A week in the life of a thrift store "auminer"

**Sirscrapalot** · 07-22-2013, 09:51 PM

Really organized...OCD will do that for ya! I also have a stereo I got from the thrift store. Two actually just replaced the old one with a better one, as the speakers on the new one are better, an it came with a remote! I just wish I knew how to fix the cd player..nice 6 disc.

I hook the mp3 to it an rock my Smoke that way.

Otherwise it's radio all day everyday unless I'm upstairs at the computer where all my music is, that isn't on the MP3.

An no..I don't do Ipods,Ipads, etc. Only thing I like about Apple is that quote I post now an then. Dun know why, they just always bugged me, think it goes back to when I was more into gaming..every game I enjoyed wasn't available on a apple/mac product till way later. haha!

I'd post a shot of my shop but I'd make half you go "WTH! A tornado blow through there?!"

Sirscrapalot - In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order. - Carl Jung

**auminer** · 07-23-2013, 07:40 PM

OK, folks. Strap yourselves in & enjoy this post. I kinda mentioned that day 1 was a little light as compared to usual. Made up for it today:

Pic 1. Some interesting stuff here. A bit of fluff... this batch of Xmas stuff is nothing collectible, but that 75-100 bucks I was pondering dropping on a bench grinder can stay in my pocket now!

Lamps, keyboards, don't let the patina on the trashcan fool you, it's steel. Arrow points out a nice brass & steel HIS & HERS keyhook. That'll be going by the front door. There's also a mismatched tray & lid. Stamp says Godinger, and I think it really is silverplated. I wonder if Scott could tell us if silverplate is able to be/worthwhile to be recovered at ~20/oz Ag?

Almost all of it now... The fireplace tools weren't brass (drat) but that snowhouse is a Dept 56 Ridgewood. Only one completed listings on fleabay @ 16 bucks, but several listed up to $50+. I think I'ma take it back to the thrift shop tomorrow & ask them if they keep high-ish value Xmas stuff in storage to try & sell during the holidays.

Now the last of it. Here's where it kinda sucks to be an honest man. I could make lots more if I was crooked. LOL Those lamps aren't brass, just brass toned. But what they ARE is Stiffel Model 6242. The store has an upscale boutique in another location, I'll take them back & suggest they send them there marked $50 for the pair. Someone who knows what they're looking at will jump on that. The brass & copper fireplace bucket is MINE, though!!

Great haul today! Even if I am hauling some back to them tomorrow. It lets them know I'm watching out for them & on board with the good work they do in the community.