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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;evelyb30, post: 9800574, member: 36&quot;]Went to not one but two estate sales today.&nbsp; avoided a professionally run one with &quot;designer&quot; merch in a high rent district. One was run by a real estate guy and prices were good.&nbsp; Spent $22 on nothing crazy. Except...a bag of junk.&nbsp; They took out some family photos I was happy to see go, but didn&#039;t realize the junk in one envelope was all scrap sterling from a jewelry class!&nbsp; $45 scrap value right now.&nbsp; Nothing much to look at, but it&#039;ll melt down for reuse just fine.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The second sale was a mix of cheap junk and $tupidly overpriced &quot;nice stuff&quot;.&nbsp; I got some Cloissone Christmas ornaments for a local antique store looking for pretties for their Christmas trees come November.&nbsp; Those are out in the trunk.&nbsp; The old stuff was sky high, such as it was.&nbsp; I could have bought a newish glass ornament shaped like a mosquito (same size as the Florida State Bird too!) for $3, but couldn&#039;t bring myself to pull the trigger.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The overpricing dude at the second sale had a little sterling wine pourer thing with a .950 mark.&nbsp; &quot;It&#039;s (town) and sterling so..$40?&quot; I said no so fast it&#039;s not funny.&nbsp; He threatened to scrap it but I said that&#039;s what I was thinking too.&nbsp; With the cork and interior steel full melt was probably $25, tops.&nbsp; Hard pass. Oh well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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