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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 5848796, member: 36"]Nice little box! I went back to that estate sale I was at least week. They had a ton of stuff left over, the runner said this had never happened to her before. I didn't go early figuring I'd already gotten most of the good stuff. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Waterford stemware was all still there and still sat when I left. The price wasn't bad, if no good for resale, but the market is gone. A lot of the stuff was yesterday's antiques. Teacups and silverplate. No market now unless it's going dirt cheap. I picked up an unmarked Waterford bowl for $2.50 that was inexplicably still there.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Bingo was upstairs. I picked up two smallish linen tablecloths and two sets of napkins, they didn't match, all marked Dansk. Linen, marked Finnish Accent (Ritva Puotila) made in Finland. Paid about $10 for the pile. THe napkins were entirely unused. Left some with uck on them behind; they didn't match the tablecloths either. The napkins alone were worth the price of admission. I can't believe no one else found them. </p><p><br /></p><p>The score of the day though was a bag of clothes at a local food bank's thrift for $5. They're closing down for the Winter and wanted it GONE. My sister made out like a bandit, although she doesn't know it yet. (if it all fits. If not she can donate it somewhere else.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 5848796, member: 36"]Nice little box! I went back to that estate sale I was at least week. They had a ton of stuff left over, the runner said this had never happened to her before. I didn't go early figuring I'd already gotten most of the good stuff. The Waterford stemware was all still there and still sat when I left. The price wasn't bad, if no good for resale, but the market is gone. A lot of the stuff was yesterday's antiques. Teacups and silverplate. No market now unless it's going dirt cheap. I picked up an unmarked Waterford bowl for $2.50 that was inexplicably still there. The Bingo was upstairs. I picked up two smallish linen tablecloths and two sets of napkins, they didn't match, all marked Dansk. Linen, marked Finnish Accent (Ritva Puotila) made in Finland. Paid about $10 for the pile. THe napkins were entirely unused. Left some with uck on them behind; they didn't match the tablecloths either. The napkins alone were worth the price of admission. I can't believe no one else found them. The score of the day though was a bag of clothes at a local food bank's thrift for $5. They're closing down for the Winter and wanted it GONE. My sister made out like a bandit, although she doesn't know it yet. (if it all fits. If not she can donate it somewhere else.)[/QUOTE]
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