Trunk Sealed 60 years! let's open it! what will we find?!? 

I know exactly what this trunk is. My grandma had a similar trunk filled with all of her treasures from when she was a little girl in the “Old Country”. She would add to it as she grew and got married. She called it her Treasure Chest. We all went thru it when she died and it was so emotional but so fun at the same time. I miss you nannie❤

To me, this looks like the girlhood treasures left behind at home when she headed to nursing school. Packed up probably by her mother or someone clearing out the room. Might not have much value monetarily, but to a family historian, it would truly be a treasure.

I thought Alex had mentioned that he does voice over work as another form of income for his family. Why wouldn’t he? Alex is well spoken and is easy to hear and understand. More companies should use his voice.

We have pictures of my mother from around 1952-53,age of about 6 or 7, in a little short dress, wearing a cowboy hat and holsters holding HER cap guns. There's also one with her and her nieces, who were the same age as she, and all had their cowboy hats and holsters and cap guns. That trunk definitely was once a little girls whole world in a box. Loved this video! ❤️

The pad is a fore runner of the etch-a-sketch and you can erase your work -by I think - lifting the clear sheet away from the pad. In UK we used to get something similar free in comics and cereal boxes which worked when you slid the pad front out.

This was a great video, ad/voiceover included. Alex, you and Melissa are wonderful, kind hearted people. You've brought happiness to so many people, personally and through your video's. As one who has watched your channel for a few years, I say go for whatever you need or want to do. It's your life. To the followers who enjoy the content of your video's yet have the nerve to criticize your choices (ads or whatever) I think they have a lot of nerve judging you. Nobody has the right to judge another person unless they've walked in their shoes. Furthermore, I for one am so sick of those who tell you how to film by using a tripod or go pro. You've explained why you don't a million times!!! People should be grateful for all you do!!! ☮❤

Maybe you wont see this, but re the short arm doll, one of my elderly relatives told me in the late 90s before she died she was into modifying dolls for couples to better represent the baby they where having, e.g. re painting dolls to be mixed race, this was mostly because all dolls made commercially around that time where "white with very fair skin and blue eyes so rarely could they find a doll that was like their baby or daughter". Around the late 50s early 60s she got quite a few requests to shorten the arms or legs of dolls that where family heirlooms to be past on to children who had be born affected by thalidomide. Parents wanted to give their children the doll that had belonged to the mother or even grandmother and would ask her to swap out arms or legs to make the doll more closely represent their daughter.

You will be surprised at the value of those old dolls Alex. Thank you for sharing with us! 🥰🥰🥰

Those dolls are definitely worth something to a collector! Very cool

Alex I'm almost certain that's a Steiff bear. My own Steiff Teddy, given to me at my birth in 1964, is the near twin, possibly a tiny bit smaller but had the same mohair fur, excelsior stuffing, jointed limbs and swiveling neck. As I recall, Steiff bears were made in various sizes and earlier ones tended to be a bit larger. That would track if this one is from the early 60's compared to my mid-60's bear which is only a tad smaller. The paw felt is often the first to show wear, eventually developing holes that lets the stuffing show. My Teddy has now lost all his fur and his growler stopped working when I was still quite young so the fact that this one doesn't make sound may only mean it has stopped working. Likewise, my Teddy's Steiff ear button was probably removed by my parents to avoid a choking hazard but my mother confirms he definitely had it when he was given to me by grandparents. The buttons are often missing on old Steiffs. The clincher for me that this bear is a Steiff is the eyes and the face--that oh so familiar face and those eyes, not to mention the mohair fur. I gasped in recognition when you picked him up. The 1960's newspaper packed with him suggests he is from the right era. My own Teddy is very, very old, and is very much loved. This one is, as you say, in pretty good shape for the age. It is a good candidate for restoration. He deserves to go to someone who would love him. I hope you will treat him very gently and find him a good home.

At around 5:20, the Magic Portfolio from International Harvester... I had a similar one in the early 50's. It was a dark waxy cardboard covered by a plastic sheet. You could write on it with a pencil or stylus, and the wax would impress the mark on the back of the top sheet. When you lifted the clear sheet, everything would be erased. In days when writing paper was considered a valuable commodity and not to be wasted, parents could provide this item to a scribbling child and hopefully keep them from practicing on the walls.

Another great video Alex, I love the surprises you uncover! Oh, I almost forgot, when you were opening up the newspaper looking at the prices of items, I noticed a headline about a space chimp. I think that would be an interesting read for 1961. I decided to Google it and this is what I found, "Sixty years ago, on November 29, 1961, Enos became the first chimpanzee to orbit the Earth. He flew on NASA's Mercury-Atlas 5 (MA-5) mission, which the relatively new space agency deemed necessary before orbiting an astronaut in a Mercury capsule. But Enos is little remembered today." Now there is a step back in time!

Less a box of things with monetary value, but a box of family memories. I'm sure to whoever packed it that was far more valuable. Lots of doll collectors out there, and people who restore them, hopefully you'll find a buyer.

That was awesome! I was born in 1961. I felt like I was looking at things that could have been packed away by my mom or grandma. Thanks for the memories.

I love seeing all the precious things that were packed in the trunk. I had lots of cap guns and also dolls. I am 75 year old grandmother now. YES I WOULD take a TESLA any time free or not. If it was free you could sell it ,duh. Your add was great. Thank you for all your videos.❤️

I think that’s a fish knife rather than a letter opener .Lovely dolls 😊

I enjoy Alex’s videos because of his voice and down to earth humour. He’s going to be a Canadian icon someday!

AM on the doll’s neck stands for Armand Marseille. Usually there’s a model number too. He made dolls in Germany. The baby doll by him with the sleep eyes is in the best shape of the lot. Jan Foulk puts out an annual doll values book. Also check out Terriault’s doll auctions for values if you’re interested.

That was fun. I don't know how you can resist looking through these things as soon as you find them. Thank you for sharing. 😃

He has a right to make money doing videos for our entertainment. Just skip it if it offends you.

The embroidered purse looks like it's in the style of the slavic states. It's an interesting type of embroidery where the front and the back look exactly the same so the embroidery is reversible. You see this in Hungarian Kalocsa, and some Croatian and Serbian hand made aprons, and ceremonial clothing, and household linens. A vintage piece like this should sell well with the right collectors.

I am not into dolls or stuffed animals BUT they were delighted to be free after soooo many years thanks to you. There are collectors out there that will love to give them a new home 😊 Free car, anytime 😮

Alex, Sweet finds of a era gone by. We had one of the orange inserts & they actually work getting the juice out of an orange. 😆

Sweet and sad finds in the trunk! Hopefully they will find a new place or home to reside in! I know they're not alive but once upon a time they meant oh so very much to someone. Nice voice over Alex!!

You got nearly to the bottom of the trunk before my heart skipped a beat. I've been collecting petrified wood for years and have some pretty interesting pieces.

Great collection of items Alex. It reminds me of my great grandmother’s trunk….dolls, textiles, pictures, love letters and more. She had kept what she had inherited from her grandparents in the trunk. Really enjoyed watching this.

I think this trunk held the keepsakes of a lady who passed away. I love everything in there. It feels so sacred and sad that there is no family to treasure it. The mildew can be wiped off the purse and wallets.

That Juicer actually works. I have actually used them to just sit and "drink" fresh juice from it while it was stuck in the fruit. And those dolls are awesome! I'd love to have them all but the floral art is where it is at for me. My walls are covered in vintage floral art

All you have to do is forward to his program...no big deal...love your videos, Alex...very entertaining.. Hello from TEXAS.....

What a great voice you have for commercials!!!

The magic slate is like an etch a sketch. you draw on the top layer with a closed pen, and to erase, you lift the clear top layer. I had one in 1955

Look at you Alex! Great job on the voice over. It is a bit ironic that the man who doesn't buy vehicles made within the last 50 years is doing an ad for one of the most modern cars on the market. 😄

We kept my great-grandmothers' steamer travel trunks and used them for storage of all kinds of heirlooms. quilts and braided and hooked rugs, and aprons (made from flour and sugar calico printed sacks) made by them, and a couple of antique baby dolls my mother was given in the 1920s as a little girl. etc. I still have one and use it for the same purpose! great memories of loved ones long ago, who still seem very present when I see and hold their things!

I soooo enjoyed this! I collect old dolls. Live on an island in Alaska so the collecting is limited but sure have gotten some gems. Keep them displayed in a large glass hutch and absolutely love them, unfortunately the rest of my family and grandchildren do not feel the same about them. Always enjoy your videos and your neat family,

Alex, I continue to be amazed 👏 at the amount od items you can open with one hand!! Every time I see you do it, I want to help you to make it a bit easier for you, but you seem to be able to do just fine on your own 🙂!

You know, considering the stuff is from the late 1930s, including that cap gun, from England, I wonder if she was sent abroad to escape the war. One could write a story behind that trunk.

I would have had to give those dolls and animals a reassuring hug after being left for so long! I couldn't have just piled them up on the floor!!

The fabric and embroidery will make a nice lot.

I love watching you opening old trunks and such. It's like going through Great Mama's closet. 🌹❤️🌹

Alex you have a great announcers voice! Good job ❤. I love your videos and have learned so MUCH!

Loved seeing all the treasures in the trunk, all the lovingly kept toys were amazing

. " a genuine Gene Autry cap gun !" LOL. Love your excitement over the unexpected toy gun ! and the child's preparation for going " Wesr" 🙂 ! You pace this SO WELL, so interesting. Your one handed skill is amazing.

Alex has such a good voice, I found myself paying attention to the ad. I also love the way you open things with one hand. Always entertaining and enjoyable. Thank you for the discovery video. I remember when you found the trunk. Very cool!

They used to make those hair pieces and called them "rats". A woman used one to wrap her hair around to give it body in a French twist hairdo or other up-dos. My grandmother used one for her beautiful French twist that was finger waved along the front her head...always so pretty.

Wow loved the stuff in the trunk all that sewing and embroidery was beautiful what I could see

Another great video from a great family. Thank you for sharing. Those dolls are awesome but I do love the toy cap gun !

What a time machine. Thanks for sharing Brother Alexander 😀👍♥️🇨🇦💯💯

I enjoyed this unpacking. I also enjoyed hearing Alex on the commercial.

I think you will find that it was a fish knife in the jewelry box. Not a letter opener. Love all the dolls.

Sure enjoyed this video Alex. Thank you for sharing all your adventures with us.

It's always fun going through the boxes to see what's in there I watch your channel every time you post I so enjoy your videos

Enjoyed the video! Inspirational! I'm decluttering today but took some time to read some of my mom's handwritten letters... I will save those for always :) I have them in a large binder but think I might find a treasure box to put them in for those here after me.

The little perfumed bags were called sachets.

Check the backs of those framed pictures. My great-grandmother was always stuffing $ bills behind the brown paper backing.

Love this video Alex :) Thanks for sharing with us the opening of this trunk ! You do you Alex Keep up the great work man

The trunk itself is really cool and must be worth a bit.

Lots of little stuff packed away! Fun find!

Alexander, It's always fun watching you struggle:) Cheers, Rik

Lovely finds of someone's life from the past and a trunk full of love and positivity. A painting gifted with wishes for good luck for the family's trip to their new life, a picture and book about friendship, grandma's post card to Betty, dolls that once upon a time were well treasured, prayer books, embroidery probably to spend their time on board the ship, little powder to look nice and perfume to smell good and a bunch of hair that was cut short for some reason and kept for emotional reasons. All very sentimental, I loved watching it 😌

That was a fun trunk of memorabilia! I love all those small framed pictures. My mom had collected a few and I have used them in a gallery wall in my dinging room to fill spaces between larger items. I would love if you'd do an episode and show us all the different china you found in the last horder house. I realize china might not be a thing for many people, but there are people out there who still collect, some of us had mom's who collected and enjoy just looking at it!

I was born in 1951 and had (sti!l have) dolls but I also had a cowgirl outfit complete with gun and holster and trucks for the sandpile! The gun is not surprising.

Another interesting video to watch...love the vintage wrapping paper & materials...they may fetch a "pretty penny"...lots of collectors out there for those items! Best to all 💕from a BC Gal

Keeps me enjoying the show. Thank you

I took a quick peek and there is a WG Curtis who died in Edmonton in 1960. His mother's middle name was Elizabeth, I don't know if the postcard written to Betty could go back to the 1880s. His children were all born between 1900 and 1915, so if the toys were theirs, that gives you a sense of the age.

The Gene Autry gun reminds me of a Gene Autry wrist watch that I bought at an antiques store in the1970's. As the watch ticked, the little gun in Gene's hand on the face moved back and forth. To my dismay, a few years later I realized that it was in a purse that I had taken to a goodwill store!!

Interesting treasures ! Thanks for sharing this with us, Alex! Peace to all...💜💙💜💙💜💙💜

It is always fun to go on a adventure with you Alex. It makes me smile when you pop up on my feed. And I’d take the Tesla, it a very nice car. Looking forward to whatever is next……

"Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God" that is beautiful.

The amount that those antique dolls, in any shape, will fetch a nice price. There is a huge market for people who collect primitive dolls or antique dolls especially from another country.

❤️ the vintage fabric!

So many negative comments! I think you're voice over was great! Love the way you film with one hand! Have followed you for years and I never miss a video. Your family is amazing! Keep on being the fantastic Alex you are!!!! Don't change! Now that I've watched the whole video, the gun, embroidery items,stuffed animals and dolls are all worth money and the rest of the ephemeral items should sell well. Great video!!!

Fantastic collection of dolls and stuffies. Made my heart happy to see. My goth must be showing through because the spare doll head my first thought was "What an awesome lamp that would be"

Hi Alex, found the toy gun holster yet? I remember seeing that you already came across an empty red-white little holster in one of the earlier videos, when you were still going through boxes in the hoarded house. I hope you kept it seperate, like you said you would in that moment, in the hopes of finding the little toy gun because it might just be a match! 🤞

Doesn’t everyone have a Treasure Box of sorts? What is one person’s junk is another person’s Treasure. Mine is filled with things no one else would understand 😂😂😂…. Nothing of real monetary value but priceless to me…..Each thing represents a memory of some kind or connection to someone special to me. The cap gun could have belonged to a son or brother the owner lost…. In any case I found it enchanting

Enjoyable! Thanks, Alex.

Very interesting unboxing. The stuffed dog is precious!

I think the trunk is worth as much as the contents!

I understand that the doll head would be highly sought after by collectors. Rare to find one that has teeth, that would have been a very expensive doll at that time.

Gene Autry lived from 1907-1998 and his heydays were from 1930-1960 and beyond for some ❤! My dad met and visited with him in the 50’s. Awesome find Alex 😊!

Thank you Alex even though the dolls were not in great shape it still is very interesting to see them.

Even tho I'm trying to downsize collecting things, I swear if I lived in your area I'd be your most avid customer. Those dolls even in that condition are very collectable. Esp those AM bisque dolls (Armand Marseille) That was a fun trunk.

Looks like a sterling button hook for your shoes. Thank you, that was fun.

That was fun. Interesting items in there and I wish the dolls were in better shape. Looking forward to the auction.

Alex: "...It's another mohair bear..." Me, putting on my glasses: "It's a rabbit!"

Haven't even hit the 4:00 minute mark of this video and you showing that newspaper just shocked and blew my mind because that is 3 days yes 3 days before I was born and I had a brother who has since passed by was born on the date of the newspaper he was 6 years older than me. I am a avid viewer of all your videos. Thanks for all you do. Keep up the good work you do.

Maybe not a lot of monetary value for you but certainly interesting! The cap gun was a great find though, and I don't know about the dolls. Some of them (or at least the heads that were in good condition) are probably worth something to a collector? I really love the trunk itself ❤️ And just what you needed... another cup 🤣 Always enjoy your videos, including this one, and happy to support your channel! Thanks for sharing.

Except for the dolls, this looks like a collection of my mom's treasures. She had several little bibles and odd little toys. She would have been 100 this week so this was fun looking thru a contemporaries similar treasures. I have kept most of my mom's things but no one else will want them so they will probably get tossed after I am gone. Not really worth much but sentimental to me as my mother's history.😊 Your videos entertain in so many ways.😄

Pretty neat. Being 1961 vintage myself I'd have spent a lot of time looking through the newspapers; those would be some treasures for me. Too bad some of the things got moldy, but the dolls seemed to be no worse than when they were put away.

Yes! $1 per hour was the rate working as a galley hand off shore on an oil rig. Work 12 hours a day + when the supply boat comes in. It was a short helicopter ride to shore but a 5 hour boat ride. Plus you had to pay for steel toe boots and work clothing.

My grandma used to hide her wedding ring and diamond earrings in those little potpourri satchels because if anyone for any reason is looking through your luggage they never think to look in those little bags, she taught my mom that and my mom taught me - though I never travel ! So you might want to at least squish them really well if not open them and look, my grandma couldn't have been the only one to do that!

Nice voiceover! Not surprised by what was in the trunk. It was somebody's treasure chest full of childhood treasure, even if it wasn't treasure to anyone else.

That was really interesting because as you started with the date of the trunk, I envisioned a ship, like you said the Titanic, and the little girl who played with her dolls or bear. Interesting. I have a small black purse like the one with the change purse inside. Cool!!☺️

That was fun. The gun must have been her inner tomboy showing. Love these little trips through history.

For someone who deals in antiques you do not know your dolls. That is not Bisque . Bisque is clay fine clay. That doll head is a composite . Looks like paper. Take another look. Love the trunk. Love your program.

Nice voice-over. Your voice is so beautifull, never noticed how reassuring you sound

I hope he enjoys making these vids as much as I love watching them.

When I bought my house I found a trunk like this with everything from confederate money to vintage glass it was so amazing

That Apron! And I vaguely remember a company making "Thalimide" babies and I'm wondering if that babydoll is one of them? The time frame would be right and although I'd heard about the wealthier folks of that era, Germany, had them made for their children who were effected by the drug taken for morning sickness. I've looked and cannot for the life of me find anything about them but I do remember hearing of these babies in the late 50's earlier 60's so who knows, you may have a very rare doll. :)

That letter opener looks antique. Those dolls will be worth a lot.

I just saw the tribute you did for Madame Luc ....it was very honourable of you to do that....thank you...