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Big score for .25 cents today.
1874
Second National Bank of Monmouth Ill 75 years of banking 1949. Advertising wood yard stick.
Thats 150 years total.
Think I might try eBay $85.00 buy it now, free shipping or best offer.
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Big score for .25 cents today. (Original Post)
multigraincracker
Oct 2024
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bucolic_frolic
(49,478 posts)1. Geez. The last thing I scored for 25 cents was a can of cranberry sauce.
Good Luck!
KS Toronado
(21,011 posts)2. Never really studied yard sticks
a 1949 really be worth that much? Guess I could go on ebay and study.
multigraincracker
(35,268 posts)3. Click on sold items and the highest price first.
The normal ones with asking price dont mean much until sold.
Covers several kinds of collectors town in Illinois, history, advertising and yard sticks I find items go faster sometimes with buy it now instead of auction.
Homoudont
(104 posts)4. Market for everything
I guess there is a market for everything. I guess I've bought some stuff off of ebay for what I consider big money that other people would just throw away. Mostly old tools