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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 262128, member: 36"]I hit all of the above. Yard sales, estate sales, rummage sales, thrift stores, etc. The biggest scores have been at ... all of the above. You just never know. I found a really rare, as in good luck ever seeing a piece again, sterling Maida Heater jewelry at a yard sale selling mostly modern tat. It was sitting with the Lia Sophia and Chico's junk. Gold fetches up all over the place, sometimes known and sometimes not. The biggest one piece "hit" of my life came from an estate sale - a sterling silver tray sold as overpriced silverplate. Synagogue and church rummage sales can offer the best bang for your buck. I always go on the preview night and pay the $5 (local standard) to get in. There are thrifts in local over-55 communities here too, but while they used to let outsiders in that's not true any more. Darnitt. Both of them have people who earned way too much money and I used to find all sorts of paydirt. </p><p><br /></p><p>Short form: it's like playing the lottery but with a better chance of a payout.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 262128, member: 36"]I hit all of the above. Yard sales, estate sales, rummage sales, thrift stores, etc. The biggest scores have been at ... all of the above. You just never know. I found a really rare, as in good luck ever seeing a piece again, sterling Maida Heater jewelry at a yard sale selling mostly modern tat. It was sitting with the Lia Sophia and Chico's junk. Gold fetches up all over the place, sometimes known and sometimes not. The biggest one piece "hit" of my life came from an estate sale - a sterling silver tray sold as overpriced silverplate. Synagogue and church rummage sales can offer the best bang for your buck. I always go on the preview night and pay the $5 (local standard) to get in. There are thrifts in local over-55 communities here too, but while they used to let outsiders in that's not true any more. Darnitt. Both of them have people who earned way too much money and I used to find all sorts of paydirt. Short form: it's like playing the lottery but with a better chance of a payout.[/QUOTE]
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