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sinkingfeeling

(52,741 posts) Wed Sep 4, 2024, 09:46 PM Sep 4

I just discovered my 56 year old Proctor Silex ironing board is worth between $150 and $300!! I [View all]

was putting it away when it dawned on me that I got it as a wedding present. It still has the label on it, so I did a quick Ebay search. Mine is all dark blue, a 1967 model. There's one out there still in a box and avocado green: asking $395. Who knew your ironing board appreciates in value?

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I just discovered my 56 year old Proctor Silex ironing board is worth between $150 and $300!! I [View all] sinkingfeeling Sep 4 OP

Well of course. My wife got her ironing board right after we go married in 1968... Enter stage left Sep 4 #1

A guest in my house was admiring my "antique toaster" The Blue Flower Sep 4 #2

I'm still using a box fan that we had in my childhood home in 1959. likesmountains 52 Sep 4 #3

I had one like that. Ocelot II Sep 4 #4

If it's unsold on eBay it's not "worth" $300. Klarkashton Sep 4 #5

I searched on sold. The $395 one hasn't sold. sinkingfeeling Sep 4 #9

Good people get their hopes up about what they Klarkashton Sep 5 #10

Want another shock? See what "vintage" Rubbermaid laundry baskets sell for! Freethinker65 Sep 4 #6

We still have towels we got as wedding presents BOSSHOG Sep 4 #7

My grandmothers Griswold #8 is worth..well a lot. Lochloosa Sep 4 #8

I realized the other day Figarosmom Sep 5 #11

People like to look at or collect things Marthe48 Sep 5 #12

I had 2 estate sales when I left Arkansas. All my antique furniture and thousands of collectibles were sinkingfeeling Sep 5 #13

I feel for you Marthe48 Sep 5 #14