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<p>[QUOTE="J Dagger, post: 7458531, member: 10944"]Found my first thrift store silver in a couple years. Only 53g but I’ll take it. I barely go anymore but I decided to pull in on the way home from an auction house pickup. They had some overpriced sets of Silverplate in their respective wooden cases. Opened them all up and low and behold in the last one this was laying on top sticking out like a sore thumb. Since it didn’t match the set I took it out asked how much and brought it home for $1. On the way out I saw some guitar cases on the other side of the store and noticed one was a Martin. No guitar and the case was beat up but it still ought to bring $100-$200 on a $15 investment. I’ve only stopped at Savers the last couple years and leave empty handed usually. This was a Salvation Army and a nice change of pace. The Savers shelves I’ve seen are picked totally bare lately. Nothing you could make more than $5 on if you were lucky. The only things worth having are priced way beyond their retail value on a good day. Nice to go home with something this time. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ain’t much to look at but $1 silver is fun. [ATTACH=full]422829[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="J Dagger, post: 7458531, member: 10944"]Found my first thrift store silver in a couple years. Only 53g but I’ll take it. I barely go anymore but I decided to pull in on the way home from an auction house pickup. They had some overpriced sets of Silverplate in their respective wooden cases. Opened them all up and low and behold in the last one this was laying on top sticking out like a sore thumb. Since it didn’t match the set I took it out asked how much and brought it home for $1. On the way out I saw some guitar cases on the other side of the store and noticed one was a Martin. No guitar and the case was beat up but it still ought to bring $100-$200 on a $15 investment. I’ve only stopped at Savers the last couple years and leave empty handed usually. This was a Salvation Army and a nice change of pace. The Savers shelves I’ve seen are picked totally bare lately. Nothing you could make more than $5 on if you were lucky. The only things worth having are priced way beyond their retail value on a good day. Nice to go home with something this time. Ain’t much to look at but $1 silver is fun. [ATTACH=full]422829[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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