I am starting a new thread rather than hijack fini's thread :

June 14 2003 was the date of my most successful Yard Sale foray ever :

4 decent CD's 8.00
4 Beer Kits 5.00
Pachin ko Game and Huge Glass Vase 50.00
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New Fridge Dolly 15.00
1984 Class C 25' motorhome - one owner - nicely equipped
roof air, microwave,satellite dish and rcvr. Exceptionally
nice inside and better than average exterior. 6000.00

All in all a Good Day's piracy

Eico HF-12 tube amp for 10 bucks, pioneer turntable for 2.

lynn, what is a Beer Kit? Home brewing gizmo?

Recycled audio
Man im ganna miss them when there done!

1980 Klipschorns type D black $966.00
1975 Klipschorns type B Walnut $1,200.00
People selling K-horns have to see this LOL
Regards Jim

I bought a piar of ESS AMT-1b speaks at a garage sale 2 weeks ago for $10. Pretty bad condition but crossovers and tweets still in good shape, should fetch me atleast $100 on ebay.

Space Cowboy

Beer Kit refers to the basic ingredient which is the malted grain which is canned and the brewer's yeast . Dextrose and water are added to these ingredients to make the beer.

The kits I picked up are worth approximately C$60.00 at retail.

Collins Ham Radio equipment $350, sold it after cleaning for almost $3000
Gear Vendors overdrive for my brother $200 worth $2000
6" powermatic jointer/planer $100
Various other tools for next to nothing, but nothing audio related.

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On 6/15/2003 6:41:46 AM lynnm wrote:

I am starting a new thread rather than hijack fini's thread :

A couple years ago, coming by a back way through New Hampshire and Vermont, we found a small flea market. A guy had a Nikko rack mount tuner, pre-amp and power amp sitting on the tail gate. My friend JR thought this was junk especially when the owner said someone had brought it back because the amp wouldn't work. He wanted $10. I had about $6 in my pocket and we brought it home. Turns out the power amp needed a new plug. I later traded this & a little cash for my Cornwalls.
Other deals were a $45 Marantz scope tuner from a second hand store, a $35 Crown 0C 150 switching unit with original box, manual and test sheet from a pawn shop, a Goodman biaxial Axiom 80 raw speaker from a yard sale for $3. I've turned these on around on ebay since with some very good results.
Half the fun is in the looking. With the new HT systems, a lot of people are ditching the classic hardware so it's a good opportunity for those in the know. Take care. Hamish

Do Flea Markets count?

Here are the two best for me and both happened at the Marin Flea Market in the early 1980's:


1. Original Henry Miller watercolor for $25--owner had NO idea what he was selling. I sold this a few months later for $1500 and I'm sure it's worth a lot more today.


2. Early 19th Century Kazak rug in very good condition. I knew the rug was old and Caucasian, so I bought it after some haggling for $500. I took it to a rug dealer in Oakland and asked him what he thought of the rug. He asked if I wanted to sell it and I told him to make me an offer. When he offered me $3500 I knew I had something special and told him I'd think about it. I figuered if a rug dealer offered me $3500 right out of the shoot, I should be able to get more. After asking around I found a guy in San Francisco who would honestly appraise the rug--he told me it was a rare "pinwheel" design Kazak and was about 150 years old. He went on to say that he felt that at auction in Europe or New York the rug might bring $15,000-$20,000. A couple of months later we sent the rug to Germany to be auctioned and it ended up selling for $36,000 and change. After expenses and a "tip" to the San Francisco dealer/appraiser, I pocketed just over $30,000. This was the down payment on my first house.

Well, if the thrift store counts, probably my best (non-audio) score was 20 pounds of sterling silver hollow ware (plates) neatly burried in a huge box of empty CD cases for $5. I didn't even know thet were there until I needed some of the cases weeks later. You'd think I would have noticed the weight, but empty CD cases are actually quite heavy. Makes you wonder how they got there...

fini

Greetings Gentlemen,
My best garage sale score was a pair of Peavey SP3 PA speakers for $20 in good condition.
If thrift stores also count, I bought a Scott 299B and a Sherwood S-2200 AM/FM tube tuner, both in excellent condition, in a home made walnut cabinet for $40.99.

Regards,
Greg

As far as I'm concerned, Allan wins. I have been on the receiving end of good deals ($400 for a set of pristine Cornwall II's), but to be on the positive end of a $30K profit, DAMN!!! Game over, you win!

Not quite yard sale, but worth mentioning...

I scored 350 record albums from an estate shop for $20.00 - this lot included such gems as The White Album, West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band Vol 2, Salisbury (Uriah Heep), all in very good condition. I fetched over $600.00 for the ones I sold to a local dealer, never mind the stuff I kept for my personal collection.

Audio equipment? Haven't been so fortunate there. This is a pretty depressed area of the country - has been for years - not many people ever spent money on audio gear.

One day I'll stumble upon that B&O TT for $20 on someone's lawn

(hey, a guy can dream, can't he?)

WHOA ALLAN!!!!!!!! That is VERY cool!


A 69' Fender 'Thinline' (semi-hollow body) Telecaster, mahogany body, maple neck, kinda beat up, with hard shell case..... 100 bucks

Also, bought my Thorens TT for $50. The guy was selling it so he could "get one of those direct drive turntables with lower rumble." LMAO

 Back to this thread again - anyway, last week, I found a Yamaha Rx-Z1 dts receiver in a pawnshop for $170 (plus tax = $210)  This was Yamaha's flagship receiver with 8 x 130 real watts and real specs.  I've hooked it up downstairs instead of my Yamaha RX-1300 to the RF3 surround setup.  Incredible for home theatre and even more incredible for music.  Long time since I've lucked into something like this.  Also got a bottle of Glenmorangie for shooting a bride last weekend.  And here's to lynnm.  Slainte.  Hamish