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I just found a Japanese moriage redware brown betty teapot for 2.50 at a thrift store this thing is 1940-1950s era . It is vintage and im just amazed how people just throw things to the thrift store not even knowing their value it amazes me .
Not a thrift store, but I bought a set of 8 ivory napkin rings at an antique auction. They were really cheap because the dealers are afraid to buy ivory.
They were in a box that also contained 8 very shiny aluminum napkin rings that I intended to throw away, By the time I got around to tossing the worthless things, they were starting to tarnish. Tarnish? What?
A closer look revealed that they were hallmarked sterling silver, and very good silver. Some one had polished the bejebbers out of them to put them into the auction, perhaps thinking that make them look better. With careful care, they are developing a nice proper patina.
But gleaming like a mirror, they fooled me and they fooled all the dealers who never gave them a second look.
I just found a first edition A Conan Doyle book, over 100 years old, worth $500. I paid $17 for it. It's in great shape too.
I also found a 1957 Winnie The Pooh book - it isn't a first edition and though it's hardback and in great shape and full of those wonderful illustrations, it's only worth about $50. (I paid $11 for it.) What I love about it is that 1) it's the Pooh I grew up with, before Disney got hold of him, and 2) I found it on AA Milne's birthday! So that made me smile.
My best score at a thrift store has been an antique Chinese coral carving for... $3.99. It's in the shape of a flowering prunus tree and has birds and squirrels in the branches. I was offered $1500 for it, but turned them down. I think that it's worth a lot more, but would like to just keep it in my collection for now.
Found a pretty modern piece of Van Briggle pottery for 11 bucks, sold it on Craigslist for 60...but its harder these days, I think the market for ceramic and glass, especially American, is way down.
Sounds like a nice profit to me. Especially a CL sale. I just wonder if you could have got more on Ebay.
Since nobody posts pics on this daffy sub forum who knows.
I sold a piece of Rookwood for $70 on Ebay, it took a couple months to sell, but it was a common piece. Paid $4.
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