Garb Safari

06/20/2026

Who’d have thought that working the reseller trade would make one privy to unsolicited selfies?!
This pair of interactions occurred on Wednesday, both accompanying successful transactions.
I had to stand my ground, $-wise, while praising one customer’s fleshy fan dedication.
The other one was a coffee mug purchased at a yard sale last Saturday for $2, listed on Tuesday and sold on Wednesday for $40. During the listing process I wasn’t able to glean any meaningful info nor historical comps of similar items and this was frustrating because I like to represent in a thorough fashion (since I had a gut feeling this item was noteworthy.)
Well right after buying, the customer sent a DM giving context for the cup and so finally possessing that info provided piece of mind, even after the fact (because next time I’ll know - and there’s always a next time.)

06/16/2026

I prefer to call it a ‘temporary downshift’ instead of summer slowdown.
This quartet is all that we shipped today from weekend sales on on , and .
We’re grateful to mail whatever we can, persistently listing new items all the while and dealing with a multitude of summer distraction.
In fact, the additional 2 EBay items that are shown actually sold during the process of making this post (the vintage cd carrying case was only first listed a month ago)
*we’re down to our very last 2 Bayou Rum gator mugs
As always, the purpose of this content isn’t to flip brag or give hard sell but to merely showcase the range of cool products that we offer and continually curate.
Who knows, perhaps there’s something in our store of interest right now that someone hasn’t bought out from under you… yet.
😉
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06/10/2026

Let’s say your Gandolf staff made it around Hawai’i but you failed to collect the appropriate souvenirs.
Your one stop shop can fetch this quartet of walking stick medallions (each in original unopened packaging) all in one fell swoop.
Quick links to Trad’r Don Mercantile/ Garb Safari’s offerings on several platforms can be found within our bio or at garbsafari.com...

06/08/2026

estate sale auction pickup today; spotted this at the back of the garage as I made off with 5 lots- a nice, compact clutch of ephemera.

06/02/2026

For reals!

Sometime around 1781, while serving as minister to France, Benjamin Franklin set his pen to paper to address an important subject. Not liberty, diplomacy, or trade relations — passing gas.  “It is universally well known,” the great statesman and polymath wrote, “That in digesting our common...

05/30/2026

Last night and tonight’s biddings on online estate sale auctions lots within the closing minutes.
Four wins and 4 distinct items (half happen to be ashtrays) which captured my fancy though there’s plenty more worthy stuff within these lots accompanying the spoils of victory.

05/28/2026

13 years ago we were in high anticipation of hopping onto season 4.
Little did we know…
**f

05/27/2026

Well, another holiday weekend has come and gone along with a requisite mark-down sale with marginal returns to show for it.
The type of one-offs that my mercantile curates aren’t conducive to summer shopping habits or any sort of pricing urgency, therefore our sales traffic is typically slower.
So it goes.
I’ve got a never-ending, backyard escapist project for distraction anyway.
Only one of these pictured items sold over the weekend but all six were bought from us within the month of May on (four of them were sourced and listed just over the last couple of weeks.)
These six items were acquired* by us for FREE (or for merely the cost of gas) and grossed over a combined $650.
This scenario is by no means a common one (our ASP is generally much lower) but when sales velocity gets a bit slow it’s nice to reflect on when things have gone extraordinarily well, profit-wise.

*This inventory came into our possession care of friend donations, FB Marketplace and free bins at record stores and flea markets.

05/25/2026

Revisiting this perennial fave and, note to self: damn- still gotta read that JOVE BOOK!

05/22/2026

It’s been a proud, momentous week for the family.
Our oldest graduated* from with Summa Cum Laude honors (now it’s off to .lausanne, Switzerland in the fall.)
The very next day my lovely wife received the Teacher of the Year award for her school (the 2nd such prestigious honor during her career) and was commended for her ‘Aloha Spirit.’
*even Bobby-Bob-Bob sent along his congrats