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<p>[QUOTE="J Dagger, post: 9493005, member: 10944"]Sure has!!! Like super market sweep I had a couple minutes to grab as much as I could carry. Started shoving things into an old MCM era hamper to check out later. A couple old partial lamps included. The first one I got $50 or so for. I wind up doing pretty good on old partial lamps like this overall and no one else even looks at them. For free it was worth a shot! I got 50-100 pieces of antique silver cloth in the same grab. I always think it’s odd that nearly every auction and estate sale just casts off the silver cloth. I guess it’s messy and doesn’t make for an easy organization or presentation but some pieces would surely be a tiny more desirable with their original cloth. I grab it every chance I get when it’s free or very cheap. I’ll have to spend a a whole week listing it some day. I’ve amassed quite a pile! Some of it goes for pretty good money. Doesn’t sell often but when someone wants a specific one they’ll pay for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>edit: not big bucks obv but I find sales like these are the bread and butter for me. A handful or two a day like this plus a handful or two of good ones a week and you’re set. The cheap stuff keeps the train moving though and it does add up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="J Dagger, post: 9493005, member: 10944"]Sure has!!! Like super market sweep I had a couple minutes to grab as much as I could carry. Started shoving things into an old MCM era hamper to check out later. A couple old partial lamps included. The first one I got $50 or so for. I wind up doing pretty good on old partial lamps like this overall and no one else even looks at them. For free it was worth a shot! I got 50-100 pieces of antique silver cloth in the same grab. I always think it’s odd that nearly every auction and estate sale just casts off the silver cloth. I guess it’s messy and doesn’t make for an easy organization or presentation but some pieces would surely be a tiny more desirable with their original cloth. I grab it every chance I get when it’s free or very cheap. I’ll have to spend a a whole week listing it some day. I’ve amassed quite a pile! Some of it goes for pretty good money. Doesn’t sell often but when someone wants a specific one they’ll pay for it. edit: not big bucks obv but I find sales like these are the bread and butter for me. A handful or two a day like this plus a handful or two of good ones a week and you’re set. The cheap stuff keeps the train moving though and it does add up.[/QUOTE]
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