Over the weekend my girlfriend and I decided to head over to a flea
market. Now for those who know me know how much my girlfriend dislikes
"dirty" places. Well my friends, this was the mecca of "dirty" places.
Are outing to said flea market started earlier in the week when my
girlfriend spotted a full sized Patrick Roy cardboard cutout at a garage
sale near our home. I did a little research and confirmed this cutout
was a promotional item for Provigo in 1994. To be honest as a kid I
always wanted one of these cutouts so I bought it. I'm not sure what I
will do with it as it is quite large. However as we speak full size
Patrick Roy stands in my office.
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| 1994 Promotional Patrick Roy From Provigo Grocery Stores |
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After Purchasing this fine item from the man at his garage sale
he mentions these cutouts go for 100+ at flea markets (which I took with
a rather large grain of salt). However I do like to go places to find
vintage sports items so I convinced my girlfriend that this would be
something to do on a Sunday afternoon.
After overcoming the initial shock of the smells and characters found in this place, the whole day ended up rather fruitful. Initially
I purchased a few novelty items which I always get a kick out of. First up a Pete
Rose expos glass circa 1980's and a Albert Pujols Jack-In-The-Box that
plays "take me out to the ball game".
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| Albert Pujols Jack-In-The-Box |
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1984 Provigo "Pete Rose" (Montreal Expos) Promotional Glass
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After that, I found the first real gem of
the day. In 1996 when the Montreal Canadiens closed the Forum they gave a
framed poster to season ticket holders of all the ticket stubs for that year which included head
shots of some of most influential members in team history. In 2006
www.classicauctions.com had this frame at a starting bid of 200$, which
is quite some ways from the 10$ I paid at the flea market. Notice the
same gold frame in the auction photo as the one I purchased (link
below).
http://www.classicauctions.net/Default.aspx?tabid=263&auctionid=34&lotid=242
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1995-96 Montreal Forum Framed Ticket Poster
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The other gem(s) I was able to find were
1945-1954 Quaker Oates 8x10 vintage posters from the likes of Montreal
Canadiens legends Maurice Richard, Butch Bouchard and Boom Boom
Geoffrion. I purchased all three photos for 15$ and the Maurice Richard
photo alone is currently posted on ebay anywhere between 100$ and 300$
dollars! A great find which I plan on framing individually with signed
pucks I have of all three players.
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| Quaker Oates 1945-1954 Vintage Posters. |
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