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The Treasure Chest / Re: Anyone know what brand of China this is? Pic of logo inside
« on: March 04, 2011, 05:19:50 AM »
ever try this site? I use it when I need to throw some china on eBay..
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The Lounge / Re: sports card
« on: February 22, 2011, 05:16:10 AM »
Yea I know with baseball even rookies from the 90's arent worth all that much. Like you said, the card market was saturated back in the early to mid 90's. The unfortunate part is that people still think their 1991 Fleer set is worth $100
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Other Forms of Selling / Re: Sports Cards
« on: February 15, 2011, 04:14:00 PM »
Wow I wish I could get rid of my commons cards. I had a difficult time selling some 1939 Playball BVG graded cards. The market is way down, but some cards still sell well. Especially vintage and rookie cards.
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The "Other" Job / Re: My full time "other job" is
« on: February 15, 2011, 04:11:49 PM »
I am the head HVAC mechanic at my company. The economy may be bad, but we are busy
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Reality Shows about Storage Auctions / Re: Season Finally of Auction Hunters
« on: February 14, 2011, 06:01:07 PM »
If your good with tools, those CRT's and old TV's can be taken apart for scrap metal. Around the tube is a device that has a ton of copper in it and can be taken to the local scrap yard for "motor" price. Anywhere from 25 cents to 50 cents a pound. Plus all the wire and other metal. I can take one apart in about 5 minutes and get between $4 and $7 in metal out of it.
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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: LOOKY LOOS everywhere today
« on: February 11, 2011, 05:30:12 AM »I can see your point, but there is one huge difference. People do not do ghost hunting for a living, they do not depend on that as they way of income. Alot of the regulars/old guys, they do this because it is their way of income. When you then have 40-50 IDIOTS running around not knowing better, and just causing hell, then thats a huge problem.
Actually people do do ghost hunting for a living. Its hard, but its done more often than you think. There are about 3 here in the Gettysburg area that are registered businesses and they roll in a good amount of income from it.
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Other Forms of Selling / Re: Dropped Some Stuff Off at the Auction House Today.
« on: February 10, 2011, 04:51:18 PM »
Sounds like a pretty cool auction!
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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: I wanna see that !
« on: February 10, 2011, 04:49:54 PM »
Guns, coins and pre-war sports cards. Also for myself I love finding near mint vinyl records and pro wrestling memorabilia.
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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: LOOKY LOOS everywhere today
« on: February 10, 2011, 04:48:16 PM »
I do agree that a lot of the new people will weed them selves out. For example, I have been a paranormal investigator for years. When Ghost Hunters came out, the field was FLOODED with people who thought it was just going into somebodys house and finding ghosts.
What they quickly learned that you have a ton of work to do, let alone all the people who have legitimate mental problems as well. The number of ghost groups in the last year or so here in gettysburg has started to drop.
I think this may be the same way with the storage auction scene. People are going to spend a lot of money, and realize that not every locker has a stash of rare gold coins in it.
What they quickly learned that you have a ton of work to do, let alone all the people who have legitimate mental problems as well. The number of ghost groups in the last year or so here in gettysburg has started to drop.
I think this may be the same way with the storage auction scene. People are going to spend a lot of money, and realize that not every locker has a stash of rare gold coins in it.
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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: LOOKY LOOS everywhere today
« on: February 10, 2011, 05:26:15 AM »
You know, as much as I get annoyed with people at auctions, the whole trying to get the newbies to turn away sounds like bad business on the auctioneers part. Wouldnt he want to get the higher bids and make more money? And also, I know some of the newbies get annoying (I'm not new and I'm not old either) but we all started out as newbies, so whats with all the griping?
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North East / Re: Just got an email, some more auctions for those of you in the NE
« on: February 09, 2011, 06:19:13 AM »
no way I can make it to any of these. The closest is about 2 hours away. Unless they are full of vinyl records I really wouldn't drive that far
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Flea Markets / Re: Anybody?
« on: February 08, 2011, 03:39:41 PM »
I usually set up at the flea about 4 times a year. Anywhere from $150 to $900. Depends on what you have, the weather, and how your stuff is priced
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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Do you own a truck? Do you rent a truck do move auction stuff?
« on: February 07, 2011, 06:49:16 PM »
I have a 1997 Chevy Venture minivan I use to haul stuff. If its a lot, or bigger stuff, my uncle hauls it for me and I slip him a couple bucks for gas and his time. I think renting a truck can be very costly
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North East / Re: Lets here it for Pa!
« on: February 05, 2011, 08:59:10 PM »
I'm in the Gettysburg area. Been doing the auction / storage auction thing for around 7 years now