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The Latest Swag.
Yeah Baby I have found some choice stuff out there dumpster diving.
Saturday $77 out the door. Stromberg Carlson 240R circa 1937.    Btw the Painting and Stiffle Lamp also came from Dumpster Diving...
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This Was Yesterday
 What we have here is: 1. All Clad D5 4 qt 12" Essentials Pan wt lid....$1.50 2. Salvatore Ferragamo leather slip ons..... 3 Finn Comfort (german) walking shoes.... 4. All Clad Metal Crafters 10" non stick Fry pan 5. Le Cresut 30 CM 12" cast iron Skillet...$6.40 All for under $40. I had to pay a vertible fortune for the Salvatores.... Last Saturday: Florsheim vintage circa 1980's "Gun Boat" Goodyear Welted Cognac long wingtips. about the same as the Le Creuset. The Japanese love these shoes....
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 Last Friday: 1. Yves St Laurent... a vintage 3/4 length Lambskin coat.. lets just say less than a Happy meal at McDonalds... 2 2 pairs of Mezlan Crocodile and leather basket weave shoes....one black one brown...less than 2 Happy meals at Mickey D's for BOTH.
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Ted, you can send those Finn Comfort shoes to the factory and for a fee they will refurbish them to like new. Insoles also can be replaced. I like the wing tips
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The Florsheim are in excellent plus condition, with little wear.
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We have that exact Stiffle lamp in our study. Bought it new sometime back in the 1980's.
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That cord on the lamp is a tripping hazard. I wouldn't want those wingtips to get caught under it.
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I have the same lamp as well, also one with the glass table, and two trophy shaped table lamps. Is there a market for them? I inherited them from my mother, I have no use for any of them.
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I've been wondering Tabs, you obviously have a knack for finding a lot of nice quality stuff for very little $s. But what do you do with it all? Are you filling you garage with this stuff? Resaleing it, if so, how do you do that, Craigslist, eBay?
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Somewhere there must be a warehouse full of draggin' azz jeans...'cause who needs more than a few pair for daily activities
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? Serious question...do you do this for "the game" of finding bargains, or for the actual $ to be made? I'm thinkin' it's genetic....and I have different jeans...
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The answer is. It gives me purpose, something to do...It is rewarding on several different levels... I get out of the house and have an activity which is rewarding I get some exercise walking around...down about 50 lb since I started I get to talk to a whole bunch of different people. I get to find some really neat stuff for myself. The rest goes to new homes....and the challenge there in of facilitating that activity.
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I have no patience for poking through random stuff to see if there is something I want to buy. If I need something, I compare a few prices, and I buy it. It all starts with need.
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My jeans are Levis....worthless without a dragon on the azz....I don't have those genes 
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When I was in 8th grade I started sluicing for Gold in the San Gabriel mountains...East Fork.
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