How to Tackle an Estate Sale! | Do This to Prepare for Success

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We're helping an old friend who has a huge variety of vintage fun stuff to sell at her estate sale this week! She's on the South Hill of Spokane, Washington, a place we've never held an estate sale. How can we know what to do differently here than we'd do in Seattle or St. Petersburg?
The answer (as it often is)...Go Shopping! Scouting other people's estate sales when you're in a new market is a great way to see what people expect in terms of quality, display and pricing...and a great way to find bargains on the stuff people here don't want that our customers do elsewhere.
We arrive early to one sale, so we scoot off to another that's already running in an 1890s Gingerbread cottage with lots of sheds full of stuff! Like our upcoming sale, these folks were serious collectors of a lot of fun and unserious things, and the prices are bargain to just right. We find a deal on the newest decoy in the row that will pay for everything else we bought, along with 50c drip-cuts, $1 sprayers and even a folding estate sale sign we can reuse! After seeing that we concur with their pricing on bulk books and paper ephemera, we're ready to go back to the original sale.
There we learn that while costume jewelry might go cheaper in this market, people will come to even a small sale here in big numbers! This makes our sale an exciting prospect, with a lot of hungry vintage hunters out on the prowl. We find $36 worth of cool stuff from Spokane's Expo '74 World's Fair to 1930s costume jewelry that somehow gets discounted (note to self: no day 1 discounting!), say our thanks and head on for sale number three.
By now, it's looking like our formula for how we run and price our sales are pretty consistent with what people in Spokane are used to seeing, so it's our turn to give back when we kibitz with the estate maven about two of her art pieces and how they're priced! It's always nice to give back when you're out sourcing merchandise...and sourcing ideas. We pick up a fun photo album to add to our growing estate sale haul, and return confident that we have the right plan to make our own estate sale a success!
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@brendabatt6874 Жыл бұрын

My mom had that gomd flatware. She hauled it out, along with the china, for holidays in the 70s. Of course it all had to be handwashed. One year my aunt tokd her she wouldn't come for the holidays anymore if everything had ro be handwashed. They both laughed and we were paper plates after that. Mom is 84 and we still use the paper plates for big family gatherings.

@misswildlife7905 Жыл бұрын

Oh George, the minute I saw that hat, I just knew..LOL

@karensmith7157 Жыл бұрын

I type so slow i could never keep up with chat live. Your knowledge makes your videos fun if yoz shop goodwill or not

@lightmarker3146 Жыл бұрын

The red stool is still the best made ,modern ones cant compete. I always have had one , grew up with my parents step stool and found one in the trash years ago , in mint condition . Built to last ! 😊

@marthaball8029 Жыл бұрын

You are a very nice man, George.

@raffinataonline Жыл бұрын

Love Spokane! ❤👏👍 Always wish they'd been able to save the train station. It was gorgeous.

@Deborah4Antiques Жыл бұрын

I would have no problem moving right into that little Vic. I love repairing things and all my stuff would fit right in!❣

@patricialyle1656 Жыл бұрын

Lots of neat items but you had me at railroad, lol! The hat made you look rather tall so it was a no for me, lol! Thank you George & I know you’re estate sale will be successful!❤️

@Melinda_Ross Жыл бұрын

That cottage is adorable. I would love to live there.

@morphamorpha6194 Жыл бұрын

My parents took us to the World's Fair in Spokane, but I remember nothing of it. We went to the Seattle World's Fair, too. I was a toddler then, and remember crying angrily because Mom got to go up in the Space Needle and I had to wait in the stroller with my baby sister, with Dad watching us.

@arlenefelicion5240 Жыл бұрын

George, I am always learning from you, plus I enjoy watching. I am not a thrifter , nor do I sell, but I do have fun seeing your purchases.

@judyparmentier9699 Жыл бұрын

As always, George. You never disappoint. The visuals, the info and last BUT MOST DEFINITELY NOT LEAST.. your charm and humor. Absolutely precious. Thank you so much.❤️

@nadiacarpenter442 Жыл бұрын

Ive learned more from George than any other reseller his shenanigans are a bonus 😅

@mkborders113 Жыл бұрын

George ! You had me laughing out loud when trying on the $35 hat and saying no thanks I already missed the coronation, lol. Thank you for always educating me as a reseller on what to look for and buy !

@lynncombel1106 Жыл бұрын

Love listening to jazz! Those migrant camp photos were super intriguing!!

@lisacates4185 Жыл бұрын

Am excited for the ride along 😊❤

@EBMFlowers Жыл бұрын

I loved the bit about the park and the world's fair 😊

@lindateska-woodrow5835 Жыл бұрын

The Flower Frog …. You don’t sell them? I sell them as often as I can find them in my Etsy shop. That $2 cost would have brought me $18-22. They are a sure sell for me!