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| The first weekend of each month a local antique gallery holds an estate sale.
They set up tables of different prices...
On Friday everything is as priced.
These are my $5.00 table finds - 70% so I paid $1.50 each.
The three little green salt cellars were my 'find of the day.' |
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- Posted by creativeangel (My Page) on Sun, Sep 19, 10 at 23:27
| These are from the $1.00 table -- 30 cents each. |
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- Posted by kathleen_li (My Page) on Sun, Sep 19, 10 at 23:58
| I am loving those green cabbage leaf lidded bowls in the first pic! |
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- Posted by purplemoon (My Page) on Mon, Sep 20, 10 at 0:29
| How neat an antique place has a sale like that. I'd love to go. You got some neat goodies! The little salt cellars are wonderful. And the cabbage bowls! hugs, Karen |
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| Great Buys...better than YS prices. Wonder how they make a profit. I too love those cabbage bowls.. jane |
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- Posted by party_music50 (My Page) on Mon, Sep 20, 10 at 7:26
| Wow, those are all terrific acquisitions! I wish we had a place like that around here!!! |
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- Posted by luvstocraft (My Page) on Mon, Sep 20, 10 at 10:49
| That is amazing that they part with such nice "goodies" at those fantastic prices! I see you got a neat cake slice cutter, and some really pretty glass pieces. The cabbage bowls are my fav too. Luvs |
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- Posted by creativeangel (My Page) on Mon, Sep 20, 10 at 11:58
| Profit - This is my understanding of how it works. There is a group of people that have 'booths' at the antique gallery that do estate sales. They go in the homes, price everything, advertise, and hold a 3-day sale. They get paid a percentage of what is sold. What is left they bring to this HUGE warehouse behind the antique gallery. They have this once a month sale. They get a percentage of what is sold. On Monday morning, auctioneers come in and place bids on everything that is left over. They sell to the highest bidder and get a percentage on what is sold. They sell everything from furniture, pictures, records, comic books, vintage clothing, linens, lawn/garden items, etc. The only thing I can never remember seeing is appliances. Within the month, they average 10-12 estate sales, have the 3 day warehouse sale, sell to the auctioneers and everything is gone. I think it's a pretty smart setup. |
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