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Awesome flea market & tag sale finds- you gotta see how lucky I was
I couldn't convince my daughter to go detecting today, but she agreed to hit a local flea market with me.
The first deal of the day was for a BUNCH of old bottles. This was the last day that this particular vendor was setting up at this flea market. I was checking out some old bottles and he comes over & says $20 & you can take em' all. I don't know too much about old bottles, figured it was a good deal, but decided to try and get them even cheaper (that's what your supposed to do, right?). I offered $10, thinking he would either stand strong at $20 or counter with another #. To my surprise, he said sure, why not. He said he didn't know much about bottles other than they are a pain in the ass to keep packing up. He was glad to get rid of them & I was glad to have them.
(34 bottles comes out to just under .30/bottle):shocked05:
15 minutes later, I stopped at another booth & picked up 2 rolls of wheat pennies for $1.50/roll. I doubt there are any key dates amongst them, but figured what the heck at .03 each.:thumbsup01:
neck stop I was checking out some coins. Prices were real high, so I didn't bother trying to dicker. At the end of the table was a plastic bucket filled with miscellaneous odds & ends. The sign read .25 per PC. I decided to rummage through it & was glad I did. I found a total of 9 items- a foreign 1 penny coin, a Kellog's Pep cereal pin, a Coke bottle cap with a picture of baseball player Al Kaline inside, & 6 buttons (3 eagle military buttons & 3 police ??? buttons). I would welcome any info on the buttons if anyone can date them. .25 EACH :shocked02:
The final deal of the day was at a Tag Sale we hit on our way home. It was mostly baby toys, clothes, housewares etc. Then I see 6 Morgan dollars sitting on the table. They were in very good shape, but were not in any protective cases, which I thought was strange. I asked the lady how much she wanted. Amazingly she said $10 each. I began to:drool:. Rather than scooping them all up for $60, I asked how much if I buy all of them. She said give me $40 bucks. I couldn't get the money out of my wallet fast enough. :yahoo:
Im not that upset that I couldn't go detecting today. :grin:
