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<p>[QUOTE="Marko, post: 862316, member: 210"]Since there was an estate sale three blocks from my house, you would think I would have gotten up. NO, but I did get there 12 minutes after it started, I was 12th in line to get in. I didn't miss anything I wanted. Small old house, but a full basement. I got this new in the box, never used, $8.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]197336[/ATTACH] </p><p>I am going back tomorrow, half-price day. There were vintage hats there, never worn, I grabbed two black silk velvet numbers with feathers with the hat box, $10, need to photograph, and they will be $2.50 tomorrow for the rest. It was a mob scene because they had a ton of tools, the guys were going crazy. They had retro glass-topped tables, but wouldn't split up the set- $248 for three tables. I bought my same tables for $85 at a house sale. They could have sold them all at full-price if they split them up. </p><p><br /></p><p>Then I went to an estate sale that started yesterday, and when I got there, just in time, the prices went half-price. I didn't photograph everything, but I got this guy for $2.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]197337[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]197338[/ATTACH] </p><p>I go to the Lobster House in Cape May for my birthday every year, and lo and behold, there was this guy. They are used to server salty snacks during cocktail hour at the bar, and they are not for sale. $3.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]197339[/ATTACH] </p><p>And I am checking out and there is a table by the cashier with this on it. It was over two hours after everything went half-price, and I figured, why not? I didn't have my phone, but I fell in love with the beauty of the set. The mirror has the old original Gorham Sterling sticker on it. Gorham sterling vanity set, buttercup pattern, half-price was $45.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]197341[/ATTACH] </p><p>They had so much great stuff. They had a wooden colonial tea cart on sale for $45. If I had an antique booth, I would have bought it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marko, post: 862316, member: 210"]Since there was an estate sale three blocks from my house, you would think I would have gotten up. NO, but I did get there 12 minutes after it started, I was 12th in line to get in. I didn't miss anything I wanted. Small old house, but a full basement. I got this new in the box, never used, $8. [ATTACH=full]197336[/ATTACH] I am going back tomorrow, half-price day. There were vintage hats there, never worn, I grabbed two black silk velvet numbers with feathers with the hat box, $10, need to photograph, and they will be $2.50 tomorrow for the rest. It was a mob scene because they had a ton of tools, the guys were going crazy. They had retro glass-topped tables, but wouldn't split up the set- $248 for three tables. I bought my same tables for $85 at a house sale. They could have sold them all at full-price if they split them up. Then I went to an estate sale that started yesterday, and when I got there, just in time, the prices went half-price. I didn't photograph everything, but I got this guy for $2. [ATTACH=full]197337[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]197338[/ATTACH] I go to the Lobster House in Cape May for my birthday every year, and lo and behold, there was this guy. They are used to server salty snacks during cocktail hour at the bar, and they are not for sale. $3. [ATTACH=full]197339[/ATTACH] And I am checking out and there is a table by the cashier with this on it. It was over two hours after everything went half-price, and I figured, why not? I didn't have my phone, but I fell in love with the beauty of the set. The mirror has the old original Gorham Sterling sticker on it. Gorham sterling vanity set, buttercup pattern, half-price was $45. [ATTACH=full]197341[/ATTACH] They had so much great stuff. They had a wooden colonial tea cart on sale for $45. If I had an antique booth, I would have bought it.[/QUOTE]
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