Last Tuesday, I had the day off because of doctor’s appointment mid-day, and I was really pleased because there was a crazy looking sale that started that day. Sales typically do not begin that early in the week, but there are a few boneheaded companies that do such a thing. The pictures of this sale reflected that it was: 1) very dirty and 2) full of old things–especially from the ‘80s. I am cool with both of those conditions, so I was excited to have the chance to go check out this sale. I was right on both fronts. Here is evidence in both regards:
1) Mega dirty:
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a dirtier Sesame Street toy.
2) Lots of '80s stuff:
What you see here are boxes of cereal from the 1980s that are in plastic bags. They were each marked $10, I believe. Quite a steal.
First things first–this sale was being run by our old friend, THAT GUY. That guy is a total scammer, and has no idea what he’s talking about. So half the stuff at this sale was overpriced and the other half was underpriced. In the end, it all worked out. And even though this sale was totally, disgustingly filthy, I found some cool stuff. Both to laugh about and to purchase.
On my way upstairs, I spotted this box of naked Ken dolls. I don’t know why, but it really made me crack up.
Once upstairs, I made my way into a room filled with possibly the most stuffed animals and dolls I have ever seen in such a small space.
This doesn’t really do it justice. When I was in this room, a woman came in and asked me, “Do you think this is all one person’s?” How sad that this was probably her first estate sale experience. I told her yes, that this was one person’s stuff. She looked horrified.
Most of the dolls and stuffed animals in these boxes were in sorta gross shape, but I still was excited about the quantity, because really… there are so many possibilities for treasures. It turns out that I DID find a treasure in one of these boxes.
Tee hee, just kidding. I found an adorable Rushton mouse, who was in really great shape!
Like I mentioned–half of the stuff at this sale was overpriced, and the other half was underpriced. That mouse was priced the same as Chucky up above!
Here’s some other stuff I laughed about:
Look at that dummy!
If anyone ever wanted to start a collection of California Raisins… here was a perfect opportunity.
Huggabunch…what up?! Just in case you were wondering, his name was Hugsy.
In the end, I found some cute things, including another Joan Walsh Anglund doll. She has heart patches on her knees!
I also found two GIANT boxes of photographs.They were marked $75 (for both), and the guy would NOT budge, so I decided to take a risk. As it turns out, there were over 1,000 pictures in the boxes and some of them were bulge photos, so I think I’ll have an update about the outcome of that find, sometime in the future!
-Sarah