I need those Ile de France pennants. That ship was a beloved French Liner - she was a hero, saving many of the survivors from the Andrea Doria disaster!

That kid must have been well loved to have so many awesome toys.

I love that little fabric box that had all the coins in it! ❤️. Some really neat finds

Really neat stuff. Definitely not a boring video. Thanks for sharing.

Those hand painted plaques in the last box reminded me of the ones we used to paint during the summer programs at Elementary schools. Each school had older teens supervising the playground for stuff like 4-Square, tether ball, softball, on the playground, & in the afternoon you could buy yourself a plain plaque to paint. I had forgotten the parks & recreation programs for kids. They kept us occupied & out of trouble.

Klotilda's satin stitching was exquisite:)

That absolutely beautiful laundry bag is embroidered not cross stitched. An item Cross stitched is made up of X's. If it's embroidered the stitches are many and varied!😀 What a gorgeous piece of history!!💜

Aw, always wanted the Give-a-Show Projector! Santa never saw that I really needed one...😥

The laundry bag c. 1917 is actually embroidered, not cross stitched. Cross stitching is made up of little xxxx, while embroidered items are made from a variety of stitches such as satin, stem, etc.

OH!!!! I remember the Give-a-show Projector!!!! I had one when I was a kid and loved it!!! I don't remember what happen to it.

I am drooling over those Structo, Lido, Matchbox, Corgi, Dinky, and other plastic and tin toy trucks and cars. A friend of mine had that tin car and trailer with the opening back. I played with Structo trucks like that at my grandmas when I was a kid. She would pick them up at garage sales so we would have something to play with when we visited. Hotwheelsbob may be my KZfaq name, but I was collecting Matchbox and Budgie before Hotwheels cars ever came out.

You're a genius. You advertise your antiques as you find them. I'm not even a collector but I enjoy 'finding' this stuff with you. Fun!

As far as that Klotilda Zehner name on that laundry bag, it appears she was born in Russia about 1896. Married an Edward Maves and died in Saskatchewan in 1940.

Historic note the S.S. Ile De France, was the primary rescue ship when the Andrea Doria sunk.

I'm astonished at the great condition most of these items were in, particularly the old books. These folks obviously took great joy and great care of the things they found to be treasures. I'm kind of saddened by the opinions of some of the people who are lamenting that the family saw fit to part with some of the items. Sadly, those who inherit the contents of the house don't have the space to properly maintain them, particularly if the home they came from had to be sold in order to pay the debts left by the dearly departed. I have a houseful of things that I treasure and my children don't see the value in them. Many of them don't have great monetary value and are of value to my memories of my grandparents and parents. Alas, we have been entrusted with so many things that we cannot use and have no way to display. So, in boxes they sit, getting no enjoyment from anyone. It is not possible to know how hard it was for the next generation to come to the decision to part with these things. Perhaps they viewed them as things they would love to hang on to but couldn't give good tribute to. There is only so much that we, the ones left behind can bring in without ending up on an episodes of one of the hoarders shows. I gasped aloud at the US Silver Dollar and I don't know if it was this video or another where there was a rather large one cent US. I would love if I could visit this man's shop. So many things tripped my memory switch. Of course, then, my children would later come along and not know the "value" of so many of the things I have. I would love to sit them down and tell them the story behind each piece, but they do not have the attention span to listen. All they see is "mom's stuff".

I discovered your channel this week. I'm infatuated! You have a fenominal knowledge of history, and an amazing ability to realise if an item has convertible value. You know your customers well.

toys my favorites im 51yrs old man i have great memories of my toys

My dad was a pilot and carried a case just like that, it held his charts & manuals. He started flying in the 60's and retired in 2000. If you look up images of pilot flight cases, you'll see they look just like that. These days they carry all of that info on an iPad instead.

!!! i had that projector as a lil kid...like 1964-65. loved playing with it in my own room. i felt like the grow ups that did their slide shows in the living room :)

I love the "Give A Show Projector" . I had one when I was young. I am 60 now.

Its nice you put some of the prices on there !

The bus stuff was cool, my grandfather was a bus driver, he started in 1926 driving for Southern Kansas Stage and Freight, the roads were still mostly dirt, SKSF would become Santa Fe Trailways based out of Wichita Kansas, it would then become Continental Trailways, and finally bought out by Grey Hound. I rode many a mile with my grandpa when I was a kid, it was allowed by the company, he had the Wichita to Texarkana route for years, Wichita to Oklahoma City, and Wichita to Pueblo Colorado. I enjoyed the video.

Blast from the past! I had that same projector with the Flintstones & Augie Doggie as a kid!💚💜 How fun to revisit those memories!

They took such great care of their things. Blessings...

Oh wow. I had one of those Give a Show projectors. I got it for Christmas way back in the olden days when I was young. Good memories.

Great Video. It kills me all the vintage toys you find. Can you do a video on how you started your business and funded the initial inventory when you started? I think a lot of viewers would enjoy that. Thank You.

I love watching your videos brings me back to my childhood I remember a time when there were no computers no Internet, I cherish those memories😌👍🏻✨

Those plaster figures look like the kids made and painted them I had them when I was a kid

I think I love the Police Car the most, awesome!

24:45 Crown Royal marble bag! Brings back memories :)

This video is Russian immigrant nostalgia. I know this family, I'm a part of a family exactly like this. From the travel and quality kids toys, to how carefully everything is wrapped... beautiful to watch. Thank you.

Smokey the bear!

You should use a tripod for these box openings so that you can look things over without swinging the camera around so much. Some neat stuff.

Great stuff as always! Really love the toys!

I just found your site and I love it. I am 70 yrs old. I see things I played with growing up. My grandfather was born in 1882 and my grandmother in 1902. I have seen and played with so many of the items. Thanks for the memories.

My brother and I had a Diawa Mini Cast rod and reel until it was stolen out of our dad's boat. That rod and reel dates back to the late 70's or early 80's. That brings back memories.

My son has the same suitcase.. He found at a flea market.. He loves that thing. I guess his was for an extremely old computer there was even a little slot labeled floppydisks... He lugs his Xbox etc. In it now... Great hard case for electronics! When he was little he cld have chosen to go anywhere for his b-day.. Amusement park, bowling, whatever... Nope just wanted to go to the flea market.. Lol..

WOW very nice score with the vintage toy!!!!

That Pacific Western Hercules brochure has some nice collector value. PWA was one of the few airlines that had C-130 Hercules transports for cargo.

Outstanding quality and that they are just so well preserved blows my mind! Finding things in such good condition in the states in nearly impossible, I don't have the answer to why that is but just seems to be that way.

Super cool finds ,,, you have the job that I would love to be a part of ..... love the old stuff . Thanks for the video

I can never understand why people wouldn't want to keep their parents'/grandparents' heirlooms, especially the war jacket, medals and stuff. Guess not everyone's sentimental that way.

My grandson who just turned 3 two days ago ( on 1-22 ) would LOVE that police car ! He has some sort of learning disability so he is big on sounds rather than saying words and what he calls police cars that I think is adorable is : WOO WOO because of the sound the siren makes !

So impressed with clean and great condition of items! Thanks for the video!

The laundry bag is an example of embroidery not cross stitch.

The little microphone in the suitcase goes to a cassette recorder so you could make a voice tape. It's from the late 60s- mid 70s. People didn't make videos back then. Cam corders weren't around yet. The only portable video equipment was a reel-to-reel back pack unit that weighed about 40 lbs. and a two piece camera that you balanced on your shoulder. The whole thing was very awkward. Those only recorded in black and white. Sony eventually came out with a color port-a-pack in the mid '70s but they cost around $3500. Don't know how much that is in today's dollars, but I know at that time you could buy a new van for $4500. Once they came out with VHS cassettes video cameras got a lot lighter and cheaper.

The laundry bag had the most beautiful embroidery hand done

Not only the items were of quality,but at the time people were of quality also🤪👍🏻✨

That Kodak Disc camera is actually a rare thing. Disc cameras were somewhat of a dead-end idea launched in the late '70s running through to the early-mid '80s and they were expensive, certainly by the standards of point-and-shoot cameras and a top-of-the-range ones easily cost as much as a nice SLR. Needless to say not many were sold in the UK, and having the film developed and buying replacements were also very expensive...

Get a big van with a lift on the back, please! My dad is 70 with the spine of a 99 year old, all because he was a drummer for 47 years with a "too small" car. Like an avid puzzle solver, he meticulously packed his drums into an inappropriate vehicle for many decades .... and that rooted his back. Loving your channel ... wishing you well ... but please heed my warning.

I had many of those Little Golden Books! Brought tears to my eyes! They are in great shape!!

I am so enjoying your videos and you have such a kind layed back personality. You have a very nice family.

I used to date a guy who worked for Consolidated Freightways. I remember that logo! That coin purse is so cool not to mention the coins inside and you're so calm! I would have been screaming. What a great haul! The Goldenbooks!

The SS Ile de france was the ship that rescued the passengers of the Andrea Doria.

Love watching! You are so informed about good Stuff !

I put this comment on your latest video and then realized to autoplay had taken me to this video. I am here working on my website and product listings and watching you play with toys. You're like a friend now Alex. The internet KZfaq are just so weird. I really feel like I know you guys. Thank you for entertaining me while I work. You're also giving me ideas for things I want to collect. I love that little purple change purse!

I wanted to have an antique store. Now I armchair your videos. Thanks.

Dude it's 1:38 am and I am on my fifth? or maybe sixth one of these. Yeah.. subbed.

I love when you do unboxing videos. Thanks for sharing and just being an awesome human being.

I love watching your finds but they make me feel so OLD since I remember some of these toys as a child! Nostalgia at its best. Thank you from Indiana!

The toys and books are in such good condition!!!

You really need some kind of tripod or something to hold your phone so you can use both hands, would be way easier for you !

a fun show with fun comments, thanks for sharing

Awesome video, lots of needed information. Thank you for sharing

Those were Russian imperial coins

I like that 1894-S silver dollar! Nice find there Alex!!

GREAT, one of your best....

Super awesome toys!!!

that indian chief head was a kids craft thing it came with paints my uncle who is 77 said he had one

22:20, I thought it was a poker chip caddy at first. I didn't know Jell-O had those little chips. You really have to invest in some small tripods.

My father travels for work alot and he loves these type of stores, he would reallyl love yours!!

Dude!! You scared the crap out of me at 26:23 with the ugly clown. I hate clowns. All of a sudden a clown just came from out of nowhere. Love watching you find all these cool the mags. Thank you for sharing.

Very interesting, watched the whole video. I am so glad I subscribed to your channel. Neat things you show, for sure!!!

I was curious about the laundry bag and did a little research. Turns out that the use of the word “laundry” to mean "articles that need to be or have been laundered" (as opposed to a room to wash clothes in) is from 1916 (according to an etymology website). So Klotilda was being very modern when she embroidered that and it’s therefore probably a very early example of a “laundry bag”. I find that interesting anyway...

Love the jazz music while unboxing....you are my new favorite!!!!

Well done! Thanks! Rox

You missed the Golden Book "Smokey The Bear' to go with your remote controlled 'Smokey"

I have one of those Diawa mini cast rod and reel kits, bought around 1980 and still use it

I love old glass baby bottles! So Cool.

Really nice finds indeed. I like the tin vehicles myself.

The "dutch" coins are Russian. The first coin is a 5 kopeck coin. hope this is of help,

I think the last couple of pieces that you unwrapped, the plaster ones, would have been from a child’s art class. The reason I say that is because when I was in elementary school, we made pieces like that...early 60’s

Alex, as always you got some great stuff that ride on plane is way too cool. Look forward to more videos Kurt.

You are so lucky! To find those coins and cool old stuff!

legend has it, poutine was made by the French to make the British Army too full to fight back and to make them addicted to it. (not true.....or is it) Either way poutine is gooooooooood :D

Don't throw out that paperwork you might find people who might pay a few bucks for it or donate it to charity. Search Junk Journals or art journals on KZfaq and you will see what I'm talking about. These girls love using this kind of stuff in them! Especially card type things they make pockets and put smaller things in them.

I love watching you and your family on these adventures....you are living my dream life :)

The bear is Smoky the Bear, who advertised fire safety. The shovel would be to put out fires. He would say “Only YOU can prevent forest fires.” Very cool!

I think the plaster things were painted by the son when he was a kid.

Clogs from 1945 aren't going to be from a holiday trip especially with a WW2 jacket in there.. I just thought that was a little funny

Super cool find 😃

Man what a haul! The tin vehicles toys were awesome and in excelent condition.

And for unboxing, you would have both hands free if you used a tripod. Just a suggestion.

That’s so crazy! The person who made the sack has the same last name as me. It’s Zehner (the cursive n looks like a m). Pronounced Zane-er (German I do believe). It’s not a very common last name so it’s interesting to find a connection

I love Alex's choice of background music - very cool...

These videos are so wholesome,& interesting, and there should be more of it👍

Hey there! A reaction from The Netherlands, the coins you call Dutch coins (12.50 and on) aren't Dutch money. The coins have the word "Kopek" on them. Kopeks are Russian. 1 Kopek is 1/100 of of the Ruble (the Russian monetary unit). All Kopeks from before 1917 are of the era of the Tsars; after 1917 it's the USSR period. In The Netherlands, we used Guldens (or Guilder); even under the German era in WW2 - Only in that period there wasn't the head of our queen on the coins. Guldencoins look very different. (Give you an idea of the look of the Dutch Gulden before 1940: bit.ly/2sD38X4 / during WW2: bit.ly/2xCjK6M / and after: bit.ly/2Hg8wEV ) And as Marcel said below, the wooden shoes (klompen / clumps) are to remember the liberation of The Netherlands at the end of WW2 in 1945. In those days they were common used shoes for people in the lower class outside cities. Kids also worn these shoes. So I guess someone (probably a clumpmaker) took some small (children sized) clumps and painted them with the Dutch flag and the year 1945 to remember the liberation. And, as the Canadians were part of the Allied forces that liberated The Netherlands, they might have been given as a present to that soldier (or bought as a souvenir).

I said "oh cool a pocket knife" Nope not going to look at it. I guess you think of this handy tool as a dangerous weapon? I really wanted to see that thing, the sheath looked nice. From what little bit I did see of the knife I'm guessing it's a $60 Buck.

What a profitable find!

I followed my dreams and opened a tailor shop and while I work I'm watching Alex following his dreams! The thread I'm sewing with is the same colour as his car, lol