Estate Sales and Auctions

Hello everyone I am wondering how most people are informed of upcoming auctions and estate sales, I have been using the website https://www.estatesales.net/. How are all of you informed about them? Any suggestions? I get most of antiques at estate sales.

 

When I was still active, I also used estatesales.net, and also Craigslist.

 

I use auctionzip.com sometimes but their continuous pop-up reminding me to sign up for their newsletter is beyond annoying (I have already signed up for the newsletter but still get the pop ups on every 3rd page I click on).

 

I search my local area......& have signed up at the auction houses I'm interested in.

 

A large majority of estate sales here in my town are run by a miserable old hag who salts the sales with a bunch of unsold crap from other sales and lets her pet dealers get all the choice stuff before the public gets a chance.If its a private sale,I'll go,otherwise,I skip them.

 

That makes me crazy also!!!

I rely on the good old newspaper, plus Craig's List.

 

johnnycb09 I know that ol' Hag and she lives here in Houston.

 

Around here it's usually the listings in Craig's List and County searches on the computer as I don't get the local news papers - nothing in them that I can't read online.

 

I get the majority of my items that I list from a local auction house, a local consignment shop & out of the hoard in my garage . If I do go to an estate sale it will most likely be on the afternoon of the last day when everything is at least 50% off. I have found some cool things that got passed by others because of the price or the lack of knowledge.

 

I scored 9 EAPG goblets at our local Transfer Station's Swop Shop

 

That's my favorite store, I have a local transfer station that I visit once a week. I asked a question here (https://www.antiquers.com/threads/how-limited-was-the-production-of-this-book.13937/ ) about a book I found a my transfer station, I was offered $6,000 for it by a book dealer. I win!!

 

The transfer station Swap Shop is open on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. You can bet I am there all three days off season. On season I am selling at the local flea on Sundays so I have to skip it that day which is bad. Sunday is when anyone who didn't sell everything at their yard sale bring the extras to the Swap Shop

Today I scored a wooden folding plate rack, like the ones for drying dishes. It will be perfect to display dishes I have to sell