Forgotten Estate Boxes?! What’s Inside?

[@wildaltarose]

I love your sense of humour, you always make me smile.

[@paulanull8731]

Isn't it nice when fans drop by to view the place and meet you? Nice man and his son. Hope they got to shop for their favorites. I really liked the watch and the tiger in your tank.

[@vipvip5356]

I like when you have your friends with you , they are always such great people :-) I enjoy when you unboxing treasures like this, mystery boxes :-) Its so fun to watch !

[@taraevans5759]

I have one of the W.W.1 tins. It was given out to all Soldiers at Christmas. It had a note pad, pencil, cigarette, match and candy. That's what my Grandfather's had.

[@Tonyblack261]

Queen Victoria sent tins to the British troops containing Cadbury chocolate

[@historicmilitaria1944]

originally the WW1 tins were supplied empty save for a pencil on a card, before being sent to troops they were factory filled in one of 6 ways depending on who was to receive them, smokers,non smokers,nurses,seikhs,,boy sailors etc etc, the tins were issued in two types, brass then brass plated, the brass plated one was issued due to a large supply of brass being sunk on the Lusitania so all brass was diverted for making shellcases. although dated 1914 they were still on issue in 1919.

[@Tonyblack261]

@@historicmilitaria1944 We actually had a Queen Victoria tin in the museum I worked in. It still had the chocolate in it.

[@historicmilitaria1944]

nice, I too have the queen Victoria tin with original chocolate and straw lining.

[@taraevans5759]

@@historicmilitaria1944 lovely

[@verabushey7089]

Loved the pop stoppers when I was a kid. they were fun and functional.

[@jaybales3160]

Excellent purchase. Very good video. Enjoyed watching.

[@crystalwaters7081]

Love the little Beatles albums! Those are too cute! Great haul, Alex. That clock would be great in your new store...! Can't wait to see it! 🏘😊😊😊

[@mikewiebers8814]

Crystal Waters I think 🤔 the records played on a dompa

[@mikewiebers8814]

Compact disc machine with an adapter. Never opened mine.

[@crystalwaters7081]

@@mikewiebers8814 I remember those from the early 90's. I had a few, but I never played them...one was by Elton John. I have no idea where they are now though! 😊

[@Ashley-ku7is]

I love junk box lots. So much fun to sift through. :)

[@cherylsalinas1548]

When I was a kid we used the pop tops to keep the pop from losing its fizz. Those are cool. Looks like you got a lot of neat stuff in the boxes.

[@unrulyjulie4382]

Those things were great. Kept soda nice and fizzy!

[@NitrousDiecast]

Cheryl Salinas I remember accidentally putting one on a hot burner on the stove... it was the grossest smell ever

[@elizabethrusson7495]

The brass decorations with HMS Victory and the Constabulary along with the others are horse brasses. They would decorate horses with them and now some of them are just tourist collectibles like HMS Victory.

[@Msviolet65]

You can still purchase 4711 cologne. It is probably the oldest made perfume to date. The recipe is over 200 years old! It is one of my most favorite fragrances. I have worn it since the 1970's.

[@CathyMiller0711]

I remember those plastic bottle caps that attached to the top of a glass soda bottle! Hadn't thought of them in decades!

[@karmathegiant]

So fun. I used those pop bottle tops as a kid.

[@lmp8932]

So did we in the late '60's early '70's in Australia. The 'Crystal' drink delivery van came every week or so and they gave them out free with their softdrinks (pop/soda). The caps kept the fizz in :)

[@lb128f]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@oldproji]

When I lived in Canada - 1967 - I had a dark green Pontiac Strato-Chief. Nice cars, nice country.

[@simplycrochet1430]

Very fun video going thru mystery boxes. The tin snack box for car was very interesting. Reminded me of the baby car seats made out of metal frames.. Amazing how we all survived those and no seat belts. A station wagon full of kids jumping around.. LOL.

[@Grimmykin]

Love that 4711 bottle! My mum has always had a bottle on the go so it’s a very nostalgic scent for me.

[@maryj2509]

My grandmother always had a bottle on the go, too. She lived in the Netherlands and whenever I visited her I'd buy her a big bottle. I said "Oma!" out loud when I saw the bottle.

[@TheCarmarla]

What does it smell of? The Curiosity shop and cologne comments have left me even more curious.

[@amadeo_serrano]

7:41 The Sportsman Cigarettes match pack stirred a memory for me. When I was young (back when the dinosaurs roamed) my grandfather smoked Sportsman Cigarettes. The front of the pack was basically the same logo as the match pack but the back of the pack featured sporting scenes like fly-fishing. Amazing how such an innocuous thing like a match pack can trigger a long-forgotten memory.

[@squirrelorama]

@Amadeo Love that recollection man. Same exact thing happened to me when I saw the blue and black Bugler logo recently (cigarette tobacco and papers). My great uncle used to sit at my grandma's kitchen table and v e r y c a r e f u l l y assemble his cigarettes, one at a time... he passed away when i was 6 or so. But that Bugler logo is burned into my memory! RIP Uncle Larry!

[@crystalwaters7081]

Also, you have the best commentors on YT! So knowledgeable and nice!

[@roseyrosita1017]

Very intriguing. Great suspense with this one! Great little haul.

[@nathaliecruz9198]

That was fun going through the box with you. Profitable and interesting haul.

[@LariTanner]

Scout patches are highly collectable, that Camporee one I am sure is worth something to a diehard scouter!

[@wkannon990]

I just sent my nephew to the world jamboree with the patches I had left from going to the 1985 jamboree. I had sold some patches that I had traded for maybe 10 years ago on Ebay and I was shocked at what they brought.

[@dukethomas95]

You can still buy that patch new though.

[@blackdog.6398]

When we where kids , we got theses little record player it took mini 45rpm, & 33rpm . Mini records ... cool what a blast !!,! It’s just like my laugh in jacket I wore as a kid......thank you .

[@sandral2178]

Love that WW1 tin, so cool! Thanks for another great video!

[@tootall5559]

That Aristocrat spoon is quite rare. Impossible to get a value on it. They also had ice hammers for chipping ice at the bar, with a bottle opener on the other end, those can be found, but the spoon... nope.

[@brendawhite9120]

Wow live what you found really cool❤️👍

[@frankm8533]

I like the No Admittance sign

[@PaperandMoose]

You can never go wrong with a "junk drawer" or "job lot" box as they call them in my area. Love the Woodward's patch - has a great look to it!

[@rhondaowen5930]

You got some cool stuff, I like trinket surprise boxes.

[@pearpenguin]

Oh, I see a silver participaction badge. I really wanted one of those(or gold) in 1974. The best I could do was a bronze ☹️!

[@GM4ThePeople]

Heh, Canada Fitness. ;) Yeah, we were pretty into that at the time. Darned shuttle run cost me AoE once or twice; reckon I got a couple of those, a gold or two & maybe a silver. Just located my old envelope of badges & awards, & therein lies only a single AoE, along with a RLSSC Bronze Cross & a bunch of camp, house league & swimming stuff. Seems like a galaxy far, far away...

[@RhettyforHistory]

I didn't know Lacrosse was Canada's national sport. I always think of the NE U.S. with that sport and Hockey for Canada.

[@Mercmad]

Those brass things are Horse Brasses, they were used to decorate cart horse harnesses,especially Brewery Dray horse teams.

[@marideathydeelz914]

Loved the Allied Tin Gold shiny tin box. Lots of cool things, but loved that. Thanx for sharing the box contents. Always click quickly ❤️

[@mstuartjones7800]

The plaid Car Caddy was usually given as an item usually found at a green or plaid stamp redemption gift you could get at your local stamp redemption center or from their catalog in the late 1950's into the 60's, if you ever come across one of those catalogs it makes for some interesting insights into advertising from that time. The stamps were given as way to get you to buy your groceries at the chain grocery stores like A&P or Safeway Grocery Stores and were given for the dollar value of how much was spent, you could get everything car caddys. to coolers to luggage all the way up to a Cessna Air Plain, remember dreaming a a kid what it would be like to get the plain...

[@deniseboldea1624]

Those little Beatles Albums have record shape gum inside of them. I also recall that they had the lyrics to one song from the album in question printed inside.

[@floridajeanp]

Now that is a good box lot. I'd have to look through every book. I like ephemera. Big word! Your funny and lighthearted. . . Thanks for that. I'll have to say I'm shopping more often due to your influence . . . Thanks a lot haha. Good video

[@lindamcconnell9441]

Right after my high school graduation one of my friends bought a Gremlin like that. We had an American Motors dealership in our small town in Ohio. They special ordered it.

[@cimiodri]

I once had the picknick tin for a car. Got it in my great grandmother's '63 Valient (Dart in Canada)

[@cathifamjourney469]

My grandpa loved the Valient, he owned 2 or 3 of them. I used to beg to play in it and loved to push the shift buttons on the dash. Lol, not sure how good that was on the transmission.

[@barefootminis]

A neat history lesson every time I watch your videos. Looks like the British buckles could buckle to a horse saddle or harness.

[@debbieomi]

There were denim edition Gremlins? That's hilarious! In high school, a friend had a white Gremlin and since our school colors were royal blue and white, she did exactly as one would expect. She covered the interior with royal blue fun fur! LOL Doors, dash, seats, ceiling, pretty much everything but the floors and gear shifter. It was even on the instrument panel! We had some good times in that car!

[@tealelliott3870]

We had the Esso tiger tails in Little Rock, Arkansas! It was probably 1966 or so.

[@luell2u]

I remember those too. Grew up in Seattle.

[@sablatnic8030]

I remember the tiger in the tank from the mid 60s, but I never saw a tail!

[@lyannealberts8498]

Always look forward to seeing your adventures. Lots of love from South Africa.

[@lynnewibberley5986]

Alex!! Put that clock further back on the counter... you’re freaking me out. I keep thinking it will fall 🤓

[@albertinadebeer4309]

great finds again...and the Esso tiger-tail i have too!

[@vonny10096]

Great video..really enjoyed you finding treasures in the boxes.....HMS Victory is in dry dock at the historic dockyard in Portsmouth UK where i live ...Admiral Lord Nelsons Flagship...Battle of Trafalgar 1805..he won the battle but died..they have a plaque on the deck saying "here Nelson Fell", a local joke is "No wonder..thats dangerous to trip over!"....anyway that horse brass tourist item is cheapish here...might be worth more in Canada.....you might enjoy looking at a KZbin video of a tour of the ship.

[@ladybug3090]

What was in the thermos bottle? Love your videos. Maybe one day I will have the opportunity to come up to Canada and see your shop.

[@JeanStAubin-nl9uo]

I want to know too.

[@ottawaandy8580]

Alex gets his groove back.

[@deniseboldea1624]

😄😄😄 Gotta love a bobble head joke! Even though hoarding is considered a mental illness in this day and age, in many cases the hoarder has become an anti-hero of sorts. Their penchant for not throwing anything away has preserved many items that would have been lost to history.

[@mslaerik66]

Little Beatle albums are Gum from 1982

[@pamelasample6627]

oh hot dang that gene simmons doll tho 🥰 i seen one selling on ebay in the us for like $90 but missing an arm band. what a cool find

[@chrissyatwell8341]

Considering that the mini records had a weight listed on the back, they may be record shaped bubblegum. My husband got himself in big trouble as a kid because he opened and chewed his mom's Elvis mini bubblegum records.

[@vipvip5356]

i love this story !

[@helenmacdonald6029]

They are mini CDs. I have some. I bought them in the 90s. They do play. Very collectable.

[@Norfolk250]

Did it make his hips gyrate?

[@aeiou1560]

I had a mini record player from western auto in the late 60s and I had the little albums.

[@franswey2]

That was kind of a “payback” to moms everywhere that threw out their sons priceless collections

[@patrickprior4393]

Awesome again👍👍👍🎸🎸🎸

[@keljo123]

I still have my original cookie maker that's about 45 years old and still in the original box. I still use it every few decades.😄 Always fast click your videos when they hit my inbox.

[@KKSgranny]

I have one too that was my grandma's.

[@RachelRaeism]

It was fun to see what was inside those boxes!

[@mcwatersd]

Awesome boxes. I actually have that cookbook you showed.Really enjoy your channel. Keep Safe❤Keep Well❤

[@victoriafrantz9293]

My 10 year old son was wowed by this episode. I think he dreams of finding boxes of treasure of his own. 😉

[@biancagoodnight1750]

My Dad had the Esso gas station ⛽ When I was a kid. He had my mom dress in tiger suit. That was the exact color of the tail you showwd.

[@ediekoller1144]

Wow..Alex I am glad I do not live that close to you as I would be in your store buying too much old time goodies;). I remember those plastic bottle caps ..we had them in the late 1950's. Loved your videos:) Thanks a bunch.

[@huffhouseart3377]

Sure wish I had honest dealers such as yourself in my area, I may have been offered 40 to 50 bucks for items like that here. Of course not many dealers are as knowledgeable in so many different varieties of things as in those boxes. Maybe that's why! Thanks for sharing.

[@NitrousDiecast]

The Woodward’s dept store knothole gang is a nice patch, they used to sell discount Eskimo tickets to kids. The mini Beetles records have gum in them I think...

[@TheFlyingdeuces]

That was a lotta fun! I could spend hours researching that stuff haha

[@GorillaGal]

the tiny beatles records has gum in it, and yes, shaped like and album!

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Great finds. Congrats.

[@jayze10]

I think you have a good sense of humor. Enjoy your videos!

[@jilldavidson2204]

Early British horse brasses seem a long way from home in both time and space. Love eclectic stuff.

[@retrobebop61]

Very cool! Great stuff!

[@Norfolk250]

I found a Thermos exactly like the one we see straight away. I was ammmmmmAAAaaaaazed when I first opened it and found it had a cork stopper! There are no threads for a screw-in plug, just the smooth glass insert. Bought it on the spot.

[@LauraLouise008]

Cool lot for sure, like the Beatle little items!! Good deal!!

[@debtkansas624]

So fun! 🎈

[@Soultsukino]

An original Mego and of Gene Simmons! That is very cool!

[@dinacox1971]

I was watching this and you commented about Ziggy...I had some pinbacks and for the life of me couldn't think of his name. Now I can list on eBay. Thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@daanestad]

Moms are ALWAYS right.

[@darkwyngraym]

That data service book for vehicles is definitely worth keeping around. Many auto repair service sites and services dont keep a whole lot of vintage repair specs and schematics, so it becomes harder to obtain that information that is in these old manuals.

[@darkwyngraym]

I know older vehicles can be easier to maintain and diagnose. But what if you need a torque spec, or a schematic for a unique device on the vehicle?

[@rubyscuriosities350]

Wow some interesting items in there

[@dawnbenchley7237]

A lot of neat goodies. Love those little Beatles albums.

[@christinarasonsky4164]

You are so knowledgeable, it’s fascinating ☺️

[@hazel0bite]

10:40 I love those cookie guns!

[@grammadonutsquashdog431]

I taught myself to decorate cakes with that Ateco Decorating book!!!

[@cathy3546]

Canada Post sold those Centennial year stamp boxes. They were used as a storage box. My dad had one in his home office.

[@lauriemc8871]

I bought a bottle of that cologne, where it originated from. While I was in the town of Cologne Germany, back in 1990.

[@MSmith-Photography]

If that Braves bobblehead is from before 1966, then it'd be the Milwaukee Braves. The team moved to Atlanta in 1966.

[@marshacrom6206]

The Braves were in Milwaukee in the 1950s. 1953-1965. In Boston under various names before that. They were in Atlanta from 1966.

[@beverleydoolittle824]

Love the alley bag.

[@Rainy-In-The-Desert]

Another awesome episode!

[@simoneconsciousobserver3105]

4711 wow! I remember that when I was a little girl growing up in Surrey BC..my Grandma lived in Germany and she usrd this and gave my sister and I our own little bottles.

[@louisep4805]

4711 was my Grandmother's favourite cologne 👍

[@gillianmuspic2337]

Mine too. I gasped when I saw the bottle. Took me right back a few decades!

[@louisep4805]

@@gillianmuspic2337 That's lovely I wonder if they still make it 😀

[@jagoq53]

Yes they do - I'm a guy and it makes a nice cheap skin-bracer after a straight-razor shave, scent dies off after about 10 to 20 minutes though. Napoleon used to bathe in it 😲

[@maddieadams75]

Clean box of items, nice finds ♥️

[@lisasmith2724]

Thanks for bringing me a long.

[@ukexpatpennsylvania7304]

School milk used to come in those quarter pint bottles, with press-in milk caps.

[@canoetipper019]

I think you'll find that hockey and lacrosse are both Canada's national sports...hockey being our national winter sport while lacrosse is our national summer sport. I never played organized hockey...but did play some box lacrosse...that was fun!!

[@lisalalita]

I still have my Gene Simmons & Ace Freeley dolls from 80's :-) Also my Jaws Game (shark head with tools to 'fish out' in orig. box). Never knew these kinds of things were worth something until I started watching your channel.

[@cocojo242]

I do like unboxing videos 👍

[@johannagingrich8014]

4711 I have one ! It has the cologne , I use it ! You can buy this in Kitchener ! Bought one bottle in Holland , I love the fresh smell !!

[@jslee4627]

I love your channel!! I have an idea! If you find something absolutely amazing, dub it a "Holy Grail" find and go into more detail on it. You could also choose one item during your finds, and really emphasis it. I feel like in most vids items that are really exciting should have more glory! Just my two cents, I love your vids ;)

[@lauraleelamer7365]

I loved the family resemblance..I busted out laughing at work. !

[@bonnerdebbie]

Thanks, I love these box opening videos.

[@nerobua3550]

very good buy!

[@afterserviceadventurescana6554]

The Essex Constabulary items are pre-1974 items from the "now" Essex Police" in the UK. The "swords on the crests are NOT swords" They are referred to as Sea Axes, and are easily identified by the notches in the blades. The Essex Police have approx 30 stations active. Just an FYI, the County of Essex in Ontario uses the same shield and the Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment (Windsor and Chatham, Ontario) also have the three sea axes on their cap badge.

[@stendec-dd3he]

I saw that Laugh-In paperback you stealthy hid.

[@Hevynly1]

My mom's Canadian and she says it like "melk" too, as do I. I just recently discovered the Car-Snac, only in red tartan. I've never seen one before, but here one is in blue. Strange how that happens. So cool though! I might need to get me one. They're pretty cool!