Estate sales are dangerous
#12
Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Escondido, CA
Posts: 112
The last estate sale I went to, my friend and I bought 450.00 worth of fabric for church. It was all a dollar a yard, so I went back the next day with my neighbor and she spent 120.00. She thinks she was in heaven. Two weeks later the gal who was running the estate sale called me and said she was done, but still had fabric left. So the neighbor and I went and bought the last of it for 500.00. It completely filled the back of her Toyota Rav 4 (with seats down). Quite a steal. Still sorting
#15
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Cottage Grove, MN
Posts: 2,807
Great estate finds! I went to one on Saturday and everything was 1/2 off when I arrived. I bought quite a few yards of nice quilting fabric for $1 a yard. I know one of the daughters and she also gave a charity where I volunteer 68 yards of knit and 12 yards of sweatshirt fleece. I almost decided not to go because she would let me know when to pick up the donation. I'm so glad I did because I added to my personal stash and even got the donation delivered to the charity that day!
Connie
Connie
#17
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Northern California mountains
Posts: 12,538
You are a true rescuer! An elderly lady left everything to our church. The hired appraiser put all the 'junk' into a dumpster. My parents went by and did their own evaluation, netting $1500 for antique laces and such for the church. This was in the 1960's.
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