Things I learned today about estate sales:
- They usually start on Thursday mornings.
- Estate scavengers are mostly interested in jewelry and home goods (and are very, very serious).
- There are sometimes these lists that you put your name on for entrance into the house. No. 76 but should of been no. 36, a/k/a me, learned this one the hard way.
- The estate company marks the prices of most things much higher than you would expect. How hardcore resellers make any money is beyond me.
- They are in the middle of goddamn nowhere.
- Some people are really fixated on particular hobbies…
…which is why today worked out great for me in the sewing circle!
I bought a bevy of fur coats, vintage dresses and scarves, some costume jewelry, and…ANTIQUE SEWING MACHINES!
I took this one home without even seeing inside the box (the key was lost), and after much strife from that lock, opened it to find a slightly faded, but gorgeous working Singer from the 1920s. Yay!
And then, although no matching cabinet, I found “The Free No. 5”, which is most likely from the same time period (what I wouldn’t do to be sewing flapper dresses and stoles on this lil jem).
And, of course, an antique metal iron from the late 1800s. I feel a post about the history of irons coming on (oh, tailors’ stoves!).
I think I may just be getting the hang of this estate sale junkie thing.
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