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safeinOhio

(34,324 posts)
Fri Sep 13, 2019, 06:45 PM Sep 2019

Great day picking.

So far it looks like an old heavy cast iron fire hydrant for $30 looks like a home run. Best I can tell $175 to $350, looks like retail.

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Great day picking. (Original Post) safeinOhio Sep 2019 OP
is it heavy juxtaposed Sep 2019 #1
Very. safeinOhio Sep 2019 #2
I would have bought it too. juxtaposed Sep 2019 #3
Sound like me. safeinOhio Sep 2019 #4
I haven't retired yet but, i've been doing what you do for 40 years. juxtaposed Sep 2019 #5
I had an antique store while I was working safeinOhio Sep 2019 #6
I have had to give up buying heavy items. brer cat Sep 2019 #7
 

juxtaposed

(2,778 posts)
3. I would have bought it too.
Fri Sep 13, 2019, 08:11 PM
Sep 2019

I've bought very heavy things at yard sales, the last few years have been concrete statuary. Some pushing 1000lbs. I once bought a 19th century cast iron planter with bright colored enamel decoration and two lion heads on the sides, French made 600lbs.
At times I feel I'm getting to old to be moving heavy things and then something unusual comes up.

safeinOhio

(34,324 posts)
4. Sound like me.
Fri Sep 13, 2019, 08:34 PM
Sep 2019

Love architectural items and always find a way to move them. Last month I bought a large, heavy, four way stop light cheap. Didn’t think it would fit in my little car. The guy offered to put it in his truck and take it down the street to my house. The last one like it SOLD on EBay for $1,100. I paid $150. I love what I do in my retirement years and make a few bucks.

safeinOhio

(34,324 posts)
6. I had an antique store while I was working
Fri Sep 13, 2019, 09:04 PM
Sep 2019

full time and getting my degree. Get to focus on it now. Every Friday I drive many miles, over 400 today. Average at least 200 miles on Fridays in the warm months. End up with lots of winter project on the items found.

brer cat

(26,495 posts)
7. I have had to give up buying heavy items.
Sat Sep 14, 2019, 12:00 AM
Sep 2019

I had a chance to buy an old, lovely concrete statue yesterday but I couldn't even "rock" it in place; must have been in the 100 lb range. I would have loved to have it (a steal at $20) but no possibility I could have handled it. Getting old with a bad back is frustrating.

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