Collectables and Vintage Items

Great Vintage Retro Finds on Junkables

2012-01-12T16:45:00.000-08:00

There are some great Retro Hippie Finds on Junkables.com.
Take a look at our Vintage Clothing and Accessories Page and take a trip back to the 70's. Many items to get you in the vintage hippie era. Everything from Butterfly Jeans to retro sunglasses. Here are some of my favorite items to get you looking retro.

Take a look at these Vintage 60's-70's Maverick Flare Leg Butterfly Jeans

Vintage Hippie Era Original Let's Boogie T Shirt To go with your retro Jeans

1980's Van's High Top Skateboard Sneakers Size 8

Vintage Metco Miami 10K R.G.F Eye Wear Eye Glass Frames

Nina Ricci Eyeglasses Frames

Packed and Ready to Roll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-09-08T18:02:00.000-07:00

Who thinks we will make it all the way to Texas without losing anything?

What to do with antiques that are beyond repair??

2011-09-08T13:42:00.000-07:00

What do you do with antiques that are beyond repair; well you can make other things out of them.

Here are just a few ideas, if you have some ideas please post comment or email

1. Dressers that do not have a repairable top. You can glue pennies or any flat object that you have enough of to the top of the dresser and then give the dresser three coats of polyurethane. Another thing to do with dressers beyond repair is to put cloth on them. Just take the knobs off of the drawers and then glue padding on the fronts of the drawers and top of dresser, then staple a beautiful piece of cloth on the drawers and top of dresser, makes for a beautiful and unique piece. Replace knobs

2. Golf Clubs, Do you have a ton of old golf clubs that you do not know what to do with. You can make lamps from them. Use your imagination and come up a unique design and then just buy a lamp kit from Wal-Mart. You can also make tables from them.

3. Old metal cabinets make great bathroom pieces. If you have one that you cannot paint or distress, just get some nice wall paper and wall paper it to match your bathroom design.

4. Antique Stand ashtrays that have the ashtray itself missing makes great bases for bedside tables or you can also make great lamps from them.

10 Things every Antique Dealer should know when selling Antiques Online

2011-08-20T11:16:00.000-07:00

A lot of people think selling antiques and collectibles online is easy and for the most part it is easy. However just listing what you have to sell is just part of it, your antiques and collectibles will sell better if you know what you are selling. This is done by going online researching prices of similar items, visiting flea markets and antique shows too, Also desirability at the time you are trying to sell an item is of the utmost importance. Just because you looked something up in a book and the price says 500.00 doesn't necessarily mean your antique is worth that same 500.00. The markets fluctuate all the time. What was desirable yesterday may not be as desirable in today's markets or could be worth twice as much in today's markets. That's why researching what you are about to sell is so important.

1. Make great Titles for your antiques. Use great Keywords, keywords is so important. If a seller lists a black tea pot, and that's all they use as a title it is a very limited title and may sell someday down the road. But if another sellers does a title like example Black tea pot made in England Mid Century or whichever era this tea pot has better chances of selling with the added keywords. Here is another example of making the most of your titles - If you are selling an old lamp for example you might use “1960 Art Deco glass lamp” as a title instead of just great old lamp.

2. Be clear on your descriptions of the antique you are listing. If the antique is in poor condition make sure you put it in your description of the item. Also if the description is short, that hurts too. Sellers shouldn't be afraid to add personal touches to an ad. Like (this is such a funny item. I remember when my sister and I played with this long ago). Sometimes adding that personal touch helps a customer relate better and that helps them to decide they want fond memories too about that antique or collectible. Sometimes buyers need that extra help to make a purchase plus it shows them your human and not just another machine listing stuff.

3. Now I'd like to talk about the display of your antiques and collectibles. I can't over emphasize DISPLAY, DISPLAY, DISPLAY. Display is very important whether you’re selling online or setting up at a show. When you’re taking pictures of your antiques try to only show what you are selling. I see all the time people listing say an antique bottle on a table cluttered with stuff behind the bottle that's for sale. When doing that it takes away from the antique bottle and makes it appear as just another object amongst other stuff. If you took that same bottle against a solid color that's pleasing to the eye with nothing else in the picture, it not only highlights the antique bottle but gives it some importance and helps the value of the bottle. I personally like black backgrounds but some collectibles such as jewelry or other objects look good with light greens or pinks etc. fabric is inexpensive enough to buy a yard or two for background colors. The display of an item can make or break a sale. Have clear uncluttered pictures of the antique.

4. Ask a fair price for your item. If your vintage item is in poor condition be sure to reflect that in your price.

5. Take great pictures of your antiques and make sure you optimize the image for the web. When your images of your antiques load fast, that leaves more time for the potential buyers to spend looking at your collectibles. If your images are slow and large – most buyers will move on and go to another item. When taking pictures of your antiques think of it as if you were looking to buy the item. If you were holding something in your hand would you only look at the front? Or maybe just look at the front and back? No, you would look it over very good to make sure all sides are nice and everything is functioning properly. We are limited by the amount of pictures we can load on a page so try to show as much of an item as possible, for the buyer to feel comfortable about the antique is as we state it. So next time you are going to sell something hold it in your hand and take the pictures that might help you to decide what you show is the important parts of the object whether or not there are faults or the antique is in mint condition.

6. I have found that my items sell better and faster if I use PayPal. People seem to trust PayPal and it is faster than waiting for someone to send you a check and then waiting for the check to clear the bank before shipping.

7. List your antiques in many places. There are many Free Places to list your antiques and collectibles. Junkables.com is just one example of an online antique store that allows their members to list their antiques with no listing or seller fees of any kind. You can list antiques for sale on more than just one place at a time, and the more places you list your antiques the more potential buyers will see them. When the antique online store is free to list on, then go for it. Just make sure if you have a paypal buynow button, that you set your button to have a track inventory on it, and set the inventory to 1, this allows paypal to turn off the button as soon as the antique or collectable sells, no matter how many sites you have the antique on. ( that way you will be sure that you only sell your antique once)

8. Let people know where they can find your antiques. Post your item on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and any other social networking site you are a member of.

9. Only charge the cost of your shipping and handling fees.

10. Be clear on where you will and will not ship to. Then pack the antique with care and mail promptly. It is good business and you want your customers to be happy and satisfied so they will spread the word.

Found Vintage Coins in Boxes

2011-05-30T14:55:00.000-07:00

What a Find!!! We found a fishing tackle box inside one of the boxes as we were going through a couple of the boxes this weekend. I set the fishing tackle box aside while we went through and took pictures of the vintage glassware that I was really excited about finding. We were just about to leave because it was getting so hot and I was wanting to spend the weekend with my family, when I remembered I had not looked through the vintage fishing tackle box and thought there might be some great vintage fishing lures in it. I was knocked over when I opened it and found what was inside, - Vintage Collectible Coins - Now i am not a coin collector, but I do know Indian head nickels, steel dimes, war nickels and a bunch of Silver dollars were in there. I will be going through the coins and adding them to Junkables Antique Coins category. Here are some pictures I took of the tackle box with the vintage coins in it.

Could it get any more Junkable than this

2011-05-15T11:10:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of one of the warehouses - you will understand why we named our website Junkables.com. This is years of collecting and storing - it will be very interesting when we get to the boxes in the back and on the bottom of the stacks. These boxes have not been opened in years and we do not even know what is in them until we open them. It is like a Treasure Hunt every time we go there to get antiques to list. I will be posting some of the vintage collectibles we uncover as we go through the boxes, so check back often to see if we find that one of a kind collectable.

Great Online Antique and Vintage Stores - Junkables.com

2011-05-03T18:50:00.000-07:00

Great Online Antique Stores - Junkables.com
Junkables.com is a online antique store where members can list their antiques, vintage items and collectibles with no listing fees of any kind. They have everything from vintage furniture to antique lighting and much much more.
Vintage Furniture - Some great vintage Chairs from Junkables.com

Groovy Paul McCobb chair has bright fabric, super design!

Wisconsin Chair Company Bench

1993 Italian Italy Carlo Bartoli Gali Arm Chair

Victorian style chair on casters

Help in identifing worth of hand sewn stitchery of Mount Fuji that was confiscated during WWII

2010-10-13T20:51:00.000-07:00

Eileen received a gift of a cloth stitchery of Mount Fuji which was taken from a home in Japan. The confiscation happened in 1945 in Japan. An Army Major confiscated the drawing and brought it
back and gave it to his brother. It graced their walls for many years. Eileen took care of the man whom it was given to and he in turn gave it to her in his will. Eileen feels fortunate to have been his friend.
When she got it, she thought it had been a painting until she cleaned the original frame and found it was a stitchery art at its very best. It is all hand sewn and uses gold thread in places. She has a feeling it is very valuable and needs to know what insurance rates to keep it safe. The person who reframed it for her said it was very valuable. If anyone can help with identifying this piece of art or has any knowledge of how much it might be worth, please leave a comment. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Antique Mystery Bottle

2009-11-09T16:34:00.000-08:00

I have had this vintage bottle for about 23 years. I was with my mother-in-law in her back yard when i looked down and saw a bottle half buired in the ground. Something just made me dig it up, which was not in my nature to do back when i was a 19 year old kid. But anyway I dug it up being very careful not to break it. After a lot of directions from my mother-in-law about how to get it out of the ground with the least amount of damage it finally came out with no damage at all. It did not have a chip on it. I have had this bottle setting in my china cabinet that she bought me ever since that day only taken it out to show people and on a few occassions i have taken it to antique shopes to see if they might could tell me what it was use for or what came in this bottle. No one i have ever talked to has had any idea what it could of been used for.

The design on the bottle is what makes it so unique. It is shaped like a large skinny perfume bottle but it has elephant heads and the tusks and trunks running down the bottle. The design is baked into the bottle not painted. Most antique dealers say perfume would not of come in the bottle because of the design on the outside. It is a solid color of light blue all the way through the bottle and the top looks to maybe have had a screw top but if it did it was only one ring around to screw the top on. So i quess it having that type of screw top makes it not as old as i thought, but i could be wrong about the top. The bottle had no top when i dug it up and can only guess what type of top it had.
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If anyone could tell me what this bottle would of been used for or what could of come in this bottle would solve a 25 year old mystery. Please any help would greatly be appreciated. This is also posted in the Junkables fourm http://www.junkables.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=11

Junkables.com has a new Look

2009-10-25T15:52:00.001-07:00

We have changed the look of Junkables.com. We think the site is a lot easier to navigate and we have also added a dealers listing, so everyone can sell their items on Junkables. And the best part is it is absolutely FREE to list and sell your Antiques and vintage Collectibles with us. Your Anitques and Collectibles wont get lost in the millions of products like they do on eBay and eBay charges fees for listing and selling your Collectables. So stop by and check us out and feel free to leave your feedback on our chatter page. We can use all the good advice we can get, so if there is something you would like us to add or change let us know.
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Vintage Dental Tools

2009-01-12T19:05:00.001-08:00

If anyone can help me out on this antique item I would truly be appreciative. I believe it is a vintage dental tool sterilizer. I was told it was a device the dentist used to clean and sterilize their instruments. They would light the wick and let the cup get hot in order to sterilize their dental instruments. I am not sure if this is correct or not, so if anyone knows for sure I would like to hear from you. Thanks
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The Treasure Hunt

2009-01-11T17:44:00.000-08:00

The pictures above are the three boxes I brought home yesterday. As you can see these boxes have been stored for a long time without being moved, and have collected a lot of dust. Going through them is definitely a dirty job, but a fun one. It truly is like a treasure hunt each time we bring a load home, I can't wait to see what is inside each box. The lunchboxes were the exciting treasure we found this week, along with the china. I always made fun of my father-n-law for collecting anything and everything, but I am afraid I am falling into the trap as well. I can't wait to completely go through one box before I am opening up the other two to see what is inside.
You can't imagine the boxes in the warehouse, stacks and stacks of them. It feels like it will take a life time to go through them one at a time. I think what we have on the website http://www.junkables.com/ is from around 30 boxes.
Antiques Vintage and Collectibles

Favolina China Rosepath

2009-01-10T19:15:00.000-08:00

The treasure for this week was an entire set of Favolina China - Rosepath pattern. There are 8 dinner plates, 7 saucers, 7 cups, 1 platter, creamer and sugar bowl, 8 bowls, 7 small bowls and a few other pieces. The china is in great shape, I think I saw one small chip on the back of one of the saucers. The bottom of the plates have Favolina China made in Poland and the number 3, Embassy China Royal Imports, and some of the pieces have the number two on them. I not sure what the number means.

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Brass Bull Knocker

2009-01-08T19:17:00.000-08:00

In the box with the jewelry we found an old brass door knocker (I think it is brass). It would make a beautiful addition to any door. If you are interested in the knocker just click on the link below and click on the products link and then on the clocks link (I know it is out of place) and it is on the bottom right of the first page. We hope to have new content on the site by Sunday night. I will take pictures through the whole process, from bring the boxes home to unpacking and repacking them. Until them have a wonderful Friday.

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Costume Jewelry

2009-01-07T19:36:00.000-08:00

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We found a box of Costume Jewelry today and I have not had the time to go through the entire box. I will put a few pictures on now and when I get through the entire box I will add the rest. We have been going through several boxes at a time and things are starting to get out of hand. My basement now looks like a junk store. I need to take several boxes back to the warehouse before I go through any more. I will make that my goal for the weekend, repack all the boxes in my basement and take them back to the warehouse. I also have several pieces of costume jewelry from my mother's collection; I need to go through that box as well. We are going to really try to put all the Jewelry on the site http://www.junkables.com/

Fenton Glass Bowl

2009-01-06T19:02:00.000-08:00

The treasure for this week was a small Fenton glass bowl, it stills has the Fenton sticker. In the same box with the Fenton glass bowl were several pieces of carnival glass. To see more pictures of the glassware go to http://www.junkables.com/. We also uncovered a vintage dental chair. It was in the back of the old warehouse and as we moved all the boxes and large items out, we were able to take pictures of the chair. It took a forklift and two men to move it. The chair is in great condition just a little dirty. The hydraulic lift still works, we plugged it in and tested it. The dental chair and the old dental compressor would make great decorative pieces for a dental office. For additional information on these pieces just send an email to info@junkables.com. Thanks again for all the interest in our website and all the support as we get started. We really can't express how grateful we are to have such a great group of friends and customers.

Past the holidays

2009-01-04T18:54:00.000-08:00

OK, we have made it past the holidays. I hope everyone had a great and enjoyable holiday, I know I did. We are back to work at http://www.junkables.com and we are adding new stuff all the time, so check us out often. If you would like us to email you when we add new items just go to our home page and then click on the feedback page and put in your name and email address. We would be glad to email you updates. Next week we will be going through several new boxes from the warehouse, can't wait to see what treasures we find. I will post some of the new items we find on this blog, so stay tuned and enjoy. Thanks

Christmas Eve

2008-12-24T16:22:00.000-08:00

It's Christmas Eve and all is calm. We had our Christmas dinner this afternoon and we are all stuffed. We had Turkey, dressing, macaroni and cheese, green bean casserole, and mashed potatoes and all kinds of other stuff. I feel like I need to walk a mile or two, but I have too much cooking to do to get ready for tomorrow. We are going to my mother-n-laws house and doing it all again. Maybe I will not eat as much tomorrow. I will be glad when all the holidays are over, as much as I enjoy them, I will be glad to get back to work and start going through the boxes. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a happy holiday. Thanks again for supporting www.junkables.com

New Content

2008-12-21T18:10:00.000-08:00

I haven’t gotten any new boxes in about a week; I apologize for our lack of new content on the website. I am trying to get through the holidays before I get any more new boxes. We are moving everything into a new warehouse, and I think we are almost completely moved. This has given me a chance to really see all that my father-n-law has. It is more than anybody could believe. It will take us years to go through all the boxes he has.
There are around 200 golf clubs. I am not sure why he has some many golf clubs; I think he was collecting them at one point. I will get them on http://www.junkables.com/ soon. We also have boxes of china, I am not sure if I should post them onto the website or not. I am afraid they will not be easy to ship because they are so fragile. I wish we could have gotten all the Christmas items onto the website before the first of December, but we will get them all on for next year. I also have to get started on all the dolls my mother-n-laws has. That was the original reason we started http://www.junkables.com/. Her collection of dolls is impressive. I will get back to work right after the holidays and we will have new content every week. Thanks again for everyone who continues to be supportive while we get http://www.junkables.com/ up and going.

Hillbilly Family

2008-12-18T17:42:00.000-08:00

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OK I know these are not old, vintage or antique but they are collectible. These are for the hard core collector (just kidding); however, I do think they make great Christmas presents. The hillbilly hunter, the hillbilly farmer and the hillbilly family would be delighted over these cute pieces. Think of the fun you will have watching someone unwrap the country school bus. The true hillbilly would be grateful for something so thoughtful. Maybe because I am from the south, but I think these make great junk to set around as knickknacks.

Boxes, boxes and more boxes

2008-12-14T16:26:00.000-08:00

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Just in case anyone was worried about Junkables running out of content to put on the website, I have taken some pictures of our warehouse. Above are pictures of just one row of boxes and there are at least 20 more rows like that one. We are working hard trying to get everything on the site. We would like to thank everyone for your support and patients while we get our store up and running. Please stop by http://www.junkables.com/ often to check out new items we have.

Vintage Christmas

2008-12-12T17:08:00.000-08:00

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Happy Holiday
We are getting closer to the holidays. There are only 13 days until Christmas and we still have lots of Christmas items to put on the website (http://www.junkables.com). I wish we could have had all the vintage Christmas items on the website, but we just didn’t have the time. We hope to have everything on the site by next Christmas. We will also have all the yard sale items on the site in the next couple of months. We are working hard trying to get all the content onto the site. The Christmas angles we added to the site this week are beautiful; there are also a set of the old bubble lights and ornaments. We will continue to add new items to the site every week or so. Hope everyone has a happy holiday. Thanks

Happy Holidays

2008-12-11T17:13:00.000-08:00

All of us here at Junkables would like to wish everyone a merry Christmas and happy holidays. This has been a good year for the Junkable's crew, even though we have only been in business for 3 months we are like family and enjoy spending time together. We have worked very hard and had a good time along the way. I hope that the coming year is as fun and enjoyable as this year has been. We are dedicated to really growing our website and perfecting it to be one of the best. We realize we have a long road ahead of us, but we are willing to put in the time. We would truly appreciate any feedback anyone would be willing to give. Just go to http://www.junkables.com and click on the feedback page. We are currently working on our calendar page and would like to have it finished by the end of this year for 2009. We will have lots of dates for the upcoming flea markets and events. If you would like for us to email you when we have gather all the dates just let us know and we would be happy to send you an update. Thanks again and have a great holiday.

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2008-12-09T17:19:00.000-08:00

I have not gotten any new boxes this week. I am still trying to sort through the last six boxes. It his been a major task trying to unpack everything and then logging it on the database for the website (http://www.junkables.com/) and then repacking it and numbering each box as I go. I am going to take the six boxes I have now back and get six new ones. I will have new ones this weekend to go through. Can't wait to see what treasure I find in the next box.

Vintage Christmas Decorations

2008-12-08T17:49:00.000-08:00

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I still think the cat Christmas ornament is my favorite piece so far. I also found a box of the old noma bubble lights and they still work. This seems like a never ending process of going through box after box. I will still be going through boxes a year from now. Don't forget to check us out on line at http://www.junkables.com/

Vintage Christmas Ornaments

2008-12-06T17:10:00.000-08:00

Today I found 4 boxes of old Christmas Ornaments. I wish I knew more about these items. I am not sure where they came from or how old they are. The cat ornament must be a unique one because I have not seen one like it anywhere.

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Art Deco Ceiling Light

2008-11-22T19:04:00.000-08:00

Found this great Art Deco Ceiling Light, or a least I think it is art deco. If anyone knows any different please let me know. It is a beautiful piece, the picture really doesn't do it justice. The light is in very good shape to have been hauled around as much as it has been. It has been boxed up for at least 5 years maybe longer.

Salt and Pepper Shakers

2008-11-21T19:54:00.000-08:00

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I have come across lots of salt and pepper shakers in my hunt for treasures. I really did not realize there were so many people who collect salt and pepper shakers. These would make a great addition to anyone collection.

Ocarina Flute

2008-11-20T17:47:00.000-08:00

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OK it took me a while to figure out what this was. It is heavy and is in pretty good shape. I search eBay and finally found one like it. It is a musical instrument; Ocarina Flute I think. If this is not the correct name for it please let me know.

Antiques and Collectibles Old Bottle

2008-11-19T16:53:00.000-08:00

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I am amazed that this old bottle was not broken and in decent shape. It was in the bottom of a box I was going through. “The Old Blend Whisky of the White Horse Cellar - established in 1742. The label is in pretty good shape and it still has the cap. If you are interested in seeing all the items we are going through, please stop by our website. http://www.junkables.com/
It has been a lot of work but I think it will be worth it in the end.
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Flash Gordon Comic Strips

2008-11-18T18:02:00.000-08:00

http://www.junkables.com/The great treasure of the day: a collection of old Flash Gordon newspaper clippings. Someone had taken lots of time and energy gathering lots of comic strips of Flash Gordon. The papers are very old and are crumbling at the edges. They are from the Post-Dispatch and some are dated Sunday October 29, 1939. If you are a Flash Gordon fan you have to see this.

Vintage Cameras

2008-11-17T18:58:00.000-08:00

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Today I found vintage cameras. Kodak Hawkeye - ILOCA (German I think) - a 420 Polaroid and a Model 80 Polaroid with the case and Flash. I think I am getting the "disease", because I am getting more and more excited about going through the boxes. I am going to have to limit myself to one or two boxes a day. It seems to be too overwhelming when I go through 4 at a time. I have to open up every box and drag everything out just to see what is inside the boxes and then I have to take pictures of each item for the website and load it onto a database. My basement now looks like a junk store. Oh well it is all worth it.

Legend Products, Chalk Heads

2008-11-15T19:14:00.000-08:00

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Today I uncovered a box of Legend Products - (Made in England) heads. There are over 20 heads. To a collector of chalk items this would be a great treasure.

Legend Products

2008-11-15T18:59:00.000-08:00

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Today I found a entire box of Legend Products - Made in England heads. There are around 20 different heads.

Junkables and Collectibles

2008-11-14T18:41:00.000-08:00

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Today I found a scrapbook of newspaper clippings from 1918. It was full of clipping from the Chicago Tribune of World War I. There were at least 20 pages of clippings. Most were from 1918 but some were from 1941. The other treasures for the day was a set of 4 Bethel Missouri Plates, a Gene Autry Cap Gun.

Junkables.com

2008-11-12T18:38:00.000-08:00

I am going through my father-n-law collection of vintage items (junk) that he has collected for over 30 years. He has some much stuff, they had to rent a warehouse just to store everything, We are going through one box at a time and putting it onto a website. Each box I open holds some unique treasure, it has been like Christmas everyday and overwhelming. You can't imagine how many boxes he has. One of the neatest things I have found so far is a wooden box with a cross, holy water cup, candle holder, and a scripture from I think 1957. It has special metal on the back of the Cross, cup and plates. I am sure it was used for a Priest to carry with him to read the Last Rights to the sick. He also has several old cap guns and holsters. I will keep posting on the different items I find.

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