Guest Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 went to a swap meet today just to check it out want a stolen "mountain" bike? slap chop knock-off??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 ski mask boris style anyone need some bald tires? fresh coat of armorall! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 every swap meet i go to there are those little bonsai stands, and they are always people trying to rip people off. shitty $5 spreading junipers from home depot stuffed into a bonsai pot and garnished with a panda on sale for $25... i've been hitting estate sales lately. i don't collect old paint, but yesterday i found 4 full cans of1965 paper label/metal cap seafoam green derusto, a bunch of 70s derusto, and a couple 80s rusto cans and paid $4.19... was pretty happy about the find, just cool looking cans, and i assume they're actually collectible-ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 wow....how did i miss this thread?! i go to swap meets (flea markets) about once a month...sometimes a couple times a month. there is one in town thats pretty close to me called the folsom blvd flea market...you can pretty much find just about anything here..from the lucha librador masks to regular nintendos/games to porn to paint to pets....etc etc etc...its the one i usually go to on sundays just to people watch or see if i can find some diamond in the rough shit on the cheap...its super fucking hood though. then theres one thats a little bit further out in the next city over called the roseville denio's auction....this one has better selection on produce and is much much larger...you can find anything at this one...literally anything...but since its a bit far and costs money to park (the folsom blvd one is free parking and free entrance), i usually dont go to it too often. then theres one a couple towns away in the city of galt...ive only been to this one once but it was a good sized flea market...only thing that sucks (besides it being about an hour away) is that its only open on tuesdays and wednesdays...but i wouldnt mind going there on a day off to get some good elote and buy shit. that reminds me...i have to go back to the denio's auction to visit the hot sauce vendor...they have a lot of different hot sauces....also i should pick up some socks on the cheap if i go. as for estate sales/garage sales, i dont really go because a lot of the good shit gets bought up by 7am, and im not waking up that early to buy shit...most of the local antique shops around here are just run by people who buy cool shit at estate sales and mark them up a bit and resell them, so i'd have better luck going to the antique shops...matter of fact i saw a really nice balisong for sale at the last antique shop i was at..i should go back and pick it up sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipod90 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Flea markets are fun. I really like the thrill of the chase. Ebay is cool and all but I like the fact it got this wicked gadget thing from toothless old woman who found it in the 1950's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILZ FILLZ Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 Copped this monkey bowl at an estate sale for $10 they had four. Looks like they were food trays gonna be my valet tray for keys, wallet, change, watch, phone. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLICKCLACKONER Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 1 hour ago, KILZ FILLZ said: Copped this monkey bowl at an estate sale for $10 they had four. Looks like they were food trays gonna be my valet tray for keys, wallet, change, watch, phone. Good idea! Shit looks clean and has that mid century modern / Brady bunch feel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILZ FILLZ Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 I’m hoping it will be one of those things that look better the more beat up it gets. @CLICKCLACKONER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnitzel Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 found these at a garden sale on weekend. $50.00 all of them are still intact barring one missing part of one track set. these look to be all 1980's sets. will be slowly heading to eBay 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILZ FILLZ Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 Hell yeah dude. I remember those toys! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Nice thread bump. Ive been missing yard sales and fleas badly last year. I also get into a bunch of places where tenants have dashed in a hurry and left behind some cool shit for me. Im hoping this year things open back up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_habiT Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/14/2021 at 9:56 PM, Schnitzel said: found these at a garden sale on weekend. $50.00 all of them are still intact barring one missing part of one track set. these look to be all 1980's sets. will be slowly heading to eBay It'd be cool to make a 3d printable replica set of files out of these. It'd take a lot of time and a micrometer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 I do miss picking, even at some of the antique stores and shit. Everyone has their own thing so curious, what's yours? Also, what's the best item you've gotten? I usually go for railroad, firearms, and alcohol related items, but if something has good subject matter that I relate to I'll consider it. Off the top of my head the best thing I ever got was from a buttfuck USA antique store, it's a railroad art sign or plaque that represents several classic RRs. I got it cheap enough, and a few months later my buddy saw the same one hanging in a RR museum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnitzel Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 5 hours ago, One Man Banned said: I do miss picking, even at some of the antique stores and shit. Everyone has their own thing so curious, what's yours? Also, what's the best item you've gotten? I hunt garage sales regularly just in case some old writer is ditching their graffiti related ephemera. Have never come up on ANYTHING AT ALL in 20 years. But hope springs eternal that one day I'll met the old writer too battered by booze and drugs to list his crap on ebay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 12 minutes ago, Schnitzel said: I hunt garage sales regularly just in case some old writer is ditching their graffiti related ephemera. Have never come up on ANYTHING AT ALL in 20 years. But hope springs eternal that one day I'll met the old writer too battered by booze and drugs to list his crap on ebay. So what do you pick up instead, and what's your best? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnitzel Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 (edited) mostly old toys or old scifi books or cool comics. or bulk lots of lego for my kids. I've decided to be ruthless and if there's nothing once I have a quick run through I dont go hunting for stuff to buy. I'm a "collector" not a "Hoarder" (though my wife would disagree). The brio's are pretty much the best score I have had in the last few years. The second hand booksellers in my city are demons for going through garage sales before they open so generally garage sales are pretty slim pickings now. Best overall would be "The Collected adventures of the cartoon messiah Cheech Wizard" now that I think of it and a couple of old "Cherry Poptart" comics in like 1999. cheech got lent to somebody who i never saw again. recently spent 75 bucks replacing it. Cherry poptarts got given away to mates in my big overseas move in 2003 Edited February 19, 2021 by Schnitzel 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 9 hours ago, Schnitzel said: Cherry poptarts got given away to mates in my big overseas move in 2003 Had that Cherry Poptart, maybe still do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILZ FILLZ Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 +1 railroad shit i also enjoy keeping an eye out for unique coffee mugs ashtrays are another item I keep an eye out for. Usually the larger ones for cigars. Great for coins. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 11 hours ago, KILZ FILLZ said: +1 railroad shit i also enjoy keeping an eye out for unique coffee mugs ashtrays are another item I keep an eye out for. Usually the larger ones for cigars. Great for coins. And your best find thus far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILZ FILLZ Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 6 hours ago, One Man Banned said: And your best find thus far? here are a couple cigar ash trays I’ve been able to snag and a mug from a playboy club 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndv Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 The second one. Really cool. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Lol at what looks to be 2 cats checking out what you're doing, imagine you have to watch out for them trying to knock your stuff off the shelves. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILZ FILLZ Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 On 2/20/2021 at 10:50 AM, ndv said: The second one. Really cool. Thanks I use that one for holding our sunglasses. Things fucking heavy. 5 lbs of glass easy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILZ FILLZ Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 On 2/20/2021 at 10:56 AM, One Man Banned said: Lol at what looks to be 2 cats checking out what you're doing, imagine you have to watch out for them trying to knock your stuff off the shelves. Haha yep exactly. Curious little fuckers. I’ve never had cats before but those videos you may have seen where they just intentional swat shit off of tables and counters are real shit lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 @SchnitzelI just googled cherry poptart to see what it's all about. That shit is perfectly campy man. I like it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 8 hours ago, mr.yuck said: @SchnitzelI just googled cherry poptart to see what it's all about. That shit is perfectly campy man. I like it. It's from a time when all the drugs and sex comics were considered counter culture. You'd probably find it sold along side The Anarchist's Cookbook or some of the tattoo/body mod books of times past like Modern Primitives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILZ FILLZ Posted April 24, 2021 Author Share Posted April 24, 2021 Hell yes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 At least one is lead free. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILZ FILLZ Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 Riding the perfect monkeybowl wave where no one wants em and I love em 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILZ FILLZ Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 On 4/24/2021 at 6:41 PM, LUGR said: At least one is lead free. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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