Well, I had the one nice week that I detailed in my last post. Then two weeks where I found basically nothing. And this week was trending the same way, before I spotted a pile in the distance that ended up making up for at least some of the dry spell. I’ll share those finds here soon enough.
I also held two lucrative clothing-focused sales this past weekend. Clothing is another one of those markets that I neglected in my earlier days, but now contributes a fair bit to my finances. Thankfully, my friend who runs the @garbagefindssells Instagram account knows a lot more about the clothing & fashion market than I do. It’s nice to take a bit of a backup role for these sales, basically helping with the moving of stuff and being a placeholder during bathroom breaks. I hope to do a couple more of these before the big cold comes.
Anyways, here is another box from my shelf of aging garbagefinds. I found this stuff in Outremont a couple years ago.
I thought this toy projector from the 30s or 40s might be worth something, but apparently not. Some nut is trying to sell theirs for 2000$ on Chairish, but on eBay you’re lucky to get 100$ – and that’s if you have all the accessories. I put mine up for 70$, but looking at the market (or lack thereof) I might just put it out for 30$ at my next sale. I do have some of the “movies,” but many are in rough shape.
The cute little cheese box they were stored in is probably just as valuable. It’s likely destined for Instagram.
I found some nice fountain pens here as well. Some are a bit beat up, but there’s a market for those as well. The most valuable is probably the chunky “Eclipse,” which is probably worth about 60-80$. Other notable pieces include a pair of Egyptian-themed silver cufflinks, a “Magic Mirror” from a Red Raven movie record setup, a bronze dog that looks to be broken from a larger sculpture, and those cute little embroideries.
And then there was this coin bank, which was filled with late 60s/early 70s sports collectibles.
Here’s what was inside. Below are the photos I took for eBay, not including a few of the “marbles” which I divided into a few different lots. The metal hockey players are from a table top game and were stored in a separate bag, as were those El Producto coaster-sized cards. I had a hard time pricing the Jello medallions, so I decided to auction them off. Bidding starts October 6th.
And that’s one less box on the shelf. These are the easier boxes though, most of the other ones are much more “dense” and will take longer to process.
In other news, I decided to take a hiatus from Instagram. On top of the fact that it’s designed to be addictive, and promotes consumerism and low-quality content (amongst many other negative things), I just feel like it’s a conduit of misinformation and propaganda at this point. It stresses me out and I don’t want to be a part of it. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that our societal discourse has taken a nosedive in the last decade or so. The @garbagefindssells account will continue, because that’s run by a friend and they’re free to make their own choices. But going forward all my content will be here, barring a change of heart (which feels unlikely at this point). I’ve got a few ideas for increasing my blog output, which I might detail in my next post.
Links
1. My eBay listings. Sign up for eBay (Canada, US). Search for something you want / research something you have (Canada, US). — These are Ebay Partner Network links. If you create an account or buy something after getting to eBay from these links, I get a small cut of the profit!
2. “Things I find in the garbage” on Facebook
3. Follow @garbagefindssells on Instagram (this is managed by a friend, I’ve quit Instagram for the time being)
4. Email: thingsifindinthegarbage@gmail.com. Note that I really suck at keeping up with my email.
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