I need those Ile de France pennants. That ship was a beloved French Liner - she was a hero, saving many of the survivors from the Andrea Doria disaster!
Those hand painted plaques in the last box reminded me of the ones we used to paint during the summer programs at Elementary schools. Each school had older teens supervising the playground for stuff like 4-Square, tether ball, softball, on the playground, & in the afternoon you could buy yourself a plain plaque to paint. I had forgotten the parks & recreation programs for kids. They kept us occupied & out of trouble.
When I was about 11 yrs old you could get a set of rubber moulds and plaster of paris and make your own statues. They set in about an hour then you painted them. They looked like the same kind of thing.
That absolutely beautiful laundry bag is embroidered not cross stitched. An item Cross stitched is made up of X's. If it's embroidered the stitches are many and varied!😀 What a gorgeous piece of history!!💜
I discovered your channel this week. I'm infatuated! You have a fenominal knowledge of history, and an amazing ability to realise if an item has convertible value. You know your customers well.
I am drooling over those Structo, Lido, Matchbox, Corgi, Dinky, and other plastic and tin toy trucks and cars. A friend of mine had that tin car and trailer with the opening back. I played with Structo trucks like that at my grandmas when I was a kid. She would pick them up at garage sales so we would have something to play with when we visited. Hotwheelsbob may be my RUclips name, but I was collecting Matchbox and Budgie before Hotwheels cars ever came out.
This video is Russian immigrant nostalgia. I know this family, I'm a part of a family exactly like this. From the travel and quality kids toys, to how carefully everything is wrapped... beautiful to watch. Thank you.
Great Video. It kills me all the vintage toys you find. Can you do a video on how you started your business and funded the initial inventory when you started? I think a lot of viewers would enjoy that. Thank You.
I just found your site and I love it. I am 70 yrs old. I see things I played with growing up. My grandfather was born in 1882 and my grandmother in 1902. I have seen and played with so many of the items. Thanks for the memories.
Maybe have the eldest boy hold the camera. He's done it before and is a halfway decent cameraman from what I have seen in the past. Make it one of his chores. :)
My dad was a pilot and carried a case just like that, it held his charts & manuals. He started flying in the 60's and retired in 2000. If you look up images of pilot flight cases, you'll see they look just like that. These days they carry all of that info on an iPad instead.
I scrolled down before writing the same thing. I still have mine as well. We called them our “flight kit.” Then...along came iPads and the flight kits went to yard sales. It is surely a flight bag since it is customary to put stickers on your flight kit.
I knew when I saw that case it was a pilots case. I bought my Dad one of those cases when he first became a private pilot, 37 plus years ago. Unfortunately he hasn't been able to fly for many years because of poor eyesight
Outstanding quality and that they are just so well preserved blows my mind! Finding things in such good condition in the states in nearly impossible, I don't have the answer to why that is but just seems to be that way.
The bus stuff was cool, my grandfather was a bus driver, he started in 1926 driving for Southern Kansas Stage and Freight, the roads were still mostly dirt, SKSF would become Santa Fe Trailways based out of Wichita Kansas, it would then become Continental Trailways, and finally bought out by Grey Hound. I rode many a mile with my grandpa when I was a kid, it was allowed by the company, he had the Wichita to Texarkana route for years, Wichita to Oklahoma City, and Wichita to Pueblo Colorado. I enjoyed the video.
!!! i had that projector as a lil kid...like 1964-65. loved playing with it in my own room. i felt like the grow ups that did their slide shows in the living room :)
The laundry bag c. 1917 is actually embroidered, not cross stitched. Cross stitching is made up of little xxxx, while embroidered items are made from a variety of stitches such as satin, stem, etc.
I'm astonished at the great condition most of these items were in, particularly the old books. These folks obviously took great joy and great care of the things they found to be treasures. I'm kind of saddened by the opinions of some of the people who are lamenting that the family saw fit to part with some of the items. Sadly, those who inherit the contents of the house don't have the space to properly maintain them, particularly if the home they came from had to be sold in order to pay the debts left by the dearly departed. I have a houseful of things that I treasure and my children don't see the value in them. Many of them don't have great monetary value and are of value to my memories of my grandparents and parents. Alas, we have been entrusted with so many things that we cannot use and have no way to display. So, in boxes they sit, getting no enjoyment from anyone. It is not possible to know how hard it was for the next generation to come to the decision to part with these things. Perhaps they viewed them as things they would love to hang on to but couldn't give good tribute to. There is only so much that we, the ones left behind can bring in without ending up on an episodes of one of the hoarders shows. I gasped aloud at the US Silver Dollar and I don't know if it was this video or another where there was a rather large one cent US. I would love if I could visit this man's shop. So many things tripped my memory switch. Of course, then, my children would later come along and not know the "value" of so many of the things I have. I would love to sit them down and tell them the story behind each piece, but they do not have the attention span to listen. All they see is "mom's stuff".
Thank you. The items were most certainly well maintained. I hope the items found homes where they will also be well maintained. I wish I lived closer. I would love to visit your shop.
do a household inventory, with a photograph of each item or collections and write down or record the story that goes with them as best you can recall. Mom and I used to do this somewhat, and she also put sticky notes on many things, as I found later. It was a great help with some things that even I had forgotten what she would say about them from time to time. I am doing this with my stuff too, since my boys are grown and gone and not around to use or hear me talk about the things. Wish we had done more, but what was accomplished was a huge help. I was able to 'repatriate' some family items to other relatives, who got a wonderful stroll down 'Memory Lane', because of the sticky notes on them. found quite a few item I had never even seen before, (and I thought I knew all Mom and Dad had!). Lots of WW2 things from both their times in the Navy, that I didn't even know existed! amazing what you find in bottom bureau drawers and old trunks and desks! Enjoy the process. If you can do it with a family member or a friend makes it more enjoyable and if people have passed away, it takes away some of the emotional tug of doing it by yourself and no one to share the memories with. all the best.
Having helped clear my Grandma's house I'd also say that many of the things that she lovingly packed away have no emotional connection to me, so it's not always obvious why future generations get rid of things that previous generations held dear. Best thing I got from the house was a fairly modern clock with electric hour alarm, every time I hear the alarm I can vividly recall her dining room (where the clock lived). It has zero monetary value - it was cheap when she bought it, but immense emotional value. :)
As far as that Klotilda Zehner name on that laundry bag, it appears she was born in Russia about 1896. Married an Edward Maves and died in Saskatchewan in 1940.
I put this comment on your latest video and then realized to autoplay had taken me to this video. I am here working on my website and product listings and watching you play with toys. You're like a friend now Alex. The internet RUclips are just so weird. I really feel like I know you guys. Thank you for entertaining me while I work. You're also giving me ideas for things I want to collect. I love that little purple change purse!
Get a big van with a lift on the back, please! My dad is 70 with the spine of a 99 year old, all because he was a drummer for 47 years with a "too small" car. Like an avid puzzle solver, he meticulously packed his drums into an inappropriate vehicle for many decades .... and that rooted his back. Loving your channel ... wishing you well ... but please heed my warning.
I used to date a guy who worked for Consolidated Freightways. I remember that logo! That coin purse is so cool not to mention the coins inside and you're so calm! I would have been screaming. What a great haul! The Goldenbooks!
Dude!! You scared the crap out of me at 26:23 with the ugly clown. I hate clowns. All of a sudden a clown just came from out of nowhere. Love watching you find all these cool the mags. Thank you for sharing.
My brother and I had a Diawa Mini Cast rod and reel until it was stolen out of our dad's boat. That rod and reel dates back to the late 70's or early 80's. That brings back memories.
My son has the same suitcase.. He found at a flea market.. He loves that thing. I guess his was for an extremely old computer there was even a little slot labeled floppydisks... He lugs his Xbox etc. In it now... Great hard case for electronics! When he was little he cld have chosen to go anywhere for his b-day.. Amusement park, bowling, whatever... Nope just wanted to go to the flea market.. Lol..
The little microphone in the suitcase goes to a cassette recorder so you could make a voice tape. It's from the late 60s- mid 70s. People didn't make videos back then. Cam corders weren't around yet. The only portable video equipment was a reel-to-reel back pack unit that weighed about 40 lbs. and a two piece camera that you balanced on your shoulder. The whole thing was very awkward. Those only recorded in black and white. Sony eventually came out with a color port-a-pack in the mid '70s but they cost around $3500. Don't know how much that is in today's dollars, but I know at that time you could buy a new van for $4500. Once they came out with VHS cassettes video cameras got a lot lighter and cheaper.
We had a tape recorder with a similar microphone that my brother and I loved to play with as kids. We each also had our own little travel record player, with little record storybooks. "At the chime, turn the page". Late 70s, early 80s. Ahh, memories. Haven't thought of that microphone in years!
My grandfather had one of those reel video recorders. I remember going to his house when very young with a lot of my other family and watching his home videos made with it on a projector type with the reel spinning. My dad was born in the 50s, and was the 4th of 7 kids.
@@tracilay4162 I still have about 5 of those cassette tape recorders. They have a built in mic also. Then smaller ones came out by 1980. We used them to record the sermons at church.
My grandson who just turned 3 two days ago ( on 1-22 ) would LOVE that police car ! He has some sort of learning disability so he is big on sounds rather than saying words and what he calls police cars that I think is adorable is : WOO WOO because of the sound the siren makes !
That Kodak Disc camera is actually a rare thing. Disc cameras were somewhat of a dead-end idea launched in the late '70s running through to the early-mid '80s and they were expensive, certainly by the standards of point-and-shoot cameras and a top-of-the-range ones easily cost as much as a nice SLR. Needless to say not many were sold in the UK, and having the film developed and buying replacements were also very expensive...
I lolove buying mystery boxes like these! It’s amazing to know I probably have serious $$ in stuff I’ve bought and liked but have never looked up like you do! I do enjoy watchingyour videos and if can’t tell..I start binge watching your videos when I have time like today! Awesomeness at its finest! Great finds my friend!
Just looked up the value on coinstudy.com The 1894-S graded Fine is $39.68 I don't know if that is the buying or selling price. Your $100 - $200 estimate seems a bit high. Love your video and your finds :)
I was curious about the laundry bag and did a little research. Turns out that the use of the word “laundry” to mean "articles that need to be or have been laundered" (as opposed to a room to wash clothes in) is from 1916 (according to an etymology website). So Klotilda was being very modern when she embroidered that and it’s therefore probably a very early example of a “laundry bag”. I find that interesting anyway...
Do you not refer to your dirty clothes as laundry? I thought this was pretty standard (as in "I need to do laundry" means wash clothes or "I need to fold the laundry), I wouldn't have thought this needed research. Legit curious if you refer to it as something else.
@@kikidee6033 I do use the word laundry in the same way you do (although where I am from in the North of England we say "washing" colloquially!). The history of domestic life fascinates me and I'd never considered how people handled their laundry - so I Googled to see some more! Period dramas tend to expose us to big scale laundries washing linens in huge vats, and maids hanging out sheets on washing lines - you never see where average ladies keep their laundry until wash day! The etymology of the word was just a byproduct of my Google hunt :)
@@naboolio8442 thanks for the response, you're right, you never see anything about laundry unless it's seeing maybe the maid doing the wash or big laundering enterprises! It's cool when something makes you curious so you research more about it!
I think the last couple of pieces that you unwrapped, the plaster ones, would have been from a child’s art class. The reason I say that is because when I was in elementary school, we made pieces like that...early 60’s
All those toys were incredible and in such great shape. I love little Golden books and have a small collection from my childhood that I don’t want to part with.
I can never understand why people wouldn't want to keep their parents'/grandparents' heirlooms, especially the war jacket, medals and stuff. Guess not everyone's sentimental that way.
EVELYN Grima made me feel sad to see the names Scotty and Wayne Hartley real people maybe brothers who once played with those toys had a holiday in Amsterdam kept souvenirs and coins :( and no some stranger has thier stuff :(
i 100% agree, having n0 family,i can say it made me a little angry,even if y0u hated y0ur dad[many men came back fr0m ww1 and 2 with s0me seri0us issues] its y0ur families hist0ry y0u just s0ld t0 a stranger "LEST WE F0RGET" seems like s0 d0 f0rget
I followed my dreams and opened a tailor shop and while I work I'm watching Alex following his dreams! The thread I'm sewing with is the same colour as his car, lol
That’s so crazy! The person who made the sack has the same last name as me. It’s Zehner (the cursive n looks like a m). Pronounced Zane-er (German I do believe). It’s not a very common last name so it’s interesting to find a connection
The laundry bag is a beautiful combination of satin stitch and stem stitch, completely worthy of going into a museum's textile collection. I suspect the tin-toy bear might be an American National Park Service Smokey the Bear; his ranger hat is distinctive. The belt-buckle buses are early-80s MCI MC-9 Crusader IIs; Greyhound Canada bought and operated a ton of them. The horse-head buckle indicates Scotty was a member of Teamsters local 362. The big copper coin is an Imperial Russian 5-kopek piece, badly worn. The double eagle on the front is nearly gone. The other two you couldn't read are 2-kopek and 1-kopek pieces. The American silver dollar is a Morgan, 1894-S (San Francisco mint). Hooboy ... ALL the Little Elf and Little Golden titles in the world. I didn't see a one later than 1960. Man, you hit the damn jackpot on tin toys! I don't think that motorbike was ever even played with. Find you a replacement headlight bulb and you _will_ be golden. What are the odds that some of these European bits (e.g., the clogs) are souvenirs Scotty brought home from the big war? I think the Indian chief profile and the tree medallion were possibly "things Wayne made at school" saved the way you do save things your kid made at school.
I was young we had plaster paris rubber mold and we would put them in a glass so they hung. Pour the plaster paris in and poke out the bubbles. I think that what you Indians and the scene are. We then painted them. Lots of fun. People that do junk journals love the epherma form travel brochures and especially old papers that are receipts and etc.
Don't throw out that paperwork you might find people who might pay a few bucks for it or donate it to charity. Search Junk Journals or art journals on RUclips and you will see what I'm talking about. These girls love using this kind of stuff in them! Especially card type things they make pockets and put smaller things in them.
I need those Ile de France pennants. That ship was a beloved French Liner - she was a hero, saving many of the survivors from the Andrea Doria disaster!
I love that little fabric box that had all the coins in it! ❤️. Some really neat finds
Really neat stuff. Definitely not a boring video. Thanks for sharing.
That kid must have been well loved to have so many awesome toys.
Klotilda's satin stitching was exquisite:)
Those hand painted plaques in the last box reminded me of the ones we used to paint during the summer programs at Elementary schools.
Each school had older teens supervising the playground for stuff like 4-Square, tether ball, softball, on the playground, & in the afternoon you could buy yourself a plain plaque to paint.
I had forgotten the parks & recreation programs for kids. They kept us occupied & out of trouble.
When I was about 11 yrs old you could get a set of rubber moulds and plaster of paris and make your own statues. They set in about an hour then you painted them. They looked like the same kind of thing.
You're a genius. You advertise your antiques as you find them. I'm not even a collector but I enjoy 'finding' this stuff with you. Fun!
That absolutely beautiful laundry bag is embroidered not cross stitched. An item Cross stitched is made up of X's. If it's embroidered the stitches are many and varied!😀 What a gorgeous piece of history!!💜
I was going to say the same thing, though it is actually satin stitch.
Aw, always wanted the Give-a-Show Projector! Santa never saw that I really needed one...😥
OH!!!! I remember the Give-a-show Projector!!!! I had one when I was a kid and loved it!!! I don't remember what happen to it.
I had one as well☺️
I had one too!
I discovered your channel this week. I'm infatuated!
You have a fenominal knowledge of history, and an amazing ability to realise if an item has convertible value. You know your customers well.
I am drooling over those Structo, Lido, Matchbox, Corgi, Dinky, and other plastic and tin toy trucks and cars. A friend of mine had that tin car and trailer with the opening back. I played with Structo trucks like that at my grandmas when I was a kid. She would pick them up at garage sales so we would have something to play with when we visited. Hotwheelsbob may be my RUclips name, but I was collecting Matchbox and Budgie before Hotwheels cars ever came out.
Super cool finds ,,, you have the job that I would love to be a part of ..... love the old stuff . Thanks for the video
toys my favorites im 51yrs old man i have great memories of my toys
This video is Russian immigrant nostalgia. I know this family, I'm a part of a family exactly like this. From the travel and quality kids toys, to how carefully everything is wrapped... beautiful to watch. Thank you.
Blast from the past! I had that same projector with the Flintstones & Augie Doggie as a kid!💚💜 How fun to revisit those memories!
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I think 🤔 that is the purpose of saving things. It connects you with your family 👍🏽.
Great Video. It kills me all the vintage toys you find. Can you do a video on how you started your business and funded the initial inventory when you started? I think a lot of viewers would enjoy that. Thank You.
OMG!!! YES!! That would be so awesome!!
Oh wow. I had one of those Give a Show projectors. I got it for Christmas way back in the olden days when I was young. Good memories.
I love watching your videos brings me back to my childhood I remember a time when there were no computers no Internet, I cherish those memories😌👍🏻✨
I just found your site and I love it. I am 70 yrs old. I see things I played with growing up. My grandfather was born in 1882 and my grandmother in 1902. I have seen and played with so many of the items. Thanks for the memories.
You should use a tripod for these box openings so that you can look things over without swinging the camera around so much.
Some neat stuff.
Maybe have the eldest boy hold the camera. He's done it before and is a halfway decent cameraman from what I have seen in the past. Make it one of his chores. :)
I agree with this. It will also shorten your video time as you will two hands to unwrap and handle the items.
Anything other than you opening boxes and such with one hand.
I think you do a FANTASTIC job!
@Rick Charles send him one for free or quit whining please, you hurt my ears
My dad was a pilot and carried a case just like that, it held his charts & manuals. He started flying in the 60's and retired in 2000. If you look up images of pilot flight cases, you'll see they look just like that. These days they carry all of that info on an iPad instead.
Yes we called them a pubs (publications) bag. It held our navigation maps and instrument approach charts
I scrolled down before writing the same thing. I still have mine as well. We called them our “flight kit.” Then...along came iPads and the flight kits went to yard sales. It is surely a flight bag since it is customary to put stickers on your flight kit.
I knew when I saw that case it was a pilots case. I bought my Dad one of those cases when he first became a private pilot, 37 plus years ago. Unfortunately he hasn't been able to fly for many years because of poor eyesight
Outstanding quality and that they are just so well preserved blows my mind! Finding things in such good condition in the states in nearly impossible, I don't have the answer to why that is but just seems to be that way.
I love the "Give A Show Projector" . I had one when I was young. I am 60 now.
The bus stuff was cool, my grandfather was a bus driver, he started in 1926 driving for Southern Kansas Stage and Freight, the roads were still mostly dirt, SKSF would become Santa Fe Trailways based out of Wichita Kansas, it would then become Continental Trailways, and finally bought out by Grey Hound. I rode many a mile with my grandpa when I was a kid, it was allowed by the company, he had the Wichita to Texarkana route for years, Wichita to Oklahoma City, and Wichita to Pueblo Colorado. I enjoyed the video.
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I wanted to have an antique store. Now I armchair your videos. Thanks.
Much cheaper that way too ;)
Awesome video, lots of needed information. Thank you for sharing
!!! i had that projector as a lil kid...like 1964-65. loved playing with it in my own room. i felt like the grow ups that did their slide shows in the living room :)
The laundry bag c. 1917 is actually embroidered, not cross stitched. Cross stitching is made up of little xxxx, while embroidered items are made from a variety of stitches such as satin, stem, etc.
Its nice you put some of the prices on there !
I am so enjoying your videos and you have such a kind layed back personality. You have a very nice family.
They took such great care of their things. Blessings...
I'm astonished at the great condition most of these items were in, particularly the old books. These folks obviously took great joy and great care of the things they found to be treasures. I'm kind of saddened by the opinions of some of the people who are lamenting that the family saw fit to part with some of the items. Sadly, those who inherit the contents of the house don't have the space to properly maintain them, particularly if the home they came from had to be sold in order to pay the debts left by the dearly departed. I have a houseful of things that I treasure and my children don't see the value in them. Many of them don't have great monetary value and are of value to my memories of my grandparents and parents. Alas, we have been entrusted with so many things that we cannot use and have no way to display. So, in boxes they sit, getting no enjoyment from anyone. It is not possible to know how hard it was for the next generation to come to the decision to part with these things. Perhaps they viewed them as things they would love to hang on to but couldn't give good tribute to. There is only so much that we, the ones left behind can bring in without ending up on an episodes of one of the hoarders shows.
I gasped aloud at the US Silver Dollar and I don't know if it was this video or another where there was a rather large one cent US. I would love if I could visit this man's shop. So many things tripped my memory switch. Of course, then, my children would later come along and not know the "value" of so many of the things I have. I would love to sit them down and tell them the story behind each piece, but they do not have the attention span to listen. All they see is "mom's stuff".
In this case he was an elderly gentleman with no family of his own or immediate family...
Thank you. The items were most certainly well maintained. I hope the items found homes where they will also be well maintained. I wish I lived closer. I would love to visit your shop.
do a household inventory, with a photograph of each item or collections and write down or record the story that goes with them as best you can recall. Mom and I used to do this somewhat, and she also put sticky notes on many things, as I found later. It was a great help with some things that even I had forgotten what she would say about them from time to time. I am doing this with my stuff too, since my boys are grown and gone and not around to use or hear me talk about the things. Wish we had done more, but what was accomplished was a huge help. I was able to 'repatriate' some family items to other relatives, who got a wonderful stroll down 'Memory Lane', because of the sticky notes on them. found quite a few item I had never even seen before, (and I thought I knew all Mom and Dad had!). Lots of WW2 things from both their times in the Navy, that I didn't even know existed! amazing what you find in bottom bureau drawers and old trunks and desks! Enjoy the process. If you can do it with a family member or a friend makes it more enjoyable and if people have passed away, it takes away some of the emotional tug of doing it by yourself and no one to share the memories with. all the best.
I've attached notes to the sentimental items that will be gong to my kids after I pass.
Having helped clear my Grandma's house I'd also say that many of the things that she lovingly packed away have no emotional connection to me, so it's not always obvious why future generations get rid of things that previous generations held dear.
Best thing I got from the house was a fairly modern clock with electric hour alarm, every time I hear the alarm I can vividly recall her dining room (where the clock lived). It has zero monetary value - it was cheap when she bought it, but immense emotional value. :)
As far as that Klotilda Zehner name on that laundry bag, it appears she was born in Russia about 1896. Married an Edward Maves and died in Saskatchewan in 1940.
I'm sure a thousand people also said - Its Embroidery, not cross-stitch!
and here I thought I was the only one that looked things like that up.
@@camil9450 Exactly!!!!
These videos are so wholesome,& interesting, and there should be more of it👍
I put this comment on your latest video and then realized to autoplay had taken me to this video. I am here working on my website and product listings and watching you play with toys. You're like a friend now Alex. The internet RUclips are just so weird. I really feel like I know you guys. Thank you for entertaining me while I work. You're also giving me ideas for things I want to collect. I love that little purple change purse!
Those plaster figures look like the kids made and painted them I had them when I was a kid
Get a big van with a lift on the back, please! My dad is 70 with the spine of a 99 year old, all because he was a drummer for 47 years with a "too small" car. Like an avid puzzle solver, he meticulously packed his drums into an inappropriate vehicle for many decades .... and that rooted his back. Loving your channel ... wishing you well ... but please heed my warning.
Give a Show projector! I loved mine. Hello from Chicago
Love watching! You are so informed about good Stuff !
WOW very nice score with the vintage toy!!!!
I used to date a guy who worked for Consolidated Freightways. I remember that logo! That coin purse is so cool not to mention the coins inside and you're so calm! I would have been screaming. What a great haul! The Goldenbooks!
I would've been saying omg every 2 minutes 🤣
Dude!! You scared the crap out of me at 26:23 with the ugly clown. I hate clowns. All of a sudden a clown just came from out of nowhere. Love watching you find all these cool the mags. Thank you for sharing.
The laundry bag had the most beautiful embroidery hand done
I think I love the Police Car the most, awesome!
24:45 Crown Royal marble bag! Brings back memories :)
My brother and I had a Diawa Mini Cast rod and reel until it was stolen out of our dad's boat. That rod and reel dates back to the late 70's or early 80's. That brings back memories.
That Pacific Western Hercules brochure has some nice collector value. PWA was one of the few airlines that had C-130 Hercules transports for cargo.
My son has the same suitcase.. He found at a flea market.. He loves that thing. I guess his was for an extremely old computer there was even a little slot labeled floppydisks... He lugs his Xbox etc. In it now... Great hard case for electronics! When he was little he cld have chosen to go anywhere for his b-day.. Amusement park, bowling, whatever... Nope just wanted to go to the flea market.. Lol..
future antique collector on your hands!
I believe that is "Smokey the Bear" "Only you can prevent forest fires"
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Its' a salesman's sample case. Still available at office supply stores. Not many travelling salesmen any more though.
Great stuff as always! Really love the toys!
I love old glass baby bottles! So Cool.
a fun show with fun comments, thanks for sharing
The little microphone in the suitcase goes to a cassette recorder so you could make a voice tape. It's from the late 60s- mid 70s. People didn't make videos back then. Cam corders weren't around yet. The only portable video equipment was a reel-to-reel back pack unit that weighed about 40 lbs. and a two piece camera that you balanced on your shoulder. The whole thing was very awkward. Those only recorded in black and white. Sony eventually came out with a color port-a-pack in the mid '70s but they cost around $3500. Don't know how much that is in today's dollars, but I know at that time you could buy a new van for $4500. Once they came out with VHS cassettes video cameras got a lot lighter and cheaper.
We had a tape recorder with a similar microphone that my brother and I loved to play with as kids. We each also had our own little travel record player, with little record storybooks. "At the chime, turn the page". Late 70s, early 80s. Ahh, memories. Haven't thought of that microphone in years!
My grandfather had one of those reel video recorders. I remember going to his house when very young with a lot of my other family and watching his home videos made with it on a projector type with the reel spinning. My dad was born in the 50s, and was the 4th of 7 kids.
@@tracilay4162 I still have about 5 of those cassette tape recorders. They have a built in mic also. Then smaller ones came out by 1980. We used them to record the sermons at church.
@@wuznotbornyesterda my father liked to secretly put it in a dark corner and record our conversations at random times.
Historic note the S.S. Ile De France, was the primary rescue ship when the Andrea Doria sunk.
In 1960, detoured from her final trip to the scrappers, the Ile De France was used in a movie called "The Last Voyage" starring Robert Stack.
Not only the items were of quality,but at the time people were of quality also🤪👍🏻✨
My grandson who just turned 3 two days ago ( on 1-22 ) would LOVE that police car ! He has some sort of learning disability so he is big on sounds rather than saying words and what he calls police cars that I think is adorable is : WOO WOO because of the sound the siren makes !
That Kodak Disc camera is actually a rare thing. Disc cameras were somewhat of a dead-end idea launched in the late '70s running through to the early-mid '80s and they were expensive, certainly by the standards of point-and-shoot cameras and a top-of-the-range ones easily cost as much as a nice SLR. Needless to say not many were sold in the UK, and having the film developed and buying replacements were also very expensive...
Dude it's 1:38 am and I am on my fifth? or maybe sixth one of these. Yeah.. subbed.
Thanks Robert!
Yep. I'm totally into this channel too. Love all these videos! :)
It's a happy rabbit hole to fall down! Lol
I love Alex's choice of background music - very cool...
Love the jazz music while unboxing....you are my new favorite!!!!
Thanks Shannon!
The toys and books are in such good condition!!!
You really need some kind of tripod or something to hold your phone so you can use both hands, would be way easier for you !
Santa brought me a tripod :)
That looks like “Smoky The Bear”.... YOU can prevent forest fires ! 🔥 😆👍🏼
I lolove buying mystery boxes like these! It’s amazing to know I probably have serious $$ in stuff I’ve bought and liked but have never looked up like you do! I do enjoy watchingyour videos and if can’t tell..I start binge watching your videos when I have time like today! Awesomeness at its finest! Great finds my friend!
that indian chief head was a kids craft thing it came with paints my uncle who is 77 said he had one
Yes, I remember making them in school. Painting them was the best part.
char russell Ha ha, I’m 55 and remember painting those too.I couldn’t believe it when Alex said he’d repair it 🤣
I like that 1894-S silver dollar! Nice find there Alex!!
In great shape too!
Just looked up the value on coinstudy.com The 1894-S graded Fine is $39.68 I don't know if that is the buying or selling price. Your $100 - $200 estimate seems a bit high. Love your video and your finds :)
All those Kids books OMG what a great find
Man what a haul! The tin vehicles toys were awesome and in excelent condition.
I was curious about the laundry bag and did a little research. Turns out that the use of the word “laundry” to mean "articles that need to be or have been laundered" (as opposed to a room to wash clothes in) is from 1916 (according to an etymology website). So Klotilda was being very modern when she embroidered that and it’s therefore probably a very early example of a “laundry bag”. I find that interesting anyway...
Good research!
why could it not mean a bag for use in the laundry room?
Do you not refer to your dirty clothes as laundry? I thought this was pretty standard (as in "I need to do laundry" means wash clothes or "I need to fold the laundry), I wouldn't have thought this needed research. Legit curious if you refer to it as something else.
@@kikidee6033 I do use the word laundry in the same way you do (although where I am from in the North of England we say "washing" colloquially!). The history of domestic life fascinates me and I'd never considered how people handled their laundry - so I Googled to see some more! Period dramas tend to expose us to big scale laundries washing linens in huge vats, and maids hanging out sheets on washing lines - you never see where average ladies keep their laundry until wash day! The etymology of the word was just a byproduct of my Google hunt :)
@@naboolio8442 thanks for the response, you're right, you never see anything about laundry unless it's seeing maybe the maid doing the wash or big laundering enterprises! It's cool when something makes you curious so you research more about it!
I think the last couple of pieces that you unwrapped, the plaster ones, would have been from a child’s art class. The reason I say that is because when I was in elementary school, we made pieces like that...early 60’s
So impressed with clean and great condition of items! Thanks for the video!
I love when you do unboxing videos. Thanks for sharing and just being an awesome human being.
Very interesting, watched the whole video. I am so glad I subscribed to your channel. Neat things you show, for sure!!!
22:20, I thought it was a poker chip caddy at first. I didn't know Jell-O had those little chips.
You really have to invest in some small tripods.
All those toys were incredible and in such great shape. I love little Golden books and have a small collection from my childhood that I don’t want to part with.
I love watching your finds but they make me feel so OLD since I remember some of these toys as a child! Nostalgia at its best. Thank you from Indiana!
The SS Ile de france was the ship that rescued the passengers of the Andrea Doria.
The "dutch" coins are Russian. The first coin is a 5 kopeck coin. hope this is of help,
My father travels for work alot and he loves these type of stores, he would reallyl love yours!!
I had many of those Little Golden Books! Brought tears to my eyes! They are in great shape!!
I can never understand why people wouldn't want to keep their parents'/grandparents' heirlooms, especially the war jacket, medals and stuff. Guess not everyone's sentimental that way.
EVELYN Grima made me feel sad to see the names Scotty and Wayne Hartley real people maybe brothers who once played with those toys had a holiday in Amsterdam kept souvenirs and coins :( and no some stranger has thier stuff :(
i 100% agree, having n0 family,i can say it made me a little angry,even if y0u hated y0ur dad[many men came back fr0m ww1 and 2 with s0me seri0us issues] its y0ur families hist0ry y0u just s0ld t0 a stranger "LEST WE F0RGET" seems like s0 d0 f0rget
EVELYN Grima I would have kept it. It was family history. Now a days people don't feel that way. Have a good day. Shelley from Richmond, Ky USA
Could be he has no one to pass it on to and likely getting up in age he wanted to make sure someone else could enjoy it.
EVELYN Grima I know! I feel the same way!
The laundry bag is an example of embroidery not cross stitch.
Exactly!
came down to the comments to see if anyone caught that
Yep cross-stitch is pretty easy to identify by all the stitches that look like crosses. Once you get the difference pointed out, you'll learn sir!
@@camil9450,I'm 61 yrs old and didn't know the difference, thank you.
It's satin stitch
I followed my dreams and opened a tailor shop and while I work I'm watching Alex following his dreams! The thread I'm sewing with is the same colour as his car, lol
That’s so great! :)
You are so lucky! To find those coins and cool old stuff!
Smokey the bear!
Exactly who it is. My dad had that toy.
Yup
And he has the Smokey the bear book too
Yep.Pretty cool.
Yeah at 19:99
And for unboxing, you would have both hands free if you used a tripod. Just a suggestion.
Alex, as always you got some great stuff that ride on plane is way too cool. Look forward to more videos Kurt.
GREAT, one of your best....
That’s so crazy! The person who made the sack has the same last name as me. It’s Zehner (the cursive n looks like a m). Pronounced Zane-er (German I do believe). It’s not a very common last name so it’s interesting to find a connection
That’s very cool!
Yes, your name is German. It means a quantity of ten, or groups of tens. (Zehn is the number ten.)
You missed the Golden Book "Smokey The Bear' to go with your remote controlled 'Smokey"
I had the same exact Golden Book of Pinocchio. No idea where it went. Hopefully it wasn’t worth much or I might just have to cry.
I love that whoever made that off-brand Smokey Bear assumed that meant he actually smoked. Clearly someone who never read the story as a kid.
I love your music in the vides :-)
The laundry bag is a beautiful combination of satin stitch and stem stitch, completely worthy of going into a museum's textile collection.
I suspect the tin-toy bear might be an American National Park Service Smokey the Bear; his ranger hat is distinctive.
The belt-buckle buses are early-80s MCI MC-9 Crusader IIs; Greyhound Canada bought and operated a ton of them. The horse-head buckle indicates Scotty was a member of Teamsters local 362.
The big copper coin is an Imperial Russian 5-kopek piece, badly worn. The double eagle on the front is nearly gone. The other two you couldn't read are 2-kopek and 1-kopek pieces. The American silver dollar is a Morgan, 1894-S (San Francisco mint).
Hooboy ... ALL the Little Elf and Little Golden titles in the world. I didn't see a one later than 1960.
Man, you hit the damn jackpot on tin toys! I don't think that motorbike was ever even played with.
Find you a replacement headlight bulb and you _will_ be golden.
What are the odds that some of these European bits (e.g., the clogs) are souvenirs Scotty brought home from the big war?
I think the Indian chief profile and the tree medallion were possibly "things Wayne made at school" saved the way you do save things your kid made at school.
I think the plaster things were painted by the son when he was a kid.
I agree, those are very much like the Plaster of Paris things I made and painted as a kid.
I have one of those Diawa mini cast rod and reel kits, bought around 1980 and still use it
I was young we had plaster paris rubber mold and we would put them in a glass so they hung. Pour the plaster paris in and poke out the bubbles. I think that what you Indians and the scene are. We then painted them. Lots of fun. People that do junk journals love the epherma form travel brochures and especially old papers that are receipts and etc.
You my friend are a lucky duck. I would love to spend a day in this dusty old places!!
Don't throw out that paperwork you might find people who might pay a few bucks for it or donate it to charity. Search Junk Journals or art journals on RUclips and you will see what I'm talking about. These girls love using this kind of stuff in them! Especially card type things they make pockets and put smaller things in them.
Those were Russian imperial coins
The bear at the beginning looks like cartoon character Yogi the Bear.
Oops I think the bear is actually Smokey the Bear.
But why would Smokey the Bear smoke?
Will10
@@JeanStAubin-nl9uo Back then it " was'nt bad for you" Ha!
Really nice finds indeed. I like the tin vehicles myself.
I love this show. I get my thrift store yard sale fix w/o buying anything.