So another years end to the Town Wide Garage Sales, as Gibbons hosted their annual event. They improve every year, having moved many of the food vendors within a fenced in area with tables set up in the middle.
As well one of the establishments had set up a sort of beer garden w/ Live music stage, which was a first as far as I recall.
However, enough of the background....onto the loot!
As luck would have it, I found quite a few 1/43 scale cars. All of these were purchased for $3 or less each. There were quite a few vendors with in the box "Collectible" prices, reaching oft times over $10. However with some haggling those with prices more reasonable, submitted to the sales.
That Cadillac will make quite a Pimp-mobile!
One of the hardest things I am finding, is getting 'normal' everyday cars. Seems everyone wants to do the classics, or sports cars.
These 2 below, even though a BMW & Mercedes were likely the closest to a Normal vehicle I got
Then again, one cannot really resist a Jaguar
One of the many "Collectible"vendors did have this box of Minotaurs which I managed to knock down to $20. We all know their GW friendly price.
Another wonderful find was a set of 10 Hardcover Walking Dead books. After chatting with the lady, I managed to get them for $5 each. My wife was scowling at me over this price, until I showed her the cover price on the back. Sure it ended as a $50 hit, but had I paid full price for these.....
I found these 4 PC computer games at the first house I stopped at. When I asked how much they were asking..she said $1 each... SOLD!
I have found that during the Town-wide garage sales, the local library's get involved as a way to offload older books. I didn't take a photo, but suffice to say there was quite a haul purchased.
Also bought were 2 of the Heroscape Core games at $4 a piece.
The last item to show was an obscure piece that when I saw it, caused me to emit a loud ARRRRRrr!
Being a big Pirate Miniature fan, this gem will certainly find a use. Perhaps as a mere dice holder, but I am sure something more worthwhile will be discovered.
So as I said earlier, this ends the Garage Sale season for me. It's often a difficult task for my wife to get me to stop at some random signed home. I need to fill a day to really enjoy the search for these treasures.
Thanks for reading.
Tremendous finds and as for that pirate chest - wow!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michael, my thoughts exactly when I saw it. Still debating whether to paint up that wood inside or leave as is.
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