Silver Is On A Tear Today

Still climbing in price.

 

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And there are still people who don't know what they have on a yard sale.
Exhibit A
27 grams sterling for $7.

 

You did good!

 

Or a flea market bourse!
Ten years ago, I went to my first ever flea market bourse in Westend Ottawa. About 30K sq ft. of stuff. I went to this old mans miltaria stall, I noticed he had a SS Officers Ceremonial Dagger with chain, perfect. I asked Him, what he wanted for it, he said $75 Can., I bought it. Later, I took it to a well expert, he was astounded, showed me a auction catalogue, its value $10-15K US! Sometimes you can snag a good deal.

 

Asymmetric knowledge.

At a ham fest (flea market for electronic gear), I found someone selling a box of old Popular Electronics magazines from the mid-70s. He wanted $15 for the box.

I looked through the box, and I saw that it included the January and February 1975 issues, the ones that introduced the Altair 8800 - the first mass-marketed "personal computer".

I bought the box, and sold those two issues on eBay for something like $200.

 

Are you a Ham?

 

Old magazines! I had a 105 yr old client, she and her 82 yr old daughter lived in a beautifull Victorian house in Ottawa South. Her great grandson decided to unclutter the house for them. On my reg. lawn service day, also garbage day, I noticed there were two cardboard boxes full of old magazines, even comics from the 1930, 40s. Some were still in plastic, never read. I asked her if I could take them, she said please do. Have them all here now. Best of all there was a old stamp album from circa 1930s, with supberb Newfoundland collection from 1851- 1947! Some stamp catalogued over 1000 UK pds in Gibbons 2024 catalogue.