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Spent half the day at estate auction trying to get 1 of 2 Socony motor oil porcelain signs but Mr deep pockets bought them both for $275 each! So then I got outbid on 20 nice Kendall cans, I asked the Lady to sell me one she said NO! I did end up buying all these cans and thermometer in the pictures. Theres a couple pretty old ones . Not a bad haul. Enjoy
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I hate Mr. Deep pockets!!!! he spends a lot of time on ebay too, lol. You grabbed a few goodies though.
Thanks tommy, at least Deep pockets keep the value up.
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Looks like you still did pretty good! Maybe you just helped empty some more money out of Mr.Deep Pockets walet!
thanks gargoyle, yeh, I bid up to $200 on the signs but someone else bid him up to the $275. I'm happy with what you see, only cost me $2 a can.
thanks pickrknows for looking and love it. Happy New Year!