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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marko, post: 388896, member: 210&quot;]I love the belt buckle- I love all things dragony.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, the community yard sale.... it rained off and on and I got there late, 11ish.&nbsp; Figured there would be nothing there.&nbsp; There seemed to be quite a lot of jewelry outside one of the churches where people set up, but I missed it.&nbsp; They did have a 25 cent table, and there were two vintage chrome majorette batons there, so I bought them for my sister to resell at her flea market.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I parked far from the church and walked around to various sales (weren&#039;t many) carrying the two batons.&nbsp; At a multi-family yard sale, I was looking through the items and a woman who was selling there (she had wooden display cases set up with ridiculously over-priced stuff) came up to me and started making fun of the batons.&nbsp; I told her they were only 25 cents each and I liked them.&nbsp; She FOLLOWED ME AROUND continuing to make fun of me.&nbsp; It was like a bullying situation.&nbsp; So I went over to her cases and she followed me.&nbsp; She said &quot;You with batons, just too funny!&quot;&nbsp; So she had this hatpin for sale marked &quot;unsigned hat pin, $45.&quot;&nbsp; I am usually very nice, but I said to her &quot;You know what is hilarious?&nbsp; You trying to sell that hat pin for that price at a yard sale.&quot;&nbsp; That got her quiet.&nbsp; And I walked away.</p><p><br /></p><p>So on my way back to the car, there was an old wooden folding chair with a piece of pottery on it that caught my eye.&nbsp; It was around 1 p.m. and people just start putting stuff at the curb, but I picked up the piece and knocked on the door.&nbsp; An elderly lady came out and I asked her if she was getting rid of the items out front.&nbsp; She said no, a lady previously bought 5 pieces of pottery from her similar to this and kept bugging her for more because the lady told her she had one she couldn&#039;t find.&nbsp; She said she set the piece out in case the woman came back.&nbsp; I asked her how much she wanted for it, she said &quot;make me an offer.&quot;&nbsp; So I said $2 and she said sold.&nbsp; Here it is, one of the few times I didn&#039;t make a glassware mistake.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]134837[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>From my research, it is Roseville Sun and Moon jardinere, if I am spelling that right, 10&quot; circumference.&nbsp; Then I asked how much the wooden chair was, she said make me an offer.&nbsp; I offered $5, so then she said, well I have two more.&nbsp; I bought all three for $10 to give to sis to sell at her flea market.&nbsp; Even though it wasn&#039;t a jewelry day, there was still treasure left later in the day.... you never know.</p><p><br /></p><p>So people started packing up, and there was an estate sale a town over, second day so basically nothing left.&nbsp; It was being run by an estate company I never heard of, and they were very nice.&nbsp; I found a set of fur cuffs removed from a coat and thought they were rabbit, no price tag, so the lady running the estate sale said &quot;I have to ask her.&quot;&nbsp; I said &quot;Her who?&quot;&nbsp; She said &quot;the owner.&quot; I said &quot;I never went to an estate sale that was run by an estate sale seller who let the owner be there.&quot;&nbsp; She said the owner REFUSED to leave the premises during the sale.&nbsp; She looked exasperated and said &quot;me either.&quot;&nbsp; So the owner said the fur cuffs were lynx and asked me to make an offer.&nbsp;&nbsp; I offered $10 for the pair, she then said $20 for the pair, so I agreed.&nbsp; The owner was nice, and we got to talking. I wish I had taken a picture of her chandelier, it was the most beautiful and unique I have ever seen.&nbsp; Antique, it looked like drooping palm fronds covered with hanging crystals.&nbsp; She had a lot of beautiful things, I think she was Jewish, there was a menorah there and many Middle Eastern things.&nbsp; The lady running the estate sale also liked me, and told me about two upcoming sales.&nbsp; So it was a pleasant, if not wildly profitable, day.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I will post antique show finds tomorrow.&nbsp; No great bargains, paid fair prices, but beautiful things.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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