebay.com/itm/183337168904
I use a digital to analog signal converter with a small antenna to demonstrate my TVs.
If you have a DVD recorder or late model VCR with a digital tuner built in you could hook it up to the TV.
I would just hook up a VCR or DVD player and play a tape showing that the screen is working. A lot of old analog CRT televisions are used by gamers so if it has front inputs that’s a plus.
Thanks, Steve! I’ll check for a digital tuner, but I think the VCR is a bit too old and the DVD players a bit too young. I like the idea of putting in a VCR tape and seeing that play, if it works. I don’t have a digital to analog converter, although, we do have a digital antenna. I’ll see what works!
You should be able to hook up an older VCR via a coaxial cable if there are no A/V phono hook ups.
Todays TV signals although digitally encoded are still the regular VHF signal of old so any TV antenna will work, it’s the tuner in the newer devices that decodes the signal.
HD Digital antennas are just a marketing scam to get you to buy a new antenna.
I install OTA TV Antennas on the side – I hate that my customers buy the stupid “HD Digital” antennas and call me to install or “fix” the garbage they bought. A paperclip just works as well as any junk antenna for strong local stations. A good antenna from the 70’s will work on any VHF station and local UHF still, and those on the distant UHF stations just need a good bow-tie antenna like the CM 4228.
I don’t understand how these TV antenna scammers can advertise falsely – just disappointing that they are not prosecuted. My competition for installing antennas tells his customers the same lies that the antenna can pick up 100’s of channels from far off cities – then they call me when they are getting a fraction of that and I have to give them to truth.
I had an okay week of sales last week. Here are some notables…
I paid too much for this cast iron pot at an auction last year ($20). I thought it was a bean pot of some sort, but later learned it was a smelting pot. I intended to restore it with a lye bath, but it sat in my garage for too long. I just wanted rid of it. Ended up listing it as is and it sold for a best offer of $40. Doubled my money before fees and learned something new in the process. Hollands Smelting Pot
I would never have thought that cutting boards could bring a decent price if it wasn’t for SL. This extra thick cutting board came in a box lot of misc. stuff that I paid $13 (13 sellable items so $1 each). I labeled it as a butcher chopping board because of the extra thickness. Took a few months but it sold for full price of $50. Small Butcher Block
Here’s my big sale of the week. I bought this vintage Coleman lantern at an auction for ONE DOLLAR! I was shocked that nobody wanted it, and so was the auctioneer. I had no knowledge of vintage lanterns, but it was a no brainer purchase. After some research, I learned that it was from 1961. It looked hardly used. Came with all the original paper work and the box too. I priced it rather high and waited for a good offer, which came for $115 last week. Since it was bulky and taking up a lot of room, I decided to take it. Vintage Coleman Lantern
Here’s another neat item that sold. I spotted this industrial light fixture under a table inside a barn auction. I paid $2 for it. It needed a good cleaning as it was covered with dust and filth. But it cleaned up really well! Surprisingly, no cracks or damage. And the old lightbulb that came in it still worked! I priced it for $100 and took an $89 offer. Adalet Industrial Light Fixture
This was a good and fast sale last week – the vintage 1960s era leather zippered pouch from a Speedy Stitcher I got at a yard sale last year. Should have listed it higher, in hindsight, but $80 wasn’t bad earnings. There were 2 1940s LL Bean leather pouches listed on eBay, for $150 and $170, and had writing on them. Mine had some water damage and were smaller, but also a nicer looking leather/color. Go figure. Sold within the day: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-60s-LL-Bean-Brown-Leather-Pouch-Bag-w-Talon-Zipper-White-Tag-5-x-4-5/323360011165
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