Your Best Flea market find?

[pred]

Over the years I have gotten many good and great buys, The best seem to come from yard sales as of the past few years!
One of the most recient was this 15 door locker that has turned into my ammo storage area.
I think I paid about $20 bucks.
Then I needed 16 Masterlocks keyed alike.

It took nearly 3 years of looking to find something that would work well with several types/calipers of ammo.

 

[wundudnee]

I got these 20 AK mags at an estate sale last month for a total of $30.00.

Model 75 Winchester target for $300.00, with everything pictured.

 

[Hondo44]

How about an old Randall knife for $10 and sold on e-bay for a little more than $1200.

The heirs of a deceased gunsmith had a yard sale when they moved from my neighborhood. Included with mostly household goods and furniture were tools and brass. In one of the tool boxes I found three small screwdrivers. One looked like an all steel miniature of the S&W sight adjusting screwdriver with knurled alum. handle from the fifties and figured it had to be Smith. I'd never seen one or knew about those little prewar SDs that sell for $1000. I paid $6 for the SDs and some brass.

Another time a friend bought a gun cabinet and gave me a litte SD he found inside for helping him. It was a knurled, all blued steel Smith early post war SD that go for $150-200.

Lastly bought my only Triple lock for $400 at a house sale with 85 -90% blue and original numbers matching gold med grips. Oh, did I mention it was a target model? Still have it.

 

[imashooter2]

A NOS lower trunk trim strip for a 1963 Impala. Hens teeth are far more common. The guy didn't know what it was and had it listed for $5. I decided I'd just pay instead of trying to talk him down.

 

[Muddyboot]

Originally posted by wundudnee:
I got these 20 AK mags at an estate sale last month for a total of $30.00.

Model 75 Winchester target for $300.00, with everything pictured.

Wow
Great score on the Winchester.

 

[bummer]

Every Flea Market find that I have is <span class="ev_code_RED">junk</span>

in my wifes eyes

 

[Wyatt Burp]

I found a copy of Scouting on Two continents by Col Fred. R. Burnham. Enscribed by him to somebody. He was a scout, hunter, and gunfighter in Az. who went to Rhodesia to scout for Cecil Rhodes. book cost $15 I think.

 

[rge1066]

Not a flea market find, but a yard sale find... I stopped off on the way home from work a couple years ago for a nearby yard sale and found several thousand once-fired, nickeled .38 special cases, about 500 nickeled .357, and about 500 9mm in brass. Every one was PMC, and came in dozens of the plastic cases that hold 50 or 100 cartridges.

The older man wanted $80 for it all, but he accepted half that and he threw in a Lyman reloading manual #44. I've been loading them up ever since...

 

[feralmerril]

My aunt in san clemente calif rented out a old building to a retired secret service agent for a "flower shop" right after nixon resigned. When they left I helped clean up and found a autographed photo of Nixon to the agent. About 8"s by 10"s black & white, with a "offical white house" number stamping on the back. Does anyone here have a idea what the value would be? I still have it locked away in my safe.

 

[kleinkaliber]

Hey, I'm not the only insulator collector here! Nice 145.

 

[10-12]

Walther PPK/S sans magazine for $150.

Bill

 

[PALADIN85020]

OK, try to top this one.

It was El Paso, Texas in the 1980s. My wife and I had gone to a flea market. A few Hispanics had the tailgate down on their truck, and they had a lever action rifle for sale. On inspection, it was an engraved 1873 carbine in .44/40. It was missing the dust cover and was a bit worn, but it was intact, functional, and beautiful. I asked them what they wanted, fully expecting many multiples of $100 (at that time). The reply was "$100.00" I tried not to show emotion, but I only had $50 on me at the time. I told them to hold it for me, and gave them the $50 while I ran to find my wife. I told her to give me $50 "right now and don't ask any questions." I came back with the remaining money and closed the deal.

A letter to the Cody Museum revealed that the 1873 was made in the 2nd year of production, and that the engraving was not factory original. It was definitely period engraving, though, and worn commensurate with the overall condition of the gun.

I am not a collector of Winchesters, so I took it to a gun show after lettering it. As it turned out, the guy who had the table next to me WAS a Win. collector. He asked me what I wanted for it; I told him $900 and we compromised at $850. Remember this was in the '80s. That gun today would be worth FAR more, but I figured that was a fair price at the time.

And yes, I paid my wife back for the $50 I borrowed!

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Palidin. OK. You win! I just got back from the flea market forty five minutes ago. while carrying a rug out for my wife I spotted the book "Gunfighters by Chas. Askins. Hardcover, 98%, for one dollar.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

Got a book " Big Game Hunting' By Elmer Keith for 50 cents. And a Uncle Mikes shoulder holster for a 1911 for a buck.

 

[tomf52]

Bought a box of miscellaneous reloading tools at a garage sale for $2. Pieced it out on E-Bay and ended up with $500 plus kept a few of the pieces for my own use.

 

[WaistGunner]

Found this little mutt about 13 years ago for $25.00 at a local flea market.
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Cheers! Waistgunner

 

[joeysplace]

I have found some great antiques over the years. Some of my most memorable:
(2) Roseville Lamps $30 each......Sold for $1,200 each later on.

Roseville Futura vase $9.50......Sold for $1,500 later on.

Roseville Futura wall pocket $20...Sold later for $800.

Coca Cola Calendar $2.00. It was from the early years.....Sold for $2,500

Several great pieces of Fenton.

Marx Climbing Fireman wind up toy $2.00...I still have it and it is worth about $300.

Those were the good ole days. About 10-12 years ago!

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Bought a "wooden rifle" for $20. It is a complete stock for a WWII M1903.

 

[kritter]

not flea markest but garage sales...

first from a few years ago....found on a table with a bunch of kid toys...S&W .38 D/A 4th model, with five inch barrel.... cost .50 cents

second one a few weeks ago, another garage sale, owner said it had been her dads and didn't want it around her kids..
a little K.22, dates to around 1955, her asking price ......$200.00 bucks...