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Title: Auction box full of gold! Post by: tkaz on October 08, 2014, 11:47:47 pm I had to share this story, fun finds from a local auction today.
There was an auction a couple towns over that had a Cavalier 72 and a mint fishtail Coke clock scheduled for 1pm on a Wednesday. I figured I could grab the 72 for cheap and maybe the clock. The 72 was 'unknown condition' with the bottom of the door rotted out and I set a top of $600 on it, ended up going to one other guy for $750. I bid against the same guy for the clock and he was up to $250 before I pulled out, not much meat on the bone at that price. I had seen a box of little hammers and tools that was auctioned off as leather working tools. Very little action on it and I can always use a few new tools so I ended up paying $17.50 for the box. The guy worked for the local Coke bottler and had a bunch of clothing so I picked up a racing jacket and one of the several pinstripe outfits for $30. I was surprised that people were paying $50+ for the pinstripe outfits, I just waited until the last one went out and got it cheap. Well I got the box of tools home and started pulling everything out, turns out it wasn't leather tools but ring/jewelry making tools instead. The best part was there are a few boxes full of 14k gold stock for making rings, yellow gold/white gold/platinum solder, and some other parts that are right off the bat worth at least $1K just in scrap prices. :smile: The tools are probably worth a few hundred as well, so I'm feeling pretty good tonight! :drinking: :drinking: Let's just say, my wife is much more supportive of me attending random auctions right now! :biggrin: Title: Re: Auction box full of gold! Post by: Blind1968 on October 09, 2014, 03:06:21 am Nice Score !!
Title: Re: Auction box full of gold! Post by: Slider-Bob on October 09, 2014, 05:34:33 am Nice find Tom! Love stories like this! Congrats!
Title: Re: Auction box full of gold! Post by: Jim on October 09, 2014, 06:44:25 am SWEEEETTT ! ! !
That's awesome ! ! ! Title: Re: Auction box full of gold! Post by: ld26 on October 09, 2014, 07:57:11 am so cool, nice job
Title: Re: Auction box full of gold! Post by: MoonDawg on October 09, 2014, 08:11:59 am I thought that only happened on TV? :biggrin: Great story!
Title: Re: Auction box full of gold! Post by: collecture on October 09, 2014, 05:18:46 pm Nice bonus!
Make her a ring! Title: Re: Auction box full of gold! Post by: rayg on October 19, 2014, 09:25:57 pm Wow! That was a real "golden" opportunity!
Title: Re: Auction box full of gold! Post by: tkaz on October 19, 2014, 09:32:22 pm Nice bonus! Make her a ring! Don't worry, I've been busy, she's happy and I have bought several tickets to get out of jail for random auction buys! :happydrinkers: :biggrin: Title: Re: Auction box full of gold! Post by: Jim on October 20, 2014, 12:03:51 pm Don't worry, I've been busy, she's happy and I have bought several tickets to get out of jail for random auction buys! :happydrinkers: :biggrin: A man with a plan ! ! !Here's to planning for the future ! ! ! :happydrinkers: :happydrinkers: :happydrinkers: Title: Re: Auction box full of gold! Post by: mznb1u on October 20, 2014, 10:03:06 pm Great score Tom. But it seems you forgot to buy that box that contained all of the parts for the Stoner Coffee Machine. It was right under the table! :biggrin: 8) :laugh:
Love it when a plan works out and you end up with a bonus! :drinking: Tim :drinking: Title: Re: Auction box full of gold! Post by: johnnyfizz on October 25, 2014, 06:54:03 am I thought that only happened on TV? :biggrin: Great story! Ya, on a show called Storage Wars lol |