Dig This Treasure!

Right before I broke my toe, one of my best friends told me that her mom (who I know pretty well) had a bunch of stuff at home that she was interested in getting rid of, that once belonged to her mother and aunt. I agreed to help her out by looking at the stuff and listing those things that were valuable (while taking a small cut of the profit).

I started listing some of the items last weekend. She had this cool, super old B.F. Goodrich rubber hot water bottle that had really lovely advertising (the box was in great shape, had all it’s paperwork, etc.) I didn’t think it was worth anything but Adam insisted that someone would want it because it was in such good shape and the advertising was so clean. 

I got it all set up and took out all of the attachments, etc. I don’t know if I’m dense or naive or both, but I almost died when, while taking pictures, I noticed this: 

In case you have poor eyesight, that says, “Douche and enema pipes and fittings for syringe use.” I’m not sure WHAT I thought all of the piping and attachments were for (filling the water bottle?!) but I had NO CLUE. 

I had just handled said attachments and so I promptly ran downstairs screaming, “ADAM! ADAM! ADAM!!!!” I explained what had just occurred and he said, “You didn’t know that’s what that was?!” NO I DID NOT. 

Also, another lesson was learned. That sucker sold for $41 and had a ton of watchers/bidders (including someone named something like RonPoo567… no joke), so apparently people like to collect old enema bags. Don’t think I’ll be selling another one anytime soon, though. 

Stay tuned–I’m selling a lot of other cool things for my friend’s mom so I’ll feature those another day. 

-Sarah