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safeinOhio

(34,322 posts)
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 06:02 AM Sep 2019

Items you can't even give away any more..

Old china and glassware
Most Victorian furniture
Baseball cards
Pianos
Christmas decorations


feel free to add to the list.

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Items you can't even give away any more.. (Original Post) safeinOhio Sep 2019 OP
Most books. Stuffed animals. Croney Sep 2019 #1
Any item that says safeinOhio Sep 2019 #2
I paid $250 True Blue American Sep 2019 #4
How sweet the dusting load. blm Sep 2019 #7
Handmade needlework items like embroidered linens, procon Sep 2019 #3
I bought a bunch of True Blue American Sep 2019 #5
Big Box TV's MyOwnPeace Sep 2019 #6
Can't give away a tube TV, but safeinOhio Sep 2019 #8
I gave them away while I still could! True Blue American Sep 2019 #10
You should try harder then lordsummerisle Sep 2019 #9
I've checked out the safeinOhio Sep 2019 #15
Old golf clubs Bob Loblaw Sep 2019 #11
Add to the list safeinOhio Sep 2019 #12
Organs CanonRay Sep 2019 #13
Encyclopedias...often 12 volumes. virgogal Sep 2019 #14
Book of Knowledge set was safeinOhio Sep 2019 #16
I don't touch Stangl, Hummels, stuff like old fireplace bellows. I've got some beautiful Vinca Sep 2019 #17

True Blue American

(18,208 posts)
4. I paid $250
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 06:23 AM
Sep 2019

Last edited Mon Sep 2, 2019, 07:05 AM - Edit history (1)

To get an old electronic organ away. Was told by others that was cheap.

Forget about all the collectables I was told would increase in time. Antiques i love, others not so much. So I just purged, gave away but how sweet the lightened load is.

procon

(15,805 posts)
3. Handmade needlework items like embroidered linens,
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 06:20 AM
Sep 2019

crocheted and knitted things, quilts. Also handmade lace, decorative table linens, and delicately worked ladies hankies, are unwanted. The time to master the skills of needlework, the beauty and craftsmanship is unappreciated. We're probably at the point where many of these skills will be gone and lost forever.

True Blue American

(18,208 posts)
5. I bought a bunch of
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 06:25 AM
Sep 2019

Hand crocheted Throws for $1 apiece. I donated them for Tornado victims. Plus others I had like new.

MyOwnPeace

(17,280 posts)
6. Big Box TV's
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 06:55 AM
Sep 2019

Have a BIG Sony that works perfectly, sounds great (several speakers underneath the screen) but I CAN NOT get rid of the thing - even a church won't take it for their social room!

True Blue American

(18,208 posts)
10. I gave them away while I still could!
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 07:11 AM
Sep 2019

On another note my fist slimline 42 inch cost $1200, my new Smart 48 inch cost $369.

And Audiologists are still trying to convince old peope that 2 tiny hearing aids are worth $6000.

Spare me, wait until the new law takes effect next year. You will see expensive offices shutting down the same way box stores are closing.

Vinca

(51,235 posts)
17. I don't touch Stangl, Hummels, stuff like old fireplace bellows. I've got some beautiful
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 02:10 PM
Sep 2019

pieces of cobalt Wedgwood Jasperware growing roots in the booth along with a couple of Sawyer prints. Sawyer used to be hot around here. I can still do okay with baseball cards as long as I buy them for nothing and sell them really cheap. No one really cares much about McCoy anymore. Just sold something that had been on the shelf for a couple of years. Funky, weird stuff sells. I've got some frequent buyers of antique Chinese stuff. I'm having trouble moving bookends, but like a fool I keep buying them.

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