Wade Corbin

Antique garage and barn tools and collectibles with real auction prices

People clearing garages, barns or estates, and hobby pickers or resellers who want to know what old items sell for (inferred from titles, descriptions and the book pitch).

• Realistic avatar
• A photorealistic bearded man in his 40s or 50s, in a cap and either a plaid shirt with overalls or a plain tee, holding an old item in a cluttered workshop. The channel avatar is a flat illustrated badge of a bearded man in a cap.

One category of old item per video, usually a countdown of ten, each with markings to check and a real auction price, with patent drawings on screen and a closing call to photograph and compare.

12–28 min; recent videos run about 12–21 min

• Ten-item countdowns by category
• Single-item 'could be worth' videos
• Storage unit, scrap yard and flea market buying
• Tools and machinist equipment
• Collectibles: knives, lanterns, decoys, toys

• 10 Old [X] in Your Garage Worth Real Money! ([Check tip])
• The Old [X] in Grandpa's [place] Could Be Worth $[N]. [Check tip]
• I Bought [X] for $[N]. Here Are the 10 Things Inside and What They Sold For

The persona holds or stands beside an old item in a workshop, with big yellow-and-white caps text such as a price with a question mark or 'Check the bottom', plus a yellow arrow pointing at the item.

• The title formula '10 Old [X] ... Worth Real Money' covers 3 of the 4 most viewed videos; top is 5,819 views
• Thumbnails put a price and arrow on a held item: the six latest and four top use the same layout
• Concrete auction prices (up to $37,000) in titles give a clear reason to click
• About 3.7 uploads a week since 2 Sep give the channel a large catalogue fast
• Book pitch via Whop sits in the first description line of 5 of 30 recent videos