Featured I Am Here, 12th in line. Nuff said… :)

Discussion in 'Antique Discussion' started by mmarco102, Apr 13, 2024.

  1. antidiem

    antidiem Well-Known Member

    The only estate sales I've ever attended were not regulated by number of people allowed inside to buy everything up first. It was prior to people being assigned numbers. It was wonderful.
     
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  2. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    It's pretty common now for the pros to hire people to stand in line for them & then trade off when the doors open.They'll stay in there for hours hoovering everything up they can make a nickel on.
    -just modern picking.
     
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  3. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    They do numbers here; usually the first 25 go right in. Sometimes everyone if the house is big enough. Allowing the first 10 to buy anything worth buying while number 11 gets zeroed out... I can believe it. . I've gone to a sale and been a fairly low number, and WATCHED someone walk out with one of the items I went for in the first place. It's annoying. The one that still gets me is a necklace that was clearly shown in the previews. I was first in line, first into the jewelry and STILL didn't get it. It wasn't there, and the estate sale runner (whom I know) swore none of per people bought it ahead of time.
     
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  4. J Dagger

    J Dagger Well-Known Member

    Looks like a very fun sale to root around imo. I may have focused in on the early export teapots and pieces near them that I saw in one photo. At least as far as the porcelains went that’s what I’d want to see sooner then later. Especially if there were Chinese buyers ahead of me. They have started to dip into the export wares but it’s not their focus usually. As good Chinese stuff is hard to find and very expensive I’ve found early Chinese export wares a fun foot in the door. The market is down from its peak so very nice things can be had pretty cheaply. It can be misidentified often and sometimes overlooked too. The stuff with the crests of important families and rare patterns goes for huge money but it’s surprising the nice bits you can pick up cheaply, particularly if you don’t require perfect condition. I LOVE a hoarders house, when they hoard good things. There’s always things the sale runner didn’t find or didn’t have time to properly research.
     
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  5. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I've gotten a few deals that way. Not enough, but enough to keep looking.
     
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