Spring Cleaning - Part 2

Alright, I finally have a bit of time to get into part 2 of my spring cleaning garbage adventure. This area was not as big as some of the others, but it still gave up some awesome stuff.

I picked up a few art pieces as usual. The first 2 are oil paintings, and the one on the right is a print.

Not much electronics wise this time, just a DVD, a PS2 Game and a lone xbox 360 remote 

Kids stuff included this baby bead toy

A big box full of Archie comics. I love these things, I got into them as a kid, and I still read them to this day. Though I got to admit, the more modern ones aren't as good as the classics. 

A box full of magnetic building toys

 

Stuff for the home included this set of 4 hand stitched cat coasters

This cool stone ware baking set 

A digital toaster which worked perfectly fine. This was at a pile that seemed like a move out pile and I think they just thought the toaster was to crumb-y to pack up. It' s like they just didn't want to deal with getting crumbs everywhere on everything so they just thought it would be easier to toss. It's the only explanation I can think of as to why it was tossed.

 

 Misc. kitchen stuff...

and more misc. kitchen stuff

This wired tea light candle holder tree is really pretty, but I was afraid my little guy would end up running into it and gouging an eye out, so I quickly sold it for $10

Some Christmas decor

 

These spiral trees were still stored in their boxes

 

I set them up, they still worked, and I quickly sold them. Easy peasy!

 

I also found some items that were new with tags still on them...

This pretty butterfly mug was still in the box

And this kids highchair

 Folds flat for easy storage!

Tags and instructions still attached

 

And now we get to some of my favourite stuff to find...the vintage stuff :)

A pristine Olympia typewritter

These DIY fix it book for Ford and Chevy

 

A cool wire coat rack

 

And this amazing retro lamp with a fiberglass shade

 

Glass medicine bottles

The box on the left is a game called "Hurry Waiter!". Unfortunately it's empty, but I grabbed it anyways because I love the graphics. The  other box is a complete puzzle of the Apollo 11 astronauts.

Lastly is the most valuable find of this run. This is a send away hockey marble game board from Post cereal. From what I've found out online, the little game player marbles were included inside the cereal boxes, and you had to send away for the game board. This is that game board and it is still with the original box it was mailed in. Unfortunately, there were no hockey marbles in the pile. With the marbles, this would go for over $400...But, as is, with the original box, I can still get about $150-200 for it...that is, if I decide to sell it. I have a few hockey fans in the house who think this is the coolest thing ever. I'll update if I ever sell it.

So, that's another adventure! Part 3 of 4 will be coming up soon, with a little bit about my 2016 selling total.

Wishing you and yours a very happy holiday season, and many treasures for the new year!

Spring Cleaning - Part 1

For the next few posts, I'm going to focus on all my finds from the big spring clean up that happened this year. Every year all the local townships do a spring clean-up where people can throw whatever they want out at the curb. Usually people have to bring it to the dump themselves, or pay a small fee to throw out anything more than the towns imposed 2 bag limit.

Bigger townships split their area up and do one section every weekend, but the smaller ones do it one weekend only. Last year it was pretty spread out, but this year they almost all decided to do it on the same weekend. It was insanity and a lot of driving. My sister in law and niece were also visiting for that weekend, and since they had seen and heard of all my treasures, they asked if they could come with me.

It was really nice and fun having other people to go with. We were out the entire day and came home with a completely packed car. We even managed to find a cargo roof bin in someones pile, hook it up to the top of my van, and fill it with stuff.

So here is a look at the stuff picked up on week 1...

Lots of kid stuff...

 

 

 A vintage ET and Cabbage Patch Doll

 Also what I guess was a competitor to the Easy Bake Oven, the Micro Lite Oven from Robin Hood

 The heat from the light bulb in this lamp makes a scene twirl around. The images then get projected onto the wall. This one had a Noah's Ark theme

Some decorative items...

"Arrr! I'll be keeping all your change safe from looters!" I love this pirate piggy bank. I thought it only appropriate to photograph him in front of my fish tank :)

Christmas stuff...

Electronics...

This vintage Panasonic Radio/TV is pretty cool. I can just imagine kids in the 70's lugging this thing to the beach in the summer.

A box full of Sony Playstation stuff

 

And Xbox as well

 

A nice working alarm clock/radio 

Lots of art...

 This first paining is my favourite. I called him "Armando". This painting gives off a total "Godfather" vibe to me for some reason.

However, on the back it says "Bobby (in his 30's)" I'm still going to call him Armando though :P 

Vintage prints

The one in the middle here is actually an old colorized photo...

 

Here is a closer look at it 

Its signed by someone..

 

No clues on the back as to the date or photographer unfortunately

 

I tried to enhance the photo so you could see the colorization

 

Some other mics stuff...

A coffee bean grinder

A Joshua Perrets Purse

 

Some DVD box sets

 

This cool marble ashtray

 

These cute vintage french books

 

I love the old illustrations...

 

This sexy cat costume

 

An old street sign

 

A prayer mat

 

This nice wall lamp

 

Some nicely carved wood sculptures

 

The one on the left is signed "Vladimir". If anyone has any info about these, I'd love to hear it.

 I found this box marked "Wreath war"

Inside was this unused commemorative wreath. I donated this to a legion in a near by town

 

This waste basket is one of my favourite finds. It didn't look like anything special at first. I just grabbed it at a pile and loaded it up with a few more things I had grabbed and threw it all into my car.

Once I got home I got a good look at it and I knew it was old. I looked up the name printed on the bottom, "The Massillon Wire  Basket Co.", and found out this garbage basket is over 100 years old!

Lastly, and sadly, I also pulled this pelt out of a bag. At first I thought it was a calf, but now I believe it to be a cougar. Some poor animal had to die to be somebody's wall decoration, only to be thrown in the trash once someone got tired of looking at his coat on the wall.

That's all for part 1, stay tuned for part 2 coming soon!

Keep looking out for treasures, and happy picking!