Your Weekly Estate and Garage sale finds (pics)
- Thread starter Robb
- Start date
- Status
Sept 28, 2013
Not many estate or garage sales this weekend.
Managed to find these 2 items at 1 estate sale for $5.
Not many estate or garage sales this weekend.
Managed to find these 2 items at 1 estate sale for $5.
Went to an estate sale today and got these 1986 RADIO SHACK Catalogs for free.
They were nice enough to give them to me.
They were nice enough to give them to me.
Nice! They probably thought why on earth does this lunatic want old catalogues!?!...little did they know that we love these things 
Went to 3 estate sales today, got there a bit late but still managed to find some goodies.
Here's a vintage 1981 Technics SA-203 Receiver. Paid $8. Works perfect.
It was a but dirty but cleaned up nicely.
Excellent quality and rare. Nicest tuner Ive seen !
30 watts RMS per channel into 8 ohms
1981 MSRP was $230.
MADE IN JAPAN
Second up is a Realistic SCR-31 Boombox.
Paid $5 for it. Near mint condition.
Also got some blank cassettes thrown in.
Even though its Made in China, I still got it since its mint..lol
Here's a vintage 1981 Technics SA-203 Receiver. Paid $8. Works perfect.
It was a but dirty but cleaned up nicely.
Excellent quality and rare. Nicest tuner Ive seen !
30 watts RMS per channel into 8 ohms
1981 MSRP was $230.
MADE IN JAPAN
Second up is a Realistic SCR-31 Boombox.
Paid $5 for it. Near mint condition.
Also got some blank cassettes thrown in.
Even though its Made in China, I still got it since its mint..lol
Went to see an old 1977 Sylvania 12" tv today but wasnt to my liking.
The seller also had alot of electronics and records for sale because her sister recently died in a car accident so shes selling the contents inside.
Anyways, heres some records and also cassettes I found for 50 cents each. The records look unplayed !
see pics
The seller also had alot of electronics and records for sale because her sister recently died in a car accident so shes selling the contents inside.
Anyways, heres some records and also cassettes I found for 50 cents each. The records look unplayed !
see pics
Little did they know....LOTS of us Lunatics want those catalogsNortherner said:Nice! They probably thought why on earth does this lunatic want old catalogues!?!...little did they know that we love these things
Great find!
This weeks estate sale finds: Got all this for $21. The vintage novelty transistor radios and Structo truck are cool.
Yes, the Corvair pickup (I'm assuming that's what it's meant to be) is very cool indeed! It even looks quite like the real thing, which is even cooler:
Not many sales this weekend, but did manage to find a few things for cheap:
Paid $1 each record. All are prestine, look hardly played.
Paid $0.25 for the matchbox pipe truck
Paid $1 for the TDK blank Cassettes
Paid $0.25 for the Fuji blank cassette
Paid $1 for the CD Single
Paid $1 each record. All are prestine, look hardly played.
Paid $0.25 for the matchbox pipe truck
Paid $1 for the TDK blank Cassettes
Paid $0.25 for the Fuji blank cassette
Paid $1 for the CD Single
Digging this thread all those nice finds especially the Realistic SCR-31 at the job theres one but its in bad shape, but keeps me in a good mood listening to tunes.
Forgot to post my Realistic SCR-2 Model 14-805 Boombox portable radio. It was sold at Radio Shack between years 1980-1983 as per catalog. I found it at an estate sale for $5.00. It was very dirty but cleaned up well. The cassette deck works but will need new belts of course. Not a bad radio sounds real nice and picks up stations well.
Here's a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMQfEfvMTng
Here's a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMQfEfvMTng
Here's my finds for December 7th weekend.
- Unopened vintage oil cans -$4 for both
- Beatles album - NM - later reissue $1
- Led Zeppelin cassette - Made In Germany $0.25
- Unopened vintage oil cans -$4 for both
- Beatles album - NM - later reissue $1
- Led Zeppelin cassette - Made In Germany $0.25
Here's my 1967 Buddy L Pressed Steel Volkswagen Ski Lodge Bus/ Van. Not in the greatest condition, it is missing the top sliding sunroof plastic, and 1 front headlight is cracked and a bit rough around the edges although it does have a nice patina to it.
Made in the heartland of America, East Moline, Illinois, it was one of few VW bus toys made in the U.S. and the only large scale steel bus. By the 1960's the U.S. toy industry was rapidly outsourcing production to Japan and China. These Microbuses have attained serious collectors status in recent years due to their being made in the States and the unique steel construction, not to mention that prime examples are scarce.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKSPLnvbvtg&feature=c4-overview&list=UU9uww3n08iilZlA6BPw9HFQ
Made in the heartland of America, East Moline, Illinois, it was one of few VW bus toys made in the U.S. and the only large scale steel bus. By the 1960's the U.S. toy industry was rapidly outsourcing production to Japan and China. These Microbuses have attained serious collectors status in recent years due to their being made in the States and the unique steel construction, not to mention that prime examples are scarce.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKSPLnvbvtg&feature=c4-overview&list=UU9uww3n08iilZlA6BPw9HFQ
Now that is cool...I even like that its a bit rough and rusty as it makes it just like the real thing...I'd be really pleased to pick something like that up...nice! 
I went to an estate sale today and found this volume 1 First ever Toronto Blue Jays program catalog from April 7, 1977. I paid $5.00 I also got some blank Sony cassettes for $0.25
Theres 1 selling on ebay FOR $112.00
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Toronto-Blu...2?pt=US_Baseball_Fan_Shop&hash=item53fa9b2566
Imagine if this was a New York Yankees 1st ever program ! LoL $$$$
heres mine.
Theres 1 selling on ebay FOR $112.00
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Toronto-Blu...2?pt=US_Baseball_Fan_Shop&hash=item53fa9b2566
Imagine if this was a New York Yankees 1st ever program ! LoL $$$$
heres mine.
Here's a few of my tin collection. The 6 on the left were recent finds.
All are sealed except Zip wax, kleen flow de icer, color black, bowes seal fast.
All are sealed except Zip wax, kleen flow de icer, color black, bowes seal fast.
I found these records and sealed guns and roses cd today at an estate sale.. all for $8
all mint shape
all mint shape
- Status