estate sales

[alien42]

does anyone here go to estate sales very often or even occasionally? i have not been to one since i was a child and they have peaked my interest again. if anyone goes, what do you look for? any advice?

 

[sixone]

We go to a couple per year. A lot of stuff goes higher than new, you have to know what you're looking for and what is a reasonable price.

 

[MikePanic]

are you talking in terms of investments and re-saleability of items, or just to buy stuff to have stuff?

in this day and age, everybody who wants to sell something and every auction house use ebay, yahoo and whatever other online auction site out there to get a feel for fair and balanced market value.

your best bet on getting deals however is to take the drive to middle of no-where auction and the ones that start at like 7am. chances are, less people will be there

 

[alien42]

Originally posted by: sixone
We go to a couple per year. A lot of stuff goes higher than new, you have to know what you're looking for and what is a reasonable price.

are these rural or urban estate sales?

 

[everman]

Estate auctions are much better. You can actually find deals, whereas estate sales tend to be overpriced.

 

[sixone]

Originally posted by: alien42

Originally posted by: sixone
We go to a couple per year. A lot of stuff goes higher than new, you have to know what you're looking for and what is a reasonable price.

are these rural or urban estate sales?

Rural. We have a lot of e-bayers around, so it's hard to find good deals.

 

[alien42]

Originally posted by: MikePanic
are you talking in terms of investments and re-saleability of items, or just to buy stuff to have stuff?

in this day and age, everybody who wants to sell something and every auction house use ebay, yahoo and whatever other online auction site out there to get a feel for fair and balanced market value.

your best bet on getting deals however is to take the drive to middle of no-where auction and the ones that start at like 7am. chances are, less people will be there

i am a pack rat but i was thinking i might be able to find stuff to make a profit on. i do have some knowledge about a lot of different collectibles/antiques. from what i remember they generally auction off large items and then boxes of similar items, is that correct?

 

[alien42]

Originally posted by: everman
Estate auctions are much better. You can actually find deals, whereas estate sales tend to be overpriced.

i was actually looking at auctions and did not know there was a difference between sales and auctions, makes sense.