RE: Tales of the Urban Explorer: The Retro-Games House
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Wow, what an amazing time capsule! A lot of that stuff (particularly the games & electronics) is from the era I grew up in. I would probably get caught inside that house by someone, because I'd want to stay long enough to go through every little thing!
I'm with you on the issue of morals. I'd have a hard time not taking a souvenir or two from a place that crammed. Thus far, though, I never have, even when finding similarly cool stuff. That clock though...so beautiful! Would've been hard to leave it there for some asshat to break or steal, when I know I could give it a better home.
But the value of what you saw inside was probably in the 10s if not hundreds of thousands. Books and vinyl and computer software, oh my! To say nothing of old Disney VHS tapes and board games, which can bring primo cash in good condition. Of course, someone would have to have the patience to list it all on ebay/Amazon/wherever and then ship it off to the four corners of the globe, but dang.
To answer the question you posed - the rusty metal thing is an embosser. Usually used to make an impression of an official seal on documents. I have seen several over the years and even had my own when I had a registered corporation. Makes me wonder what impression you would have gotten if you'd slipped a piece of paper in and pressed the handle.
Thank you for sharing this amazing find!
!PIZZA
There's always temptation when stumble on something like this. You have to resist and so far I have and it's a good feeling when you can talk to your inner self and say... 'I have never taken a thing'..
That's worth something and is a moral that never existed when I was younger and would have. Age does have it's graces.