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mallyh | 12:35 Mon 15th Apr 2013 | ChatterBank
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went to a car boot sale yesterday and one of the items i picked up was a rather unusual toby jug with his legs up in the air also a lovely wooden ornament for the garden which the stall holder makes .i love going to booty's and charity shops how about you ?
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I love going to sell
16:30 Mon 15th Apr 2013
Giveup when I retire although I'd love to volunteer in a charity shop the bargains would be too tempting!!
I got a good deal at a garage sale, and I wasn't even there! A friend of mine bought a box of hockey memorabilia (cards, signed pucks, etc), and in the bottom of the box was a pocket watch with a broken crystal; he said I could have it for $20. It turned out to be an 18S open-faced Ingrahm made in 1893. It just needed a replacement crystal and is keeping good time...What a great deal for me!
We're always looking for volunteers.
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that was a good buy stewey !
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Yes it was, Mallyh. The new glass cost me $30, and I know enough about watches to give it a few "tweeks" and a miniscule oiling in order to get it running. I felt a little guilty about the low price of $20 I gave him; but, hey, that's what he wanted for it.
I love carboot sales, they're like a religion in our household- I buy my vintage clothes from there and my brother shut his antique shop last spring and traded solely larger carboots and antiques fairs, so I often go with him too. Can't wait for the good weather.Love it.
Yep, a great source of old SLR cameras and M42 screwfit lenses.
Yes! I get lots of my lenses for my Sony's there too, the old Minolta glass is outstanding for a few pounds each:)
I go to charity stores and buy quartz clocks for about $2. Then I take them apart and keep the movements and hands. With these I make novelty clocks out of old LPs and sell them for $40...Not bad.
Sharingan - is it micro 4/3?
I've been looking out for Russian glass, Takumars and Zeiss - got a fantastic Zeiss Jena 135mm recently and now finding that out of about fifteen M42s and three modern Canon AF lenses, it's one of the best!
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hope you sell loads desktop ,your clocks sound good stewy,and like you sharigan i prefer the hot days
Happy hunting everyone!
Any of the Minolta A mount lenses will fit the new Sony DSLR's. I shoot with an A900 and an A700 precisely so I could buy top end lenses for a fraction of the price. There's a complete list here of all Sony and Minolta fit lenses and the older Minolta's can be picked up for virtually nothing, even the really nice Carl Zeiss glass:)
http://mhohner.de/sony-minolta/lenses.php#tcs

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