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Best of Craigslist: 1,000 Plates; Coors Light Vending Fridge

Check out some of the most interesting posts we found for the DuPage County area this week.

The following items and postings were found on Craigslist for the DuPage County area. Note: Patch has no control over the status of these posts on Craigslist and how long they remain available.

1,000 Plates

Just in time for that 1,000-person party you had planned, here comes this Elmhurst seller with 28 boxes full of tableware—specifically, collector plates, a whopping grand of them. The seller claims that the plates are worth $20,000, but is letting them go for just $10,000 to pay some bills. Perfect for hanging on the wall, feeding the kids or for use in your spinning-plates circus act.

Coors Light Vending Fridge 

Coors is personally my favorite of the big three American light beers (silver bullet!), so I could definitely see myself in the market for this beauty from Naperville, a rare 48-can fridge-cum-vending machine that would totally make your living room the go-to sports hangout (at least in beer-commercial world.) It’s up for $1,000 (or just a tenth of all those Elmhurst plates.)

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Edo-Period Japanese Woodblocks

Any scholar of Japanese art will know the name Kunisada, or Utagawa Toyokuni III, a purveyor of the ukiyo-e woodblock style, extremely popular in his time and recognized today as one of the greatest masters of the art. Three authentic Kunisada woodblocks are available from a Glen Ellyn seller for $1,900, guaranteed to class up your pad and provide a nifty conversation piece for visitors. 

1930s Grandfather Clock

In an era when every mook has the time readily available on his/her cell phone, even watches seem to be going obsolete, let alone the regal grandfather clock of old. Still, an antique longcase will always be an impressive addition to your living room or foyer, and you can get one that’s been around since the Great Depression for $2,400 from a Naperville seller.

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Unopened 10th-Anniversary Tickle-Me Elmo 

Somewhere along the line, that massive fad from 1996, the Tickle-Me Elmo, ended up coming boxed in packaging that looks like it should be reserved for nuclear waste. The Glen Ellyn seller has an original 10th-anniversary one, is asking $90 and says the never-seen idiotically giggling Elmo inside can still delight children and grate on parents as well as ever. 

Pronghorn Head 

Always seemed to me like if you were going to mount a deer head on your wall, it should be a deer that you actually hunted (and ate) yourself. But if you feel otherwise, this Naperville seller has a $300 pronghorn head that will add a touch of death—er, natural majesty—to your wonderful home. 


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