Todays haul

[yomomma]

15 pounds of pewter for $25

 

[tjsudbury]

I pick up those beer steins at yard sales when I find them They are at the top of things I look for at them

 

[Raton57]

I picked up a great big thick pewter dish for 2 bucks the other day. Weighs almost 5 pounds on it's own. I think people figure I am weird reading the backs of all the metal dishes I find. They sure make a lot of candle sticks out of lead also.

 

[yomomma]

There are a lot of pewterish feeling Chinese picture frames. Once melted they look and feel more like solder. Good enough for slugs.

 

[Raton57]

Lady had a whole stack of pewter picture frames here and figured I must have kids when I bought them all as they said things like daughter and grandchild on them. Didn't want to break her heart.

 

[shootnprep]

Nice haul. You had a busy day

 

[HIGHRPM]

In BC, steins like those run anywhere fro $5.00 to $35.00 each, even if banged up.

 

[yomomma]

WOW

I normally pick them up for around $3-4. This is the second case I have picked up. Last one was 20 for $20. But I had to give one to my friend who picked them up for me.

In BC, steins like those run anywhere fro $5.00 to $35.00 each, even if banged up.

 

[Raton57]

People try to sell them here for that also. They sit for a long time. Auction in June I bought all the second and third lots of pewter they sold as the first lot went to high and it was the worst pieces. So got a whole box of steins for 6 bucks. Guy asked me if I planned on reselling them yea right.

 

[c.t.smith]

Yea |I see pewter in the thrift shops but the prices are WAY high. I grab them If I find a cheap one but I dont use a lot of tin in my mix

 

[Emmer]

In my area in BC, I pick the mugs up for $2.99 in most thrift shops, I've got about 80 lbs melted into ingots ready to go.

I get a strange look when they ask if I want it wrapped up and I say no, it's getting melted down. When asked into what, depending onhow I feel, sometimes I say bullets and sometimes it's figurines.