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<p>[QUOTE="Joe2007, post: 2480083, member: 1262"]Estate sales return with a roar — and longer, socially distanced lines </p><p><a href="https://buffalonews.com/news/estate-sales-return-with-a-roar-and-longer-socially-distanced-lines/article_c0faf990-c3aa-11ea-a01c-dbe5bb775086.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://buffalonews.com/news/estate-sales-return-with-a-roar-and-longer-socially-distanced-lines/article_c0faf990-c3aa-11ea-a01c-dbe5bb775086.html" rel="nofollow">https://buffalonews.com/news/estate-sales-return-with-a-roar-and-longer-socially-distanced-lines/article_c0faf990-c3aa-11ea-a01c-dbe5bb775086.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><i>“Increasing amounts of people are coming out. They’re here to look and see as opposed to being tied up at home. The result is increased buying, by more than 20%,” said Sharpe. “The spectrum of items people are looking for is much broader than it used to be before we had this event. They’ll spend more time looking and be more prepared to buy things. Before they were in a hurry; now they have nothing to do.”</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting read. I have been seeing this phenomenon at antique malls, auctions, and thrift stores too in recent weeks. They are all jammed packed with buyers right now and people seem to be spending fairly freely. No idea if this will continue if the economy continues to spiral downward but at this point a lot of antiques and collectable niches like coins and sports cards are seeing a resurgence of interest they haven't seen in a while.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joe2007, post: 2480083, member: 1262"]Estate sales return with a roar — and longer, socially distanced lines [URL]https://buffalonews.com/news/estate-sales-return-with-a-roar-and-longer-socially-distanced-lines/article_c0faf990-c3aa-11ea-a01c-dbe5bb775086.html[/URL] [I]“Increasing amounts of people are coming out. They’re here to look and see as opposed to being tied up at home. The result is increased buying, by more than 20%,” said Sharpe. “The spectrum of items people are looking for is much broader than it used to be before we had this event. They’ll spend more time looking and be more prepared to buy things. Before they were in a hurry; now they have nothing to do.”[/I] Interesting read. I have been seeing this phenomenon at antique malls, auctions, and thrift stores too in recent weeks. They are all jammed packed with buyers right now and people seem to be spending fairly freely. No idea if this will continue if the economy continues to spiral downward but at this point a lot of antiques and collectable niches like coins and sports cards are seeing a resurgence of interest they haven't seen in a while.[/QUOTE]
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