Whats it worth? 1880s Flyers (Pic Heavy)

[polishmafia]

My Mom gave me a bunch of flyers/advertisements/postcards that she had found in a house that she renovated about 30 years ago. They were all bundled together, and the house had some fire damage. I know most of these aren't in great shape, some are in pretty decent condition.

Most of the cards about aroun 3"x5", some are smaller, some are larger. A few of the objects look like they are holiday cards, and a few look like "merits" or "rewards" that would be handed out to a student by a teacher.

Anyway, I thought this stuff was pretty interesting.

One of my favorites is this one...



I LOL'd @ "lameness"

I've been googling the names of the companies, and so far I haven't found too much.

Although in this picture, you can see some baseball cards.



I found some sites that sell these cards, and some of these cards go from $200 to $1900. O_O I'm still researching these.

Onto a few of the pics that I took.













Anyone know who I might be able to contact to see if any other things I have might be of value?

[Super Bleeder!!]

wow, blast from the past. that stuff looks cool

[ylimert01]

I would try an antique store of some sorts, maybe one that buys?? they might able to send you in the right direction. I love old stuff like this, especially old photographs gives me a chills almost.

[BLaCk_1cE]

Thats some pretty cool shit dude!

[goodhart]

Bring em to antiques road show!

[tehehodi]

^^^ what he said or an antique pawn shop like the pawn stars tv series...do some research on them to know waht their worth though first

[ylimert01]

Originally Posted by tehehodi

^^^ what he said or an antique pawn shop like the pawn stars tv series...do some research on them to know waht their worth though first

hes asking how much and where he can find how much they are worth and a place like that will just rip you off..I hope you dont sell all these they may be worth money but they are priceless at the same time.

[dumb_ricer]

Some of that stuff might make decent decoration if framed. There is some pretty badass stuff in there!

[polishmafia]

Well I found out that three of those baseball cards are worth some cash. $300, $350, and one is worth about $500.

As for the flyers, I'm still doing research.

[A//// Guy]

Dang thats cool! Did you find any 1800s porn? lol

Go on antiques roadshow!

[Matt D.]

I was thinking Antique Roadshow as well. They're in good shape for being over 100 years old, someone is going to want them, just a matter of finding a buyer.

[Jakey]

Pawn Shops are a joke, they will never tell you what the actual value is. They will tell you what they would pay for it, to in turn, re-sell it for a profit. It may be worth contacting a professional apprasier.

[TalonFiero]

Originally Posted by Jakey

Pawn Shops are a joke, they will never tell you what the actual value is. They will tell you what they would pay for it, to in turn, re-sell it for a profit. It may be worth contacting a professional apprasier.

Jakey is on the money, avoid pawn shops.

Having once worked in the "gently used" "previously experienced" industry, pawn shops and the like shoot for a 60% mark up on anything they buy.

[tehehodi]

lol, pete on antiques roadshow.........smoking a cigarette, with a bottle of vodka

[scheides]

Sell them, fund an evo!

[polishmafia]

No way in hell am I going to a pawn shop. I was looking more along the lines of an appraiser.

And if Antiques Roadshow comes to MN, I'll definitely be going, with a 'style shirt on with a smoke hanging outta my mouth!

[A//// Guy]

Just dont let the cigarette ash burn some of the papers. hahaha I can see it now, Polish man burns own antiques on TV and swears up a storm.

[polishmafia]

LOLcry!