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dawndie

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I went to two different sales this weekend, which is unusual. One was on the way home from work on Friday, and there must have been 15 cars parked in front of this house. I thought, "Wow, this sale should be great!" and went in. Unfortunately not a whole lot was there, but I did get for $25:

 

--a Scooby-Doo lunch box from the '70s (no thermos)

--3 boxes of Japanese coil incense

 

Then DH and I went to one today that was in one of our favorite neighborhoods, Hollywood Heights -- yes, the houses are all little 1920s bungalows and I wish we could afford to live there. We got for $3:

 

--a few albums, Mahalia Jackson and a couple of touristy "Songs of Old Mexico" and "Songs of Hawaii" which I picked for the cute front covers

--a handful of old 45s of stuff DH liked, like Roger Miller (King of the Road!) and Allan Sherman (Hello Muddah!)

--a hurricane glass from Pat O'Brien's bar in New Orleans

--a little clay dish with a lid (for salsa or guacamole, I'm thinking :dance:) with Mexican-type designs

--a green 4-dish appetizer set from a pottery co. in California, probably 1940s

 

So I probably paid too much at the first one, but made up for it at the second :cry2:

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Dood, that sounds like so much fun! I used to do more estate sales/garage sales, and I just don't do it any more. The town I live in just isn't large enough to have much more than boring garage sales with lots of tacky furniture and pewked-on kid's clothing. But it does make me get the itch to start checking out the auction/estate sale ads in classified and head over to a few of them to see what's around. :)

 

BTW, if you ever see a "Have Gun Will Travel" (Palladin) lunch box from the late 1950's/early 1960's that isn't beat to hell and is under $50, buy it and I will PayPal the money (plus a finder's fee!) to you so fast your head will spin! I have been looking for one of those babies for years and they are usually a too pricey on eBay.

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No problem! I'll definitely keep an eye out for that lunch box. A Quest!

 

DH found the listing for the 2nd one online, so maybe your paper would do that too. I don't have to talk DH into going to estate sales as he likes checking out the old houses -- what condition they're in, the neighborhood and price, etc. We're not looking to move, just nosy :)

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