some of the things i look for while out curb shopping

[brandon]

Hello everyone,
I havent seen anything about this on here, so I figured I would post some of the things that i have found while out shopping at Curbco.
When I tell people where I get things I say Curbco, everyone wants to know where this store is and i wont tell them.
Anyway here are some things that curb shoppers and cleanout guys should keep off of the scrap pile.
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/...psddc05cc8.jpg
This set of chairs, Russell Woodard, Sculptura, sold for $600
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/...ps15cf2215.jpg
This chair and footstool, Westnofa Siesta Chair, $795 online.
I have also picked up a Marcel Breuer, Wassily Chair, and a Kovacs stacked orb lamp, that I do not have pictures of.



Some of these things dont look like much but they can fetch a good ammount of money to the right collector.
Check out mid century modern items, if you pick them up dont scrap them.

[brandon]

ok i fixed the pics

[GeorgeB]

What method did you sell them?

[brandon]

i sold the woodard chairs at a yard sale adverrtised on craigslist, i still have 8 more of those that the wife wants to keep.
the siesta chair i just got on friday on my way to the scrap yard, took it to a fleamarket on saturday, had a lot of interest but no buyer yet.
if i really want to sell something local i will throw it up on cl.

[GeorgeB]

i sold the woodard chairs at a yard sale adverrtised on craigslist, i still have 8 more of those that the wife wants to keep.
the siesta chair i just got on friday on my way to the scrap yard, took it to a fleamarket on saturday, had a lot of interest but no buyer yet.
if i really want to sell something local i will throw it up on cl.

Figured it was craigslist or yardsale or both. Not bad.

[brandon]

I had a booth in an antique store that i moved a lot of curbco items thru.

[Curbside shopper]

I've been curbing and reselling for years, but was rather clueless on mid-century modern stuff until recently when I was tipped off on it by a friend.

Since then I've been studying.

There's alot of it still out there, including my bedroom set that I couldn't give away 4 years ago and ending up keeping instead.
Might be time to sell soon if this keeps up. LOL

[rca987]

My house is furnished from Curbco. Between my wife and I, we haven't had to buy anything furniture wise. I'd figure about 60% of everything we own is from Curbco.

[EcoSafe]

nice pics and nice chairs which, just goes to prove some people have more money then sense, }:<{)>. (yep I grew a beard).
great finds and great job.

[brandon]

Thanks Olddude, it never ceases to amaze me what poeople throw away.

[EcoSafe]

yup back in the day about 50 some years ago my mother tried to give away a sterling silver tea and coffee set complete with urn and tray because she was tired of polishing it all the time.
it weiged about 5 lbs no body wanted it so it went to the town dump.

[brandon]

all i can say is wow, oh and where is that dump, lol

[Curbside shopper]

yup back in the day about 50 some years ago my mother tried to give away a sterling silver tea and coffee set complete with urn and tray because she was tired of polishing it all the time.
it weiged about 5 lbs no body wanted it so it went to the town dump.

Reminds me of my grandmother... she had a whole set of green depression, hated them. My dad said when they could finally afford a set of china she took them all outside and busted every last piece with a hammer.

[parrothead]

I love the term Curbco!

[brandon]

I love the term Curbco!

was thinking of changing my user name to that.

[Jillyenator]

yup back in the day about 50 some years ago my mother tried to give away a sterling silver tea and coffee set complete with urn and tray because she was tired of polishing it all the time.
it weiged about 5 lbs no body wanted it so it went to the town dump.

Olddude, it hurts every time I read that about your mother throwing away her silver. Ouch, ouch!

[Jillyenator]

The other day I was tossing my tiny amount of garbage (everything not scrapped, recycled or composted), and I saw a bunch of usable school supplies and some nice lounging clothes in my fourplex's trash. So I grabbed it all.

There were six spiral bound notebooks with only a few pages actually written in, a binder, some sheet protectors and a few folders. I can use all that. I recycled the used pages.

In the clothes, everything was super clean and smelled freshly laundered. I got a nice warm white zipped hoody, an Abercombie anorak hoody, some flannel sweats, a bunch of white tees, and some button-up work shirts.

i took the work shirts in to donate to an animal shelter thrift store and kept the rest. Nice stuff.

Also found a shoebox with two Sony video game remotes. I don't know if they work, but I can certainly scrap them.

[Jillyenator]

The same fourplex person is becoming a regular. Last night he put out three plastic house trash containers - nice ones - two are kitchen sized and one is bathroom sized - a pair of excellent tennis shoes, barely used and a nice brand, some warm gloves and one of those transparent plastic shelf things with three drawers that sits on the floor.

Good bins for me for scrapping, plus the sneakers = yay!