What's in the trunk?!? estate unboxing video, what treasures will there be?!?
2021 ж. 24 Сәу.
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An estate purchase, boxes and trunks full of mysterious treasures? let's dig into today's video with some unboxing of today's estate buy!
Hands up, who has always wanted a trunk just like that.
Yep, the trunks caught my eye right away! In great shape and very pretty!
Meeee!
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I have one like the barrel top with the original interior. I got it from a great aunt 50 years ago. I love it.
@@kathydeel4780 I want a jealous emoji
The little canary is a water whistle. Put some water in it and blow through the stem...it will warble like the real bird. Had one as a child in the 1950's. Loved it!
I'm 66, I had one before I was old enough to go to school, thats over 60 years ago. This is the first one I've seen since that one!
had one as well, although mine was from probably around 1987
@@11thcavcsa Me, too. I'm 75, and the memories of my brother and my playing with our "canaries" came flooding back as soon as I saw this one. My grandmother always had a real pet canary, and we thought of her when we set ours to warbling! Funny how one short glimpse of an object can trigger a whole set of happy thoughts.
@@purrrlady I had a wobbler whistle, too. My Grandma always had canaries she raised them.
A had bird water whistles. Fun!
Prince Edward Island Railroad sign would be a big score for Anne of Green Gables fans, since she arrived there by train!!
That was my first thought too! 🤣 yay! Another Anne fan lol!
Oh yes i would be bidding for it. If I had enough of the long green. Still a fan of Anne of Green Gables
This video really had all the bells and whistles.
That is a great Alexander joke!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm surprised Alex didn't make that joke!
Ha ha. I see what you did there.
😂😂😂 and it DID, too! 😂😂
Lol
Alexander, it cracked me up that you wanted to wash your hands after touching a tooth.. but don't mind blowing on the various whistles/instruments lol.
Lol, yes the tooth was probably cleaned before going in there, and any germs have probably long since died in any case!
I think that was kept for the silver bracket.
I came here to say the same thing. Lol. I'm surprised he didn't pick up that string of pearls and rub them on his teeth to see if they were real. 🤣
"What's in this trunk? A religious text from 1821 and... a Guns n' Roses t-shirt." LOL
That should come with the warning "spoiler alert".
Maybe the shirt should read "Guns & Moses"
@@Dallas-Nyberg Nuns and Moses.
Please remind me how I can contact Alex and Melissa if I would like to purchase an item from them. Thanks!
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I’m so glad I found these videos. I’ve been binge watching over the past week. I used to go antiquing with my dad but haven’t had the heart to do it since he passed away in 2006. These videos bring back a lot of really lovely memories of our time together. Thanks for sharing your adventures and discoveries.
Rebecca... if we were friends I'd love to be your treasure hunt buddy. We could talk about our dad's, and find local ma and pop cafes to stop for lunch. (That's what we always did.... or gas stations 😂.)
Wish I lived in Canada
I love the comments almost as much as the videos, especially the ones sharing thier knowledge about items shown. Such a nice group of people helping out. I know Alexander has voiced his thanks. I just wanted to thank you as well.
I had the cat with the strings when I was very little...I would put on a whole show for my family...the cat would dance and jump around and bow with its two front paws at the end!!! I'm 73 now so must be from the very early 50s...ur stuff is so neat and brings back such memories!!!
It’s so sweet to see how Alex looks all tired when he comes back from a pick, but lights up and looks ten years younger as soon as he opens those boxes ☺️
Make sure you don’t miss the Mexican silver earrings I saw on the end of the scarf with all the medals & pins on it. They looked vintage!!!
I own alot of antique silver if ya want a fast and easy way to clean it i got one my grandfather gave me. Line your sink with heavy duty aluminum foil, add a few table spoons of baking soda to it, the pour boiling water in the sink and add the silver. It removes the tarnish quite well and if need be a a pinch or 2 of salt to help the process. I use this to clean all of mine and it works wonders.
thank you so much for this great tip!
I remembered when I worked a a local country club that’s how they cleaned the silver as well!
@@007nadineL yah true, i guess it does depends on what they look for.
This is exactly how I clean my silver as well! I also add a pinch of salt, because we have hard water here. 😊
If you’re super in a pinch and just want to spruce up an old sterling silver chain quickly, toothpaste is actually INCREDIBLE, comes out looking like new after about 5 mins, ofcourse for fine silver I don’t know how awesome this would be for it, but for smaller inexpensive items it works well! I believe some toothpastes can also be a bit abrasive over time so best not to do it too too often, but I’ve done this trick on 925 sterling silver jewellery and even costume jewellery that had bad tarnish and it literally made it look new, so wild
Loved watching this video. That piano brought a tears to my eye my dad got me one for my 8th birthday. Love from Ireland 🇮🇪
Let that frog out of the tank gun box!
I saw that too, lol.
Yes! He is trapped with the tank!
Every Anne of Green Gables fan would love that railway sign!
Exactly my thought! Was, not sleeping in nearby trees listed?!🤣
It certainly makes you feel old when a dollhouse like one you played with as a kid shows up in an antique store
You graced us with an hour long video. Thank you for that. The Disney Japanese Lacquerware is a pretty great find. Also, I enjoy reading the comments after unboxings - your audience helps fill in the blanks.
Silverware wrapped meticulously, glassware just stacked on top of each other. Go figure. Enjoyed the unboxings!!
Different people may have wrapped things, and maybe at different times.
Or the silver was more precious to them than the glasses!
I found something similar in my aunt and uncle's basement it was wrapped in plastic wrap.
Ocarinas play an important part in the _Zelda_ video games.
I was hoping someone would post a Zelda comment!
I got one from my uncle and it is metal. My daughter knew what it was before I did! Haha..
I 3d print them and give them as gifts to my friends that are Zelda fans :)
Thank You for the lack of background music. You're knowledge of items is impressive and I really enjoy the way you show and tell us about things.
From Wikipedia HMS Niobe -HMS Niobe was a ship of the Diadem class of protected cruisers in the Royal Navy. She served in the Boer War and was then given to Canada as the second ship of the newly created Naval Service of Canada as HMCS Niobe. The Naval Service of Canada became the Royal Canadian Navy in August 1911. The ship was nearly lost when she went aground off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia overnight 30-31 July 1911. Repairs were completed at the end of 1912 and the ship returned to service in late 1914. During the First World War, Niobe patrolled the approaches to the St. Lawrence River and then joined the Royal Navy's 4th Cruiser Squadron to patrol off New York City. The cruiser returned to Halifax, Nova Scotia on 17 July 1915 and never put to sea again. Niobe was paid off in September and served as a depot ship in Halifax. Damaged in the 1917 Halifax Explosion, she was sold for scrap and broken up in the 1920s.
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So cool! I love it. Thanks for digging into the history.
@@jodeenewburry5563 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ice would go in the bottom of the butter holder, so it would stay fresh. Oh loving it!
That item was really cool
The thing you said was all pins looks like part of a dance outfit. You also have a nice finger woven belt, also part of a dance outfit. Also, there were a couple of beaded pieces. Find someone native to take a look for you. The quills are nice, too. Maybe for earrings? Nice purchase! Terry in St.Ignace, MI.
Yes as he was digging through there I noticed the quills and what looks to be handmade belts and sashes along with chokers. I also noticed a beaded peace that had an arrow motif on it that made me think of the "order of the arrow" Boy Scout organization. In which the members do Native American costumes and preform acts of service.
Cool glad you added your knowledge
My Dad was a surveyor in the US Army during the Korean War. He was on a ship that survived most of the island in the south Sea and Asia. I knew before you even opened the box that a transit was inside. He had that exact one. When I was a little girl I would go with my Dad and help him. It was my job to hold the marker.
you went with your dad to korea ?
@@arthurkortekaas7357 you should learn to read you have negitives comprehension
59 minutes and 33 seconds of Curiosity Inc entertainment? Yes please! 😊👌
Beat me by a minute! :)
Want to know what auction made
Dont forget about tge 17 adds!
I know right? This is why I have no television service. Epic episodes right here.
Occupied Japan period dates are 1945-1951. I just scored some nice made in occupied Japan opera glasses and animal figures from a private collection.
I just clicked like at the thought of an hour long Curiosity Inc.
6:07 we have one of those birds! That's an instrument as well. If I remember correctly, you have to add a bit water inside it and then blow. Makes a fun sound
Yes! My grandma had them with the bath toys when I was a kid. They were my favorite
My parents got married just after the war. My dad's gift to my mom was a beautiful set of stainless. He was a man ahead of his time, and didn't believe in spending time shining silver or even ironing clothes. He spent extra to buy permanent press shirts for work. He honored and valued women in the best way.
Sometimes they put the teeth aside because some may be gold....
I love this little anecdote about your dad, and your parents. Cute
I think the person was Métis, lots of Métis and indigenous items. Those were porcupine quills .
I did wonder if they might be indigenous items when he was handling them. How exciting.
Cool, I hope Alex sees your comment
Would have loved to see the beaded butterfly that fell against the box. Yes I thought Metis too. That was a beautiful sash. Noticed the porcupine quills too. It would be nice to see all the beading stuff sold as a lot.
The children's dishes are a rare color pallet but are very similar to Hazel Atlas sets made in Ohio, USA. I have a set with pastel pink, blue, green and yellow. My great grandfather worked for the company for 50 years.
How cool!
Oh you were a blessed child
I had just started dozing off (due to lack of sleep not the video!) and 18:02 happened with the horn effect - this jolted me awake and I screamed out "WHAT!?"
Somebody was doing Native American artwork that was a porcupine quills in the bag because there was a sample of pieces on the felt and material it was all hand made beadwork
I thought that's what I saw. Thank you
My grandmother had the parakeet 45 record. It was continuous phrases and words over and over again. Her bird did talk!
My grandma did, too, but I don't think hers ever caught on.
My Dad had canary training records fir rollers and choppers. Males need other males to sing against.
The M Hohner echo bell harmonica is a rare one. It is a two sided harmonica that goes for around $75
Take the violins to a luthier. Ask the local symphony orchestra for a referral. Please don’t just sell them at auction. You may have some lovely instruments.
100% agree. My brother-in-law is a luthier at a highly rated music shop in Long Beach. I hope Alex sees all the comments urging him to take those violins and bows to get them all raised before pricing or selling them to hastily. They could be worth more than all the other items combined.
Many times on Antiques Roadshow, the bows can be very valuable, too, sometimes more than the violin!
The Little Leather Library books are awesome! It looks like you have the whole collection. I have my great grandfather's collection, sadly some of them are in pretty bad shape with missing pages. But I wouldn't trade them for the world. They are the only things I wanted from my grandparents house.
That little set was one of the things I really would like to purchase!
For sure
I think that the set in this video may look so good because the child they were for died. Lots of child deaths back then, especially around 1918 from influenza.
8:24 All I see is Necco's. I love them 🤣💔
One of my favorites as a kid. Nowadays all I can think of is that they are basically solid sugar.😉 But brings up good memories anyway.
My favorite candy but not allowed on my keto diet!😥😥😥😥😥😥😥
My dad played the ocarina, we called it the sweet potato, I think he learned in the service WWII. Great memories
The Danish ashtray figure is called Den lille Havfrue (The little Mermaid). Famous sculpture made by Edvard Eriksen, and is located in the Danish capital København (Copenhagen). Its based on a character from a fairytale written by H. C. Andersen
I saw it, when I was a kid and was surprised how small it is.
Does "havn" mean port?
@@galaxia4709 yes it does. Port/harbour
Yes, came here to comment about the Mermaid and Anne of Green Gables, but I see my work is done.🤣 I love Curiosity Inc.
Exactly! That's just what I'd thought. Thanks
When it comes to the violins and their bows if you can get them looked at. Bows can be more expensive than the violins themselves. Thanks for sharing the finds.
Totally agree. My brother-in-law is a luthier at a highly rated music shop in Long Beach and he has made multiple violins from scratch. The bows and the violins should be appraised by a trusted professional. I do hope Alex sees these comments before pricing or selling those. I understand and respect his strategy of making a quick nickel instead of a slow dime, but in this case a hasty sale could potentially cause him to miss out on thousands of dollars.
That's exactly the kind of toy piano Schroeder played in Peanuts.
In oldtimey movies ocarina were called sweet potatoes.
check inside for cat.
I don’t know about anyone else, but I am craving a roll of Necco wafers!!
I yelled NECCO WAFERS! :-D
Yes please!! lol
I saw those too
The New York photos reminded me that my father's side of my family were Dutch from New Amsterdam. It was renamed New York, after the Duke of York, James Stuart. What a history lesson your every day life is! My daughter has commented about how smart you are about every area of antiques. God gave you a gift for your lifelong love of all things valuable to collectors. Thanks for bringing us along on your adventures!
Mine too
Fun stuff. FYI, concerning genuine pearls: the whole gritty tooth test used to work until those oh so clever Japanese began to create faux pearls from ground up shells. Sigh.
Not only they open the oysters and put a bit of course object inside to irritate the oyster causing the oyster to coat the object creating a pearl.
The bows can be worth more then the violin's sometimes, even with the broken hair.. check the makers mark!
Beat me to it...
me too
Good job on the old clock Alexander! 👏
"Every time a bell rings, an Angel gets its wings"
Most kerosene lamp burners are threaded, so try unscrewing it from the collar. Then, after you retrieve the wick, feed it up through the bottom of the burner, while turning the little knob.
Yes that is how mine is attached to the base
I would just love to spend a whole day looking around your store, I've never seen any place like it, it's great!!
The "radio knob" at 37:22 may be an adapter to play 45rpm records with the large hole.
I was wondering about those big holes and playability in the 45s!
@@elipotter369 They also sold little clip in inserts that went in the 45 instead that you left in the disc. My turntable came with a little piece like shown in the video and a little slot in the base to hold it when not needed. I'm not sure I have ever played a 45 on it.
@@FlashGeiger interesting, thanks. I don't remember 45s having such a big hole, so maybe by the '70s they were making them differently for turntables. I suppose the big hole.was originally for an older fashioned player.
@@elipotter369 didn't the 45's for jukeboxes have the big holes in the centres?
I love the Queen Nefertiti vase. I went as her one Halloween in the 60s in New Jersey. My dad made a big cardboard hat painted white and my mom attached all her costume jewelry on it. It was very heavy!!! I had a white gown on with all her necklaces. It was a big hit with the neighbors! 🥰
I sure had a good laugh when you touched the “partial denture prostheses” in that old jewelry box, especially with the “horror film” sound effect ... so hilarious! Thanks for sharing all your finds & discoveries with us.
That little building was over Broadway - the 34th Street/Herald Square station of the Sixth Avenue el.
Omg. The big old trunk looks like one my dad had.Every time he’d go to it, I’d be there to look at what treasures he had. He would play his mouth organ for me. I’m a grandmother now and that trunk brought me back to my childhood.
It always makes me a little sad to see items that are 100s of years old. My sentimental heart loves that it was precious enough to be handed down but saddened that someone didn't find it special enough to keep it going. In reality, it was probably just bought at an antique store 50 years ago 🤣
I love the trunks and the kids dishes!
FYI; the brass ringed bells are harness bells. Were often used with draft horses or ox teams. Often used as locaters for flocks of sheep, making it easier for the shepherd to find sheep and also suitable for keeping predators away from the sheep
I often drove by the old Westclox factory in Peru, IL in my old '64 Chrysler New Yorker, back in my High School days, on my way to my first job.
That ashtray from Denmark holds the little mermaid. Very cute.
Cool video you find the best stuff
Your Flying Ace Snoopy is from the 60s, you’re right! If you google Boucher Pocket Doll you can see the rest of the gang. It looks like he has his goggle lenses (often missing) but not his silky ribbon blue scarf. ()”•). Later: I see you found a 2nd Snoopy! 😁
Alexander, you need to pin the sheriff badge to you shirt so they know you are in charge.:-)
Won't the wife get the sherif and he gets the deputy
Ocarinas used to be made out of gourds. I remember on the old Disney wonderful world of color show there was an episode called "Pablo the dancing Chihuahua " about a little boy who played the ocarina and the little dog would spin around in circles. It's funny the things we remember. Oh look Pablo and the Dancing Chihuahua Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color: Season 14, Episode 17  Description A Mexican boy searches for his missing uncle. Show: Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color Air date: January 28, 1968 Its actually on KZhead
Lol!
and re-popularized by the video game Zelda
@@denniselgatoblanco824 this is the comment i was looking for. Yes the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. 🎶🎶
When you watch Antiques Road show, the bow is often more valuable than the violin!
Good finds today
I really enjoy watching you go through the treasures you aquire. Your commentory (and jokes) are always so interesting. Thank you!
Whenever you do an "unboxing" it must feel like a Birthday, some super finds and some awful gifts your auntie decided to gift you ! love to watch you discover all those small treasures i loved the tiny elephant most and would like to know if it is a jade piece lovely colours and id guess very rare if it is jade .
Alex, please give a passing glance to the wall art/pictures you find. I collect foil and was incredulous that you glanced at EVERYTHING but the pictures! Otherwise, great video and finds!! Love your channel!!
I love watching Alex unpacking his treasure...you never know what you are going to find. I have only been watching for about 4 months and have caught up on loads of videos. I love them . To be honest my home is very modern and minimal ..they oldest thing in my house is me lol. What an incredible family this is bringing joy to so many
Ohhhh, Neccos. I love them.
You move more things in a course of a week, than Pro-Moving People !
That HMS Niobe picture is historic. She was the second ship of the newly minted Canadian navy. Nice find.
About the Gretsch Broadkaster ocarina : the Fred Gretsch Co. sued Fender in the early 50s and they had to change their Broadcaster guitar name to Telecaster with some success. You can hear an ocarina solo on the 1966 Troggs hit Wild Thing.
TFS that !!! Yes! 👍✌️🙏🏼
The violins and bows are worth more than you think! Not full size, but very nice!!
Bows alone could be worth thousands!
If the bows are made of Pernambuco wood they can be be valuable, as Brazil has limited the harvesting and export of that wood, and the quality of the available new staves is degraded. I hope Alex has the violins carefully appraised.
My brother-in-law is a luthier at a highly rated music store in Long Beach. I sincerely hope Alex has the violins professionally appraised because some of those older instruments are quite valuable and can always be repaired if needed.
I wondered if the violins were small, but Alex is tall, so I thought maybe he was making them look smaller! Those violins look really beautiful - they remind me of the music tradition in Orkney Scotland where "fiddles" and piano accordions played for country dances. The Hudson's Bay company was 98% Orkneymen apparently.
I hope for pecuniary reasons that Alex finds out the instruments are violins not fiddles.
I had to play an ocarina in high school band once! We pronounced it oak-a-ree-na
I can’t never not think of the ending of the movie Se7en where Brad Pitt asks Morgan Freeman “what’s in the box?!”
Yikes 😮 LOL!
Lol!!!!
I LOVE old trunks! They are beautiful on their own.
You need an empty back room to sort your treasures in... but I have a feeling it wouldn’t be empty for long!
21:56 looks like a Ceinture fléchée, part of French-Canadian and Métis heritage.
Your picking finds are always interesting, but this one was super interesting! Such a variety of cool stuff, it was fascinating to watch.
That book is exactly 200 years old this year. What are the odds you find it on it’s birthday?
it said 1891 on the other page though, prob real printing year. Over here in Europe though we have so many 1800's bibles that anything made after 1820 is considered trash, 1600's and 1700's bibles are the better value ones.
@@SwedishEmpire1700 over here in North America whether Canada or the U.S. people always put there family history in them.
@@cherifew3485 I got a whole gang of old bibles, oldest one is from 1650's, and alot of them have small annotations and scribbles in them.
@@SwedishEmpire1700 praise God but do you read it to show thyself approved a workman dividing the word of truth
@@cherifew3485 bro im baptised in protestant church, thats enough, if God wants something he can visit me personally LOL im here all day
Put water in the yellow burd and it becomes a bird whistle flash back to my child hood i actually own an okarina also bothe things make music
I bought the same little yellow bird at Sacre Coeur in Paris in 1989. Makes a beautiful sound.
We use to get them in grab bags from the ice cream truck in southern california
The 75 Ford Pinto was one involved in what at the time was one of the biggest recalls due to exploding fuel tanks. The placement of the fuel tank was responsible for causing explosions when the Pinto was rear ended. I believe some deaths resulted.
Those trunks are in incredibly good shape I know that a flat top trunk was a lower grade travel trunk so I could be stacked under the others but the round top ones were people who were a little higher up in society that their trunks didn’t get put underneath things they go on top because they rounded
Now I’m happy mine is rounded top.
The rounded top is called a hump back trunk!
I loved the puppet kitty! I think a lot of kids nowadays would be fascinated by it.
The little white terrier might have been modeled after Asta from the Thin Man movie (1934-1947), or tv series (1957-1959)?
At first I also thought its face looked like Asta's, but he was a wire-haired terrier. The plush toy is a West Highland White Terrier, complete with Scottish plaid bow.
I have a trunk that looks a little bit better than the ones you brought back. It was given to me by the descendant of the original owner, who emigrated from Scotland in the 1850s.
Awesome!
So great you got the clock going🙌🏻. Sounds great🙌🏻
Did you grow your sunflower? I grew mine, several years ago
That's a beautiful violin. We have a couple of violins my Opa made 80 years ago. It blows me away when I think that it was just a hobby for him.
They made me think of Charles Ingalls & how they were probably full of cherished memories from the family they belonged to.
You have a new pet for the store. There was a bug crawling across the paper that was wrapped around the butter keeper!
I had that very alarm clock when I was in high school in the early 60s. Bet it still works. There's probably more Pinto literature than there are Pintos, given that the car had a tendency to explode when rear-ended... and those trunks are works of art in and of themselves! Nice haul!
Awww. Going thru people’s memorabilia sure tugs at the heart strings. Many thanks.
Hi Alex! My dad had two ocarinas and one was just like yours. He was in the US naval reserve in the late 50's and i think it was a thing they did. He went on to play the harmonica and had a collection of those as well. He usually brought the harmonicas out at Christmas or sometime when the whole family was gathered. I love these videos! Thanks for sharing!
You have so much fun doing your job , thanks for sharing
Those trunks are awsome...and l loved the stuffed Terrior also❤️🐾🐾
I had a doll house like that as a child. Those edges could really give you a cut if the efges are rough. Amazing we made it through childhood with all the toys we had back then.
The figurative tray from Denmark is the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen
I knew that looked familiar!
I think what you called a radio knob may be a spacer for a 45 record to enable it to lay on LP record player. Just looks like the ones we used in 60’s and seventies.
No to small
In the early 60's, my brother and I were kids. We had a reel-to-reel tape recorder so we glued some tape into a loop after recording "Pretty Birdie Chipper" on it. Then we played the loop for long periods of time next to our parakeet Chipper's cage. Soon he was saying "Pretty Birdie Chipper". I still have our old 45's, including "Peter Ponsil and his Tonsil" - in case anyone remembers that one. :-)
Been watching a while now and your practically living my dream, Buying everything to single items from a house, buying in junk yards and owning a shop. When I left school I managed to become the clearance chap for a auction house so would have the rights to clear the entire house after the family and auction house had been in and cleared their items for keeping and selling to raise funds for the family of the deceased. The amount of hidden gems back then was amazing. But being clever at the age of 17/18 and lifting washing machines and other heavy items by yourself ended up giving myself a hernia so had to give the job up. Dabbled since then but not on the grand scale I have wanted. Now at 40 i'm scouring car boots sales/ auctions and charity shops for those hidden gems is hard work. But I still make enough of a living to run it full time. Looked at a shop in the past but the rates and rent totally would of killed the business. Living on a little island everyone is doing the same. Most as personal altho buying to resell which is classed as a business. But I don't live a bad life. Obviously dabbling for over 20 years I have seen the markets change alot and do make enough to live but LOVE YOUR VIDEO's and Good luck to you for the future. Say Safe,
If you know your office space you know those aren't just pins those are Flair!
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And it looked like the bare minimum amount of flair. ;-)