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Antique Shop Finds
« on: March 14, 2019, 03:25:33 pm »
I'm always searching through antique shops, rarely finding any deals... But I do try to take pictures of what I leave behind, and thought I'd share them here as I come across them...

Keep in mind, a lot of these will likely include "Antique Shop Prices" $$$   :D



If I remember right, the tractor was about $185 and log wagon $100-125



This one came home with me for about a day, and was shipped off to a forum friend in a trade. If you look closely, you'll notice a pump on the back side of the boiler



Yes, that's $269 for a well used Jensen 76  :o



It's a stretch, but hobby-related...


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Re: Antique Shop Finds
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2019, 03:36:42 pm »
I have to apologize for these pictures, my wife was not with me, so they were taken on my trusty flip phone  :D

Weeden 43 at $169



Mamod TE missing canopy at $175



Boxed Wilesco roller, not a terrible price at $125, but missing chimney and some minor paint bubbling from rust



Wilesco missing oiler screw-on cover at $129



This little Empire pump came home with me, it had nearly perfect paint and it was hard to pass up at $69

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Re: Antique Shop Finds
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2019, 03:51:08 pm »
I was very excited when I spotted this little badge out of the corner of my eye



Unfortunately it wasn't an engine  :-\



Had a very nice box with it too



I did find a Weeden in the same shop, but left it behind... priced at $160 and I was told I could take 20% off



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Re: Antique Shop Finds
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2019, 03:53:51 pm »
I know many have a strong dislike for Esbit and other solid fuels, but I couldn't leave this behind either. Think it was somewhere around $20-25





Original price of $2.69



They were sitting on display on top of an old dining room set because the shop owner didn't quite know what they were for. She thought they were hand warmers.

There was also a boxed/unfired SE2a (missing the burner) but I passed on it because they wanted $142.95
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Re: Antique Shop Finds
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2019, 03:59:34 pm »
Here's an old find, my first cast base Jensen, 11 years and one week ago... 3/11/08

Probably paid a little too much, but that was before I became an "ebay addict"  :D



The interesting part of this engine is that it has stayed in Minnesota since leaving the Jensen factory.

A label from Sears in Minneapolis, MN.(94 miles from me)



Then it traveled 111 miles to a Sears in Austin, MN. (38 miles from me)



Then through several years, it ended up in an Antique shop in Rochester, MN (43 miles from Austin), where I purchased it
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Re: Antique Shop Finds
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2019, 04:22:03 pm »
The Empire pump was the cherry pick Nick.
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« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2019, 04:30:16 pm »
Quote from: Jim on March 14, 2019, 04:22:03 pm
The Empire pump was the cherry pick Nick.

Thanks Jim, I've got a few more pictures from antique shops buried away somewhere... and I believe my only other shop purchase was an AHI workshop (battery or steam powered)

I hope to add more to this thread and welcome anyone else to post their antique shop finds here  ;)
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Re: Antique Shop Finds
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2019, 04:34:30 pm »
Its the same down here Nick "antique shops" think that they really have something with an old Wilesco or Mamod and ask outrageous prices, its always a thrill and gets the blood pumping when you find something to view though.
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Re: Antique Shop Finds
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2019, 04:49:22 pm »
The most common find around here is the Weeden 14, yet I have failed to add one to the collection over the years  :D
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Re: Antique Shop Finds
« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2019, 08:20:51 pm »
Quote from: Jim on March 14, 2019, 04:34:30 pm
Its the same down here Nick "antique shops" think that they really have something with an old Wilesco or Mamod and ask outrageous prices, its always a thrill and gets the blood pumping when you find something to view though.
same here whenever I've found any toy steam related...they think they aren't made anymore & price accordingly.
You got a bargain on the Empire pump though Nick.
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Re: Antique Shop Finds
« Reply #10 on: March 15, 2019, 02:53:36 pm »
Good find! All I ever see is usually rubbish. Reminds me of a sign once that said, "We buy junk, but we sell antiques!".
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Re: Antique Shop Finds
« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2019, 04:13:35 pm »
Great thread & pictures . Keep`em comi`n.

I also think the Empire with pump was a great find.

No culture for model-engines on my part; and have never seen anything remotely associated with steamengines in antiques-shops on my part
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Re: Antique Shop Finds
« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2019, 01:16:23 pm »
Here's one of the nicest looking gray-based Wilesco engine/workshops that I've seen and would have loved to have added it to the collection, but they were very firm on their $299 price tag

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Re: Antique Shop Finds
« Reply #13 on: March 16, 2019, 06:17:51 pm »
Not the sears catalog but 1967 Montgomery wards
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Re: Antique Shop Finds
« Reply #14 on: March 16, 2019, 07:07:40 pm »
A couple of years ago I bought one of those Mamod log wagons at a big antique flea market for $10.00 Canadian! Never saw as good a deal before or since....
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