Weekly Estate and Garage sale finds (pics)

I picked up a very nice Marantz 2230 at an estate sale for $100 less than I had offered the owner the day before. I made it a point to let him know also!
People see stuff sell for a certain price on eBay and think that everyone on the street is willing to pay that price. They don't understand the difference between a worldwide market and a yard sale market. They also don't seem to understand that the eBay seller has to build in time to list and pack into their auction. Plus eBay's cut. I hope you let him know that.
 
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This was a Telefunken Magnetophon 204 Reel to Reel shown on picture of a north-west NJ estate sale the past weekend. I went there last minute and, of course, it was long gone. However, while I was fishing for possible leftover audio cables. I saw the the case and manual of the R2R. Laying on the ground with all sorts of garbage cloth on it. The buyer bought the R2R but left the case and manual (or simply too excited to look around?) Anyway, lucky me ! For a few bucks, this would an easier flipper.
 

That's beautiful, CB. I'm still waiting to find a nice Marantz and/or tube equipment at a yard sale. I guess I shouldn't hold my breath.

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Grabbed an Onkyo TX-35, Onkyo TA-2022, an orphan Klipsch kg 4.2(surrounds need to be replaced), and a couple Wusthof knives today. I've snagged a dozen or so wusthofs the past couple of weeks...The knives are worth 2x what I paid for everything.
 
I went to an estate sale yesterday while browsing around I saw a pair of "AR" speakers listed for $250. I had to laugh a little as the "AR" speakers were Acoustic Reference, which If I'm not mistaken are white van speakers
 
This morning at the flea market I picked up a couple of 12ax7's and a tube carrier of other tubes for a couple bucks,

Also found 96 college, fraternity and high school stamps? (if anyone knows what these really are please chime in) They vary in size but most are around 1"x1" steel blocks. I sold a ton of these a while ago, most of those were boy-scouts related, haven't ran across them in volume since.
 

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I left one of those KLHs behind a while ago. It was only $20 but someone had painted the wood white and I couldn't test it out. I know they are kind of a pain to work on and I can't do wood repair or refinishing to save my life so I figured it wasn't worth the gamble but after seeing a few nice ones I think it would have made a nice project.
 
Same place I found the shahinians 2 weeks before.
 

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