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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;evelyb30, post: 984539, member: 36&quot;]I went out hunting today, and for once I also went out finding.&nbsp; First stop turned out to be a re-stop.&nbsp; Spent $2 on not a lot ... and realized as I was grabbing it in a garage that it was surrounded by mouse poop. (ecch) The second stop: dry hole.&nbsp; I was there before the scheduled start and there was nothing out yet.&nbsp; I also realized they&#039;d just had another sale.&nbsp; The car never came out of gear. Off I went to an advertised estate sale.&nbsp; It turned out to be run by a church group; a lady had gone into assisted living and the husband was selling up.&nbsp; He donated the money to the church provided they ran the sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>Paydirt.&nbsp; They had fabric and yarn for $10/bag and they weren&#039;t small bags. I stuffed one with quilt fabric, most of which is headed to a local quilt group.&nbsp; Then I hit a big candlestick - they told me to put a price on it and I asked &quot;$5&quot;?&nbsp; Accepted. It&#039;s solid sterling, not weighted.&nbsp; I also landed a pipe tool marked &quot;Hand Made Sterling&quot; and a .999 silver commemorative coin.&nbsp; I wasn&#039;t even sure of that myself - when they said &quot;Some of these are real silver&quot; I said &quot;don&#039;t I wish&quot;.&nbsp; Got my wish....but it&#039;s some corporate thing headed straight to melt.&nbsp; That bowl is Gorham.&nbsp; There&#039;s about a pound of silver in the picture, and a full pound with the coin.&nbsp; On the way back, I spent $15 in a food bank thrift store on jewelry including some &quot;pearl&quot; earrings I have to test ... and on the way out of there got to a tag sale that just started and was hidden up a goat track of a street.&nbsp; Had the devil&#039;s own time getting back OUT. Gave the lady more than she asked for; she sold me a sterling baby cup (engraved unfortunately), mate spoon (damaged) and baby spoon for $7 the lot.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Also at the estate sale were some other bits, including a little spelter lion, some French painted metal figures, and some other bits.&nbsp; Also a few other pieces not in the picture. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]205602[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]205603[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]205604[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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