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[tonyb]

^^^^^
That’s amazing. I’m looking forward to seeing more of the stuff you saved from the landfill.

 

[RossRYoung]

Will do Tony, here’s a few items in low light from this morn but gives the gist.

The Oliver type writer was found in its original steel carry case, leather handle was long gone but I’d never seen them in a perfectly formed traveler shell before. Original manual was included also.



A lot of Grand Rapids made furniture shows up too, some contemporary and others in really bad shape. This lockable drawer dresser passed my wife’s inspection to be used in the man cave (where most of my trash finds live lol).



Last for today is a very cool old fire extinguisher ball, which I at first thought was an extremely over built Xmas ornament! This sucker is heavy, and still has some of the liquid left inside. The colors are beautiful in direct sunlight. I found it off site in an illegal dump area on the extended property, it was almost completely buried in muck. My packer operator knew exactly what it was right away, he’s usually the one getting the best of the best since he gets a Birds Eye view of every load coming in.



More to come

 

[Cuvier]

I wish I had at least gotten a picture of them but when I had my construction business I was asked to do some work for a low income elderly lady. She felt bad that I was volunteering my work and so she agreed to trade my work for a pair of lamps.
To her they were just some old glass lamps. When I got a better look at them I realized they were authentic Tiffany lamps from the 1930s. Not a scratch on them either. Fair trade considering the work I was doing.
Fast forward and I completed the job. That evening she was so happy she brought her sister over who goes nowhere without her cats. As you can guess the cats went nuts and knocked over both lamps, shattering them. I came over the next day to collect the lamps only to get a box of broken glass and was told that as handy as I am I should be able to put it back together....

I should mention that I no longer like cats....