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Sell? Not even for $1
Sell? Not even for $1

Sell? Not even for $1

Date6/30/1988
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0131355F
Doreen MacDonald picked up a toaster from a pile of battered appliances in the Qeen St. E. Soup-to-nuts junk store run by Jack Himself Cohen. One dollar. Himself said. Does it work? Doreen asked. I don't know. Why don't you plug it in and find out? All I do is sell as is. You won't plug it in? No. Doreen paid the $1 and once again proved Himself's credo: I don't polish anything. I learned my lesson when I polished the $25 special finish off a candelabra early in business. Since then I sell everything just as it is. [Incomplete]
Doreen MacDonald picked up a toaster from a pile of battered appliances in the Qeen St. E. Soup-to-nuts junk store run by Jack Himself Cohen. One dollar. Himself said. Does it work? Doreen asked. I don't know. Why don't you plug it in and find out? All I do is sell as is. You won't plug it in? No. Doreen paid the $1 and once again proved Himself's credo: I don't polish anything. I learned my lesson when I polished the $25 special finish off a candelabra early in business. Since then I sell everything just as it is. [Incomplete]
6/13/1972
Deprived of home: Frank and Mary Toth and sons James, 3, and Andrew, 1, sit crowded in the one-bedroom apartment loaned to them by a friend while a dispute between the builder and land developer means the Markham house they scrimped for hasn't even been started yet
Deprived of home: Frank and Mary Toth and sons James, 3, and Andrew, 1, sit crowded in the one-bedroom apartment loaned to them by a friend while a dispute between the builder and land developer means the Markham house they scrimped for hasn't even been started yet
9/15/1983
Trendy lighting: Reg Porter stands under Saturn, by Casablanca, one of the new-look ceiling fans he sells at one of his three greater Metro Fan Man stores
Trendy lighting: Reg Porter stands under Saturn, by Casablanca, one of the new-look ceiling fans he sells at one of his three greater Metro Fan Man stores
7/5/1990
Stephen Palmer, the new general manager of Convention and Tourist Bureau of Metropolitan Toronto, is a former sales manager who sells his town with words like package and the product
Stephen Palmer, the new general manager of Convention and Tourist Bureau of Metropolitan Toronto, is a former sales manager who sells his town with words like package and the product
10/28/1971
Promoting with flare: He rented a castle in England to help sell Ontario's beans to the British
Promoting with flare: He rented a castle in England to help sell Ontario's beans to the British
12/14/1984
Dream home: Although Gene Colman loves his Balmoral home, behind him, he wishes he had waited three years to buy it. Some homes now built in his luxury subdivision sell for much less than the 1988 list price.
Dream home: Although Gene Colman loves his Balmoral home, behind him, he wishes he had waited three years to buy it. Some homes now built in his luxury subdivision sell for much less than the 1988 list price.
4/2/1992
The big chill. With his son Glen, 15, ready with tongs, Lionel Core holds one of the bags of ice that will help Metro-area residents through another heat wave. Core's Peel Ice and Fuel Inc. - operated for three generations by his family in Brampton - expects to sell 12 tonnes of ice to the Caribram festival over the weekend.
The big chill. With his son Glen, 15, ready with tongs, Lionel Core holds one of the bags of ice that will help Metro-area residents through another heat wave. Core's Peel Ice and Fuel Inc. - operated for three generations by his family in Brampton - expects to sell 12 tonnes of ice to the Caribram festival over the weekend.
7/7/1994
Hypocrisy: Dr. John O'Brien Bell, criticized Shoppers Drug Mart for continuing to sell tobacco products.
Hypocrisy: Dr. John O'Brien Bell, criticized Shoppers Drug Mart for continuing to sell tobacco products.
3/17/1986
Lou Smith and a Whatzit? What ever it is, he'll sell it
Lou Smith and a Whatzit? What ever it is, he'll sell it
2/16/1972
Memories on tape: Martin and Jodie Damsell of Richmond Hill have just made a deal to sell their special occasion video service in Black's Camera outlets.
Memories on tape: Martin and Jodie Damsell of Richmond Hill have just made a deal to sell their special occasion video service in Black's Camera outlets.
7/5/1990
A bomb threat followed realtor Ernest Ferguson's announcement that he was reducing his commission on house sales from 5 or 6 per cent to 4 per cent. The Leaside realtor suspects the call may have come from one of 9,191 other men and women who sell real es
A bomb threat followed realtor Ernest Ferguson's announcement that he was reducing his commission on house sales from 5 or 6 per cent to 4 per cent. The Leaside realtor suspects the call may have come from one of 9,191 other men and women who sell real es
5/14/1976
Ruby Osten of Rubys Shoes sells Italian footwear, which makes up 26 per cent of the market.
Ruby Osten of Rubys Shoes sells Italian footwear, which makes up 26 per cent of the market.
10/10/1985