Thrift store finds, Pinball pick up! another busy day

[@bonniehocking7694]

The glass container with the silver straw in the middle of it that you showed at the beginning of the video when you were in the thrift store is a sugar dispenser. It delivers a measured amount of sugar every time you turn it from right side up to 180° rotation to dispense sugar into coffee cup. ☕️

[@Lucinda_Jackson]

Interesting!

[@irenecoermann2439]

Exactly!

[@stefanfrankel8157]

I remember those from diners and lower scale restaurants.

[@carolepulliam3641]

Wow! Thanks, I've never seen one like that. The only ones I've used had the little flap thingy on the lid and didn't measure.... I always ended up with too much sugar 😂

[@TheJohnTwist]

You took the words right out of my mouth, we still have them in the cafe's in UK

[@mamab4211]

What an awesome Dad and almost all grown up Son day 🤣😂 Steven’s voice is deep, and he’s about as tall as Alex 😳 … Thanks for sharing 💞

[@susooz1]

I think he's taller already!

[@suefinger6085]

This comment includes your post of selling your old store and your new house plans .... 😀 so very happy your old store is having a new owner. I agree they should find happiness and prosperity there. And you may say, Thank You for your service on my path and leave it behind with happy memories to go with you. Next, your new house plans ... I see your love in them and know you and your family are building a Home not just a house. Wishing love, joy, health, and prosperity to you. And for this video post, nice to see you and Steven working together. You are a wonderful "family" man who generously hands his love to his children who gladly take it with love. Wishing you Only the Very Best Always. Thank you so much for sharing your life. You are an inspiration . . .

[@Lucinda_Jackson]

What a sweet message, Sue!

[@obieobrien5883]

Such a wonderful family!!

[@Parmesana]

Thrift stores are GREAT places... I have bought bed sheets/curtains and used the cloth for making clothes. The big paintings can be painted over. just to buy huge canvases can be expensive from the Art store. When I lived in Abu Dhabi...20 yr ago..there were a LOT of things that were knock offs sold cheaply. You had to look closely to see that the Rolex was called a Kolex..and I got a really pretty Gucci (Gussi) one that worked for about a month.When I opened it...all plastic gears. I like those gates.

[@cecoya]

I use both hands now due to the nuns in catholic school. That one clock you were looking at in the thrift store. My dad has one that needs a key to wind it up and then the pendulum turns back and forth, it was made in Germany. You have a dream job for sure. Have a great day

[@TXMEDRGR]

Stephen is so mature and well spoken.

[@debraday5682]

Loved the spinning wheel and the barber chair!

[@tomlappin9657]

Alex, was my birthday July 23rd. I was surprised with a curiosity t shirt and mug from my wife. These are very cool !!, As soon as Michigan / Canada opens we hope to visit youre store !!.

[@korridalton278]

I received that same Mr. T doll for my 11th birthday in 1985, and I am female. Great memory there Alex.

[@sand3882]

Did you walk around saying...I pity the fool...all the time?

[@twobluestripes]

Good art in the thrift bins: stephen said “unfortunately”! But fortunately, I have found LOTS of cool art in the thrift bins and purchased it happily, including original still life paintings in gilded frames, and vintage large prints of color photos, professionally framed. Not long ago I found a huge (poster sized) hand-drawn map from 1912 of a small town in Connecticut (I’m in Southern California!) with the business and prominent houses all marked. The paper it was on was so cool, too. It was a bit waterstained. But all the ink was in perfect condition. I carried it around in my car for a month, contemplating if I wanted to put it somewhere in my or my parents’ house, and finally rolled it up real good with a note and shipped it priority to the town’s historical society. It was very interesting to compare to the modern map of the town, and I hope they enjoy it!

[@rodriguebelzile5729]

I remember those wood desks. That takes me back!

[@1962pjh]

Mellissa is right about not wanting spikes on your gates. Around here, deer are constantly getting themselves impaled on them, and it's quite sad.

[@judyy3827]

Weird that this subject has come up today. Yesterday on our Nextdoor app a homeowner posted that she needed help getting off a deer that is impaled on her fence and posted a picture. It was one of those black iron spiked decorative fences. They eventually took down the section of fence, got the deer off, but it’s hind legs were broken. Animal control had to put it down and took it away. So sad. Our property is fenced but with a much more friendly fence. I was outback this morning and two deer jumped the fence with no problem. We have a lot of deer around here. See them every day.

[@larrybrown1984]

I liked the old radio you had near the football items. And yes, a few of my school desks had an ink well!

[@susooz1]

Yuk yuk yuk we love you, Alex, hope that auction is well advertised! I laughed at Goodwill's visit but hey it didn't cost you. I am a 50's child who is left-handed, with disadvantages and advantages. You should get your son into Steampunk creations with all of the watch parts! ♥♥♥

[@momdownunder8125]

Hi, thank you so much for the amazing videos you make. Steven looks really comfortable talking in front of the camera. Wonder if he can present some of the awesome finds in your videos.

[@tammyr2966]

That is so cool! Love the old pinball machines! Love those cars! Those are super cool!

[@rikspector]

Alex, Sinister means left-handed in Latin and was considered unlucky. When i was in school left handers were taught to use their right hands possibly causing psychological trauma. Yes our desks had ink wells and were well marked with carved graffiti and caked with dried chewing gum underneath .yech, that was the late forties and early fifties. However, Many more lefthanded people are artistic or creative than right handers, so there! Trivia time, by the way, "Trivia" means 3 ways in Latin, the Romans would put up a sign post where three roads converged and people would write messages for people Bring me some bacon or don't forget the newspaper:) Cheers, Rik

[@RetiredRosie]

I am a leftie born in 1952, Hated penmanship class and art class with no lefty scissors.

[@grettagirl2884]

310th "thumbs up" from me! Great video, Alex & Stephen! 😀

[@bluebird1239]

My Dad was left-handed and was hit by the teachers to make him write with his right hand. Many years later as an adult and still left-handed, he broke his left hand. He was off work for many weeks with a cast on his broken hand. Well, he taught himself to write (you guessed it), with his right hand! When he had healed he went back to being left-handed!

[@janelord3061]

Yes, they used to force left-handed kids to use their right hand. My brother remembers similar treatment (he's 78). Thankfully they have changed that. My granddaughter is a southpaw and the school is letting her thrive that way.

[@maryriha]

Yep, they taped my paper to the desk with a right hand slant. I refused to write anything for a week.

[@lindagates9150]

They had a couple desks for us left handed students and our teacher had a little booklet to help us . It has always amazed me how well right handed people can write (I started school in 1957 in the maritimes :)

[@susooz1]

And notebook paper ack always set up for the righties

[@lindagates9150]

@@susooz1 we left handed people are in our right brain. I feel sorry for the righties check out the stories Jeanne Robertson tells about her late husband Left Brain as she affectionately called him. It would seem that righties are a good source of humorous stories. I especially like the ones about sending him to the grocery store and about cleaning the carpets !

[@jbigfeather]

You really know your movies good luck on the auction.

[@babababuck]

Funny enough, I commented last video that he doesn't know enough about horror movies. Because he doesn't. All he could name were the classic Universal monsters and he said Bruce Campbell didn't have a career other than the Evil Dead films.

[@yaya50]

I am addicted to Curiosity inc!

[@doridez1647]

Same

[@caroled5734]

Me too!

[@Lucinda_Jackson]

It’s irresistible!!

[@thriftytupelonanny4124]

Yes , I am also. Absolutely love watching the video.

[@debrastock352]

Me too, for months now!!

[@marywalker2896]

Yes I was left handed back in the fifty's lol I was born in 1950. Started school in 1955.. and we did not have inkwells then .it was before my time.fortunately I was never forced to use my right .my parents would not allow it..anyone to force me .I loved the movie evil dead..would love to see it again..

[@TorontoJon]

14:30 I'm already super jealous of anyone lucky enough to win those monster toys, figures, and dioramas. That is such an incredible collection and the original collector had amazing taste. If only there was a horror movie museum or pop culture museum to acquire that once-in-a-lifetime haul. :)

[@amyweaver7413]

Always interesting Alex!

[@sharonheffernan9551]

Wish I lived close, I would have grabbed the Angry Bird jar. I loved the 80's Beauty and Beast tv series too.

[@janehall6587]

Alexander, you made me laugh with the Friendly Giant take. Took me way back to the 60s when me son was a kid and loved that show.

[@LauraLouise008]

Cool stuff up for auction, best wishes on a great sale!! My mom went to catholic school and when she would write with her left hand they would smack her hand with a ruler and told her she had to write with her right hand-they believe that the left hand was evil from the devil, so she had to write with her right hand that’s what the nuns told her. So now she is right handed, but my sister, daughter and niece are all left handed.

[@lynnmaupin-simpson1215]

Same experience but from public school in US. Now I'm ambidextrous. Haha.

[@juliegraham8133]

The reason lefthandedness was discouraged was because a lot of people thought it was a sign of the devil. The Latin word is sinistra which we translate as sinister which is where it comes from. My Mum has 6 grandchildren, 3 of them are left handed, 2 boys and a girl. My sister has the boy and girl as her ex was a leftie, I have 2 boys one of each and the leftie takes after his Dad who has awful handwriting due to not being allowed to use his left hand, the others are right handers as their Mum and Dad are right handers.

[@sbender3787]

Grew up in SE Michigan and watched the Friendly Giant on Canadian television.

[@irenecoermann2439]

That container at 5:35 is for pouring sugar! NOT fluid! Standard at German restaurants.

[@jandj2589]

Some Very Cool Stuff!!😎

[@nancymontgomery8897]

Oh Alex, I'm pulling for you to have record-setting success with this auction! My heart has been hurting for you over the recent troubles you've experienced.. I want you to always be our happy, funny, blessed friend.

[@carolepulliam3641]

That is the thing I admire most about Alexander, (aside from his compassion and selflessness), when bad things happen he pretty much rolls with the punches. I've found that to be happy/content/successful, it's necessary to let go and move on. It's much harder to let go than to hold on sometimes!

[@NitrousDiecast]

I like the hot rod diecast cars. Very cool!

[@roeshelleclevinger8414]

I still have my toys from childhood and all I have collected in my adult life. I wish to be able to do an auction like you do. I am 58. You name it I probably have it.

[@CuriosityIncorporated]

Oooh! Old toys!

[@juanitacarrollyoung2979]

I'm the same age as you and, dang! I want my old Barbie head back.

[@roeshelleclevinger8414]

@@juanitacarrollyoung2979 i don't thing that I have extra heads?

[@Shortcake8399]

“I’m home honey!” Is my favorite part in the intro🥰

[@GodessSiri]

I snap up those cheap fake perpetual clocks whenever I find them in thrift stores for a decent price - it's super easy to unscrew the tacky plastic clock and then you're left with a nice glass dome with a brass base to display your treasures.

[@juanitacarrollyoung2979]

Great idea!

[@bluebird1239]

Didn't they used to, back many years, hang their nice pocket watch in a glass dome similar to that? All you would need is a stand to hang the watch.

[@patriciawilliamsn9605]

The cars are awesome. I love the horror figures, they are so well done.

[@cyndicunanan400]

Buy those gates and put a Barbie head on each spike. You know, as a warning. 😆

[@Lucinda_Jackson]

I love how you think! That should charm the new neighbors! 😂

[@KathYoder5256]

As a lefty, I hated those desks!! We still had them in the 70s in our area. My Grandma did her best to get me to be right handed. LoL. The only thing I do right handed is cutting with scissors and that's because I didn't have lefty scissors. Needless to say I stink at cutting! 😂

[@pezjohnson]

Oh man....do I seriously need to take a trip to Canada to buy pinball machines? I could always add to my collection, especially that Charlie's Angels. Nice find! Thanks for the video.

[@SwedishEmpire1700]

Hope he doesnt over-price them though, seems like he cant get those he have in the store sold.

[@IamSnowbird]

Imagine my surprise when you popped up on the Vintage Rescue Squad! I've been watching both you and Misty for quite a long while. And there you were together. Such a fun show with two of my favorite KZbinrs.

[@urbancamper4224]

One of my sisters had a boyfriend killed by Gacy. That figurine is in poor taste. You should burn it instead of selling it.

[@juanitacarrollyoung2979]

Oh, how horrible. May he RIP.

[@suemontgomery7375]

That container you said was for pouring fluid, is actually for sugar. Back in the day all the diner type restaurants had them.

[@P.Galore]

The glass with the metal top and tube is a sugar dispenser used in restaurants/truck stop diners.

[@MikeAMyers]

Thought for a second that was a Green Bay Packers helmet

[@sherriemitchell3892]

Thank you for sharing

[@A_New_View]

Steven seems like such a great kid!😉

[@juanitacarrollyoung2979]

He looks a lot like his mom.

[@tzzz7]

Groovy hat Stephen!

[@jewelssylva3738]

I was left handed, & my teacher insisted I use my right hand. My art teacher later in life was so mad when I told him that. Something about left hand right brain. That was 1958 in California.

[@thisisjeff9845]

I sometimes buy bags of watches at thrift stores. I have tools for fixing them. My everyday watch came out of one of the bags.

[@ssuperman61]

I LOVE THE PIN BALL MACHINE i remember playing it

[@joanne_luvsdisney534]

Hi Alexander! Please ask Kastners if they can put a measuring stick in their pics. I was afraid to bid too much on your last auction because the pics or descriptions did not specify dimensions. I live outside of Canada and want to be careful about weight and size. Thanks!!

[@juanitacarrollyoung2979]

Great idea. It's shocking that they don't include something so basic.

[@janicelong5523]

The Friendly Giant used to live up the street from me in Don Mills Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 😁😳🙋‍♀️🌷😊😎👍

[@annpage8192]

What you said about left-handedness was so true. I started 1st grade in public school in the early 60's, when teachers made me use only my right hand. By 5th grade (new schl, Catholic one!) teachers were then complaining about how bad my writing was. I had to sit in the principal's office every day and practice writing. She, a nun no less, finally gave up and told teachers to just ask me to translate writing wgen needed!

[@marymiller7785]

You have the best stuff. This will be a good auction for you.

[@cindyreddeer]

The Friendly Giant, Mr Dressup, House of Frightenstein, all fond memories.

[@adysmith3138]

That is a stunning collection of figures.

[@yaya50]

I love the glassware aisles. Love shopping with Crazy Lamp Lady for that!

[@juanitacarrollyoung2979]

Yes! Jocelyn/ Crazy Lamp Lady really lingers in the hard goods aisles. And she sure knows her way around a goodwill outlet bin 👌

[@michaelbreski7356]

The Good Will stores around me check the internet on the donations. Use to be able to find some good stuff cheap , every once in a while something slips through.

[@Saavik256]

Man, that BTTF3 DeLorean and the 1989 Batmobile!

[@susooz1]

My neighbors owned a DeLorean

[@Saavik256]

@@susooz1 A friend of mine owns one too, first series. In her own words: "It's a s*** car but I enjoy having it."

[@lorikendrick5076]

Nice little spinning wheel.

[@reginaromsey]

Steven looks disappointed that the Pinball machine isn’t being set up for play in the store!

[@alexcootieart2210]

Lol..."you talking to me" is Robert DeNiro, not Al Pacino

[@maryrinks8383]

When I was in school they wanted to tie my left hand behind back to use right. My mom said nope let her use the one she want and turned out left handed..

[@katwitanruna]

My youngest aunt is 69. She’s left handed and my grandparents, who were both teachers in the system, insisted she be taught to write left handed.

[@dellagilchrist7647]

Good for your grandparents...true rebels 😉!!

[@kristihartshorn9014]

They always had a few left handed desks like that when I was in school

[@TorontoJon]

9:39 When my family was living in South Africa in the 1980's, in my elementary school, we had archaic school desks similar to that one, but older from the early 1900's with the inkwell holes and we had to use fountain pens as well as ink blotting paper to write exams because teachers wouldn't allow us to use ballpoint pens because they said they ruined the quality of handwriting. So, that desk brings back some memories. :)

[@heatherleguilloux2243]

5:28 My grandma used this for sugar on her counter for coffee and tea. :)

[@Ladythyme]

The large chain Thrift stores…Salvation Army, Goodwill and the like, price things way too high anymore. They have professional buyers to tag their items…There was a time it was fun to go and buy…you could always find good inexpensive items and knickknacks…now some of them price almost used retail… I won’t even donate to them anymore … I’ll find small charity shops that just want to make a few bucks to donate to and buy from.

[@mannyortiz4814]

Alec I’m addicted to you and your videos. I’m for ever looking for you. You are my dream come true. Thank you so much for the videos. My dream is for someday to visit your store. Say hi to Steven, Jason, Abigale, and Melissa. Forever yours.❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🌹🌹👍👍😇😇🙏🙏🕊🕊💕💕🍾🍾🥂🥂

[@allysonmartin3161]

I never knew grandpa Munster’s car was called a Dragula! Thanks for that info!

[@mcwatersd]

The left handed devil thing caused me great pain in grade 1 .Got hit by the teacher with a pointer many a time until my hand broke. I hope people bidding will grasp the value of those dioramas and figures . Best wishes on the auction. Keep Safe ❤Keep Well ❤

[@juanitacarrollyoung2979]

Your hand broke? Your teacher should be in prison or burning in hell for that, IMO.

[@mcwatersd]

@@juanitacarrollyoung2979 long time ago but she did get fired . Things weren't the same way back then .

[@juanitacarrollyoung2979]

@@mcwatersd I'm 58, yeah, I know!

[@patriciacunningham5383]

The glass jar is for pouring sugar not liquid

[@gailpark5143]

I was in high school in the suburbs of Chicago when John Wayne Gacy was arrested in the late 70's. Can't believe anyone would want that figurine.

[@BellePullman]

You're right I'm not selling my beloved lego! Thanks to you, a few weeks ago you featured the same castle set, so I now know what it is!

[@joanne_luvsdisney534]

I have 3 Skaagen watches and I love them

[@ajaymara]

That’s a great bag of watches, I would be so pleased to have picked that up. I wear a Skagen watch, I love it and had a similar Micky Mouse one when I was younger. I think it’s pronounced Ska-yen btw

[@denisemeredith2436]

I always look at the clear glass because I can often find Kosta Boda or Waterford. Spikes on the top of gates are to deter burglars who might try climbing them.

[@sand3882]

To discourage birds from landing and pooping, too.

[@nelliehedrick3147]

Love Stephens cap !!

[@colonel9990]

The Animal House Death Mobile started life as a '66 Lincoln Continental it was built by George Barris. I was friends before his passing in 2017 with Stephen (Flounder) Furst, and we were trying to figure out what happened to the real original. I'd love to have all of those 1:18 scale cars in my collection. Great find.

[@camlawn]

i love that calculator

[@juanitacarrollyoung2979]

I would have picked that up. Even if I have no idea where I'd put it 🤪

[@maryc4745]

Love the exit music on this one! ❤

[@marystrenke6299]

I'm a minimalist, married to someone whose entire family hoards things-- but I LOVE window shopping! So many memories

[@chellie2023]

That barber chair is an easy re-upholstry job and it'll be beautiful!

[@LA-jf1zn]

Good times 🙂

[@johannagingrich8014]

I AMA lefty your son was pretty smart to say that desk would be great for lefty ‘s that’s the first thing I said to my self that desk would not work for me !!

[@normanwyatt8761]

Why is it that when I try to sell a real nice collectable, nobody wants to give me anywhere near what it's worth, but yet when I try to buy an item it's always full retail price and the person won't lower it a penny ?..............Just wondering......

[@patpeters6331]

Sheesh I thought it only happened to me. I never have figured it out, just unlucky I guess. Or we don't have the salesman gene.

[@markpashia7067]

Alex has explained this many times. If you get fifty percent of retail you are doing good. Unless you can find a collector who is willing to buy direct from you. Any shop needs room to profit from tying up their money and retail space while waiting for the one buyer who will take it off their hands. Sell to a shop and you get wholesale, Sell it to a collector you get retail or close to it. Even a collector wants some room to profit. You really need to understand the game if you are going to be a collector. Imagine all those people who sunk their retirement funds into Beanie Babies when they were hot and bought at the top of the market, then were too stubborn to sell on the way down and now have nearly nothing waiting for them to come back if they ever do. Same thing people do with stocks - Buy high, sell low which is exactly opposite of what the pros do. Timing is everything. Collectables are very often a "fad item" that can go generations before coming back and some never do come back around. Items are only worth what someone will pay for them, not what a book says they are worth.

[@patrickprior4393]

Awesome again 🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@denisetaylor797]

I grew up with The Friendly Giant and Mr Dressup.

[@lisapellitier2450]

I met Mr dress up

[@deniseterrell2515]

I loved the Friendly Giant! Lol

[@MrBeav1018]

were all addicted to C I i watched the friendly giant all the time .

[@carolgreathouse7898]

I loved Charlies Angels!! My fav show growing up!

[@Bill23799]

Clock with rotating balls under glass dome is what they called an Anniversary Clock.

[@Lucinda_Jackson]

I was a weird kid (I usually like to say “creative” 😂) and I put a twist on the whole right vs left handed discussion. When I was in second grade, I came up with the brilliant idea that it made sense to use my right hand for writing letters, but use my left hand for writing numbers. My teacher was puzzled as to how I went from the kid with the neatest penmanship to turning in papers with nearly illegible numbers. When she asked and I told her, she stopped and stood perfectly still for a minute. I think she was trying to follow the logic of a 7 year old! I still think I was on to something with the whole right creative brain vs the left analytic brain. 🤷🏼‍♀️ I was just ahead of my time!

[@joc6768]

It sure prove that you were and still are to this day 'creative'.

[@karinberonius8799]

I think that's brilliant!

[@Catmoore60]

I’m with y’a. In 3rd grade, I decided to write all my letters and numbers backwards. Got so good at it that even now I sometimes slip up.

[@Lynne2106]

Amazing!

[@janelord3061]

I remember when, in 2nd grade, the teacher taught us that when you write 100, you could do the two zeros together by just sliding the pencil over. It's really just like making two Os in cursive, but she didn't explain it that way. For some reason, I thought that was the greatest thing I'd ever learned in school up until that point.

[@pamellasmith2503]

Sat in those desk all my school days 😊

[@keepclimbing15]

That 75th anniversary Mickey watch is from 2003. They had tons of merch that year for the 75th anniversary of Mickey. I have an ornament from WDW from that year.

[@janelord3061]

I have my mom's anniversary (perpetual) clock. For some reason, it does not keep good time and nobody can figure it out, even the clock repair.

[@Barbwheel]

“I’ll call Rusty, and bite him on the neck.” I had to pause the video and laugh it out. Then I had to comment. Okay back to the video…