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safeinOhio

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Thu Jun 19, 2014, 10:44 AM Jun 2014

You have to look and ask [View all]

Went out this morning to the sales. Gone for 2 hrs and made more in those 2 hrs than I'd make in 3 days at my old part time job.

1st stop, an hour before they were to open and got a beautiful flat top trunk with liner shelf and all the hardware and leather for $35.

2nd stop, a half hour before they were to open. Very high prices, for me. They also had a trunk like the one I just bought for $75 and I didn't buy it, but I did look inside and found a nice wool blanket. What da ya want for this, says. She says a couple of bucks and I jumped on it.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/185416008/vintage-1940s-wool-golden-dawn-jc-penney?ref=market
exactly like this one and still had the Penneys tag for $150 on the bag it was in.

Last stop. Found an old, very nice bike horn for half a dollar. Was looking for one for my 1950s scooter I just restored. The I ask "got any old instruments" she says yes but it's not for sale. I say "what is it and what's your not for sale price". She went in and brought out a 1958 Silverton arch top guitar in great condition in a nice Gibson case. She said what would I pay and I said $75. She said "no no" I say $100 and she says yes. This looks like the very one I got.
http://craigslistvintageguitarhunt.blogspot.com/2010/04/nice-silvertone-kentucky-blue-archtop.html

hope the links work

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You have to look and ask [View all] safeinOhio Jun 2014 OP
Great stuff! wyldwolf Jun 2014 #1
Sometimes they hide the good stuff. safeinOhio Jun 2014 #2
it would be very unusual for a blanket to be $150 in the 1940s. grasswire Jun 2014 #3
Yep thought about that safeinOhio Jun 2014 #4
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