mywifespissed
AK Freeloader
Saw a weird MCS receiver today. As big as a mid-size microwave. I swear it was a foot tall, 19" wide and 16" deep.
Goodwill/SA/Thrift Store Discussions & Finds
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foundskippy
New Member
I have gone into the same SA for a couple of years now, ever since I found my Wharfedale speakers there, and haven't found anything else, except for some good vinyl, yesterday-JACKPOT! A complete Sony PS-4300, $20 out the door!
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does everything work?
foundskippy
New Member
BIG SCORE
some weird mini vase for €1.50
i knew it would be worth a couple of €€ ( was thinking of €100)
guess what?
sold the thing for €300
it needed a refoam
some weird mini vase for €1.50
i knew it would be worth a couple of €€ ( was thinking of €100)
guess what?
sold the thing for €300
it needed a refoam
An original mint copy of 'Mary Poppins' for my granddaughter
Pete
Nice. My best scores:
A Guttenburg Bible from the 1500s-- $10
A case of 50 WE 300Bs-- $12
A pair of Marantz model 9s with sequential serial numbers--$35
McIntosh MR-78-- $18
Four matched quads of Gold Lion KT-77s-- $14
Leonardo sketches laying out the Mona Lisa-- $3
Venus de Milo's arms --$45 (I didn't want to spend that much but I did anyway)
Mint condition P-51 Mustang in flying condition with current annual --$75 (ex-wife made me sell it due to storage concerns)
Bugatti Royale complete with Concours d'Elegance trophy-- $55
A box of moon rocks from the Apollo 11 mission-- $2
I could go on but none of you would believe me then.
DanBa
Well-Known Member
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Yes, it works very nicely. Of course, it didn't have the box, manual, or the "extra weight" for balancing heavy cartridges. No complaints
CarverPower
SDA SRS 2
Found a NAD Multichannel amp at the GW for 10.00
CarverPower
SDA SRS 2
Pio1980
AK Member
I have something from the Titanic
traveling exhibition, a soup bowl repro.
I do have a 1917 Western Electric warplane radiophone reciever from the 1st World War that I found in a local antique mall, looks like something off the Titanic's radio room bulkhead. Uses 3 of the first govt commissioned tubes, Western Electric VT-1.
traveling exhibition, a soup bowl repro.
I do have a 1917 Western Electric warplane radiophone reciever from the 1st World War that I found in a local antique mall, looks like something off the Titanic's radio room bulkhead. Uses 3 of the first govt commissioned tubes, Western Electric VT-1.
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Pio1980
AK Member
Wouldn't that value make it a "vahz"?
BIG SCORE
some weird mini vase for €1.50
i knew it would be worth a couple of €€ ( was thinking of €100)
guess what?
sold the thing for €300
it needed a refoam
Go back & fetch that if it's cheap...those MCS rigs can be sleepers.
Please tell me you have something from the Titanic:lmao:
That List Made My Day!
Sorry, no I don't. I saw the navigator's sextant from the Titanic at a thrift shop but it was way overpriced at $85 so I passed.
I do, however, have the original charts used by Christopher Columbus in 1492 ($12). Many people do not know how close we came to being called "The United States of Where the %$#! Are We" based on his handwritten note.
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Cogsinister
Super Member
Tuesday Thrift finds.
Picked up a pair of Thiel CS 1.2 speakers, very decent shape, but need new woofers $33.00. Anybody got a spare pair of Vifa P17WJ-01's.
Yamaha CR-820. Nice shape & works, except tuner dial $5.00, Probably tuning string loose.
Nikko KR-715 receiver, Very clean, one lamp out. $20.00.
I'll try to post pics of the Thiels later, right now they are out of wife eye-sight.
Picked up a pair of Thiel CS 1.2 speakers, very decent shape, but need new woofers $33.00. Anybody got a spare pair of Vifa P17WJ-01's.
Yamaha CR-820. Nice shape & works, except tuner dial $5.00, Probably tuning string loose.
Nikko KR-715 receiver, Very clean, one lamp out. $20.00.
I'll try to post pics of the Thiels later, right now they are out of wife eye-sight.
Ghoulardi
Well-Known Member
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I picked up a Titanic related piece a couple of summers ago. An original piece of the iceberg that sunk the ship. I put it in the attic for safe keeping,figuring that it would be better off out of the direct light. I can't seem to find it right now, but I know that it's up there somewhere...:scratch2:
I picked up a Titanic related piece a couple of summers ago. An original piece of the iceberg that sunk the ship. I put it in the attic for safe keeping,figuring that it would be better off out of the direct light. I can't seem to find it right now, but I know that it's up there somewhere...:scratch2:
Sorry, I think your wife donated it to the goodwill here (it was taking up too much space in the attic). I bought it last week for 7 dollars.
What a sucker.
I saw that and passed as it was quite clearly (to an expert, anyway) not a rare piece from the Titanic but in fact a very common piece from the ill-fated Scott expedition (not H. H., but Robert Falcon).
My friend, I don't mean to be harsh but I'd advise staying out of thrift shops until you become a little better versed on the values of items. I say this with your best interests at heart.
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