fun, random moving sale

[jerseyben]

Stopped at Dunkin Donuts this morning to find a "moving sale" flyer taped to the door on my way out. I noticed it was the 2nd day and about 5 mins from my house. My brother stopped by my house and we jumped in the car to head out. Got there and the people were literally moving out in a few hours and wanted EVERYTHING gone now.

The place had been picked over but there was still some decent stuff scattered about. Asked for a price on a large lot of jewelry and was told I could take it ALL for $5. Most people would ask $20-50, based on previous experiences. Ok so now its "game on" and I started asking for prices on anything I was even remotely interested in. Ended up buying the following:

-large stack of comic books (100-150 total), most in protective sleeves and hard back, almost exclusively early 90s comics, probably minimal value in the entire lot (now I remember why I avoid comic books), flea market fodder?
-Oneida sterling heirloom glass goblet (decanter?) in box
-Oneida sterling heirloom ladle (sterling) - should pay for the entire lot alone
-Marx 60's action figure, General Custer (kind of beat up)
-large bag of assorted costume jewelry, not a single piece of good jewelry in the whole lot, all junk but will still fly off the table at the flea market
-4 bottles of unopened wine, 3 are halfway decent brands, 1 is crap - gifts and/or for when company comes over
-5 gallery framed photographs by Susan V. Lockwood, 1 is hand signed/numbered - to be determined as to value

Walked out with all of the above for $45! Now that is how its done...

 

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[clovis97]

General Custer of the Johnny West series.

I spent thousands of hours of my childhood playing with him and all of his friends.

 

[JUNKER]

Looks like you did alright that bottom pic to the right looks like it's in VA nice job you must be a collector when you adding on lol

 

[frankendime]

Strike when the iron is hot! Good pickin!

 

[vpnavy]

Nice buys. Thanks for sharing...

 

[Tallone]

About a year and half ago I bought a box of about 200 comics at an auction. I think I paid $50 for them. Most of them were late 80s/early 90s. They were all in sleeves with backer boards and price tags so, at some point, I think these belonged to a dealer. Anyway, fortunately I found about 20 1960s vintage hot rod theme comics. Those sold on ebay for about $75. The rest of them had almost no ebay value and they were too heavy and bulky to ship so I put them on Craigslist as a lot for $50 and sold them for $40 so I only got about $0.20 each for them. There are comic junkies out there who buy them just to read I think.

 

[Beachkid23]

My sister and I went to an auction and bought a box when she was about 12. Got home and looked through them and found some really old superman comics. I was 14 at the time andI'm not sure what was in there. But It had to be something good as my dad came home in a different car 7 model yrs newer then what we had! From a 1986 Chrysler 5th ave to a 1993 conversion van. This was 1994. To this day he won't say what they were or can't remember! We ask every Christmas what they were and if he saved one!

 

[diggummup]

Nice finds. I'm sure the gallery prints weren't cheap when they were originally purchased, probably at one of her exhibitions. It appears she is a noted Va. photographer. About halfway down the page- Artists at The Bank Food and Drink | Pearisburg, Virginia You know the drill with a lot of comics. They are like 1980's -90's collector cards, not worth much. There is an occasional needle in the haystack though. Finding one is the fun part.

 

[jerseyben]

Nice finds. I'm sure the gallery prints weren't cheap when they were originally purchased, probably at one of her exhibitions. It appears she is a noted Va. photographer. About halfway down the page- Artists at The Bank Food and Drink | Pearisburg, Virginia You know the drill with a lot of comics. They are like 1980's -90's collector cards, not worth much. There is an occasional needle in the haystack though. Finding one is the fun part.

I'm actually dissappointed with myself on the comics because I basically know better. I have avoided buying comics up until this point. I got caught up in the moment because the sellers were basically just giving this stuff away so I just figured what the heck. Now I am stuck with these things...

 

[diggummup]

BTW- Do you read estatesales.net? That sale was listed on it. There is a "private estate sale" coming up on the 22nd of March that I would gladly drive the 25-30 miles to attend if I lived where you do. I know you don't do glass and pottery but I'd be on this like white on rice. Private Estate Sale - Minotola Starts On 3/22/2014

 

[jerseyben]

BTW- Do you read estatesales.net? That sale was listed on it. There is a "private estate sale" coming up on the 22nd of March that I would gladly drive the 25-30 miles to attend if I lived where you do. I know you don't do glass and pottery but I'd be on this like white on rice. Private Estate Sale - Minotola Starts On 3/22/2014

Either come to NJ and go picking with me or stop creeping.

 

[diggummup]

Either come to NJ and go picking with me or stop creeping.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Creeper stopped posting on here months ago for some reason, maybe he got caught.
I was researching the photographs you bought and googled this- Photography Prints Susan V Lockwood- which led to the first result at the top of the page. That's when I got nosey and started looking at sales in your area. lol
Here's what's coming up in my neighborhood this weekend- Estate Sales in Miami / Fort Lauderdale / West Palm Beach, FL

I'm in Hollywood.

 

[jerseyben]

Yea, that one in Minotola is not far from me. It's funny because I know the area well but I have never heard that particular town name used before. To me I would call it "Buena, NJ". I called up my friend/mentor who knows glass/pottery, etc. He actually said he doesnt want to go to that sale. Oh well. I might have to try using that site occasionally. My style is more drive around areas that have produced well in the past and follow signs. If I know of town wides, I always hit those. Sometimes I grab leads off CL and then cruise those neighborhoods looking for more.