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EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

Vinca

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5. I try to price for dealers, too. I'm not that far from Brimfield so I think I get some of that

Reply to safeinOhio (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 5, 2018, 12:49 PM

Sep 2018

traffic, too. I had to laugh about the Kiss stuff. Early this summer I walked into the recycling shed at the dump and spotted three filthy boxes of books. Unfortunately, 2 pickers walked in right in front of me. It turned out to be old Dungeons & Dragons books with a few other early gaming books thrown in. At least I managed to grab one box of the stuff. LOL. They cleaned up really well and I figure, if I'd gotten the whole lot, it would have been about $4,000 worth of stuff. The first book I looked up sold all the time for $85 and there were dozens of them. Oh, well. Sometimes you're first, sometimes you're left swearing under your breath behind them.

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This place is like a morgue. Has anyone made any great finds over the summer? [View all] Vinca Sep 2018 OP

My accumulating days are over. gibraltar72 Sep 2018 #1

I found this at a flea market a couple weeks back. Glamrock Sep 2018 #2

Nice wall decoration. Old guitars are hard to pass by. Vinca Sep 2018 #6

Last week I was at a yard sale and a guy next to me was looking in a box safeinOhio Sep 2018 #3

I try to price for dealers, too. I'm not that far from Brimfield so I think I get some of that Vinca Sep 2018 #5

In the early 90s I had a shop safeinOhio Sep 2018 #7

I'm "retired," too. Mostly I sell out of a shop though. It's fun. Vinca Sep 2018 #9

dealers are the best collectors. thats why they deal. TeamPooka Sep 2018 #11

I vacated my booth at the end of May. I just got tired of it after 2 years. sinkingfeeling Sep 2018 #4

I'd love to make it down there safeinOhio Sep 2018 #8

I was born in central Ohio 70 years ago. sinkingfeeling Sep 2018 #10

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I found a collection of 70s/80s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issues - about 25. wyldwolf May 2019 #13

Great find! I have a friend who bought a large collection of Playboys and has made Vinca May 2019 #14

not only Playboy, but I've found 70s-80s Playgirl mags can be worth a bunch wyldwolf May 2019 #15

That's an interesting approach. I'll have to try it! Vinca May 2019 #16