Bear Hardcore Picker

Bear Hardcore Picker

Bear shares his hard earned knowledge and behind the scenes view on the antiques business on the Canadian Prairies. He has been in the business for 34+ years as a professional picker/antiques dealer in Manitoba, Canada. Having had a shop since he was 24, establishing it in 1994, he had been picking antiques and collectibles as a profession since 1989, long before it was a topic of reality TV shows. The majority of his life he has been involved in "junking"/picking/antiquing and otherwise searching for treasures of various kinds, since the age of 7. He also has a passion for re-use, and does sculpture from found/salvaged materials, as well as being a writer. He also has had other additional businesses in the salvage/reuse end of things, and still does some scrap metal recycling on the side.

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  • @scrapitall200
    @scrapitall2007 сағат бұрын

    That looked like fun to me!

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker6 сағат бұрын

    As a scrapper, you would have had a ball for sure!

  • @scrapitall200
    @scrapitall2005 сағат бұрын

    @@bearhardcorepicker absolutely, 100%!

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker5 сағат бұрын

    @@scrapitall200 Be assured that all the scrap was valued, though, as that is the owner's retirement project to process and get it all sold. Lots of stuff I didn't film, out of respect for his privacy. Was appreciative he allowed me to film the pick overall.

  • @Kevscancave
    @Kevscancave18 сағат бұрын

    I’m only halfway through that incredible pick! That sign looked really good for getting dug up! 👍👀👍 Thanks!

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker6 сағат бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it! Yeah, it was amazing that it had been underground and remained relatively decent looking!

  • @Kevscancave
    @Kevscancave6 сағат бұрын

    @@bearhardcorepicker That’s so cool … love a good story👍😎👍

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker6 сағат бұрын

    @@Kevscancave If you had seen this property before it was cleaned up you would have been flaberghasted. You couldn't even drive in to it when he first bought it. He's done an amazing job of getting it to that point.

  • @Kevscancave
    @Kevscancave6 сағат бұрын

    @@bearhardcorepicker sounds like a pick of a lifetime! 🏆👏

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker5 сағат бұрын

    @@Kevscancave Just the sort of place I tend to look for, and I've done many like it (and ones much more extreme) over the past 34 years. I'd have had several viral videos if I'd been filming them way back when. I enjoy them, though some can be stressful, and you have to be sensitive to the situations, especially if the person who hoarded the site is still alive. Hoarding is a mental illness, after all. Did one other like it this year, but didn't get to film it, just filmed the resulting purchases. They can hold great potential, depending on the type of items hoarded. In this case, it was a matter of the original owner saving things he felt were of value, and, frankly, he wasn't wrong in many of his choices...but storage conditions, age, and health (etc) all combined to the point where things really got out of control. He did sell things when he was still alive, so it was not a textbook hoarding situatuion where he wasn't willing to get rid of things. I will be trying to film more POV videos of the picks I go on, but folks can tend to be pretty private.

  • @storagebandits7031
    @storagebandits70312 күн бұрын

    Always enjoy your videos my friend 🙂

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker2 күн бұрын

    Glad you're enjoying them! Thanks for watching!

  • @blakelycreative3171
    @blakelycreative31718 күн бұрын

    Very cool watching this unfold. Thanks!

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker8 күн бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching! Will be doing another similar video on a rare Aurora figural model kit selling in August that I consinged with Heritage Auctions, also.

  • @coldwarmercantile
    @coldwarmercantile8 күн бұрын

    those bags are in great condition. amazing you paid full price for the hardware these days with razor think margins. But turns out she threw in some stuff so it must come back around. I bet the primitive table is lightning fast sale. Cool stuff!

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker8 күн бұрын

    Turned out to be some good sets of Edwardian/Victorian dresser handles and other good salable hardware in the crate, so should easily make 8 times what I paid for the lot, though that will be over time, as not all of it will fly out the door. The primitive table did sell right after posting it on Instagram and the dealer who bought it saw it on Facebook.

  • @kevinfiebelkorn4715
    @kevinfiebelkorn471511 күн бұрын

    I wish I had kept my old Tonka trucks from the late 50's to early 60's but the one I miss the most is my Texaco fire truck with the working nozzle.

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker11 күн бұрын

    Glad the video brought back good memories!

  • @harryhumstone3149
    @harryhumstone314911 күн бұрын

    This is the stuff I like vintage toys

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker11 күн бұрын

    Gotta like toys!

  • @LeftyShooter88
    @LeftyShooter8813 күн бұрын

    well shoot...found this video too late. bought a few route 66 signs and a couple oil company signs i thought were originals. got me with the chipping and rusting. now I know...lesson learned. there are a couple names that are running rampant right now. not sure how i could report them. couple names to avoid: Signs77, mojo_1955, collectibl-48, sheilgriffi_86. bought from them the last couple weeks and judging from some examples in this video, they fit squarely in the fake range. bit annoyed, i'm usually more cautious. I'm trying to fill out a mancave/workshop/content creation area so i guess i got auction happy.

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker13 күн бұрын

    Sorry you got stung. You'll now know for next time you encounter the fakes.

  • @chrisfrombelgium946
    @chrisfrombelgium94614 күн бұрын

    wow, the rarest of the aurora lot! I've got the resin one.

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker14 күн бұрын

    Yep! Could be yours, too....auction starts the 23rd of this month! Going to add the link to the description shortly.

  • @harryhumstone3149
    @harryhumstone314917 күн бұрын

    Thousand dollars sounds pretty good. It does look like a lot of work.

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker17 күн бұрын

    Expenses were in the $600 or so range, and then factoring in cost of goods, it really made the actual profits slim. So, didnt; really get paid for my work. Good thing I enjoyed the trip. And got some money out of the inventory sio I can use it to buy more....just spent $275 on a big box of vintage toys this afternoon....video coming next week!

  • @user-lv5uz8uu2l
    @user-lv5uz8uu2l18 күн бұрын

    Dr Fritz Pollak also invented - Plaskon - Beetle and Melmac plastics. He was the true genius of colored plastics. Baekeland never figured out how to properly color Bakelite as it was a cloudy amber resin.

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker18 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the additonal info!

  • @user-lv5uz8uu2l
    @user-lv5uz8uu2l18 күн бұрын

    Catalin was invented in Vienna by Dr Fritz Pollak in 1926. He sold the formulas to the newly created American Catalin Co for $100,000 in 1927.

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker9 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the additional information!

  • @rhyattgere4833
    @rhyattgere483323 күн бұрын

    I had that Lost in Space model as a kid. I loved that thing.

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker23 күн бұрын

    It is pretty cool. Thanks for watching!

  • @timothym7472
    @timothym747225 күн бұрын

    Good luck on those beauties!

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker25 күн бұрын

    Thanks! Looking forward to the sale!

  • @storagebandits7031
    @storagebandits703125 күн бұрын

    Thanks for sharing my friend

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker25 күн бұрын

    Thanks for watching!!

  • @Kevscancave
    @Kevscancave25 күн бұрын

    Excellent Finds! Best of Luck on them! 👍😎👍

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker25 күн бұрын

    Thanks Kev! Crossing my fingers they go well!

  • @JeremyBreeden89
    @JeremyBreeden8927 күн бұрын

    🤔 I probably have over 2000 keys that I found in a old storage unit where someone abandoned their things. Some of the keys in my collection are super old as well, idk if that makes them any more valuable or not.

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker27 күн бұрын

    There are some keys that hold value beyond scrap and crafts/art use. Antique Cash register keys, hand cuff, and round barrel cabinet keys/skeleton keys all hold better value. A house skeleton key I sell for $5 - $7, and cabinet keys about the same or a even a couple bucks more. Happy sorting!

  • @harryhumstone3149
    @harryhumstone314929 күн бұрын

    Catalogs are cool to go through. I like the Sears wish catalogs they’re worth a lot of money. I’ll take JCPenney ones also.

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker29 күн бұрын

    Yeah, I coudl leaf through them all day....

  • @harryhumstone3149
    @harryhumstone3149Ай бұрын

    Well there you have a lot to figure out what you’re gonna price my favorite course is Coleman lantern inbox

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepickerАй бұрын

    Got most of it priced and out in the shop the day I filmed the video, actually. Need to do that, or I fall behind in processing inventory quickly.... Thanks for watching, Harry!

  • @scrapitall200
    @scrapitall200Ай бұрын

    Awesome finds buddy!

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepickerАй бұрын

    Thanks! And thanks for watching!

  • @harryhumstone3149
    @harryhumstone3149Ай бұрын

    I like the old stuff

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepickerАй бұрын

    Ditto!

  • @rickmiller5356
    @rickmiller5356Ай бұрын

    I like your shop You have a lot of great inventory. I'd love to have my own shop but at my age and in the area I live in it's not a good idea. So I sell on Etsy but li,it myself to smaller items that I can easily ship.

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepickerАй бұрын

    Thanks! I sell a bit on ETSY, but am finding it is declining these past couplel months...

  • @sarahmarzoff5651
    @sarahmarzoff5651Ай бұрын

    The full Mobil oil tin you'll do well,approximately $50 to $80 piece,other 2 are $25 to $40

  • @sarahmarzoff5651
    @sarahmarzoff5651Ай бұрын

    I see Wright's is having a Mancave Auction sale online this weekend, I don't know if you bid on some items.. Couple of old Coleman lanterns online... I love Coca Cola,I go crazy when I see Coca Cola or 7 up stuff..

  • @storagebandits7031
    @storagebandits7031Ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing my friend 🙂

  • @harryhumstone3149
    @harryhumstone3149Ай бұрын

    Bakelite sells quick

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepickerАй бұрын

    I find the cutlery and utensils take awhile, but the other stuff can go quickly.

  • @Kevscancave
    @KevscancaveАй бұрын

    Wow! Great that Esso lighter is sweet! 👍👀👍

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepickerАй бұрын

    Yeah, I thought it was cool, too!

  • @harryhumstone3149
    @harryhumstone3149Ай бұрын

    What’s your thoughts is vintage Christmas caught up to Halloween yet I think it’s getting mighty close

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepickerАй бұрын

    Pretty much neck and neck in popularity, imho.

  • @harryhumstone3149
    @harryhumstone3149Ай бұрын

    Bear I can’t give away a rocker I assume at yard sales for 10$ and more than likely either they throw them out or give them the Goodwill

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepickerАй бұрын

    Oddly enough, I sold the rocker on the left just last week. Went to a 85 year old lady, though.

  • @harryhumstone3149
    @harryhumstone3149Ай бұрын

    I like John Deere stand and believe it or not. I like those Lee pants. I’m interested to see how much they’re worth.

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepickerАй бұрын

    What pants size are you? :) I'll be investigating value when I have a bit of time to take pics of them and post them in a couple vintage clothing FB groups I'm in...WIll make note of it in a future video.

  • @scrapitall200
    @scrapitall200Ай бұрын

    I’ve gotta believe someone would buy the E.T. puzzle, it’s cool.

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepickerАй бұрын

    Hopefully it will sell! It turned out to be complete, luckily.

  • @storagebandits7031
    @storagebandits7031Ай бұрын

    Great video as always my friend 🙂

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepickerАй бұрын

    Thanks! And thank-you for watching!

  • @hamzakhandon5161
    @hamzakhandon5161Ай бұрын

    Thanks for shere ❤

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepickerАй бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @storagebandits7031
    @storagebandits7031Ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing my friend 🙂

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepickerАй бұрын

    You're welcome! And thanks for watching!

  • @FerdypratamaPratama-jc8gv
    @FerdypratamaPratama-jc8gvАй бұрын

    Saya barusan saja hampir terkena dengan nama akun fcabok JULIE CASTRO ,dengacara dia mau mengirimkan tabungan selama dia bekerja di ukraeina sebagai meliter kepa saya lewat penagatara paket berisi uang sebesar $860000 dolar ,dan saya harus membayar uang pajak negara di ukraeina ke indonesia sejumlah 6juta rupiah,tapi tidak saya lakukan karena udh ada kejanggalan di hati saya

  • @storagebandits7031
    @storagebandits7031Ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing my friend 🙂

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepickerАй бұрын

    Thanks for watching!!

  • @email12EER
    @email12EERАй бұрын

    You selling them brotha?

  • @traveler5973
    @traveler5973Ай бұрын

    I'm talking to her or whoever right now

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepickerАй бұрын

    You're actually quite likely talking to a guy, not a girl, most likely, and they are 100% a scammer. Stop talking to them, report them to the website you're on, and block them.

  • @storagebandits7031
    @storagebandits7031Ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing my friend 🙂

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepickerАй бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @coldwarmercantile
    @coldwarmercantileАй бұрын

    its all cumulative. No giant scores but it still adds to the inventory. Garage sales are fun you never know what you will find. In the midwest in US everything costs .25 cents pretty much, then you go out to Arizona or west coast and the prices are almost more than new retail.

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepickerАй бұрын

    You'll never know until you go whether there will be a true treasure.

  • @harryhumstone3149
    @harryhumstone3149Ай бұрын

    Well the Pyrex is nice and clean

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepickerАй бұрын

    Yep, that was at least a plus.

  • @THEKINDNESSOFSTRANGERSUK
    @THEKINDNESSOFSTRANGERSUK2 ай бұрын

    I used to buy and sell enamel signs here in UK 10 years ago.. today I’d say 75% of signs at auction are modern repros and intentional fakes 😂

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepickerАй бұрын

    It's slowly increasing here as well....depends on the auctioneer, though...most auctioneers are being forthright and pointing out upfront the stuff is fake, but there are a few who turn a blind eye to the fact they are consigning fakes and still sell them as old and with a "its auction so its buyer beware, as is, where is" attitude.

  • @garysandburg8199
    @garysandburg81992 ай бұрын

    You spent to much time on old photos. I waster 40 minutes of my life on it

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker2 ай бұрын

    I’ll take that into consideration next time I get a batch of photos. But, some people want to see such things. Can’t please everyone all the time. I appreciate the view, though.

  • @joernone
    @joernone2 ай бұрын

    Try "truest" wishes.

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker2 ай бұрын

    I think you're right!

  • @storagebandits7031
    @storagebandits70312 ай бұрын

    Great video as always. Thanks for sharing

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @harryhumstone3149
    @harryhumstone31492 ай бұрын

    Old stuff, pictures, all good stuff. Military stuff usually sells. I’m sure you know that.

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker2 ай бұрын

    Yep! Thanks for watching, Harry!

  • @skylarmickel
    @skylarmickel2 ай бұрын

    I know this is a pretty good video but I would be interested in a video showing how to take the handles off the flatware pieces. Thank you!

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker2 ай бұрын

    Unfortuantely, I have yet to find a way to effectively remove the handles from knives, forks, spoons, etc and preserve the handles intact. They are molded on, and with the brittle aspect of Bakeite, they will shatter around that area when forcefully pulled, twisted, etc. Thanks for watching!

  • @skylarmickel
    @skylarmickel2 ай бұрын

    @@bearhardcorepicker Oh okay Thank you for responding and letting me know. I will experiment around and see if I can figure it out.

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker2 ай бұрын

    @@skylarmickel If you make any progress, drop me a line or comment here!

  • @ripstop5082
    @ripstop50822 ай бұрын

    That was a good find. I'm still amazed that bakelite is desirable as consumer goods. I've always liked Americana and art deco but I have an unreasonable, irrational bias against bakelite. I think it's just that bakelite looks cheap when used for consumer goods. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder though and the market proves me wrong. You can market those plain little glass bottles to Cosplayers or LARPers as potion bottles if you get cork stoppers for them. Google potion bottle for some stupid prices.

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the tip! Might have to try some of the plain bottles on Etsy sometime with those keywords...

  • @lizgarner2320
    @lizgarner23202 ай бұрын

    My grandpa worked on railroad and the family lived in a railroad house …in the early 1940 I’d love the railroad lamp..watch you asking for it

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker2 ай бұрын

    Which one? There were 2, a CPR and a CNR. The CNR now has the correct, embossed CNR globe in it, as I replaced the unmarked one.

  • @lizgarner2320
    @lizgarner23202 ай бұрын

    @@bearhardcorepicker it don’t matter sweetie either

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker2 ай бұрын

    @@lizgarner2320 The CPR one with the amber globe is $110, the CNR is $85, Canadian $. If you're interested, send me a message to the email address, which is located under the blurb next to the picture of my neon shop sign on the main page.

  • @sarahmarzoff5651
    @sarahmarzoff56512 ай бұрын

    I think you did very well for $800.00,should be worth $2500 to $5000 for most of items.. I usually don't sell what U.S.A dollars wants,if we live in Canada, I sell in Canadian currency...makes sense...??? Cast Iron Seats can ranges $30 to $40 a piece...Watch $50 in working order,seen a Chinese made pocket watch in Steinbach antique sale,go for $40.. Western Groceries, Coffee tin very scarce, can put any price on it...Farm wrenchs very valuable... Coleman Sunshine lantern with no glass globe sells for $40.. Cast Iron grates $45 to $50 a piece in Winnipeg.. Good pickings my friend

  • @bearhardcorepicker
    @bearhardcorepicker2 ай бұрын

    Thanks! I'm thinking in the lower value range, once everything is sold, but that will take awhile. There is a seat there that was worth $285, but being that it is cracked it is more in the $85 range now. Most of the seats are less, and not quick sellers these days.The tin sold quick, as did the nozzle. But the rest will take awhile.