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1. A Washington coin that was made immediately after his death (something about death coins being common in the time), basically a rare limited edition minting, and they are very rare so the show said anyhow. Not currency obviously, more of a commemorative death coin would be more accurate description I imagine, curious if anyone here has a similar one, or ever seen one perhaps? The person found it, the seller knew what it was, and sold it for 2000 to the finder, and said a less knowledgeable person may have sold for five bucks....
2. A very rare pistol, in fact the exact model and year of the pistol which killed Lincoln, and the guy gave 8000 for it and some other related items, perhaps a brick from the theater as well. Wow 8 grand, but definitely a museum quality piece, too each his/her own I always say.... I saw both of these episodes, the George Washington coin was in with a bunch of key rings and it was actually made into a keyring also (ion my opinion the buyer paid to much, but I don't know what its worth without the hole) The series that had the Lincoln memorabilia also got a piece of the building where he was shot and a letter written by someone (can't remember who) and a COA of these items. He also bought a ball and chain from the 1800's and the replica gun |
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Yeah I forgot to mention the letter and the ball and chain, I recall he said with the materials used to make the ball, it dated between late 1700's and early 1800's. Same exact model as my girlfriend, even though she is designed with modern day pain in the you know what features, he he jk, shes alright.... I have found that if you watch American Pickers, Pawn Stars, the two storage unit shows I like (Auction Hunters and Storage wars), there is the Auction show form Atlanta Auction kings, and this new show mentioned or any others on similar subject, you learn about items you may have knew little about before or knew their high value in some cases.... Like Mike on Pickers early episode bought a 1917 Harley Davidson pedal system from a rare Harley bike, they only made them for a couple of years, bicycles that is. Bought it for like 50, sold for 400. Rusty piece of junk to most eyes, not to the trained eye with the knowledge and know where to sell it for a profit.... He also bought a rare saddle for 50, and sold it for 5 grand, and got a bad reputation on for a bit, now when they score big on the show, they go back sometimes an help the owner back out, like on a episode where they bought this amazing rare old side show art work. Huge banters or murrells of sorts, from the artist who's name escapes me dang it, man this guys work fetches big money, they made like 10 or 15 grand on two pieces, and supposedly gave half back to the old amusement park guy to help him renovate his old fair/amusement park.... I have learned about antique furniture, Faberge (Pawn stars lady wanted 2 grand for Faberge black widow, amazing platinum trim, with gold an diamonds, he said I will give ya 15 grand, to be fair, does that really happen in real world, rof  ), art, old antique weapons, toys, etc.. If I ever encounter any of these items now, via estate sale or garage sale, I will be at least a bit more knowledgeable about what to attempt to purchase, and like most in garage sales, they are looking to liquidate and move what they perceive to be old junk.... Edited by Silverhawk74
04/01/2011 2:36 pm
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The estate show I watched for 5 minutes. I couldnt stand listening to the person talk. The other shows mentioned I watch except the storage show on spike I dont like the younger guy of the 2. He is way to cocky and seems like a bs artist to me. I do watch the estate show with the nice looking blonde Cari. Estate sales were I live are normally seeded with the estate/auction dealers stuff. You will see alot of the same stuff at all of the estate sales held by that company. I tend to overpay at auctions and estate sales. The best bets are yard/garage sales but you need to be getting there early. I did buy a Morgan silver dollar at the goodwill store once it was in a bag of misc junk and cost me a dollar or 2. |
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I don't understand the pickers show. They'll put hundreds of miles on a vehicle, and most episodes buy $300 worth of stuff they can sell for $600 if it sells. Out of that $300 profit they have to pay 50ยข+ a mile for vehicle operation, and three employees that we see. Where do they make a profit?
From the seller's POV, they buy the best, easiest to sell, stuff, and leave him with the rest. Wouldn't it make more sense to look at a $30,000 barn full of stuff, buy it all for $10,000, retail the popular stuff for $15-20K, and blow the rest off for $5000?
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Yeah but you have to think Fredd the History channel pays them pretty good to do the show I would figure....
Either way, they are pulling good ratings. So that combined with the economy, and many shows like it, makes me think many people are trying to think of alternative ways to make money these days....
Now that it is summer, I am seeing garage and estate sales all over the place as well....
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06/06/2011 02:22 am
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What did they make money on before TV?
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I think before TV they probably didn't go back and give people more money when they had a big score.  |
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Good call Thunder on that one, as that heart gets real big after you know you took somebody to the cleaners in front of millions, like on those old fair canvas pieces painted by that elite artist they made like 10 grand on and went back and gave the guy they got them from some money to fix up the old fair grounds....
They bought an old saddle early on for like 50 to 75 bucks, and it brought like 5 grand at an auction and they caught some negative publicity....
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06/06/2011 2:44 pm
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They have also developed a reputation for finding hard to find things, and have been hired by Captain Kirk to decorate his Kentucky derby office in Kan-tuck-eee, and they also did a new episode hunting civil war items for a fellow who started a civil war museum, and they found some great items, like an impossible to find red river southern cavalry sword, and a Springfield carbine seems like.... Or at least the script portrays them to have developed that reputation, lol  .... Edited by Silverhawk74
06/06/2011 2:51 pm
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I bought an Esso glass cube bank with several shiny new coins inside for $10. When I got home I found that the coins were all mint state blazers from the early fifties. A couple of the quarters are beautifully toned around the edges without even a bag mark on them. One of the pennies is a Red 1952D with a die error on the back. The "U" in united is chopped in three pieces and leaning to the right. It isn't a damaged coin because the rest of the coin is at least MS 65.
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06/06/2011 5:34 pm
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I watched that show once. Didn't make it through the whole show. Seemed to me that they should have named it, "Dumb and Dumber in a Pawn Shop".  |
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I think watching any of these "fakeity" shows takes a huge dose of "suspension of disbelief". Can our intrepid adventurer survive, with his only source for medicine 200 miles away? Sure. Jump in your roflcopter and you can be there and back in three hours.
Will OCC be able to get the bike done on time? Ever consider adding a day or three when you make up a schedule? Or spending less time throwing chairs through doors and all the other crap? Or measuring anything before trying to put it together?
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I think watching any of these "fakeity" shows takes a huge dose of "suspension of disbelief". I agree, Fred. I can do that for GOOD sci-fi but not for stupidly done sci-fi or any other type of programming. (insert forehead slap smilie here) Quote:
Ever consider adding a day or three when you make up a schedule? Or spending less time throwing chairs through doors and all the other crap? Or measuring anything before trying to put it together? Well, heck, Fred... doing that would be... uh... like cheating. Yeah, that's it. |
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I had a nice find today at a garage sale, $13 for about 77 grams of sterling silver jewelry.   I wasn't positive it was .925 sterling until I got it home and used a loop to look at it. I guess those beads on the one bracelet are silver  . I'm no expert lol. |
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How can you tell .925 by using a loupe?
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Posted 04/01/2011 2:34 pm
