Flea markets, antique stores, Goodwill, etc..

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Originally Posted by dwr11

I have had numerous great finds through the years as I grew up going to auction sales, garage sales, flea markets and antique shows. I picked up this Clemente button which is extremely tough to locate a couple of years ago for $20.00 at a show and sold it on eBay to a member of this forum for $700.00 - $800.00. I can't remember for sure. I also picked up at a small show a massive hoard of original snapshot photos. There are a couple thousand at least. I have sold off a small amount but still have many left. An example of some I still have. This happened a number of years ago but I was at an Antique show in Superior, WI. A dealer had some rusty 1964 Topps coins and he wanted way to much for them. I saw one 1955 Armour coin in the bag and it turned out to be a 1955 Armour Mickey Mantle (correct spelling) coin. I asked how much and the dealer said "for the plastic one" 50 cents. I ended up selling it to Mr. Mint at one of the old State Fairgrounds shows in the cities for $200.00 if I remember correctly.

I believe I actually paid you only 30X your original investment for that pin and would do so again. I have only two such finds. One was a large group of autographs that included Koufax, Drysdale, Maris, Paige and many others. I paid $10 for each autograph. The other was six boxes of unopened 1976 Topps Basketball cards. I paid $20 a box and sold them quite a bit more. That was an awesome experience.