Show your Americana / Non-Sports Memorabilia

[FUBAR]

Beautiful items... its like the Antiques roadshow Net54 style!

[GrayGhost]

Yeah, but this stuff isnt rigged, like a lot of that show is.

[theantiquetiger]

I buy and sell as a hobby to fund my LSU collecting.

I made an easy $700+ this week off a near mint 1930's Lionel train set and a couple late 1800's fly fishing reels.

I paid $400 for the train set and $10 for the reels.

The reels sold for $80 and the train for $1100!!!

Here is the only picture I have left from the set(deleted them as I listed them):



People ask me all the time how do I know what to buy at these estate sales. All I can tell them is that I don't know what to buy, but I know what to risk my money on. I have made 10's of 1000's of dollars over the last 10 years are so.

(keeps the wife from complaining when I spend $1000 on one LSU item )

here is my ebay page if you want to see the rest of the train (completed items, so you need to be logged in):

Theantiquetiger eBay page

[GrayGhost]

Do you pay your taxes sir, either via Schedule C for Business Income or if a hobby, via Schedule D for Capital Gains? Lets be above board..haha.

those trains are awesome. that stuff is cool, estate sales/auctions, etc. Right place/right time adn w money too.

[canjond]

Originally Posted by GrayGhost

Do you pay your taxes sir, either via Schedule C for Business Income or if a hobby, via Schedule D for Capital Gains? Lets be above board..haha.

those trains are awesome. that stuff is cool, estate sales/auctions, etc. Right place/right time adn w money too.

I've registered my eBay ID as a 503(c) not-for-profit because any my sales are used to fund more purchases

[thekingofclout]

Zieff was a legendary advertising photographer who created the Marlboro Man advertising campaign. He was also a top director of movies & television commercials.

His films include Slither (1973), House Calls (1978), The Main Event (1979), Private Benjamin (1980), Unfaithfully Yours (1984), The Dream Team (1989), My Girl (1991) and My Girl 2 (1994).

Some of his other advertising campaigns included "You Don't Have To Be Jewish" for Levy's rye bread, "Mamma Mia, that's a spicy meatball" for Alka-Seltzer, and ads for the New York Daily News, Polaroid, and Volkswagen.

Small scan but the photo is huge 16 x 20. Incredibly, the 1961 Yankees scorecard companion piece is from Roger Maris' record breaking 61st game!
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[andypcl]

In addition to sports buttons, I also have this group of Disney pinbacks. If anyone has any Globetrotter imprints not shown, I'd be interested. Thanks!

[GrayGhost]

Originally Posted by canjond

I've registered my eBay ID as a 503(c) not-for-profit because any my sales are used to fund more purchases

Now, THAT is funny

[perezfan]

A distant second to vintage Baseball, I was also fascinated with the giant Zeppelins of the 1920s/30s. Just something about an enormous tube-shaped balloon (the length of a football field) floating overhead seems surreal. During their heyday, these were thought to be the future of air travel (as opposed to the airplane). Of course the Hindenburg disaster changed that thinking forever...

Here is some Zeppelin stuff that I have hung on to, as it's just too neat to part with. Of course, a couple of pennants and a figural piece are included

One of the Postcards is actually autographed by Hugo Eckener, who pioneered, designed and even piloted the famous Graf Zeppelin. The one beside it has a photo of the Zeppelin's elegant dining room. The dining room, kitchen, sleeping area, and Pilots' quarters all fit into the seemingly tiny under-carriage below. That gives an indication of just how enormous the entire bodies of these goliath airships were.

A final tidbit I thought was cool... 3 of the first day covers below were transported by Airmail, via Graf Zeppelin. The other was aboard the first-ever flight of the Hindenburg (and no burn marks! )