rallcollector
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Stopped at a garage sale on the way back from a job about 45 minutes west. They had a five gallon pail of canning jars, with most of them 1/2 pints. I set aside a dozen clear Ball ideals, a 1/2 dozen Atlas E-Z Seals...and at the bottom of the pail, I about fell over. I picked out 2 unembossed square jars, very similar to the Atlas Good Luck 1/2 pints. I thought to myself, 'cool, a couple good finds.' Next were 2 Queens. Not too shabby. Then out came a side wire clamp Wears. Really cool. Last, not one but two side wire clamp pictoral Kings. I remember thinking, 'is this happening?' Then came the sticky part. I had zero dollars in my pocket...I'm not kidding...none. Just whatever change was in the console of the truck. I didn't even want to take the time to drive and hunt for an atm. I must have an honest face, because I asked the homeowner if he'd take a check, and after hesitating for what seemed like 45 minutes [in reality, probably a full second], he said, 'sure'.
The Kings and the Wears don't have the correct lids, but I'm thinking the Kant Krack lids the Redbook describes are actually fairly common because I've seen them on pints and quarts before. I snapped a couple photos, complete with a century of crud and shed dust, exactly the way they came out of the pail.
The Kings and the Wears don't have the correct lids, but I'm thinking the Kant Krack lids the Redbook describes are actually fairly common because I've seen them on pints and quarts before. I snapped a couple photos, complete with a century of crud and shed dust, exactly the way they came out of the pail.
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