It has worked many times for me, but never this good.

[safeinOhio]

I always ask at garage sales, got any old musical instruments laying around that you don't play anymore?

Bought a Gibson SG for a hundred bucks.

[dawg day]

1. wonderful! Post a picture?

How's it sound?

[safeinOhio]

2. Needs strings right now.

Looks to be intact. Can't go wrong.
I've found a lot of instruments asking that question.

[Grasswire2]

3. NICE!!

I always ask for post cards and sheet music.

[safeinOhio]

4. What subject post cards?

I have tons of em. Also lots of cabinet cards.

[Grasswire2]

6. are your cabinet cards from any particular geographical area?

And are the subjects identified?

[safeinOhio]

8. Mostly

Ohio, many have names.

[Grasswire2]

9. and are you wanting to sell them?

There are Facebook groups where people try to re-connect named photos with descendants. But once you put the image online, it becomes free to anyone, of course.

[safeinOhio]

10. I have a large collection of4x5

Glass negatives. 1905 to about 1915. I need to get my computer friend help with a Photoshop program to reverse the image for me. Some very cool subjects. Most likely never published, some might have a few value.

[The Genealogist]

5. Amazing things appear at garage sales, and at good prices

$3 for a whole box of 45s? Okay, but will you take $2.50? Why sure! SOLD!

[Grasswire2]

7. I'm going to my favorite church rummage sale in a couple of weeks.

Oh my lordy. I clean up there every year. Old majolica, fifty cents. Sold on eBay for $75.

[Vinca]

11. Wow - congrats. I'm in flogging mode. I hit the mother lode of yard sales

on Saturday with so much good stuff I didn't know what to grab first. There was a huge blown glass vase that caught my eye because I thought I recognized the style as a particularly good glass blower. I searched for a signature and couldn't find one and since I have trouble selling unsigned glass I put it down. A little while later I decided to take a chance on it anyway and went back just in time to see a lady pick it up to buy. I also spotted the signature on the side. I waited and hoped she would put it down, but no such luck. She paid $5 for it. $5. The thing could be worth thousands. Flog, flog, flog. If I had know it would go so cheaply I would have picked it up the second I saw it. Oh, well. Got lots of good stuff, but that vase is going to haunt me for awhile.