Funny story: I am a brand ambassador for liquor (that means I am contracted by liquor companies to pass out samples of their products in hopes of increasing sales) and I recently was doing a tasting for an organic flavored vodka. The flavor was pomegranate/lemon and it was absolutely terrible! It tastes exactly like cough medicine. A man in his late 70’s came up to me to sample it and said “oh this is delicious! It tastes exactly like an oven the counter cough medicine that had codeine in it that I loved and used to drink like it was soda!” I laughed and laughed and told him it probably wasn’t the taste that he enjoyed but rather the effects the codeine. He happily bought a case of the vodka!
How neatly this gentleman boxed up his toys, even the junky ones are nicely packaged. I'm glad that is collection has come to someone who appreciates his collection as much as he did.
Better take a closer look at and research that brass 4-8-8-4 Steam engine and tender. If it is UP- Union Pacific, Big Boy, is an older one, with a serial number, etc., those two pieces could be worth enough to pay for the whole lot of items, themselves. Found this info- HO BRASS MODEL - GEM RUBY SERIES RS-102 UP UNION PACIFIC 4-8-8-4 BIG BOY - UNPAINTED - SERIAL NUMBERED #35 OF 50 - 1961 RUN with box by Gem Model Railways. Sold for $4,250US. Nice haul of neat items.
I love when you find toys- not because I'm a collector, but because you go from shop owner "These are very collectable" to little kid "Neat-O!" in record time!
I caught a glimpse in the 1912 - Ladies Home Journal - of Daddy Long-Legs. That might make that one worth a bit more if it is an original printing of the Jean Webster story that was printed in 1912.
So funny when u mentioned the Prince Albert jokes. As young kids we'd make crank calls to anonymous liquor stores, grocery, etc. and ask if they had Prince Albert in the can. They would usually say, "Yes we do". Our response was always, "Well, you'd better let him out before he suffocates!". 😂 It was usually followed by another random call where we'd get the phone book out (We all remember those LOL) and open it to a random page. There we would close our eyes, point our finger on the page and choose a random #. We would then call this #, ask them if their refrigerator was running. They would usually reply yes, thinking it was a sales call. We would say (trying not to crack up), "well, you'd better run after it before it gets away!" 😊🤣 Just reminded me of all the dumb stuff we did as kids. You couldn't get us inside unless it was raining (and even then sometimes we'd just play in the rain!), and knew to come in before dark or when we heard our Mom calling us. We knew all the neighbor kids (and they knew our rules) and they knew us. We knew how far we could go and still hear her. Once in a while if we were in a backyard or she called particularly early, someone would hear her holler for us and run to the yard to tell us our Mom was yelling for us. She just opened the front door and yelled, "Roxanne and Stephanieeeee! Her voice would carry up the street 4 or 5 houses (we knew that was our boundary to play! She only wanted to call us once. If she had to call more than twice, we were in trouble bcuz we were too far from home. We could go anywhere as long as it was within earshot of our Mom's voice. Several neighborhood kids played together in the streets or in someone's front yard. We had to ask permission to go inside someone's house and she had to have their Phone # if she needed to reach us. I remember my favorite neighbor was a little girl in a family of 10...5 boys/3 girls/2 parents. Oldest son was in military and oldest daughter was away @ college. Still, they had 6 kids + parents @home (in a 3 BR ranch) . My sister and I were only kids and always had our own rooms. We were very lucky and had a huge yard full of swings, sandbox, tether ball, etc. as well as an entire bsmt set up as a playroom for us. Never knew how privileged we were til much later. Feelgood stories like these always bring great childhood memories of those extra special days of long ago. I miss my family so much but will always have warm memories such as this to remind me. 💞 I think that's why we all love watching Alex open all these treasures from days gone by. It reminds us all of things and people sometimes long gone from our lives. Thank you for the nostalgia Alex. 🙏🏽 🙋🏼♀️ ✌🏼
That HO brass locomotive is a model of the Union Pacific Railroads 4-8-8-4 Big Boy steam locomotive. The tender is known as a centipede tender. Depending on the manufacturer and age it may be worth upwards of $750.00 to $1,000.00 US. Possibly more. There are several price guide books for brass model locomotives.
The old magazines are pretty neat, its interesting to see the old ads in them. I think you might even be able to sell some of the old packaging and boxes, even the milk cartons that the trains were in, as some of the packages looked to be from the 1950s, early 1960s? Maybe a local theatre for “set decor”?
Very nice collection and packed away with care. I love how he used milk cartons, plastic wrap boxes and egg cartons to store things. They were perfect. Glad you will recoup your money and make some.
Love the magazines you found , I'd be sat reading the really old ones 😍 love all the old adverts and pictures of vintage clothes well done on your pick
RUclipsrs Bernadette Banner or Rachel Maksy would love to have the 1912 Ladies Home Journal. This lot is chockful of excellent merch. Congrats on scoring such an exciting haul.
So true! I think RUclipsr Abby Cox might actually buy it if she doesn't already have that particular one. I would love to read through the whole collection of magazines featured in this video.
Love watching Alex go through his toys buying finds. This was a very nice collection to get see and throw in the old coke rack and magazines and it's just a huge thumbs up for me. Thanks for sharing Alex.
This is a fantastic pick. It makes me wonder what all was there originally. Those magazines are true gems. I would love to read them all. I love how the gentleman used odd boxes to store things. Shoe boxes and decorative tins are what I use. But at 76 y/o, I am trying to eliminate things. Sadly, the grandkids are not interested. Good luck with the sale of this new batch of goodies. ☺☺☺
@Carrol. At 74 I am also trying to scale back my collections & possessions. So sorry your grandchildren don't appreciate vintage, they don't realize what they're missing. Thankfully my grandson loves vintage, so I am packing up vintage kitchen items for him. I recently came across my dad's lunch box, with his name & timecard # written in it. I am going to use it to make a small toolkit for my grandsons first apartment. I think he'll get a kick out of.
@@patpeters6331 - 72 years here, and trying to dispose of all my various collections, but grandkids not much interested either ! So I guess I'll just try to make some money off them, sadly.
That was fun! Thank you. I’m a technical video editor and get a glimpse into so many camera people’s psyches when they leave the mic on or when I get a sense of their sometimes erratic shooting style. One second unit guy kept talking about looking forward to a vodka tonic while shooting drone under the Brooklyn Bridge! 😆. Looks like you got a glimpse into this man’s dietary habits as you uncovered treasures! 😊
If the Ladies Home Journal and Deliniator Magazines still have the paper dolls in them that's where the money is. I spent $35 American for one page of Dolly Dingle once.
Those old magazines with the ads were so cool to see! I just finished a class about the history of graphic design, and the '20s and '30s are when a lot of advertising kicked into high gear, selling you a concept more than the product itself. ("If you buy this, you'll be hip and modern!") Does Edmonton have any design and/or art schools? They might be interested in some of those old magazines to have for display or research.
I had to pause so I could share this vid with my son in law as I gave him my great aunt’s golf bag with clubs from the mid to late 30’s. Identical bag! Fun to see something you thought was worth buying that I inherited 😊. I’ve never bought an antique but I have 4 generations of this and that from my family’s Century farm ( established 1837). Always hoping you find or show something I have not been able to identify. I thought my great aunts golf bag/clubs were cool because Aunt Lola was a very interesting women of her time . No idea on possible value until now. Thank you Alexander.
I like that you did one toy car and railroad things in one video and the “stuff” in another. You cars bore me to death. Too many memories of seventh and eighth grade boys still playing Ru,m. . Rum when the teacher left the room.
Great finds! I think that peacock is gobbling, though. My high school library had a collection of bound Life magazines going back to the late 1930s up to the mid-1950s. I'd get a library pass for study hall and sit there and look at the ads and the articles and it was fascinating.
I love looking through an old box and finding treasure. Last time I was at my grandma's house, I helped her organize, and in a box that had been closed longer than I've been alive, we found a family heirloom that was thought to be lost. A gold chain necklace with a $1 US "Pocahontas" coin in a bezel. It's been in the family since around the turn of the 20th century
What a find find! Lots of interesting and valuable pieces! I love how he used what he had to lovingly pack his collection away. Very interesting old magazines! Great video!
@@jeanmalo7173 LOL! We did not have a neighbor with a pool. We used it in the bathtub. I think you could also use baking soda or baking powder to make them work. Is that correct? Oops, I did not watch the whole video. Alex just said baking soda. Yup, we used that.
Hey Alex- just a few notes for you. From the first video, the pre-war tinplate American Flyer engine is O gauge- not S. The very old Dinky Toys truck that you show in both videos is not pre-war- it is early post war. Easiest way to tell the difference is the wheel hubs. Smooth wheels are pre-war- ridged hubs are post war. The Hornby cable reel car and gondola in this video are pre war O gauge. The depressed centre flat car did not likely originally come with the cable reels- it came with logs. The cable reels are Hornby though. The small silver plastic airplanes are old cereal premiums. Love these types of videos- thanks!
I remember having an Erector set as a child. I think it was supposed to make a Ferris wheel. I never did because the directions were pretty complicated. Mom hated the thing because it was a whole bunch of steel strips that you bolted together with hundreds of tiny nuts and bolts. I was about eight or nine years old, so those tiny nuts and bolts got all over the house. Have you ever stepped om a 1/4" bolt in your bare feet?
26:31 This Hornby GW toy railway truck with cable drum, made between 1939 and 1941, is one of the items of goods rolling stock built by Meccano Ltd for their 0-gauge range of Hornby toy trains. It is "B.I. Cables" (not Bicables).
The Delineator Magazine dates back to the late 1800's and early additions are prized by the historical costume community. I don't know it there are 1930 collectors, but I wouldn't be surprised.
The Mizpah fountain pen, I've just found a less ornate but similar pen online and that one dates to 1910. That pen was being sold for 210 dollars and the pen needed work. The guy spent a lifetime collecting and some old new stock and in the end for what I ask myself you can't take it with you as my late father used to say and I know because he died recently and I'm currently sorting through his estate. A fantastic collection!
Great video Brother Alexander. Love the various collections. Also love the vintage no toy boxes. They bring back a lot of great memories. Thanks for sharing Your Adventures 😀 👍 ♥️ 🇨🇦 🎉🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🎉💯💯💯💯
How would one go about buying something? I saw an Eastern Airlines plane. My Daddy worked for them for over 35 years till they went under. He has lots of stuff, but seeing that plane just pulled my heart strings. He passed almost three years ago, but every time I watch one of your videos, I wish he and I were watching them together. He lived American Pickers, but your stuff is scads neater than theirs!! My son is a train man. He loved trains before he could walk. He goes to a town in Georgia at least twice a year for Rail Fest. He rents a caboose and films a the trains and puts them on his RUclips Channel. He also has a car wash RUclips. There is indeed something for everyone! I cannot wait to have him watch these tomorrow. He will be salivating. Thank you for your amazing content!
I had that Peter Pan lunch box! I went through SO many lunch boxes as a kid. I was always dropping 'em and shattering the glass in the thermos. I will never forget the sound & feeling of shaking a busted thermos. Thanks for the memory.
I always find the lunch boxes fascinating. My mom didn't believe in spending money on lunch boxes so we carried our lunch in a brown bag. As a kid, I always thought the kids with lunch boxes were rich. 😂
I had one of those Lang Craft little boats back about 1957. I loved it ! Good score all around, you should go back and pick more if possible ! Thanks for a wonderful walk back down memory lane ! ❤️ ✌️ 🇨🇦
My grandparents used lots of different things to store stuff in. He also would wait till there was a sale on canned food at A & P and buy a bunch. There were hundreds of cans when they passed. Leftover depression hoarding I think. Amazing finds. Even the car chips are cool. I would buy something like that for my son who collects Hot Wheels. He has over 4000. Those ads in the portfolio at the end are great. I bet you can match some of yours to the ads. It's worth looking for sure. The old magazines are just amazing. I love stuff like that. I always try and imagine who held it and why they bought it etc. Love the history.
WoW! That is an awesome collection he had of toys . I think his house could supply your store for a long time to come. I believe you were right when you slipped that little toy is a turkey . I can't believe what some of these things I grew up with go for today. It always shocks me. I remember a tin car toy of my Dads and when you looked inside it was made from a recycled can. Glad you will see your money back. Keep Safe ❤Keep Well ❤
The once ALL German-made Pfaff (pronounce the “a” like “ah,”)sewing/serging machines generally bring very good prices. I have a mid 80s top of the line German made Pfaff sewing machine that I paid$600 for in like 1988. It still works great and it’s hard to justify getting a newer fancier model when I don’t sew that often and this one works so great. Soon after the late 80s Pfaff started manufacturing their machines in China & other “not-Germany” locations and the quality reputation took a big hit. I think they overcame most of the quality issues and their sewing/serging machines are considered to be high-end and their prices reflect that. BTW & FYI: if the thread that came with the machine is very old, it may not be considered that great for use bc old thread, like so many other things, weakens and gets more brittle as it ages.
Can’t believe the toys, so many, still in their boxes, seemingly unused. Had a neighbour many years ago. Her daughter had so many boxed dolls etc…poor kid was never allowed to play with them. Just made her bedroom look pretty. Never understood that, but they’re probably worth a small fortune now. This was over 50 years ago. 🇦🇺
As a costume designer hobbyists those old Home Journal and Delinolaters are fabulous research materials. I would interested in them if they gave not yet been purchased.
It's funny to hear you say you have to get yourself in gear. It seems to me that your gears start at 10 and goes from there! You are the busiest entity I've seen since I last watched an anthill.
I know from most of the stuff you got from those people that I would have loved the guy that had owned everything you are going through. I absolutely LOVE trains and there are lots of other things I keep saying OMG about.
I had an Erector Set in the 1970s. Then kids started choking on the rubber rivets, so they discontinued them. Gone to the toy graveyard with Lawn Darts and real Cracker Jack toys.
Thank you for the video. It’s fun going back in time. I am 82 , so seeing a magazine published in 1939 was interesting. You have a lot of work ahead of you . I was a traveling sales rep , and thought when I retire I would become a price marking girl , sitting in the back of the store marking lipsticks. But no, UPC codes came into being and the stores don’t need marking girls any more.
Ohh… of all the stuff you dug through that I love, the “Batman & Robin” Bat Hammer toy (around the 13:35ish mark) is actually a toy I need for my collection
Please consider running a train around your new shop space above your display shelves. I believe you have the ceiling height for it. Would be a cool addition and a possible write-off.
Many years ago, I was shopping at old book stores, looking for the old Life, Ladies Home journal, Saturday Evening Post, etc. (when they were MUCH cheaper) magazines and did exactly what you were talking about. Removing the ads, trimming them nicely, and even mounting some of them to keep them lying flat. I searched for all kinds of things like Coca-Cola, different cigarette ads, liquor, beer, automobiles - even old ads for outboard boat motors and Snap-On Tools. I have them all organized and put in folders. My goal was to set-up a booth at the swap meet or flea market and sell them. But now I'm old and another "Alex" will come along some day and make use of them........
I was raised in the 1950s in Kentucky. I remember that my brother had the small plastic submarine toy. I think that type of toy was advertised in kids' magazines.
Something you might consider doing, is adding a note to that lovely green photo album, suggesting whomever purchases it may want to replace the black pages with acid-free pages. That black paper in old photo albums isn't acid-free & it will destroy your photos no matter what their age.
The tin toy bird is a turkey not a peacock. Peacocks don't have wattles and it's tail is rounded like a turkey's and it doesn't have the eyes on it's tail. Lots of cool finds. I love the trains!
Nice one Alex. A lot of that takes me right back to my childhood especially the matchbox, dinky and corgi stuff. Here in the UK we covet those more than the hotwheel cars so maybe look at attempting to sell in the British market for those vehicles. Especially the military stuff 👍👍
I had never heard the term "rolling stock" applied to toy train cars before - I had to look it up! I learned something new today!! :) That Ladies Home Journal from 1912 was awesome! This pick turned out very well for you.
Would think had you met the collector - seems a very interesting person judging by what he collected the mags & the army hat - bet you two would have had a lot to talk about. It's good his curated collection ended up in your hands - better than someone who didn't have any interest in the items & collections.
yes jewelry is way more exciting. :-) Cars and trains are the "boy toys" I call the, lol. Those guys will may a couple $100 for a toy car or tractor at estate sales.
It's sad to see that mans collection . You can imagine how much he had to hunt to find all his treasures, and how happy it must have made him to find those special pieces. I hope they find homes with other collectors.
Funny story: I am a brand ambassador for liquor (that means I am contracted by liquor companies to pass out samples of their products in hopes of increasing sales) and I recently was doing a tasting for an organic flavored vodka. The flavor was pomegranate/lemon and it was absolutely terrible! It tastes exactly like cough medicine. A man in his late 70’s came up to me to sample it and said “oh this is delicious! It tastes exactly like an oven the counter cough medicine that had codeine in it that I loved and used to drink like it was soda!” I laughed and laughed and told him it probably wasn’t the taste that he enjoyed but rather the effects the codeine. He happily bought a case of the vodka!
OMG HOW FUNNY😄
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Hmmmm codeine
Such great finds. I do believe the little German tin toy is a turkey not a peacock.
Yeah. Peacocks don’t have wattles for one. ;)
No "eyes" on the tail. It's a turkey.
LOL, beat me to it!
Yea Turkey.
Yes it's a 🦃 for sure. 😃
I have to say, the collector really made good use of various empty boxes, even take out containers to protect his items. Very creative idea.
I use Velveta boxes for all kinds of crafts and storage.
@@joellenmeek658Yes, Velveta boxes are so sturdy & great for crafts & storage.
I agree! Very organized
Exactly what I was thinking - a man after my own father’s heart
because plastic wasn't in big back when he began collecting. I see this type of storage at estate auctions.
That man was so organized! I love how he used old boxes and egg cartons to store his toys!
How neatly this gentleman boxed up his toys, even the junky ones are nicely packaged. I'm glad that is collection has come to someone who appreciates his collection as much as he did.
Better take a closer look at and research that brass 4-8-8-4 Steam engine and tender. If it is UP- Union Pacific, Big Boy, is an older one, with a serial number, etc., those two pieces could be worth enough to pay for the whole lot of items, themselves. Found this info- HO BRASS MODEL - GEM RUBY SERIES RS-102 UP UNION PACIFIC 4-8-8-4 BIG BOY - UNPAINTED - SERIAL NUMBERED #35 OF 50 - 1961 RUN with box by Gem Model Railways. Sold for $4,250US. Nice haul of neat items.
I choose to believe the owner of all of these things was Alex sent back from the future to help himself out to pay on that awesome new house 😂
😂 love it!
Yes, I kept thinking that he and Alex would have gotten along like a house on fire!
I love when you find toys- not because I'm a collector, but because you go from shop owner "These are very collectable" to little kid "Neat-O!" in record time!
That Disney coloring book, if possible, make copies of the color pages. Kids would still like to color them and the book can remain intact.
Had to chuckle at the marbles..I always pop a few in any present I give for my Friends ..they have definately lost theirs!
Those old magazines would make a journal maker very happy! Ephemera!!
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I caught a glimpse in the 1912 - Ladies Home Journal - of Daddy Long-Legs. That might make that one worth a bit more if it is an original printing of the Jean Webster story that was printed in 1912.
So funny when u mentioned the Prince Albert jokes. As young kids we'd make crank calls to anonymous liquor stores, grocery, etc. and ask if they had Prince Albert in the can. They would usually say, "Yes we do". Our response was always, "Well, you'd better let him out before he suffocates!". 😂 It was usually followed by another random call where we'd get the phone book out (We all remember those LOL) and open it to a random page. There we would close our eyes, point our finger on the page and choose a random #. We would then call this #, ask them if their refrigerator was running. They would usually reply yes, thinking it was a sales call. We would say (trying not to crack up), "well, you'd better run after it before it gets away!" 😊🤣 Just reminded me of all the dumb stuff we did as kids. You couldn't get us inside unless it was raining (and even then sometimes we'd just play in the rain!), and knew to come in before dark or when we heard our Mom calling us. We knew all the neighbor kids (and they knew our rules) and they knew us. We knew how far we could go and still hear her. Once in a while if we were in a backyard or she called particularly early, someone would hear her holler for us and run to the yard to tell us our Mom was yelling for us. She just opened the front door and yelled, "Roxanne and Stephanieeeee! Her voice would carry up the street 4 or 5 houses (we knew that was our boundary to play! She only wanted to call us once. If she had to call more than twice, we were in trouble bcuz we were too far from home. We could go anywhere as long as it was within earshot of our Mom's voice. Several neighborhood kids played together in the streets or in someone's front yard. We had to ask permission to go inside someone's house and she had to have their Phone # if she needed to reach us. I remember my favorite neighbor was a little girl in a family of 10...5 boys/3 girls/2 parents. Oldest son was in military and oldest daughter was away @ college. Still, they had 6 kids + parents @home (in a 3 BR ranch) . My sister and I were only kids and always had our own rooms. We were very lucky and had a huge yard full of swings, sandbox, tether ball, etc. as well as an entire bsmt set up as a playroom for us. Never knew how privileged we were til much later. Feelgood stories like these always bring great childhood memories of those extra special days of long ago. I miss my family so much but will always have warm memories such as this to remind me. 💞 I think that's why we all love watching Alex open all these treasures from days gone by. It reminds us all of things and people sometimes long gone from our lives. Thank you for the nostalgia Alex. 🙏🏽 🙋🏼♀️ ✌🏼
It would really cool to have an area set up in your store with a working train….Not only the local kids, but I think everybody would love that💕
That HO brass locomotive is a model of the Union Pacific Railroads 4-8-8-4 Big Boy steam locomotive. The tender is known as a centipede tender. Depending on the manufacturer and age it may be worth upwards of $750.00 to $1,000.00 US. Possibly more. There are several price guide books for brass model locomotives.
The gentleman was gifted in organizing and packing his wonderful collections. Nice to see.
Love the old magazines. Great find. The previous owner was so organized with his treasures.
The old magazines are pretty neat, its interesting to see the old ads in them. I think you might even be able to sell some of the old packaging and boxes, even the milk cartons that the trains were in, as some of the packages looked to be from the 1950s, early 1960s? Maybe a local theatre for “set decor”?
I can't even begin to describe how much I want that 1912 magazine!
Very nice collection and packed away with care. I love how he used milk cartons, plastic wrap boxes and egg cartons to store things. They were perfect. Glad you will recoup your money and make some.
He was the ultimate recycler! Cereal boxes, milk cartons oh my☺️
We used to make our own subs from cigar tubes and power them with those pellets
The instant I saw the marbles, I KNEW there would be a joke about losing your marbles! 🤣
I love looking at really old magazines--what a great find!
Love the magazines you found , I'd be sat reading the really old ones 😍 love all the old adverts and pictures of vintage clothes well done on your pick
RUclipsrs Bernadette Banner or Rachel Maksy would love to have the 1912 Ladies Home Journal. This lot is chockful of excellent merch. Congrats on scoring such an exciting haul.
So true! I think RUclipsr Abby Cox might actually buy it if she doesn't already have that particular one. I would love to read through the whole collection of magazines featured in this video.
All those price tags from dead Canadian department stores, Easton’s, Woodward, Zellers, brings back memories.
So sad..I have memories for all the long gone department stores in my area!
Love watching Alex go through his toys buying finds. This was a very nice collection to get see and throw in the old coke rack and magazines and it's just a huge thumbs up for me. Thanks for sharing Alex.
Really fun to see all the old toy cars & carryboxes. My brother had alot as a kid i would play with all the cars
My grandson loves tractors.
The fountain pen may be an original from the Mizpah hotel in Tonopah Nevada..the first hotel that ever opened in Nevada.
This is a fantastic pick. It makes me wonder what all was there originally. Those magazines are true gems. I would love to read them all. I love how the gentleman used odd boxes to store things. Shoe boxes and decorative tins are what I use. But at 76 y/o, I am trying to eliminate things. Sadly, the grandkids are not interested. Good luck with the sale of this new batch of goodies. ☺☺☺
@Carrol. At 74 I am also trying to scale back my collections & possessions. So sorry your grandchildren don't appreciate vintage, they don't realize what they're missing.
Thankfully my grandson loves vintage, so I am packing up vintage kitchen items for him. I recently came across my dad's lunch box, with his name & timecard # written in it. I am going to use it to make a small toolkit for my grandsons first apartment. I think he'll get a kick out of.
@@patpeters6331 that sounds like a great housewarming gift. Unique and special.
@@patpeters6331 - 72 years here, and trying to dispose of all my various collections, but grandkids not much interested either ! So I guess I'll just try to make some money off them, sadly.
That was fun! Thank you. I’m a technical video editor and get a glimpse into so many camera people’s psyches when they leave the mic on or when I get a sense of their sometimes erratic shooting style. One second unit guy kept talking about looking forward to a vodka tonic while shooting drone under the Brooklyn Bridge! 😆. Looks like you got a glimpse into this man’s dietary habits as you uncovered treasures! 😊
If the Ladies Home Journal and Deliniator Magazines still have the paper dolls in them that's where the money is. I spent $35 American for one page of Dolly Dingle once.
Those old magazines with the ads were so cool to see! I just finished a class about the history of graphic design, and the '20s and '30s are when a lot of advertising kicked into high gear, selling you a concept more than the product itself. ("If you buy this, you'll be hip and modern!")
Does Edmonton have any design and/or art schools? They might be interested in some of those old magazines to have for display or research.
It's enough merchandise for Alex to open a new shop. Excellent find!!!!.
I had to pause so I could share this vid with my son in law as I gave him my great aunt’s golf bag with clubs from the mid to late 30’s. Identical bag! Fun to see something you thought was worth buying that I inherited 😊. I’ve never bought an antique but I have 4 generations of this and that from my family’s Century farm ( established 1837). Always hoping you find or show something I have not been able to identify. I thought my great aunts golf bag/clubs were cool because Aunt Lola was a very interesting women of her time . No idea on possible value until now. Thank you Alexander.
What a great story. Thanks for sharing. 🏌️♂️🏌️♀️⛳
His recycling of packing containers amazes me. I would never have thought of cling wrap boxes but they appear to have worked very well for him.
I like that you did one toy car and railroad things in one video and the “stuff” in another. You cars bore me to death. Too many memories of seventh and eighth grade boys still playing Ru,m. . Rum when the teacher left the room.
Great finds! I think that peacock is gobbling, though. My high school library had a collection of bound Life magazines going back to the late 1930s up to the mid-1950s. I'd get a library pass for study hall and sit there and look at the ads and the articles and it was fascinating.
Nice story & memory. Thanks for sharing. Always enjoy the old magazines.
Yes I think it is a turkey, not a peacock.
I love looking through an old box and finding treasure. Last time I was at my grandma's house, I helped her organize, and in a box that had been closed longer than I've been alive, we found a family heirloom that was thought to be lost. A gold chain necklace with a $1 US "Pocahontas" coin in a bezel. It's been in the family since around the turn of the 20th century
What a find find! Lots of interesting and valuable pieces! I love how he used what he had to lovingly pack his collection away. Very interesting old magazines! Great video!
My younger brother and I had a toy sub, you'd put the pellets in and it would sink then it would rise...fond memories...stay safe!
Yes, the tabs fizz like Alka-Seltzer and cause the flooded sub to fill with gas and eventually surface.
@@keithschrack we had some much fun as kids using them in the neighbor's pool
@@jeanmalo7173 LOL! We did not have a neighbor with a pool. We used it in the bathtub. I think you could also use baking soda or baking powder to make them work. Is that correct? Oops, I did not watch the whole video. Alex just said baking soda. Yup, we used that.
@@monyx2926 we never tried it with baking soda, but it might work, maybe Alex should try it
Hey Alex- just a few notes for you. From the first video, the pre-war tinplate American Flyer engine is O gauge- not S. The very old Dinky Toys truck that you show in both videos is not pre-war- it is early post war. Easiest way to tell the difference is the wheel hubs. Smooth wheels are pre-war- ridged hubs are post war. The Hornby cable reel car and gondola in this video are pre war O gauge. The depressed centre flat car did not likely originally come with the cable reels- it came with logs. The cable reels are Hornby though. The small silver plastic airplanes are old cereal premiums. Love these types of videos- thanks!
love that you are as excited about this toy haul as a million dollar house hoard.
I felt like a kid again, watching you go through all those boxes of treasure. I'll bet you have such fun setting up your displays at the shop!
I remember having an Erector set as a child. I think it was supposed to make a Ferris wheel. I never did because the directions were pretty complicated. Mom hated the thing because it was a whole bunch of steel strips that you bolted together with hundreds of tiny nuts and bolts. I was about eight or nine years old, so those tiny nuts and bolts got all over the house. Have you ever stepped om a 1/4" bolt in your bare feet?
26:31 This Hornby GW toy railway truck with cable drum, made between 1939 and 1941, is one of the items of goods rolling stock built by Meccano Ltd for their 0-gauge range of Hornby toy trains. It is "B.I. Cables" (not Bicables).
WOW! The Snow White coloring book was my favorite coloring book in the 60's. Memories wow!
The Delineator Magazine dates back to the late 1800's and early additions are prized by the historical costume community. I don't know it there are 1930 collectors, but I wouldn't be surprised.
Very cool finds! I could tinker with that stuff all day long as well as read the magazines. I enjoy your channel so much!
30:27 those die-cast airliners might have some decent value even though they're not that old. Such an amazing collection overall.
The Mizpah fountain pen, I've just found a less ornate but similar pen online and that one dates to 1910. That pen was being sold for 210 dollars and the pen needed work. The guy spent a lifetime collecting and some old new stock and in the end for what I ask myself you can't take it with you as my late father used to say and I know because he died recently and I'm currently sorting through his estate.
A fantastic collection!
Ha! My dad was a Singer sales and service rep from the mid 50’s to the mid 70’s and I certainly saw a lot of those Singer oil cans.
Having my lunch enjoying watching what Alex finds...
I agree! I think that old art work is very lovely!!! ❤️
Great video Brother Alexander. Love the various collections. Also love the vintage no toy boxes. They bring back a lot of great memories. Thanks for sharing Your Adventures 😀 👍 ♥️ 🇨🇦 🎉🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🎉💯💯💯💯
How would one go about buying something? I saw an Eastern Airlines plane. My Daddy worked for them for over 35 years till they went under. He has lots of stuff, but seeing that plane just pulled my heart strings. He passed almost three years ago, but every time I watch one of your videos, I wish he and I were watching them together. He lived American Pickers, but your stuff is scads neater than theirs!! My son is a train man. He loved trains before he could walk. He goes to a town in Georgia at least twice a year for Rail Fest. He rents a caboose and films a the trains and puts them on his RUclips Channel. He also has a car wash RUclips. There is indeed something for everyone! I cannot wait to have him watch these tomorrow. He will be salivating. Thank you for your amazing content!
It would be neat to have a train running around a track at the ceiling of your shop.
I have been to diners that do that and it certainly is a customer draw. It would great in the shop.
Ooh I hope he does that!
I had that Peter Pan lunch box! I went through SO many lunch boxes as a kid. I was always dropping 'em and shattering the glass in the thermos. I will never forget the sound & feeling of shaking a busted thermos. Thanks for the memory.
I always find the lunch boxes fascinating. My mom didn't believe in spending money on lunch boxes so we carried our lunch in a brown bag. As a kid, I always thought the kids with lunch boxes were rich. 😂
I can so vividly remember the smell of those lunch boxes... no matter WHAT you put in them, they always smelled like bologna sandwiches!!!!!!
I had one of those Lang Craft little boats back about 1957. I loved it !
Good score all around, you should go back and pick more if possible ! Thanks for a wonderful walk back down memory lane !
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Great video Alexander! give the marbles to Melissa, I use mine in the bottom of the vase to hold the flowers in place - colourful and useful 😀💜
My grandparents used lots of different things to store stuff in. He also would wait till there was a sale on canned food at A & P and buy a bunch. There were hundreds of cans when they passed. Leftover depression hoarding I think. Amazing finds. Even the car chips are cool. I would buy something like that for my son who collects Hot Wheels. He has over 4000. Those ads in the portfolio at the end are great. I bet you can match some of yours to the ads. It's worth looking for sure. The old magazines are just amazing. I love stuff like that. I always try and imagine who held it and why they bought it etc. Love the history.
I showed this to my husband. He was drooling lol.
WoW! That is an awesome collection he had of toys . I think his house could supply your store for a long time to come. I believe you were right when you slipped that little toy is a turkey . I can't believe what some of these things I grew up with go for today. It always shocks me. I remember a tin car toy of my Dads and when you looked inside it was made from a recycled can. Glad you will see your money back. Keep Safe ❤Keep Well ❤
The once ALL German-made Pfaff (pronounce the “a” like “ah,”)sewing/serging machines generally bring very good prices. I have a mid 80s top of the line German made Pfaff sewing machine that I paid$600 for in like 1988. It still works great and it’s hard to justify getting a newer fancier model when I don’t sew that often and this one works so great. Soon after the late 80s Pfaff started manufacturing their machines in China & other “not-Germany” locations and the quality reputation took a big hit. I think they overcame most of the quality issues and their sewing/serging machines are considered to be high-end and their prices reflect that. BTW & FYI: if the thread that came with the machine is very old, it may not be considered that great for use bc old thread, like so many other things, weakens and gets more brittle as it ages.
I loved Meccano as a kid - those sets were fun to build!
Can’t believe the toys, so many, still in their boxes, seemingly unused. Had a neighbour many years ago. Her daughter had so many boxed dolls etc…poor kid was never allowed to play with them. Just made her bedroom look pretty. Never understood that, but they’re probably worth a small fortune now. This was over 50 years ago. 🇦🇺
Aloha! Love the bag with the marbles! 🥰
As a costume designer hobbyists those old Home Journal and Delinolaters are fabulous research materials. I would interested in them if they gave not yet been purchased.
You could try reaching him at curiosityedmonton@gmail.com :)
It's funny to hear you say you have to get yourself in gear. It seems to me that your gears start at 10 and goes from there! You are the busiest entity I've seen since I last watched an anthill.
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Wow, just what you need to find is a collector that collected a lot of the stuff you love! Great collection.
I know from most of the stuff you got from those people that I would have loved the guy that had owned everything you are going through. I absolutely LOVE trains and there are lots of other things I keep saying OMG about.
Very cool, Alex. Great buy. It always amazes me how much knowledge you have about so many different things. Thanks for the video!😁✌
you need to add a toy shop area in the garage, it's your thing and you have the space.
I think the toy sun just submerges and resurfaces rather than shooting off… LOL
I had an Erector Set in the 1970s. Then kids started choking on the rubber rivets, so they discontinued them. Gone to the toy graveyard with Lawn Darts and real Cracker Jack toys.
Thank you for the video. It’s fun going back in time. I am 82 , so seeing a magazine published in 1939 was interesting. You have a lot of work ahead of you . I was a traveling sales rep , and thought when I retire I would become a price marking girl , sitting in the back of the store marking lipsticks. But no, UPC codes came into being and the stores don’t need marking girls any more.
Hey Alex that "peacock" is just a colorful turkey.
Ohh… of all the stuff you dug through that I love, the “Batman & Robin” Bat Hammer toy (around the 13:35ish mark) is actually a toy I need for my collection
Please consider running a train around your new shop space above your display shelves. I believe you have the ceiling height for it. Would be a cool addition and a possible write-off.
So cool seeing the fountain pens. I learned to write cursive with fountain pens. Nice memory, thanks. 🙂🖋✍✒
Many years ago, I was shopping at old book stores, looking for the old Life, Ladies Home journal, Saturday Evening Post, etc. (when they were MUCH cheaper) magazines and
did exactly what you were talking about. Removing the ads, trimming them nicely, and even mounting some of them to keep them lying flat. I searched for all kinds of things
like Coca-Cola, different cigarette ads, liquor, beer, automobiles - even old ads for outboard boat motors and Snap-On Tools. I have them all organized and put in folders.
My goal was to set-up a booth at the swap meet or flea market and sell them. But now I'm old and another "Alex" will come along some day and make use of them........
loved that 1912 magazine!
I was raised in the 1950s in Kentucky. I remember that my brother had the small plastic submarine toy. I think that type of toy was advertised in kids' magazines.
Something you might consider doing, is adding a note to that lovely green photo album, suggesting whomever purchases it may want to replace the black pages with acid-free pages. That black paper in old photo albums isn't acid-free & it will destroy your photos no matter what their age.
The tin toy bird is a turkey not a peacock. Peacocks don't have wattles and it's tail is rounded like a turkey's and it doesn't have the eyes on it's tail. Lots of cool finds. I love the trains!
We had the sub when I was a child and you are 100% correct about how it worked.
Everything about that collection is awesome. So glad you'll make profit. You deserve it 👏
Nice one Alex. A lot of that takes me right back to my childhood especially the matchbox, dinky and corgi stuff. Here in the UK we covet those more than the hotwheel cars so maybe look at attempting to sell in the British market for those vehicles. Especially the military stuff 👍👍
I had never heard the term "rolling stock" applied to toy train cars before - I had to look it up! I learned something new today!! :)
That Ladies Home Journal from 1912 was awesome! This pick turned out very well for you.
Cool finds! Thank you for sharing your adventures.
Would think had you met the collector - seems a very interesting person judging by what he collected the mags & the army hat - bet you two would have had a lot to talk about. It's good his curated collection ended up in your hands - better than someone who didn't have any interest in the items & collections.
This episode is Planes, Trains and Automobiles 😄
Wow! That Turkey/Peacock generated a lot of comments! I guess you will need to make a video just about it! I'd like to see it wound up!
I have one of those Bakelite Viewmasters, along with a bunch of the travel reels.
Watching this is like somebody strumming forgotten childhood memories.
You got a fantastic haul, but you only got a fraction of what the man had. Over the years he spent a fortune on his toy collection. Mind blowing.
Looks like a nice lot. Personally I find the toy cars and trains boring, but I understand that they have a great commercial value
It's not my thing either they are all toy cars to me. I loved the magazines though.
Unless you are a collector it is so boring!!! I am really ready for a clean out or estate with all antiques except no toys! 🤔😶
yes jewelry is way more exciting. :-) Cars and trains are the "boy toys" I call the, lol. Those guys will may a couple $100 for a toy car or tractor at estate sales.
I agree with you about the toy cars. However.....toy trains are SOOO COOL.
They’re from a different age. In the early to mid part of the 20th century those were the high tech toys that boys (mostly) dreamed about.
It's sad to see that mans collection . You can imagine how much he had to hunt to find all his treasures, and how happy it must have made him to find those special pieces. I hope they find homes with other collectors.
Love your videos!! I wasn't expecting part 2 so soon. Thank you for taking the time to show us your treasures!