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<p>[QUOTE="Joe2007, post: 1498512, member: 1262"]There have been a few estate sales in my area that I haven't been able to attend the first day of the sale. I decided to skip these sales since my reasoning was that most of the better items and good values would be already sold and whatever would be left would be the dregs that the professionals (collectors/resellers) didn't want and would not be worthwhile. I assume that if good items were left on the last day of the sale you would be in a stronger negotiating position to buy them unless the estate sale company had a clause in their contract to keep anything that didn't sell. Very large sales with lots of quality, higher priced items may be an exception and some of the good stuff may last to later days. Resellers may have more luck since they only need to find something to make a buck on not something they want to personally add to their collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your Thoughts?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joe2007, post: 1498512, member: 1262"]There have been a few estate sales in my area that I haven't been able to attend the first day of the sale. I decided to skip these sales since my reasoning was that most of the better items and good values would be already sold and whatever would be left would be the dregs that the professionals (collectors/resellers) didn't want and would not be worthwhile. I assume that if good items were left on the last day of the sale you would be in a stronger negotiating position to buy them unless the estate sale company had a clause in their contract to keep anything that didn't sell. Very large sales with lots of quality, higher priced items may be an exception and some of the good stuff may last to later days. Resellers may have more luck since they only need to find something to make a buck on not something they want to personally add to their collection. Your Thoughts?[/QUOTE]
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