What has Alex done now?! We head to Saskatchewan to buy the contents of an Antique store that’s been closed for over ten years! What’s inside this time capsule? What will we find! Come find out! And don’t forget to subscribe!
I can't imagine this channel won't have at least 1M subscribers by 2020. This is quality content, interesting, well made, and your family and yourself a likable. Good work with this channel.
@@CuriosityIncorporated I can see that if you have as many people subscribe as fast as the did as you were doing Mary's place The Potter's house. I think your new store and move is going to very interesting to see how you are going to move so much stuff and organise it. In helping people move they just don't realize how much stuff they really have till you try to pack everything. Over the years I've become a expert mover to be able to condense several boxes of items in to one box and nothing gets broken. I saw so much in that store l would love to have but I'm having trouble trying to downsize after years of collecting all the items. I've had to stop going to resale stores, estate and garage sales or any place that might temp me to buy all the knick knacks and what knots as my friend calls all the things l buy. Rules are if l can't use it or display it l have to get rid of it because I have a lot of things in boxes and we don't want to end up like Mary with a house full of stuff to where you can't enjoy what you have and basically can't even enjoy living in your home. Like you were talking to her son asking why she had so much and he said it started with saving things for the grandchildren but just got out of hand. Like I've said before l wish I lived closer to y'all l know you would love items l have from my grandparents, parents and all the sales I've been to. Good luck with the new store project. Sending love to you and your family from Texas.
I'm watching this as I finished the existing episodes of the Potter house series. What a great channel you have! Very wholesome and entertaining! I'm glad to stumble upon these less huge channels in the midst of all the huge creators. I wish your channel the very best, great quality! Thank you for sharing these adventures with the rest of us!
Wooo, the energy you must have! The driving, the dealings, the packing/unpacking, permits, banks, insurances, the editing etc. I just can't fathom where you get all that energy.
Great Respect for what you & your Family do. Very time & labor consuming. Such a joy to watch as you uncover treasures. Your son is SO well mannered & respectful. Pitched right in like a champ.
I can tell you that MANY auction services will deny that your goods are worth anything and then charge you to clear things out only to turn around and make a sweet profit off of your "junk" that they were paid to haul away. I've had this happen to several friends with their parent's estates. They've said that very collectible vintage costume jewelry (which some pieces can go upwards of $100 US each) were worthless junk. That they'd "have trouble unloading" nearly flawless antique furniture which appraised out at hundreds of dollars each piece, etc. Don't assume that because they wear a smile and have been in business for years that they are honest and trustworthy.
AlbreadWelde~this is absolutely true! They will underestimate the value of your "junk" but it's up to you to do your due diligence. There is a wealth of info on the internet as to the value of anything and everything. To many people its about the convenience of not having to deal with the clean up of the home or bartering at a yard sale or with antique dealers. After all they are in business to make money, they are not going to pay top dollar plus do the cleanup and haul away.
AlbredaWelde my late Wife's family learned that the hard way! But sadly the whole lot of them are such greedy mean spirited people! Glad she wasn't like them!!!
Most people over estimate the value of their families "treasures" . Ruby is right, the auction house/ antique dealers need to make a profit, cleaning up a property is tons of work, if it wasn't then the family members would clean up everything, keep the good stuff or sell it themselves. Just because a piece is old doesn't mean it's valuable or desirable to someone else.
This happened to my great grandmother's house. It's a complicated story but the 'junk removal' company swept through with the help of 1 mentally unstable family member and cleared the house before anyone else got there. I'm fairly certain they managed to get away with it because they had been able to get a signature from my Great grandmother when she was alive and well into her mid 90's with some dementia. Just another elderly scam that was helped along by a really despicable family member (great grandmother's son - my great uncle). All of our family heirlooms were gone and a lot of antiques.
Seeing your son helping out reminds me of my childhood. My parents owned a shop called The Curiosity Shop. Often my parents would buy a whole household or do like you did there in Saskatchewan.
Incredible! So glad that you see the value in even the smallest of items. The day will come when people will have to go to a museum to see some of those things. Awesome find cherish the items and the family time! 👍
LOL!! Right, so fun to see others doing what I used to love doing. Moved to Iowa from Las Vegas many many yrs ago.Our family moved from Surrey BC to USA. I had never been to an auction..I was grateful to have a basement haha. I could have easily become a hoarder except for my strong desire for a neat and tidy home. I love the old sturdy furniture. Glad I had a huge home in order to display all my country auction finds. And the old books were also some of my favs. I learned how to carefully clean off the moldy pages. FYI since Iowa I have lived in Maui, SoCal, Colorado and now Central America where I have adopted a minimalist lifestyle..Pick on
Hi Alex, Just discovered your channel. I am a retired zoo keeper, 69 yrs old. Recently purchased an old farm house. The house is in the Adirondack Mountains, Upstate , NY. THE PROPERTY , was loaded with stuff, plus I brought all my hoard. Lol. Always liked curious things. Anyway, I really like your videos, cause, I feel like I'm on the Journey with you. Much Happiness, Grace, to you and your great family. Look forward to seeing. More of your adventures. Ron Shook. P.s. Take bee pollen, for allergies.
It would serve you well to purchase a used semi trailer and pay someone to deliver it there and then transport it to your main shop once loaded so you can take your time and also so you can get the most out of your money. You could literally sell from the trailer until you got it all loaded into your shop. Then after you are finished you resell the trailer.
Mr.Everyman Your a smart man sir. We have several street antique fans in Clovis, Ca. But after awhile you see the same stuff sold from the same people, but sometimes you find a gem. 😉
...Shipping containers, go on semi trailers, store until you can get through them, then re-sell the containers, or not, handy things for these jobs. Auction sale, you buy what you want, bidding against others, all your money anyway.
First time watcher!! I've been watching guys going through abandoned houses with everything left in them & it just drives me nuts!! Such awsome things they film & find that people just leave behind from a family member passing away.. finally I found someone that actually buys stuff!! This makes me happy!! So you just bought all this stuff not knowing what's in it ? Great video... I'm a new Subcriber 👍 Thanks
Many video presentations about people exploring"abandoned"houses fully furnished,aren't true...I certainly have noticed on many of these videos a very obvious lack of the heavy layer of dust that would surely collect on all the furniture etcetera... Lots of so called"clickbait" contrived fakery going on out there on RU-vid... Take it with a grain of salt...
Now, this is my kind of RU-vid channel! I love this channel. Curiosity Inc. makes Great Videos and I am an Antique Nut! I have been going to Pawn Shops and Antique Malls, Stores and Road Side Junk places for over 50 years. Now I can sit back in my nice Desk Chair and watch the "Hunt" in an easy way. Of course, it's better to be in the "Hunt" than watch but at 74 I can't "Hunt" much anymore! Great channel guys. Keep up the Great Work you are doing. Love it.
This is in Churchbridge, Saskatchewan, which was my home until I moved 4 years ago. I spent many an hour poking through all that stuff, wanting to buy, but the prices were crazy. We were friends with the owner, & we just had to tell him we wanted to poke around & he would come open the store for us. I gave him a bunch of old tobacco tins & Roger's golden syrup tins my dad had lying around. I see they're still there hahaha. Most of the time his mum was in the store with him & she wouldn't budge on the prices. Glad to see someone bought the contents & I hope Alex found good homes for everything.
babyparabola the US has been known as America for many, many years before people started getting bent out of shape about it. We’re Americans not USians. Canadians are Canadians.
From AU, my husband when in his late teens working in Outback Western Australia met an old farmer who showed him the inside of an old barn. Must have been 25 Harleys in various stages of disrepair. Husband spent the weekend repairing one from the many and for $20 rode his prize home. Edit, sorry I meant to tell you how much I love watching your show.
Good stuff... I love it. I'm a 34 year old in Western NY that sells ephemera & high end books and there are hardly any younger people doing this kind of thing here. All the auctions I attend are 90% old dealers. Makes me a little apprehensive about the antiques & collectible market in the near future, but I"ll always do it on some level. I love the history & research and the thrill of uncovering something nice keeps you going for a long time.
My grandfather operated a scrap metal business after he retired from the Boston and Maine Railroad and subsequently Amtrak. He ended up acquiring a large antique collection during the 20 years he worked after retirement. He would take me and sometimes a few friends for distant or large salvaging operations. I will always remember those road trips that now do not seem like work at all.
Woo just discovered your channel, and then I saw the Alberta plate and had to subscribe! I'm in BC now, but grew up in the prairies, and it is so awesome to see such awesome content coming from my homeland :)
Fascinating! How fun. The heirs must have been overwhelmed to consider the work necessary to empty the place. No wonder they locked it up and ignored it for 10 years.
What a great find and purchase! I am so happy someone that appreciates this stuff is rescuing it! I know the wedding dress has stains but I would love to see it better. :) Any of the vintage clothes..I am obsessed!
Oh what a fantastic find and that's not even the buildings!!! I love that airplane ashtray!!! For a young man you really seem to know what ur doing ...I used to buy entire collections people no longer wanted but never an entire antique shop...oh how lucky u r !!! I was an antique dealer during the late 70s..all of 80s into the 90s...it was the time of my life..my children helped me and later my grandson...I'm 73 now a recent widow and admire that u r doing what I suspect u love to do!! It's all about the FIND isn't it?? I'm so glad I found ur channel and I have subscribed..while I watch you uncover those awesome goodies I will take a very fond walk down memory lane!!! Good luck with all the work I know you have to do!!!
14:05 Oh My God!! CareBears!! Like older version. I have not seen that in forever. Amazing find. Everything is Amazing honestly when your the first one to see it in a decade. Good job finding this place. Keep up the good work. Keep on doing what your doing you never know what you’re gonna find.
Oh my word. That art deco hanging lamp at 16:05 😍😍😍 I mean there's so many things he comes across that I'm heart-eyed over, but that one took the cake. I want that fixture!😍🙏
You have an amazing buy here. I recently found your channel and I am going to start shopping on your website. You and your family give me great vibes I can tell you are good people. God bless ya'll
I often think that when I see these urban exploring videos... unfortunately I live in an area where people do not respect the beauty in it and destroy it... I would love to Google earth complicated abandoned places then explore but for some reason no one is interested like I am.... which would also explain the destruction
RhettyforFun And you know this for a FACT, that NOTHING like that ever happens in Canada?? They probably looked through the window and nothing looked interesting enough to take....I haven't heard of anything like that happening here either and I'm no where near Canada. Sorry, but your comment was just plain silly.
Holy mother of pearl! You got some work ahead of you!!!lol. You have a great kid!no bad manners tatall . good luck and will be watching. PAPA GUNN out..... ☮️
You guys are the best 😁 highly insperational as always !! Nuthing compaire's to father and son time 😁 MUCH RESPECT !! Nice find sir !! Two thumbs up !! Thanks for sharing !! And uploading the videos !!
I also enjoyed how they worked together as a family. Alex is passing on a gift to his son that can enable him to have an interesting and, hopefully, lucrative future. More importantly, they will have so many amazing memories together.
Nice find. That has some really awesome antiques in there. When you found the ring I was astonished. No one actually checked the inventory at all. What a shame for them but awesome for you. I cant wait to see what cool goodies you have uncovered. Thanks for sharing. ATB. Eric
Take it to a cash for gold store and see if they offer more than 26.50$ usd..remember they go by penny wt., you will see im correct, thats my guess and im sticking to it.:)
allen schmitz opinions are like butt holes, everybody has one. And if you take anything to a cash for gold place you're getting screwed. I sell my scrap gold on Ebay and get twice what those crooks offer.
I admire your ability to see value and profit here. I’m approaching an anxiety attack just looking at all the crap, even though I know there are treasures buried in there!
Hi, could not stop watching "the potters house" bless you for taking on the mess. and for the respect you showed Mary. your finds were well worth all the effort. like i said i could not stop watching. I am 77 years old, i will never get to Canada, i live in Pennsylvania, and a recent widow. My late husband and I loved to roam antique shops, he looked for old lunch boxes (cowboys). My only antique is high chair that drops down into a rocker. keep up the good work, and i will keep watching..Ruth
Please put on gloves, and a mask, you could get so sick from the dust and old insulation. It does look crazy fun to be able to find a place like that and to actual get to go though it.
This is awesome but also kind of gives me anxiety and overwhelming haha. I often have dreams I am rumaging through an old house or antique store and it's all mine and i just keep going through forever or having to sort stuff etc haha.
Those displays in the store are what caught my eye...some really cool wood and table and glass displays...reminds me of the old 5 and dime stores when i was a kid...i would love to be able to do what your doing....
I live close to the location of the antique store you bought. I have always wondered who was going to be the lucky person the family decided to sell the contents to. The man who collected these items did so for many years and was well known in our area. Please keep us updated as to when you decide to auction off what you aren't taking back to the city. I would love to be at the auction! 😊
I am amazed at how clean everything looks,not even much general dust,considering it has been closed up for so long and the roof is in bad condition,This must have been so exciting finding just what treasures there were in there.
When my father and I had our antique store we bought out an antique store too, it wasn't this big, but it was still a lot of work. But fun though, I don't miss it.
My Dad used to take me to flea markets and I have many great memories of that. I love going to flea markets and thrift stores and tag sales now because of him. I don't do it on the major scale that you and your family do though. I'm sure you're son Steven is as excited as you going along for the adventure and I'm sure he'll want to do the same on his own later on. Thanks for sharing your adventure. You never revealed how much you offered or paid for the entire contents of this antique store - I'm sure it was a lot. You should have a guess the price contest. I would guess you paid about $50,000.00 cash...
I live in Kansas, everytime I travel north of Nebraska they have a Fargo accent. Name comes from the Coen brothers movie, so to the accent being a character of its own. I truly enjoy vicariously living these adventures with your family. I would never have the time, so thank you to you and yours amigo.
Just a thought but y'all should have had masks on to keep from breathing in all that dust. There's probably asbestos all over the place considering how old the house is.
I don't quite understand the levels of concern / fear people have for Steven and his Dad. Dust masks and gloves, really why? As far as I know asbestos is only dangerous when its unstable (broken and airborne), lead paint needs to be ingested. Honestly - I think each of us are exposed to ( and contribute) more environmental toxins in everyday modern living, than what these two are likely to find in this dusty old building in rural Canada . This is an adventure, its nothing but good :)
Thanks Natya, I would never put my son in a dangerous place... we aired it out beforehand and yes, it’s when you start disturbing old insulation around pipes you should take bigger precautions
There was plenty of peeling paint, which was likely lead paint. Highly dangerous to be around. Masks and gloves should be worn and all clothing should be taken off immediately after getting home, preferably even before you enter your house to be washed and then a shower should be taken. The danger of lead exposure should not be underestimated.
I'm cleaning out the first story of my parents' (it was never fully cleared by the previous occupants and on top of that it was used as storage for about the 23 years they've been here) and there's similar concerns since I'm living here while cleaning it, but really I only use gloves during heavy cleaning and masks even rarer as it's fairly well aired out now. The biggest thing is not to go around licking walls, honestly.
@@GLAORleader if you say,but this is why our children nowadays get sick at a drop of a hat,get dirty play in the mud let your body get accustomed to dirt and germs then the body grows stronger.fights better,don't be a clean freak.you will get sick by that way of thinking.peace
Just a thought..... If you came prepared with boxes and newspapers for packing fragile.... And took more care about packing.... You could pack out a lit more stuff in one trip.
I am 35 seconds in and this is the first time I've seen a video on this channel. It hit me instantly that "dad" has a tremendous "presence" and could be a very successful actor [a skill that can be learned] if he was so inclined.
Congrats on 80k subs! You've gone up 30K subscribers in less than a week! that's amazing. Only way from here is up! Looking forward to seeing you unbox your 100k RU-vid Play Button plaque!
You need to go to a temp agency and hire some day workers. Tell them you'd tip ell and provide gator aid and pizza. Then take boxs from the grocery store, and pet shops just ask, and they will give you great boxs for free. Invest at the 1st of the year for plastic containers. Since it's all a tax wright off. Let us know how it went! 🤓❤️👀👀👀 P.S. The cases with and without glass is definitely worth it. Lucky there's Elsey since antiques are the main sale items. Have fun!
Heading to my antique booth. Your videos have really inspired me to keep going. I haven't made much money but I know I will now because watching your videos. I've already learned so much in just three.
One of the reasons I watch videos like yours is to get a look at the artefacts of a bygone age. Unfortunately your camera is rarely still enough to focus on any one item. I understand time constraints but please let us linger for a second or two.
Curiosity Incorporated : Thanks for responding. Like you, I get excited by the prospect of finding forgotten or neglected treasures and when you find something up my street I want to enjoy the experience. The toy pistols were an example. I also like old tins, packets, and boxes. ☺
Not worried about lead so much as toxic mold. You can get really sick from these spaces where there has been years of water damage. You should be protecting yourself as best you can.
