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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 4608914, member: 36"]Now that's a nice score! </p><p><br /></p><p>I came home today with more money than I left with. Went to one tag sale that turned out to be all new stuff. One of my cusswords - "new". Then I went to a second day of an estate sale that I only found out about after the first day ended. spent $14. There's a photo on my tablet; I found a hand-decorated cup and saucer with a staple repair. Bought it for the staples. Got someone's wedding silver salt and pepper too. They had $68 on them, apparently a mistake; the estate runner said she'd seen people picking them up and putting them down for two days running. Sold them to be for $5. </p><p><br /></p><p>Third sale: I rooted around in some silverplate and found a handful of pieces that weren't plated, and a little purple Coach wallet. "You can have the silverware but I wanted $5 for the wallet." Couldn't get my cash out fast enough.(LOL) The best thing at that sale was Mugsby the kitten/cat, a half-grown tabby with the zoomies. He decided my cane, and fingers, were good toys. Said kitty was another cat's "find". Said second cat came home one night with the kitten in his mouth! </p><p><br /></p><p>Ran one errand and then took the silver to a local pawn shop and was paid $40. Was that under melt? Probably, but given what I had in it who cared?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 4608914, member: 36"]Now that's a nice score! I came home today with more money than I left with. Went to one tag sale that turned out to be all new stuff. One of my cusswords - "new". Then I went to a second day of an estate sale that I only found out about after the first day ended. spent $14. There's a photo on my tablet; I found a hand-decorated cup and saucer with a staple repair. Bought it for the staples. Got someone's wedding silver salt and pepper too. They had $68 on them, apparently a mistake; the estate runner said she'd seen people picking them up and putting them down for two days running. Sold them to be for $5. Third sale: I rooted around in some silverplate and found a handful of pieces that weren't plated, and a little purple Coach wallet. "You can have the silverware but I wanted $5 for the wallet." Couldn't get my cash out fast enough.(LOL) The best thing at that sale was Mugsby the kitten/cat, a half-grown tabby with the zoomies. He decided my cane, and fingers, were good toys. Said kitty was another cat's "find". Said second cat came home one night with the kitten in his mouth! Ran one errand and then took the silver to a local pawn shop and was paid $40. Was that under melt? Probably, but given what I had in it who cared?[/QUOTE]
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