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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 4042323, member: 36"]I've had it happen to me a few times. I wish it would happen more often!</p><p><br /></p><p>Got up at the crack of dawn this morning and dragged what's left of my carcass to an estate sale too far away. The sale runner often doesn't advertise jewelry when she has it, and I knew I'd always wonder if I didn't go, so off I went. The really interesting reading glasses were $25 (antiques, probably steel frames) and I knew they'd sell for about that so they stayed behind. So did the (sigh) drafting kits. Already have three - mine, Dad's and Great-grandpa's. </p><p><br /></p><p>Did grab the skeleton keys, a travel razor new in package, and a handful of silver for $60. The tree has a watch battery on the back. There were some 14k earrings too - mismatched pearls on posts. Big fat hairy one. And a nice British enamel and rhinestone dolphin. Dunno if he made the photo.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]327673[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 4042323, member: 36"]I've had it happen to me a few times. I wish it would happen more often! Got up at the crack of dawn this morning and dragged what's left of my carcass to an estate sale too far away. The sale runner often doesn't advertise jewelry when she has it, and I knew I'd always wonder if I didn't go, so off I went. The really interesting reading glasses were $25 (antiques, probably steel frames) and I knew they'd sell for about that so they stayed behind. So did the (sigh) drafting kits. Already have three - mine, Dad's and Great-grandpa's. Did grab the skeleton keys, a travel razor new in package, and a handful of silver for $60. The tree has a watch battery on the back. There were some 14k earrings too - mismatched pearls on posts. Big fat hairy one. And a nice British enamel and rhinestone dolphin. Dunno if he made the photo. [ATTACH=full]327673[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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