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Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:28 pm

damitboy wrote: I collect vintage american pottery, mostly McCoy pottery and have aquired some very rare and non-production pieces.

Dude that is some cool (Kewl?) shit. Got any pics?

Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:56 pm

I got this at our recycletown at the dump.

coleman 220 lantern dated nov 1926. in the origional box with operating instructions and spare mantles (really old also).Inplace of the standard pyrex globe is a metal and Mica shield. i nearly shit my pants when all they wanted is 5.00

Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:18 pm

That's a nice one. I have two of those from the 50s. That is a lot nicer.

Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:18 am

My house was built in 1929 in what is known as Spanish Colonial Revival Style and I collect all kinds of stuff that is correct for the era, Here's some interior shots.

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Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:16 am

alex608 wrote: I got this at our recycletown at the dump.

coleman 220 lantern dated nov 1926. in the origional box with operating instructions and spare mantles (really old also).Inplace of the standard pyrex globe is a metal and Mica shield. i nearly shit my pants when all they wanted is 5.00
How much did they want for the Clementine Squareback?

Sat Jun 21, 2008 11:21 am

LOL the square is for sale... make an offer, LF damage from accident

Sun Jun 22, 2008 8:13 am

A few years back , my Buddy and I were at an Antique show in WPB,Fla. He went in one direction, and I went in the other. He comes back with a KDF savings bank that he scored for $20.00! He didn't know what it was. I asked him how much he wanted for it. He says" Fuck You, it must be worth something if you want it" He ended up selling it to me a a couple years later when he needed money for his divorce....It wasn't for 20 bucks either.
Paul

Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:54 am

Oldnslow wrote: My house was built in 1929 in what is known as Spanish Colonial Revival Style and I collect all kinds of stuff that is correct for the era, Here's some interior shots.

Fixed your two middle links, there Buddy.

Nice house! you really need some better furniture, though. I wouldn't charge you too much to haul all that old crap away :D. Pics of the outside? I'd like to see the style.

Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:38 pm

Estate auctions are usually what I go for especially the no name auctioneers because after they sell a few of the high dollar items they want to go home and start selling everything at a buck a box.

Haven't gone lately because I accumulate too much stuff.

Sun Jun 22, 2008 2:29 pm

Was down in S.C. at my dads place this past May, he has a small Arts & Crafts style. Anyway My wife and I were at an antique shop he and his wife frequent, and ran across an old small printing press, probably a letter press. The guy wanted what was asking $1500- but that was more then what I was willing to pay. Last week my dad called and asked / well told me he had picked it up for $500. - includes type faces, drawers, manual, etc. He is going to send the manual so I can review it.

Sun Jun 22, 2008 2:56 pm

My whole house is furnished by junk stores and garage sales.
Seriously, you take one piece of garbage from one sale, and some more from another- apart its just old junk, but if you know how to put it together...it turns into gold.
Antique stores are nothing but well-displayed garage sales'.
My latest score:

And everything in our living room, seriously- ALL from garage sales:

Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:26 pm

Bub wrote: My whole house is furnished by junk stores and garage sales.
Seriously, you take one piece of garbage from one sale, and some more from another- apart its just old junk, but if you know how to put it together...it turns into gold.
Antique stores are nothing but well-displayed garage sales'.
My latest score:

And everything in our living room, seriously- ALL from garage sales:

sweet- :wink: i find some nice furniture just hangin out- found to jacobson butterfly chairs at a university just laying around, found a knock-off of an eames storage unit at the local human society- bought them 2 other Ikea units to trade for it-

Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:15 pm

This was at a yard sale for $5. It had about 4 coats of various colors of enamel on it from over the years.

I'm no expert, but I think it cleaned up nice.

Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:27 pm

I love going to neighborhood garage sales. And if you are a history nut like I am, you will appreciate this story. A few years ago, I'm at this garage sale in San Diego, and on the wall in the garage, is a picture of the Flying Wing, Northrop YB-49, flying over the U.S. Capitol, dated 1947. I said, wow, the Flying Wing! Is that for sale? The lady said no, but was obviously impressed that I knew what it was. So she asked if I'd like to meet the pilot, which was her Dad, who was inside the house making spaghetti sauce. I said sure!...what's your Dad's name?.... Bob Cardenas... :shock: My jaw hit the deck!

So here I am, now in his home office with wall to wall pics of every type of aircraft, the Bell X-1, and the ME-262, to name a few, all flown by Brigadier General (Retired) Robert Cardenas, and he's telling me how awesome it was to be a test pilot, and I soaked it in. After I got home, I looked up his bio online, and didn't realize just how influential this guy was. He was a very interesting and straight, down to earth guy. Made you feel really welcome.

Anyway, I got to shake his hand, listen to some cool stories, and sample his spaghetti sauce. I was numb leaving his house. I can't even remember if I bought anything at the garage sale, it really didn't matter.

Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:51 am

Went to two flea markets this weekend. Got an Authorized Personel Only sign and a railroad crossing sign cheap! It's 41 x 41"! Then we got our 5 year anniversary present, an awesome mirror with a wood inlay border.
JiI

Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:45 pm

OK collectors, I'm trying to find the value of a Wilcox-gay recordio, modal a-91 the "GRAND STANDER". This is a record recorder from 1941, any help would be greatly apriciated. Freel free to pm me if you want to see pictures of it, thanks.

Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:03 pm

Five bucks.

Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:00 pm

I like old watches.
WWII or Korea

1922 Cadillac

1944 bomb timer

T-34

1935 something. All I know is that the plane it came from when into production in 1935 and out of 10,000 watches made this is number 120.

Corsair

And my prize a watch off of an ME 109

Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:47 am

chickengeorge wrote: Five bucks.

Fucker. I'll give you ten, right now.

Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:58 am

Tram wrote: chickengeorge wrote: Five bucks.

Fucker. I'll give you ten, right now.
And here I thought I got a bargain on mine when I paid $27.50 for it.