Pre-Estate Sales

That next Saturday we all woke up and made the thirty minute drive out to Garner to where the estate sale was located. When we first arrived we all were given strange looks, we were definitely the youngest people at the sale by at least forty years.  As most estate sales go the auctioneer (the guy who runs the bidding on the items) gives customers around an hour to look around the house so people can figure out what they want to bid on. When going to an estate sale you have to look at the potential of every item. Something that may look invaluable can be worth the most amount of money at the sale. For example my parents went to an estate sale last week and found a silver dining set in the bottom of an old tool box. My parents kept quiet and bought the tool box for five dollars and went home and sold the silver dining set for $700 dollars, talk about finding hidden treasures.  After looking around we decided on the items we wanted to bid on. We settled on bidding on an antique mirror, kitchen table, set of dishes, oriental rug, and a few other things. As the bidding began we settled on our maximum price we were willing to pay for each item.  The first item up for bidding was the kitchen table which we desperately needed. The bidding began and to our advantage the other individuals in the room typically let us win our items because I think they felt bad for us or were extremely confused why we were there. In any case we managed to go home with all our big ticket items we wanted and pay only $150 for everything. If we had purchased these items at a thrift store or flee market we would have paid well over $500. After returning back to the house I decided to look online to see how much some of the items were appraised for. The Oriental rug we purchased which was our biggest investment cost us $40 and was appraised for $450 on eBay. Once again my parents were right, estate sales are awesome and offer one of a kind items for dirt cheap prices