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OldBaldy1701E

(9,251 posts) Sun Oct 5, 2025, 02:09 PM Sunday

OMGs, I think I found a real antique here! [View all]

I found this while going through some old boxes in my garage. I don't know, but it might be worth a lot of money? Maybe a museum might want it, I don't know!

What do you guys think? Have I struck the motherlode here?

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OMGs, I think I found a real antique here! [View all] OldBaldy1701E Sunday OP

What relic could that be? Marthe48 Sunday #1

We had one of those in my home growing up? CTyankee Sunday #2

For my parents, it was bourbon and water or Coke, and Bel-air Kings. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Sunday #9

My mother lived to be 92 (daddy died at 80). CTyankee Sunday #12

Dad never quit and made it to 72. He died in 2015. OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #15

If it was one of the classic mid century coffee table size pottery ashtrays ms liberty Sunday #3

I wish I had the one my parents had. OldBaldy1701E Sunday #11

Rotflmao JMCKUSICK Sunday #4

I've got that beat! Faux pas Sunday #5

That's a real relic! Ocelot II Sunday #6

I remember when the Selectric typewriter was invented. We thought that was pretty awesome (pre-computer). CTyankee Sunday #13

Yes, that was fantastic technology at the time. Ocelot II Yesterday #14

It would make an attractive dish to grow succulents in Bayard Sunday #7

True. OldBaldy1701E Sunday #10

Worth its weight in glass, maybe 37 cents fargone Sunday #8