Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

[jamespowers]

James, thanks it works like a champ. I will just have to fiddle with it to turn things on and off by the timer.

Mike

Those instructions sort of had me confused.

 

[jamespowers]

Wow! Forty-three dollars! I paid $15 for mine.

I'll give you $5.

 

[Shangas]

Two books.

One pair of ratchet handcuffs.

One SWAN vestpocket fountain pen with original box.

One brass counter-bell (yes, another one).

 

[1930artdeco]

James, they are a bit lacking. But I think it was left to people who knew how to operate the thing from other oven type instruments. Either way it will look good and it functions well.

Mike

 

[jamespowers]

Yesterday I went out and found a few things. A brand new red Boy Scout Jacket with tags, NOS bowling shoes with the box, An Ebonite bowling ball, bag and shoes, three Shoji screens---that they just about gave me for $5 and a few other things I can't remember. I saw a small Big Boy grille for $15 but it wasn't exactly new and it was missing a few pieces. There is a picture of it in my Big Boy BBQ Book though. Half price today maybe?

 

[jamespowers]

James, they are a bit lacking. But I think it was left to people who knew how to operate the thing from other oven type instruments. Either way it will look good and it functions well.

Mike

You might have a point there. However, today it is vague.

 

[Stearmen]

I got this at a yard sale Sunday, 50 cents. Autographed by Lieutenant William Liebenow of PT157 Pacific and Pt199 Europe, and torpedoman Welford West PT157. Liebenow led a very active career during WWII. Here is the biggest highlights: IN AUGUST 1943, LIEBENOW HAD RESCUED JOHN F. KENNEDY IN THE PACIFIC AFTER KENNEDY'S PT-109 WAS CUT IN HALF BY A JAPANESE DESTROYER. THEN, ON D-DAY, LIEBENOW AND CREW RESCUED MORE THAN 60 USS CORRY SURVIVORS OFF UTAH BEACH, NORMANDY. PT157 was called Aces And Eights for her insignia on the deck house. The Dead Mans Hand, must have been lucky for them!

 

[1mach1]

Very cool, Stearmen!

 

[jamespowers]

I got this at a yard sale Sunday, 50 cents. Autographed by Lieutenant William Liebenow of PT157 Pacific and Pt199 Europe, and torpedoman Welford West PT157. Liebenow led a very active career during WWII. Here is the biggest highlights: IN AUGUST 1943, LIEBENOW HAD RESCUED JOHN F. KENNEDY IN THE PACIFIC AFTER KENNEDY'S PT-109 WAS CUT IN HALF BY A JAPANESE DESTROYER. THEN, ON D-DAY, LIEBENOW AND CREW RESCUED MORE THAN 60 USS CORRY SURVIVORS OFF UTAH BEACH, NORMANDY. PT157 was called Aces And Eights for her insignia on the deck house. The Dead Mans Hand, must have been lucky for them!

Nice and it mentions the Kennedy fiasco.

 

[vintage.vendeuse]

Today after work I stopped at the thrift and picked up a Korean War-era US Army OD wool blanket, and a dated 1937 black wool tailcoat with silk lapels in fantastic condition.

 

[Shangas]

Antique 1880s/1900s solid brass countertop bell. Before & After:

 

[kampkatz]

Shangas, good shine on the bell. A can of Brasso and some elbow grease does wonders!

 

[jamespowers]

Shangas, good shine on the bell. A can of Brasso and some elbow grease does wonders!

True but a tube of Wenol and a whole lot less elbow grease works much better.

 

[Shangas]

Shangas, good shine on the bell. A can of Brasso and some elbow grease does wonders!

Thank you!!

And yes, a LOT of Brasso! This bell was nothing if not stubborn when it came to polishing it. But I got there in the end!

 

[1mach1]

A massive 50 ton manual screw press. Score!

 

[Ernest P Shackleton]

Antique 1880s/1900s solid brass countertop bell. Before & After:

Nice find. I couldn't help but laugh at the idea of what an Antiques Roadshow appraisal would maybe sound like, "It is worth $1200 with its original patina, but after polishing, it's worth around $50. All the value ended up on your rag."

 

[Shangas]

Nice find. I couldn't help but laugh at the idea of what an Antiques Roadshow appraisal would maybe sound like, "It is worth $1200 with its original patina, but after polishing, it's worth around $50. All the value ended up on your rag."

I don't care about that. I'm not selling it. At any rate, give it a few decades and don't polish it, and it would look like the picture on the left again, anyway.

 

[esteban68]

Seen a 'silver' one recently in a charity shop Shangas in the shape of a traditional bee hive with a bee for the bell pusher, sadly it wasn't for sale!

 

[esteban68]

I bought these 1950's? ladies sunglasses today, here's the as found pictures, condition is excellent no scratches etc and they have cleaned up great;

 

[jamespowers]

A massive 50 ton manual screw press. Score!

Free right?
I saw a ShopSmith or free on Craigslist yesterday.