Flea markets, antique stores, Goodwill, etc..

[Exhibitman]

Not any single item worth $1K but I have found quite a few items or lots of items in the $50-$400 range that were worth a pretty good multiple of what I paid for them.

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Not any single item worth $1K but I have found quite a few items or lots of items in the $50-$400 range that were worth a pretty good multiple of what I paid for them.

Whenever I see boxes of old postcards I love to thumb through them . . .but always walk away the feeling that anything old that had a baseball player or theme was the first out of the box and sold years ago.

[ibuysportsephemera]

Like Alan E......I have made many, many purchases at antiques stores, flea markets, etc. in last 30 years (not cards...memorabilia). The only one over a $1,000 was at a local antique store. I paid $100 for a 1896 baseball program (I think it was the Giants and Cardinals) and sold the program for $1,100 on eBay.


Jeff

[timber63401]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Whenever I see boxes of old postcards I love to thumb through them . . .but always walk away the feeling that anything old that had a baseball player or theme was the first out of the box and sold years ago.

QFT. I bet Ive thumbed thru 100,000 postcards in my life at antique stores and flea markets. The best thing Ive ever found sports related is postcards of Yankee Stadium from the early 50s.

[glynparson]

Many times but there are literally a hundreds or more antique shops within an hour to an hour and a half of my house. Probably more. I live between reading Allentown and philly. An area with tons of history and a passion for antiques. One such buy an e125 Wagner for 2-400 about 4-5 years ago. A board member bought it from me in Cleveland two years ago at national.

[hcv123]

Less usual to find something baseball related these days and the more specialized the collecting category and more knowledgeable you are, the better shot you have.

I would have walked by the earlier shown statue all day at $125

I did take a shot years ago at "Atlantique city" on a group of 5 "Spicy Detective" pulp magazines at $5 each (knew nothing about them at the time). Consigned them to an auction where I netted over $1k for the group. Also bought a Charlies Angels doll display in its original box at a baseball card show (of all places) for $35 - sold on ebay for $2500

Can't recall a similar find on baseball cards or memorabilia.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by hcv123

Less usual to find something baseball related these days and the more specialized the collecting category and more knowledgeable you are, the better shot you have.

I would have walked by the earlier shown statue all day at $125

I did take a shot years ago at "Atlantique city" on a group of 5 "Spicy Detective" pulp magazines at $5 each (knew nothing about them at the time). Consigned them to an auction where I netted over $1k for the group. Also bought a Charlies Angels doll display in its original box at a baseball card show (of all places) for $35 - sold on ebay for $2500

Can't recall a similar find on baseball cards or memorabilia.

We had a restaurant where I live that had a huge Charlies Angles display. It closed down in the early 90s. Cheryl Ladd(Stoppelmoor) is from here. I don't ever remember her but I went to school with her younger brother.

[irv]

Originally Posted by bnorth

We had a restaurant where I live that had a huge Charlies Angles display. It closed down in the early 90s. Cheryl Ladd(Stoppelmoor) is from here. I don't ever remember her but I went to school with her younger brother.

Cheryl was definitely easy on the eyes!

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by irv

Cheryl was definitely easy on the eyes!

Am I the only one that was wondering if the fire extinguisher shown had an ABC rating?

Brian