The sale wasn't super far away but not exactly on my way to work either. As I wrote in one of my first blog posts, I'm completely unsure of garage sale etiquette. Plenty of listings specify a time the sale starts and ends. Some listings go as far as to say "No early birds" or something along those lines in a harsher tone! This particular sale started at 9 in the morning. Typically I'm well into my day at work by 9 in the morning. I figured I'd drive over to the sale and do a quick drive-by. If other people were there, I'd stop. I drove by...and unfortunately it was on a cul-de-sac...so I couldn't get a good glimpse of what was happening. I figured, why not stop and at least try to talk to the seller. The lady was still setting up but invited me to look around. I mentioned I emailed the night before about the bobbleheads. She pointed me in the right direction and I was ready to buy a few bobbleheads! I knew she only had Twins bobbleheads, but what I didn't know is she had 2 of the more rare and valuable Twins bobbleheads. Harmon Killebrew and Rod Carew. I always try to negotiate prices, unless I feel like the price is just so fair (or low sometimes) then I won't. I got those skills from my dad! The prices were marked on each bobblehead. $5 for Carew and...yep, you guessed it, $5 for Killebrew. I snatched those 2 up quickly, browsed a bit more, got 2 more, paid and left. The Killebrew one goes for over $100 on eBay and the Carew goes for anywhere between $35 and $50 typically. Oh and each of these had the COA too!
Seriously, I was super lucky with this garage sale, luck certainly has a part in becoming my best overall garage sale find in 2013!
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