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Things of Value You Might Have in Your Garage

Are any of these in your attic or garage? If so, find an appraiser at the American Society of Appraisers.

from Reader's Digest | September 2011
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Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, the American Pickers on the History Channel, travel from barn to outbuilding across the United States looking for secondhand treasures to buy and resell. In their new book, American Pickers Guide to Picking (Hyperion, $24.99), the two offer a list of money-fetching brands to look for. Are any of these in your attic or garage? If so, find an appraiser at the American Society of Appraisers (appraisers.org).

Bikes: Columbia, Elgin, Gormully & Jeffery, Orient, Star, Victor/Victoria,Schwinn

Above: Green Schwinn Bicycle

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Photo by Elsie esq./flickr.com
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Toys: Dinky, Gottschalk, Gunthermann, Keystone, Marklin, Schuco, Steiff, Wilkins

Above: Dinky truck

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Photo by Rex Gray/flickr.com
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Cars: Cadillac Roadster, Chevelle, Ford Fairlane and Galaxie, Nash, Plymouth, Rolls-Royce, Studebaker,

Above: 1929 Cadillac 341 Roadster

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Photo by Neil Mackinder/flickr.com
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Motorcycles: BSA, Excelsior, Flying Merkel, Harley-Davidson, Honda, Indian, Kawasaki

Above: Indian

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Photo by Mykl Roventine/flickr.com
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Signs and Mascots: the blue greyhound from Citizens 77, the Exxon tiger, Pegasus from Mobil gas, the red American Indian from Pontiac, the yellow shell from Shell, the dinosaur from Sinclair, the red star from Texaco

Above: The red star from Texaco

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Your Comments

  • kris

    Gosh- I just checked my garage, and I do indeed have a 1929 Cadillac Roadster in there, just collecting dust. Thanks, Readers Digest! And who would thought that Steiff bear was worth anything. It’s gotta be a hundred years old. pfft.