Garage Sale Hunting! Tips, Hints and Advice

[ajcorleone]

Old ads sell big time especially if fully intact.I had a stack of Life form the 50'swith some old soap ads with George burns and they sold for abour $45

[centrehice]

In 1999, the Vintage advertisement from the 50's was paying huge dough on eBay, near $100.00 for this advert:

"Nine out of Ten Doctors, prefer Camels"



I have no idea what people would pay now for the same thing.

[ajcorleone]

The state of economy has slowed Ebay a bit but things still sell.I am getting more on the ball.Craigs list has been great for old ads suprising alot of people my way collecting and paying goo d money for paper advertisements

In 1999, the Vintage advertisement from the 50's was paying huge dough on eBay, near $100.00 for this advert:

"Nine out of Ten Doctors, prefer Camels"



I have no idea what people would pay now for the same thing.

[Star_Cards]

I recently picked up 33 vintage beer trays. All were metal, but two. Most are for Pabst. I paid $110 for them. sold a lot of three yesterday for $61.00.

at the same sale I bought about 100 graphic novels call Doc Savage. They have cool illustrated covers but no images inside. I bought those for $25. Sold them in three lots for $91.00, $23.00, and $15.

[andrewconnors9]

guys im so glad this thread is still running strong, im sorry of my hiatus, alot going on. Today was the first actual day i got to hit the garage sales, and actually did awesome!

Garage Sale (worth talking about) #1:

-1981 Ms PacMan Tabletop Electronic game (paid 20$ - valued anywhere from 80 - 150$)
-1983 Pacman Tabletop Electronic Game (paid 20$ - Valued 60 - 80$)

#2:

Mickey and Minnie Mouse Ceramic Car Salt and Pepper Shakers (paid 5$ - valued 35-40$)


not a bad start for a late start lol

[ajcorleone]

I picked up a complete NES system for $10 and sold it for $50 on Ebay.Old game systems keep their value it some way

[stlcardinalsfan]

I picked up a complete NES system for $10 and sold it for $50 on Ebay.Old game systems keep their value it some way

im on a garagesale forum and someone picked up an atari 2600 + 5 games for 5 bucks.......i would have killed for that price lol

[Star_Cards]

I do very well with consoles. I usually find at least one at the goodwill outlet every time I go.

[thedarkbrown]

I just picked up a TON of Star Wars figures and vehicles, most MOC for $250. So far I counted 149 pieces, not including the loose vintage figures in the Darth Vader case. If you figure 5 bucks for each piece (low estimate, all single figures are $5-$10) that's $750. However, there are a lot of multi-figure sets, limited editions, exclusives, and vehicles that sell for 20-40. 1 figure, Darth Revan is 40-60 on ebay an $100 on Amazon.

This was a good haul :)

[ajcorleone]

You will make triple that star wars is always hot even the newer stuff

I just picked up a TON of Star Wars figures and vehicles, most MOC for $250. So far I counted 149 pieces, not including the loose vintage figures in the Darth Vader case. If you figure 5 bucks for each piece (low estimate, all single figures are $5-$10) that's $750. However, there are a lot of multi-figure sets, limited editions, exclusives, and vehicles that sell for 20-40. 1 figure, Darth Revan is 40-60 on ebay an $100 on Amazon.

This was a good haul :)