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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SeaGoat, post: 4473717, member: 1136&quot;]I&#039;m glad I&#039;m not the only one. When you talk to people in person, everyone seems to be doing &quot;awesome&quot;, even though I know that &quot;awesome&quot; is exaggerated. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I dont know why it&#039;s always a competition, we&#039;d probably get through the market if we could all put our heads together and brainstorm instead of wondering what we&#039;re doing wrong individually (speaking locally of course)</p><p><br /></p><p>I think having a diverse selection really does help..</p><p>Like I said, my booth is only 64 sqft, and pretty narrow, so sometimes manipulating that space into diversity is super hard.</p><p>I try and keep some vintage kitchen in there, some true antiques, some art, some painted furniture, some new pieces that look antique but are not the price of actual antiques..</p><p>I also started making decals a couple years ago, they don&#039;t sell like hot cakes but they are cheap to make and have helped save my rear a few months.</p><p><br /></p><p>When it comes to books, I try to only keep a couple at a time, either current best selling authors, specialty coffee table books (weapons, war books, cityscapes, local histories), historical novels, architectural, and I try to keep hardbacks only..</p><p>But I&#039;ll only pick then up if they are $1 or under. </p><p>My local library sells books for $0.25 - $0.75, and if there is anything good left over at the estate sales I help with, I&#039;ll pick them up cheap. </p><p>So books aren&#039;t a huge money maker for me, but I&#039;ll take turning $0.75 into $5 any day <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I dont know yall.</p><p>Watching what&#039;s being sold at estate sales, depending on the area, it seems to just be &quot;stuff&quot;.</p><p>Towels, rugs, a random kitchen knife, pots and pans, foot baths, all the boring everyday things.</p><p>I have noticed a lot of people buying Blue and white China, pottery, and glassware (ie. blue willow and other chinese looking patterns), furniture goes if its cheap enough and in near perfect condition. </p><p>Vintage clothing seems to be going to online resellers like hot cakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hmm.</p><p>Where is this world going? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie76" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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