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Re: Tonight's Auctions

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Mon, 28 Oct 24 2:56 AM | 17 view(s)
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Several lots of golf balls sold tonight, but not to me. One lot of 103 balls sold for $1.00 while another lot of 36 balls in egg cartons sold for $4.00. The bidding doesn't always make sense. Then again, maybe there was something different about the egg carton balls. Or someone just wanted the cartons.

We won two ladies' fur caps, one mink and the other unknown, for $5.00. One or both came from a NY 5th Ave shop named Peck & Peck that closed its stores in the '70s and '80s. We hope we can incorporate the mink cap into a men's Ushanka hat if we find a design. Or maybe we can just see how these hats are made and use what we learn in the larger Ushanka.





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Re: Tonight's Auctions
By: De_Composed in 6TH POPE
Sun, 27 Oct 24 12:46 PM 		Msg. 59863 of 60008

Saturday, we won a nice little "Homelite Chainsaw Homeowner Size In Carry Case XEL10" for $9. (It's about $90 new.) This was a good win since I need a small chainsaw to deal with hundreds of small trees ranging in height from 2' to 15' and coming up everywhere. Gas powered chainsaws are too heavy for this sort of work. Just walking from tree to tree with a 15 lb saw will wear you out - not to mention trying to start it while lying on the ground beneath what's essentially a Christmas tree.

On the down side, many of the trees I want gone are too far away for an electric chainsaw. Extension cords only go so far! Even if I use two (yeah, I know the risks) I can't reach all of them unless I lug a generator around.

It comes with an extra chain - which is good since finding replacements may be difficult. Homelite is the old Sears brand, I think, and I'm having a surprisingly difficult time finding chains for the XEL10.

I also won a pair of plastic sawhorses for $13. The wooden ones I made a few years ago rotted away. I guess I shouldn't have left them out in the weather. Sawhorse sets range from $30 to $70 on Amazon. I don't know enough about these two to price them any better than that. I'll pick 'em up on Tuesday.

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