Fantastic Video!! Should say,"Fantastic Videos!!!". Great display of cleaning out another house!! They are very Interesting!!! I sure hope you and your family have a Nice Weekend!! 🤗♥️🙏🏼
I'm dying that Alex didn't know what a diaphragm was. I was so nervous he was going to find a drawing in the manual that was going to throw him for a loop.
Okay, I just spit my tea out when Alex unwrapped the box holding the diaphragm. Too friggin' funny! Every woman over the age of 60 will know what this is and why it was , discretely, wrapped in plain brown paper. Diaphragms are still available today but such an early example would be extremely rare and therefore valuable to a medical museum or collector of early female contraception. Good score.
@Julia Harper It could have been the doctor's demonstration model that was kept wrapped between showing it to patients. Diaphragms were a restricted medical device that required a prescription.
A diaphragm in the attic was not on my bingo card. 😂 Poor Alex! Sorry you weren’t aware. Vintage contraception is no doubt a small niche for collectors!
Alex. I’m sure glad you had those gloves on when you were going through the “hair dye” box. (Diaphragm). Priceless episode. You and your family are also priceless Alex.
If you didn’t do so already maybe recheck the empty long boxes in the attic. lt looked taped and could contain an old map or poster and that’s why it was so light.
The real question is will Alex address the "elephant" in the room during the next live? Or should I say, will Alex be receptive or con-tra-ceptive to the idea?!?!?🤣
Ok... I am having a serious anxiety attack watching you "rummage" so roughly through ALL of those amazing historic handwritten ledgers, & papers, & photo albums. Please please PLEASE don't throw any of that away. Take it to a library, or a historical society or even drop it off at a near by museum. Take the letters, ballet playbills... whatever you find with any sort of history behind it. You never know who is searching for that particular family line. If nothing else, send it to me and I can take care of it. Thanks so much for amazing work with families.
Yes, all of us who do genealogy were probably having anxiety attacks during the paper rummaging. Hope Alex turns that stuff over to the local genealogy society
I nearly turned off the last video and this one watching you literally tear the antique/ vintage papers. PLEASE be more gentle with this important part of history and send the entire boxes to auction for someone else to treasure if you aren't appreciated of the history. 😢
I was loving all the old ledgers, letters and pictures. I am a junk journaler and all that paper ephemera is priceless. Lots of the junk journal community would gladly buy it. I enjoyed this episode.
I'm not much of a junk saver. To many moves over the years. My mom was one. She had some interesting stuff. She lost most of it when they stored it and the place it was stored in burnt down. So no inherited pieces for us kids.
Year ago a woman I knew was wearing a nice piece of jewellery. She bought an old piano. There was a bag of gold and silver jewellery hidden down in the piano pedals. 🤗
Alex, you may have had this comment before, but people who like to create junk journals are interested in any and all vintage books, ledgers, documents and basically anything made of paper even though it has no other apparent value. Even the old yellowed tape is of interest as may be vintage fabrics and trims in sizes not useful for anything else. If you put out the word you can probably find someone in your area who would at least be willing to pay auction lot price for it. Thanks for showing us all of your finds!
This reminds me that I need to look in our attic. We are in our 100 year old retirement house that we moved in to 5 years ago-and we've never looked in the attic.
Please check with the genealogy department of the local library or a historical society if the family does not want the old paperwork/clothes/etc. you found in the attic. Even old business cards should be of interest to them. Such fun you are having with history in your hands!
Yes, I was also thinking that. I had found a box full of doctors equipment and paperwork and the nursing school took it to put it on display. We had to study the working of a diaphragm in school to teach the ladies. So it wasn't something that I ever used. I am 69 and I took birth control pills and later a spiral with hormones. So I never heard of it when I was at school. But we had to study all kinds of things like that. In the history of nursing. Sometimes they could show us the old stuff. I loved it. I would be scared if they put me 100 years back in time to go see a doctor with all his horrible tools... lol. The only old-fashioned thing I used was syringes that were out of glass with needles that were used a hundred times. Luckily a few years later the plastic syringes came into the workfield... and everything was in metal boxes. I see myself as an 18-year-old student, making swaps out of cotton fabric. Cutting and folding compresses. Then put them in large metal containers for sterilization... then the cotton sometimes was decolored.. a little burned... 😂😂😂
Junk journalers would give their eye-teeth to have just some of the stuff in that attic. Those ledgers!!!! 🤩When you lifted the hats out of that beat-up-beyond-belief suitcase to expose alllllll those letters, my heart leapt and swooned! 😍Amazing stuff!
I'm afraid the biggest money he could make in that house is all that ephemera that probably went to the dump. Us junk journalers would scoop that stuff up on Etsy.
@@poodlegirl55 No kidding! Wow! In the past, he found a guy on Etsy that sells vintage clothing who bought van loads of it from a different hoarded house, perhaps he could find an Etsy shop that would like to buy the ephemera...🤔
All of those journals, letters, checks, photos, books, etc. are like gold to the Junk Journal community. I hope they were put up for sale or donated somewhere. They just got better and better with each box you opened. I wanted them all.🥰
The silver rimmed bowl is possibly a 25th anniversary gift to them. When I saw those old pics, ballet shoes and outfits and drawings I got sentimental and imagined if that were my ancestors I would love to have them. Lots of memories of some great times were made in that home.
Alex, a diaphragm was an early form of birth control. The jelly was to seal it in place and create a barrier so the busy little guys couldn't reach their goal. They weren't very effective. I was myself conceived around a diaphragm.
I am sorry, but you made me laugh so hard when you opened the "plain brown paper wrapper"! We all forget how young you are! But some of us old folks need to laugh. Thank you.
Didn’t Alex think it might be a box of chocolates? Just validates Forrest Gump’s saying, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.” 😂
Every junk journaler watching (including me) is drooling! What a treasure trove of paper ephemera, not to mention the historical interest it offers. Your videos are always entertaining, and interesting to watch.
I was drooling and crying... don't trow it away... like in a previous episode, he trow away 2 yes TWO... old watercolor boxes. I would adore to have them. Even if the paint isn't good anymore, I would live to have a vintage metal box to put my watercolor in. And put it in my studio. (I am a watercolor artist) I literally almost cried... 😢... such a cool treasure. That's when you see the difference of value that people put on things. Sometimes I say trash and he pits it in auction and sometimes he say trash and I start crying and take myself a drink... 😂
Many people use old ledgers and old papers of any kind in art projects and book making. You could sell that as ephemera. I would have loved it. Just an idea.
My father was a pharmacist and I have great memories of checking out the new "dingbat" calendar every year at the store. I think about them every time you come across medical memorabilia. Seeing them made my day!
Our doctors office always had the latest Frosst "Dingbat" posters. I actually found a Dingbat desktop figurine advertising one of their pain relievers in a thrift shop. It's a treasure.
The local university library might want some of those old ledgers for their archives. Historians would love to look at those old records. I've spent some time digging through old records in my historical studies and I fear some valuable historical records are going into the trash.
I would love to go with him on a clean-out, as an experiment, and see how much I could earn from selling what Alex throws away. When I see those old faded photos I get the urge to scan them in and restore the colours - there is something, about seeing an old photo come back to vivid life, that is immensely satisfying.
Yes I would have made a lit of money with all the paperwork he trow away. That was gold... I would have used it myself as an artist and sell what I have to much off.
The local historical society should love any of those old photos and newspapers. That carved necklace is most likely ivory. I have a rosary just like it that is very old and made of ivory.
Alex, you will never live down the Diaphragm scene. "Is it hair dye, is it antiseptic?" LOL I asked my husband who is 9 years younger than me, (he is 37 y/o), if he knew what a diaphragm was, and he said, "Only because it was in a scene from Downton Abbey, where Mary sent her maid to the pharmacy to buy one." LOL. I got a double laugh tonight. Thank you so much !
All those letters and pics from the attic those will be great memories for the family and how things were back then compared to now. How sweet to be able to read some of those to the great, great, great grandchildren. Have a great day
Oh, my, the history in that attic! I so wanted Alex to tell us the cost if a housecall, etc. These house clean outs are c so interesting. Alex, you go on such varied adventures that I hate to miss an episode. Terrific fun! to watch. 😀😀😀
Please keep, sell or donate the journals, old WWll letters etc. I have my parents letter exchanges for a two year period when my dad was on an air craft carrier in the early 1950’s. One note I will never forget started “how’s every little gripe today?” That was my dad asking my mom…..and oh so true of her character. I was able to put the letters somewhat in order, some letters overlapped. I compiled a book that I gave to family members. I have the original letters but they got a small memory should they want to keep it.
You laughed about the Edgerton historical society but Truly they may want it. I'm on ancestry and I LOVE looking at all the old scanned in documents and maybe it sounds silly but the idea that you could look up your great aunt Martha and see that the doctor had to visit her regularly for "inflammation" or whatever they were calling it in 1934 might be a clue for someone trying to figure out genetic conditions.. it's not nothing 💚
PLEASE never delete this video and thank you for being a good sport.. very refreshing that someone on the planet still has some innocence and had no idea what a diaphragm was ♡
It seems for the most part when you empty out a home, you find the history of the its occupants. And not just their daily life of activities, but so much more. Some homes have been a bit more special than others, like the potter's house, and the piano teacher/model house. You uncovered not only money, but photos, mementos from days gone by. This is so interesting and entertaining! The attic find was quite sweet, even if not packed with things you could resell. It is interesting what we keep as years go by. I was discussing to my daughter about buying another set of dishes for my home, but adding that I need not buy another set, until I get rid of a set I already have, which is hard to do, since it belonged to my mom. I wound up living in the house my parents built, and lived in, and I'm still finding things that I didn't know they had. Many things are hard to let go of, but some must go so that I can leave a small bit of evidence that I was here too.
It gives me such a sad feeling to see all remnants of these lives mostly going in a Dumpster. It can't be kept, but it still feels sad. And to know some day it will be me!
The 3¢ stamp on some of those letters are worth quite a bit of money….at least they use to be. I would think they still were. Great job on the house Alexander!
Alex! Please sell the paper finds in bundles if you don’t want to sort it! Vintage letters together, ledgers together even the old tape on the diaphragm box (notice I’m making no comment other than a 😂)…all that paper is Gold to journal makers! I’ve turned my subscribers on to your channel and I’m getting comments on MY channel with folks so sad that these treasures (to us) may end up the garbage. You’re missing a whole community of buyers, my friend! We want it and you’ve got it, so please, please don’t throw it away! Throw it in a bin and sell it to us!!! Thanks, Alex! I love your channel! All the best to you, Melissa and the kiddos! ❤
The dr bench definitely has value. People collect macabre oddities like that for sure. It’s not my kinda thing but I have friends who love stuff like that
What a bunch of treasure! I wish this was gone through with more care. And donated or sold to a local museum. It kinda hurt my heart to see it just thrown about. I understand it gets old to go through this stuff but Some of that is irreplaceable. I would love to sort through it.
I can smell the old dust in my nostrils as you go about that attic, and sweep the floors in the cleared rooms 🙂 By the way, the brown stains everywhere and on the keys of the piano, come from the tar in the cigarettes smoked by the owners, not the nicotine. You get addicted to the nicotine, but it's the tar that kills you because of all the carcinogens present in the tar! Thanks for the series!
Please don't leave those over head light fixtures a few of them looked liked very old you were very calm when you found that diaphragm contraption good for you Alex totally have enjoyed this series !!! God Bless you all!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
It's always more fun to clean out others peoples stuff than our own. I own an antique store and although i could easily find things in my own stored inventory I keep shopping and bringing in goods that may sometimes not even make it into the store. I started making videos to clear out my furnace room from things I bought a year before. That thankfully helped clear out some space for me. Thanks for the reminder thatbi need to do more videos, just so that I price them and bring them into the store or booth at antique mall
That old photo drives me crazy. I am doing a history of my house that was built in 1951. Between voting records and olds newspapers and ancestry and FB, I know the people who have lived in my house and all the different families and so forth, even found photos. I'd LOVE to see all the different people who lived in my home. The life of the house is so cool.
The covers on all the ceiling lights are really quite beautiful! Theres a house restorer out there who would drool over them! Hope they went with you! Such a lot of sweat equity you put in those clean outs! You deserve to hit gold every time!
Whew!! Glad you are nearing an end, Alex. This house was hard for me to watch, the basement was a mess of ruined items and I shudder at what the mold & debris might have done to your lungs! I have asthma so watching the particles in the air flying caused my concern for you & that little mask you had on. Take care & get fresh air & REST!!
I like your comments about reevaluating the things you have . . . Watching your clean outs has definitely made me reconsider what I have, and especially buy. I am more discriminating in my purchases now. There were a lot of cool, historically valuable things in that house, like a giant time capsule.
OMG, I'm still laughing about the diaphragm discovery! Would love to know why it was so neatly wrapped up with a used tube of the jelly. Thank you for leaving that in, Alex.
I love the corduroy hat! And the tap shoes and talc container too (wonder what size?). I'd like to see more of the shoes. If there's a local historical society, they would likely be interested in a lot of this stuff -- medical notes, etc. could be interesting in the community.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏!!!! Bravo!!! You should get those vented masks that carpenters wear. We have them here in the States at Home Depot. Also maybe wear the big plastic eye goggles. Seeing all the particles flying around while your filming is CRAZY. Plus if there's EVER a rat they are known for jumping at THE FACE!!! One jumped down at my Father's face when I was a little girl and I'll NEVER forget it!!!! He was cleaning a barn out and I happened to stop in with Mom to say hi, it was horrible. One more thing 😅, why not use a tripod? Or a head gear camera? Your hands must get cramped trying to open things with one hand?!?!? Just wondering. Seems like this Family had a very full happy life 🙌. Hope You Made Your Money Back!!! Have You Ever Figured Out The Manhour Costs added with the cleaning supplies and garbage costs? I'm SURE You do EVERY time because You're A Business Man, just interesting. HARD WORK, very rewarding!!!! You are a blessing for many families!!!! Western Upstate New York here 💕
Fantastic Video!! Should say,"Fantastic Videos!!!". Great display of cleaning out another house!! They are very Interesting!!! I sure hope you and your family have a Nice Weekend!! 🤗♥️🙏🏼
I'm dying that Alex didn't know what a diaphragm was. I was so nervous he was going to find a drawing in the manual that was going to throw him for a loop.
"Is this hair dye?" Probably funniest moment on Curiosity Inc. ever....
😮thinking the same thing
@@Kimella777 me too, so funny, i was dreading he would unwrap the actual cap 🤑
So funny.
Me, too!! Haha!!
Okay, I just spit my tea out when Alex unwrapped the box holding the diaphragm. Too friggin' funny! Every woman over the age of 60 will know what this is and why it was , discretely, wrapped in plain brown paper. Diaphragms are still available today but such an early example would be extremely rare and therefore valuable to a medical museum or collector of early female contraception. Good score.
I remember when Kotex boxes were wrapped in brown paper at the drugstore in the 60"s.
Found it kind of odd that it was used and wrapped up in the attic
@@carlaopp9774 And condoms were called, French Safes" and sold behind the counter in drugstores in Canada.
@Julia Harper It could have been the doctor's demonstration model that was kept wrapped between showing it to patients. Diaphragms were a restricted medical device that required a prescription.
@James Davis Alex strikes as conservative, and if having 3 children is any indication, not a prude.
Can we get a follow up video with Melissa's reaction to the "hair dye"?
I did start to laugh when Alex opened the early contraceptive box.
😂 me too!
me three
Me four.
For once I knew what old thing was and Alex didn't. He needs to mention this in his next live feed.
😂
A diaphragm in the attic was not on my bingo card. 😂
Poor Alex! Sorry you weren’t aware. Vintage contraception is no doubt a small niche for collectors!
I would buy it! I kind of hope it goes to auction
Old ledgers tickets and business cards are GOLD for ephemera collectors.
Box up all the ephemera and someone will definetely snatch it up. That stuff is gold for certain types of artists.
I'll bet Melissa DIED of laughter when she saw the diaphragm/hair dye discovery. Alex is such a good sport for leaving it in.
Melissa might be too young to know what that is.
@mimiso2522 yeah I've never seen one
😂😂😂😂😂 we love your innocence Alex! You need to have a sit down with Melissa lol
Great video!
Alex are you going to take the ceiling light from the livingroom?
Alex. I’m sure glad you had those gloves on when you were going through the “hair dye” box. (Diaphragm). Priceless episode. You and your family are also priceless Alex.
😂
Hope the jelly didn't go on toast.
Would he do a taste test like with the chocolate??? 😂😂😂
If you didn’t do so already maybe recheck the empty long boxes in the attic. lt looked taped and could contain an old map or poster and that’s why it was so light.
Yeah, why were they taped...???
Exactly what I was thinking!
The real question is will Alex address the "elephant" in the room during the next live? Or should I say, will Alex be receptive or con-tra-ceptive to the idea?!?!?🤣
Lmao. :D Oh, he's probably going to be asked about the minute it goes live! :D
Aw. The baby shoes broke my heart. Precious memories, all abandoned. I’m glad Alex is receiving some of the things and doing some good with them.
Ok... I am having a serious anxiety attack watching you "rummage" so roughly through ALL of those amazing historic handwritten ledgers, & papers, & photo albums. Please please PLEASE don't throw any of that away. Take it to a library, or a historical society or even drop it off at a near by museum. Take the letters, ballet playbills... whatever you find with any sort of history behind it. You never know who is searching for that particular family line. If nothing else, send it to me and I can take care of it. Thanks so much for amazing work with families.
Yes, all of us who do genealogy were probably having anxiety attacks during the paper rummaging. Hope Alex turns that stuff over to the local genealogy society
Yes YES YES
This, happened in another video.. He was mashing up potentially historical and invaluable vintage magazines. : (
Ahh! Yes! That was really stressful to watch. Has been doing it in every video. He put a tear on the 1930’s newspaper too 😭
I nearly turned off the last video and this one watching you literally tear the antique/ vintage papers. PLEASE be more gentle with this important part of history and send the entire boxes to auction for someone else to treasure if you aren't appreciated of the history. 😢
I was loving all the old ledgers, letters and pictures. I am a junk journaler and all that paper ephemera is priceless. Lots of the junk journal community would gladly buy it. I enjoyed this episode.
Same. All that beautiful old paper. Lots of artists would love getting their hands on it.
I'm not much of a junk saver. To many moves over the years. My mom was one. She had some interesting stuff. She lost most of it when they stored it and the place it was stored in burnt down. So no inherited pieces for us kids.
Old ledger is my "holy grail" find.
20 minutes later I'm still giggling at Alex's pondering the Diaphragm... "hmmm?"
Year ago a woman I knew was wearing a nice piece of jewellery. She bought an old piano. There was a bag of gold and silver jewellery hidden down in the piano pedals. 🤗
Oh my word!! "Hair dye" in discreet plain packaging. Priceless🤣🤣
So wishing I could be a fly on the wall when he reads these comments! Alex we love you. 💜💜😂😂😂
Alex, you may have had this comment before, but people who like to create junk journals are interested in any and all vintage books, ledgers, documents and basically anything made of paper even though it has no other apparent value. Even the old yellowed tape is of interest as may be vintage fabrics and trims in sizes not useful for anything else. If you put out the word you can probably find someone in your area who would at least be willing to pay auction lot price for it. Thanks for showing us all of your finds!
PLEASE make all that available!!
It’s junk journal gold!!
I'm a junk journal maker, and I was drooling and gasping at the doctor's journals. What a find for a JJ maker!
Agreed! Paper ephemera is sellable. Or even a local historical society for the medical information.
Sadly, by the time comments like this are made, much of the ephemera that you mentioned is probably already in the dump.
Local Dr.s would love to have some of those old ledgers
This reminds me that I need to look in our attic. We are in our 100 year old retirement house that we moved in to 5 years ago-and we've never looked in the attic.
Let us know what you find! (Other than wasps nests.)
I think that “mouse hole “ was a drilled hole for wires or cables
Could be because it did look to perfectly rounded to be a mouse hole.
I was thinking of an old phone wires. We had a hole like that to our basement and it was for the wall telephone in our kitchen.
We had holes like that drilled for the flat television wiring back in the 60's.
Most definitely drilled, mice aren’t that precise.
It was for an old land line phone. I found one when I pulled the carpets in my parents’ house.
Please check with the genealogy department of the local library or a historical society if the family does not want the old paperwork/clothes/etc. you found in the attic. Even old business cards should be of interest to them. Such fun you are having with history in your hands!
I think he threw it all out.
Yes, I was also thinking that. I had found a box full of doctors equipment and paperwork and the nursing school took it to put it on display. We had to study the working of a diaphragm in school to teach the ladies. So it wasn't something that I ever used. I am 69 and I took birth control pills and later a spiral with hormones. So I never heard of it when I was at school. But we had to study all kinds of things like that. In the history of nursing. Sometimes they could show us the old stuff. I loved it. I would be scared if they put me 100 years back in time to go see a doctor with all his horrible tools... lol. The only old-fashioned thing I used was syringes that were out of glass with needles that were used a hundred times. Luckily a few years later the plastic syringes came into the workfield... and everything was in metal boxes. I see myself as an 18-year-old student, making swaps out of cotton fabric. Cutting and folding compresses. Then put them in large metal containers for sterilization... then the cotton sometimes was decolored.. a little burned... 😂😂😂
He's kind of heavy handed with the ephemera. I love that stuff.
@@bet1568 yes... I almost cried... 😢🤣
@@bet1568 so many of us Love the Ephemera.
Junk journalers would give their eye-teeth to have just some of the stuff in that attic. Those ledgers!!!! 🤩When you lifted the hats out of that beat-up-beyond-belief suitcase to expose alllllll those letters, my heart leapt and swooned! 😍Amazing stuff!
I'm afraid the biggest money he could make in that house is all that ephemera that probably went to the dump. Us junk journalers would scoop that stuff up on Etsy.
Ow yes... that is gold he trow away. I would live to search in that dumster at night... 😂
@@annnoyez Exacty! Gimme' a call we'll go dumpster diving 🤫, lol
@@poodlegirl55 No kidding! Wow!
In the past, he found a guy on Etsy that sells vintage clothing who bought van loads of it from a different hoarded house, perhaps he could find an Etsy shop that would like to buy the ephemera...🤔
@my take at The Lake unfortunately I live in Belgium... will be hard to set a date... or a place... 😂❤️
Dear Alex, I'm afraid that you will NEVER live this one down! And you were handling the tube..😂🤣😂🤣 I thought we were going to die laughing!!❤
All of those journals, letters, checks, photos, books, etc. are like gold to the Junk Journal community. I hope they were put up for sale or donated somewhere. They just got better and better with each box you opened. I wanted them all.🥰
Me, too!
The silver rimmed bowl is possibly a 25th anniversary gift to them. When I saw those old pics, ballet shoes and outfits and drawings I got sentimental and imagined if that were my ancestors I would love to have them. Lots of memories of some great times were made in that home.
Alex, a diaphragm was an early form of birth control. The jelly was to seal it in place and create a barrier so the busy little guys couldn't reach their goal. They weren't very effective. I was myself conceived around a diaphragm.
🤣
The jelly was superficial jelly
Superficial damned autocorrect
I am sorry, but you made me laugh so hard when you opened the "plain brown paper wrapper"! We all forget how young you are! But some of us old folks need to laugh. Thank you.
Didn’t Alex think it might be a box of chocolates? Just validates Forrest Gump’s saying, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.” 😂
Every junk journaler watching (including me) is drooling! What a treasure trove of paper ephemera, not to mention the historical interest it offers. Your videos are always entertaining, and interesting to watch.
Yes sell all that old ephemera us junk journalist love that stuff!!😊
I was drooling and crying... don't trow it away... like in a previous episode, he trow away 2 yes TWO... old watercolor boxes. I would adore to have them. Even if the paint isn't good anymore, I would live to have a vintage metal box to put my watercolor in. And put it in my studio. (I am a watercolor artist) I literally almost cried... 😢... such a cool treasure. That's when you see the difference of value that people put on things. Sometimes I say trash and he pits it in auction and sometimes he say trash and I start crying and take myself a drink... 😂
Many people use old ledgers and old papers of any kind in art projects and book making. You could sell that as ephemera. I would have loved it. Just an idea.
My father was a pharmacist and I have great memories of checking out the new "dingbat" calendar every year at the store. I think about them every time you come across medical memorabilia. Seeing them made my day!
Our doctors office always had the latest Frosst "Dingbat" posters. I actually found a Dingbat desktop figurine advertising one of their pain relievers in a thrift shop. It's a treasure.
I wanted to see what the piece of wedding cake looked like after so many years. Thanks for this series Alex!
Me too
Great episode! As a collector of ephemera, all those books, letters, receipts, etc., made me wish I’d been there!
The local university library might want some of those old ledgers for their archives. Historians would love to look at those old records. I've spent some time digging through old records in my historical studies and I fear some valuable historical records are going into the trash.
I would love to go with him on a clean-out, as an experiment, and see how much I could earn from selling what Alex throws away. When I see those old faded photos I get the urge to scan them in and restore the colours - there is something, about seeing an old photo come back to vivid life, that is immensely satisfying.
Yes I would have made a lit of money with all the paperwork he trow away. That was gold... I would have used it myself as an artist and sell what I have to much off.
The local historical society should love any of those old photos and newspapers. That carved necklace is most likely ivory. I have a rosary just like it that is very old and made of ivory.
My favourite is when Alex reunites stuff. All the lost items back together! 💖
Alex, you will never live down the Diaphragm scene. "Is it hair dye, is it antiseptic?" LOL I asked my husband who is 9 years younger than me, (he is 37 y/o), if he knew what a diaphragm was, and he said, "Only because it was in a scene from Downton Abbey, where Mary sent her maid to the pharmacy to buy one." LOL. I got a double laugh tonight. Thank you so much !
I really like pictures that were taken inside the house …and shown comparing the two….few do that.
Ha ha the diaphragm. So funny and that attic got me excited for what final treasures might be found! ❤
I think the Lady of the house had the last spiritual laugh it was so funny enjoyed the whole clear out lots of great finds
Nice hats! I hope you rescued the dolls. Even parts can be useful for doll doctors.
All those letters and pics from the attic those will be great memories for the family and how things were back then compared to now. How sweet to be able to read some of those to the great, great, great grandchildren. Have a great day
The blue and white fabric (ticking) in the attic is very valuable in junk journaling. It is very nice as a fabric cover. 😁
Alex! Get the chandelier from the living room. It is amazing!
Pretty clean attic, all things considered. At least it wasn't full of pinecones. Lol.
Oh, my, the history in that attic! I so wanted Alex to tell us the cost if a housecall, etc. These house clean outs are c so interesting. Alex, you go on such varied adventures that I hate to miss an episode. Terrific fun! to watch. 😀😀😀
A local Medical Society or Medical School would love to have some of that stuff for their museum.
The legers should go to the local historical society. Families researching their family might find them useful.
Please keep, sell or donate the journals, old WWll letters etc. I have my parents letter exchanges for a two year period when my dad was on an air craft carrier in the early 1950’s. One note I will never forget started “how’s every little gripe today?” That was my dad asking my mom…..and oh so true of her character. I was able to put the letters somewhat in order, some letters overlapped. I compiled a book that I gave to family members. I have the original letters but they got a small memory should they want to keep it.
And the diaphragm should go to Texas. 😂😂😂
That SANTA CAR!!! OH MY STARS🤩😍
You laughed about the Edgerton historical society but Truly they may want it. I'm on ancestry and I LOVE looking at all the old scanned in documents and maybe it sounds silly but the idea that you could look up your great aunt Martha and see that the doctor had to visit her regularly for "inflammation" or whatever they were calling it in 1934 might be a clue for someone trying to figure out genetic conditions.. it's not nothing 💚
Yes, I've visited that museum, and I'm sure they would welcome some of this memorabilia from my little home town.
PLEASE never delete this video and thank you for being a good sport.. very refreshing that someone on the planet still has some innocence and had no idea what a diaphragm was ♡
....and now maybe we know what the "pre-marital pathological samples" were that were never sent :(
I hope you keep and sell the ledgers and papers. They are very valuable and collectible.
He threw it all out. I think also the old war newspapers and all the paper dolls.
@@deleila_charlie2068 😭😭😭
@@deleila_charlie2068 So super sad! Unless it was moldy!
Lots of great looking hanging lamps. Hope you can save those also.
OMG! The attic ephemera is to die for! God I hope he didn't toss it in the trash! 🤞
I find these house clearances so interesting but so sad all at the same time 😢
I don't want to make anyone sad. Everything I have, I'm taking with me. 👍
@@GuyWithTheDogs don’t blame you .
It seems for the most part when you empty out a home, you find the history of the its occupants. And not just their daily life of activities, but so much more. Some homes have been a bit more special than others, like the potter's house, and the piano teacher/model house. You uncovered not only money, but photos, mementos from days gone by. This is so interesting and entertaining! The attic find was quite sweet, even if not packed with things you could resell.
It is interesting what we keep as years go by. I was discussing to my daughter about buying another set of dishes for my home, but adding that I need not buy another set, until I get rid of a set I already have, which is hard to do, since it belonged to my mom. I wound up living in the house my parents built, and lived in, and I'm still finding things that I didn't know they had. Many things are hard to let go of, but some must go so that I can leave a small bit of evidence that I was here too.
I love the stained glass ceiling light in the living room
It gives me such a sad feeling to see all remnants of these lives mostly going in a Dumpster. It can't be kept, but it still feels sad. And to know some day it will be me!
The 3¢ stamp on some of those letters are worth quite a bit of money….at least they use to be. I would think they still were. Great job on the house Alexander!
Wonderful ephemera, don't throw out old checks and papers, old newspapers, and books. People pay good money for them.
Alex! Please sell the paper finds in bundles if you don’t want to sort it! Vintage letters together, ledgers together even the old tape on the diaphragm box (notice I’m making no comment other than a 😂)…all that paper is Gold to journal makers! I’ve turned my subscribers on to your channel and I’m getting comments on MY channel with folks so sad that these treasures (to us) may end up the garbage. You’re missing a whole community of buyers, my friend! We want it and you’ve got it, so please, please don’t throw it away! Throw it in a bin and sell it to us!!! Thanks, Alex! I love your channel! All the best to you, Melissa and the kiddos! ❤
Vintage letters go to the family.
The diaphragm is the biggest treasure Alex has ever found... PRICELESS!
What a fascinating array of items from the attic. All of that paperwork is either sellable or donatable. What an absolute treasure!
The dr bench definitely has value. People collect macabre oddities like that for sure. It’s not my kinda thing but I have friends who love stuff like that
Ballet and tap shoes, cool
What a bunch of treasure! I wish this was gone through with more care. And donated or sold to a local museum. It kinda hurt my heart to see it just thrown about. I understand it gets old to go through this stuff but Some of that is irreplaceable. I would love to sort through it.
I remember my Doctor having calendars in his office with those weird characters on them…back in the 50s.🖤🇨🇦
I would think all those old photos, etc would be of value to the museums.
Oh, I loved the box with the dancing shoes and clothes in it. Brought back good memories.
I can smell the old dust in my nostrils as you go about that attic, and sweep the floors in the cleared rooms 🙂 By the way, the brown stains everywhere and on the keys of the piano, come from the tar in the cigarettes smoked by the owners, not the nicotine. You get addicted to the nicotine, but it's the tar that kills you because of all the carcinogens present in the tar! Thanks for the series!
Love the ceiling fixture in that last scene. Would be great to add that to your auction.
Wow I was holding my breath thru most of that. Would be neat if they could put the story of the war and times together ❤😊
Please don't leave those over head light fixtures a few of them looked liked very old you were very calm when you found that diaphragm contraption good for you Alex totally have enjoyed this series !!! God Bless you all!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
Lots of neat stuff from the attic!!!
Would love to purchase those old ledgers and notebooks! 😍
A great search though some very old and sellable stuff Alex an episode I really enjoyed thanks for taking us all along for the ride. 👍🏻
It's always more fun to clean out others peoples stuff than our own. I own an antique store and although i could easily find things in my own stored inventory I keep shopping and bringing in goods that may sometimes not even make it into the store. I started making videos to clear out my furnace room from things I bought a year before. That thankfully helped clear out some space for me. Thanks for the reminder thatbi need to do more videos, just so that I price them and bring them into the store or booth at antique mall
I am sure that a local historical museum would be interested in these historical documents - you'll probably have to sign a release of 'ownership'
I can never get enough of these videos,great job again,Alex!👍🏼🤜🏼🤛🏼🙏🏻🥰
I would love to see a video on the jewelry you found.
I would love to read those old letters. Such lovely history.
Don't forget to take the vintage light fuxtures!
The calanders look so cool and all the letters and telegrams from WWII would be incredible to read through.
You should keep that Tupperware brand bowl. I have a friend that sells in an antique mall and as soon as she puts one out it’s sold instantly.
That is a beautiful 1940s hope chest!
That old photo drives me crazy. I am doing a history of my house that was built in 1951. Between voting records and olds newspapers and ancestry and FB, I know the people who have lived in my house and all the different families and so forth, even found photos. I'd LOVE to see all the different people who lived in my home. The life of the house is so cool.
I'm interesting in discovering the history of my home that was built in 1922. I'd appreciate some pointers of how to find this information.
The covers on all the ceiling lights are really quite beautiful! Theres a house restorer out there who would drool over them! Hope they went with you! Such a lot of sweat equity you put in those clean outs! You deserve to hit gold every time!
Sawdust was sometimes free especially in towns with sawmills in the early days.
Whew!! Glad you are nearing an end, Alex. This house was hard for me to watch, the basement was a mess of ruined items and I shudder at what the mold & debris might have done to your lungs! I have asthma so watching the particles in the air flying caused my concern for you & that little mask you had on. Take care & get fresh air & REST!!
Wow! What a huge job!!! Hope your sale goes great and it's great for you! 😊😊😊😊
I like your comments about reevaluating the things you have . . . Watching your clean outs has definitely made me reconsider what I have, and especially buy. I am more discriminating in my purchases now.
There were a lot of cool, historically valuable things in that house, like a giant time capsule.
16:38 Alexander, maybe those postage stamps on the can have some sort of value. I would check it out.
OMG, I'm still laughing about the diaphragm discovery! Would love to know why it was so neatly wrapped up with a used tube of the jelly. Thank you for leaving that in, Alex.
I love the corduroy hat! And the tap shoes and talc container too (wonder what size?). I'd like to see more of the shoes. If there's a local historical society, they would likely be interested in a lot of this stuff -- medical notes, etc. could be interesting in the community.
The diaphragm was the funniest thing I have seen in years. Antiseptic yes it is that it prevents baby germs
😂😂😂
LOL
You need a miners helmet with a light on it!😉
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏!!!! Bravo!!! You should get those vented masks that carpenters wear. We have them here in the States at Home Depot. Also maybe wear the big plastic eye goggles. Seeing all the particles flying around while your filming is CRAZY. Plus if there's EVER a rat they are known for jumping at THE FACE!!! One jumped down at my Father's face when I was a little girl and I'll NEVER forget it!!!! He was cleaning a barn out and I happened to stop in with Mom to say hi, it was horrible. One more thing 😅, why not use a tripod? Or a head gear camera? Your hands must get cramped trying to open things with one hand?!?!? Just wondering. Seems like this Family had a very full happy life 🙌. Hope You Made Your Money Back!!! Have You Ever Figured Out The Manhour Costs added with the cleaning supplies and garbage costs? I'm SURE You do EVERY time because You're A Business Man, just interesting. HARD WORK, very rewarding!!!! You are a blessing for many families!!!! Western Upstate New York here 💕
Oh I want those books so much!