Another celebrity sighting, this time an estate including items handed down from Oliver Hardy of Laurel & Hardy. Among the entertainment memorabilia and Hardy’s Masonic… Read More »My privilege to extend a laurel and hearty handshake
Who knew that in the old timey times that the prices of eggs were so volatile that you needed something like a gas station marquee… Read More »Educated Eggdicator
Sometimes you find estate sales that are like a slice of your own past. I don’t think I ever had the Darth Vader carrying case,… Read More »Time Travel
You just know this is the old gent that the nurses had to watch out for at the nursing home. Photo from Grason’s.
After the King died in 1977, what better way to commemorate him than with a collectible set of bubble gum cards? I guess if you… Read More »Elvis fan who chewed a lot of bubble gum
Perhaps unsurprisingly, this little number was in a home with a lot of taxidermy. In a separate sale, someone was quite the collector of oil… Read More »Like a deer caught in a tablelamp
I guess it makes sense that you want your piston rings to be perfectly circular. Especially if you went to Med School to become a… Read More »From Tool to A Perfect Circle
This is fantastic! A StarKist branded tape measure in the shape of a tuna can. How can you not love this? The WikiPedia page for… Read More »Sorry, Charlie – You didn’t measure up
Comic books are a common find at estate sales; sometimes a few, sometimes a few dozen long boxes crammed full of them. Out of the… Read More »Aquaman (for Negativsteve)
OK, this inaugurates a new tag that is sort of a sequel to the want tag: bought! Found this at an estate sale walking distance… Read More »Fractals in my pocket