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My local library is running their semi-annual book sale this week, which will be my first time doing in-person scavenging in almost a month. I buy (and sell) on eBay almost every day, but there’s nothing quite like digging through boxes and tables to find something that everyone looked past, then posting it and turning that $1 or $2 investment into $20 or $40.
What did you find out in the wild this week?
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I didn’t do any sourcing last week, but found this candle ring at an estate sale recently for .50. Usually these look pretty tacky and are Christmas but I thought this one was nice. If it doesn’t sell maybe I’ll use it on Thanksgiving. I only go to estate sales randomly and late, but I always can pride myself on finding something others overlooked.
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Big hit of the week for me is a copy of “GWR Through Booking Of Parcels” from 1897, which was lying on top of a pile of Catherine Cookson paperbacks. Cost me fifty pence; I’m guessing the date as it lists the Selsey Railway, but not the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway, so 1896 or ’97.
Big hit of last week was two oil paintings by an “avant-garde” Coventry artist of the 1930s, Peter Humphrey. Two pounds for the pair; unfortunately Mr Humphrey must have been a starving artist at the time, as he painted a landscape in the manner of Sisley on one side, signed it, and then flipped the board over and did a treescape in the manner of Cezanne on the other.
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I ran out to get some bubble wrap last week at the U-Haul place and stopped in the Goodwill across the street on the way back. I have very rarely found anything of value there so I’ll never make a special trip to shop it, but every once in a while, they overlook something that’s worth buying. This time, I saw a box on the electronics shelf with some interesting parts and pieces sticking out and discovered a late model Lyman T-Mag Turret Press for reloading ammunition inside.
There was also an extra turret (the part with the 6 threaded holes) and a set of Hornady dies for .300 Blackout ammunition in the box, all for $27. I’m probably looking at ending up with getting $20 for the dies, $50 for the extra turret, and in the $200 range for the press, maybe $250 if I offer free shipping but it is a heavy mother.
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Wow, that’s quite a find anywhere, but at a Goodwill in 2022 it’s really something! Was it in the original box or all piled together into a random box? Amazing how high quality stuff ends up in a random thrift store…
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“… at a Goodwill it’s really something!”
Yes indeed. I was very surprised to find it, and to still have its major parts as it was piled together in a random open box. They must have just put it out. Since there is no model name or number anywhere on it, it’s possible they had no idea what it was and whoever was pricing it got lazy with their eBay search to figure it out. I’m still surprised though because this Goodwill is not bashful about putting high prices on random unique items. It’s so heavy maybe they didn’t want to bother packing it up to send to their auction hub.
BTW the extra turret sold a couple hours after I put it up so the rest is all gravy now.
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