REALLY OT..Info on Sunbeam MixMster

I'd say $2 sounds good. They haven't really changed their model in all these years. I had one when we first came here and thought it was a waste of space, not heavy duty at all. If it has the stainless steel bowls, they were worthwhile, I'd keep those and junk the mixer lol

Thanks buddy!! We seemed to sell so much today, but we just wanted to get the stuff out of here. WE made some money, but most things had a $1 or 25c on them. Is it a WW2 thing.... we HATE to throw usable STUFF OUT!!??

gGill

I don't know if that's the model number of my Sunbeam MixMaster that my mother bought for me for my first anniversary in 1959, but if so $2 sounds too low. Mine still works wonderfully and I can mix very heavy doughs with it.

I know I would miss it when it finally dies of old age.

Just for the heck of it I googled sunbeam and found that mine is selling for around $100. Then I found just the beaters on Amazon for $39.95 to fit your model # so you might want to rethink your price. Here's the Amazon link:

Now try and get anything like that at a yard sale lol

The last two falls this building has held a yard sale. The first year there was one old biddy who was insisting on prices like $15, she has finally hoisted in what we told her, either you want it to go, in which case they never seem to want to pay more than $5, or don't put it in a yard sale lol

Well, maybe it can go back on the pantry shelf....and I have a whole year to research before I get rid of it. I have plenty of storage room, so there is no hurry.

DJDIL (Aya) has expressed a wish that if I found the old style crockpot ( remember with the heavy glass lids), in a yard sale she would appreciate it. they have a very old one of mine, but I am so happy she has expressed an interest.. I am happy to hear she is cooking, and Mike says she loves cooking magazines.

Gill.... I am so sick of no-carb cooking!! maybe I will make DGS some cookies, and mail them to him ion col;lege.

I think I would just break down and cry if they took my carbs away from me. That's the kind of food that makes me happiest. Give me pasta or potato, or sandwiches on crusty bread and I'll follow you anywhere.

Lucille

My mother had a Sunbeam Mixmaster that she got in the early '50s. It was in excellent working condition to the day she died in 2006. And she used it regularly. My niece now has it.

As a result I bought myself one, and I love it.

My only thought is that people may pass it up since it won't have the snob appeal of a Kitchenaid. I'd put at least $20 on it, and let people dicker.

MargW

That is the sad thing. Jim is a diabetic and they put him on Byetta in the early stages. A couple of months later he had acute pancreatitis. It has subsequently turned out that Byetta is contraindicated with people with high Triglycerides, and Jim sure fit into thaw category.

He had a second bout of pancreatitis last January. Therefore , for nearly two years it has been "zero carbs". A good thing he likes zucchini, summer squash, meats etc. We do pretty well, but when we do "sin" it is very carefully. We had onion rings tonight; made with a special low-carb Bisquick type of thing and stuff. The baked beans were a special treat, and the Brats had no buns. A special dinner for him.

Gill

I wouldn't even know where to begin to cook that way. It sure doesn't sound like a lot of fun, but we do what we have to do, don't we!!!

I had a Mixmaster from 1942 which I bought at an estate sale (complete with instruction book) for $12 when ds was a baby. I used it on a very regular basis until two years ago, when said ds bought me a KitchenAid for Christmas. I mentioned this to a young man in our Neighborhood Association who is currently rehabbing - rebuilding, more like - an ante-bellum mansion overlooking the park. He loves all things antique, and asked if I would be selling the old one. As he is saving the 1930's fridge and stove from the house, and even had wooden crates built to store the original bathtubs until they can be re-installed, I gave him the mixer. I had looked on eBay, and they were selling anywhere from $10 to $100, and I decided I would rather it went to a good home than that I get a very small profit from it. That thing had great sentimental value, it had mixed up an awful lot of cakes, cookies, Yorkshire puddings, pancakes, you name it and was still a very sturdy workhorse.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

I would price it around $20 or even more. I have a Sunbeam Mixmaster that I got as a wedding gift in 1978. I love it, and wouldn't part with it. My Mom had one that my Dad bought her in the 50's, it worked like a charm, and never broke down. We bought her a new one in the early '80's just so it would coordinate with her kitchen better.

take care, Linda D. in B.C., Canada

It doesn't matter how good the mixer is or how much it might be worth. What's important is will it sell. Consider the shoppers -- if you've done this before, you have a sense of what they'll spend for things.

True words. What the item is worth and what someone will pay at a yard sale, are two different things.

I am one of those people who simply adores owning and using what some people would call antiques and others would call junk! I use antique cast iron, baking pans and biscuit cutters from the 1920's, saucepans from the 1930's, kerosene table lamps that have been converted to electricity, my grandmother's treadle sewing machine from 1896, 100- year old chandeliers I have had re-wired, and a stove-top toaster. I enjoy using my mother's slicer from the 1940's -- the 3-legged kind with the different styles of slicing drums and crank. I have a Universal grinder that clamps onto a table that makes wonderful beef salad and chicken salad from leftovers. I am looking for an inverted v-shaped electric toaster to have refurbished. I have a 1906 Victrola in the living room (yes, it works beautifully!) and a reel mower in the garage to cut the grass. When I find the right Sunbeam Mixmaster it will come live on my counter and be used, too! I cook from scratch and often try antique recipes -- some are great! I'm not a complete throw-back, of course, and although my house was built in the 1889 it has proper insulation, modern double-glazed windows, completely up-to- code electricity and plumbling, central air, etc. It's very comfortable, and I blend modern safety and comfort with the old- fashioned things. I grow my own tomatoes and peppers and herbe, make jam, and I do tatting, and every stitch in any quilt is by hand. However, sometimes a "modern" sewing machine is a great thing, especially for "sewing days" at the church, and I am delighted with my most recent purchase -- a Singer Model 221 (Featherweight) that works perfectly and has all attachments, etc. And, of course, I'm sitting here at a computer . . . I guess the message is that just because something is old doesn't mean it should be tossed! Someone will love it.

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I wasn't suggesting tossing it, merely that yard sale prices are a thing unto themselves. If Gillian can find the person who would value it, she will get more. If it goes out on the table in a yard sale, unless they are very different yard sales in Florida, $20 is over the top.

I understand what you are saying, but if it doesn't sell, then give it to someone who will appreciate it. Heck, if you sell it for $2 that person will probably resell it for who knows what.

We had a Garage Sale several years ago, what a laugh that was! The first things that sold were crap...for instance a freaking rock doll. I'm serious, it was a @#$% doll made of stacked up rocks with a set of googly eyes and hair like a Troll. We sold the stupid thing for $2...why would anyone have even wanted it! Then, we sold a fan...it worked, but the plastic casing was cracked and broken, it sold for $5. Next on the list was an old bayonette...heaven knows where DH got that thing, and I think it went for $10. The list of junk is endless. On the other hand...I didn't sell any of the Fisher Price toys. They were like new, clean as a whistle, all the parts, but not one of them sold. I figured what the heck, I will keep them for grandkids. Plus, the wicker furniture, that was also like new, we ended up practically giving it away just to get it out of the house.

Garage Sales/Yard Sales are the strangest events.

take care, Linda

In my rather limited experience as a seller, if I want to get rid of something, I'll price it very low. OTOH, if I think an item has value, I won't let it go for a pittance. Case in point -- someone 'offered' me $5 for Hudson Bay wool blanket in excellent condition. That blanket is hanging in a closet. In addition, I'd rather give stuff away to a charitable organization than let someone who drives up in a luxury vehicle have it for pennies.

Conversely, if I'm in the mood to buy, you betcha I'm not gonna pay almost retail for not so gently used junk.