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EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

Marthe48

(21,319 posts) Sat Sep 23, 2023, 06:39 PM Sep 2023

I put an antique cast iron rivet punch in my booth recently [View all]

I went in a few days later, and it was laying on the shelf in pieces. How anyone could demolish a cast iron tool is a mystery. I brought it home. My first effort to get it back together failed, but I went back to it today, and got it reassembled. If I put it back in the booth, I might put a couple drops of Gorilla Glue on it.

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I put an antique cast iron rivet punch in my booth recently [View all] Marthe48 Sep 2023 OP

I'm pulling out the first of the year. Sales have been off all year. multigraincracker Sep 2023 #1

I'm downsizing Marthe48 Sep 2023 #5

I do better on FaceBook Marketplace and multigraincracker Sep 2023 #2

If I were younger Marthe48 Sep 2023 #6

I've been in malls for over 40 years. multigraincracker Sep 2023 #7

We stopped buying in 2016 Marthe48 Sep 2023 #8

I worked at a major university for nearly ten years. I discovered that students could Chainfire Sep 2023 #3

Creative! Marthe48 Sep 2023 #4

Sometimes older cast iron is brittle here or there if dropped the wrong way bucolic_frolic Sep 2023 #9

I should've said it was in parts, Marthe48 Sep 2023 #10

your lucky they didn't steal it too. My mall stopped caring about security so I left my booth ZonkerHarris Oct 2023 #11