Last week was probably the worst week I have had as a reseller since getting started last January. I sold a grand total of 5 items. I am very distraught, not discouraged. I continue to list and stick to the genre I love which is Collectibles.
I wish I had taken my love of old things more seriously long ago. My daughter who tags along to the Auction and to pick up some on line Auction wins made the comment that she hated to go to the Antique Houses with me when she was a kid. But loves it now (its a gene from my Mom).
I would take her to Goss Street Antique Mall. A grandiose three story affair that at one time may have been a train station and office building...? Long gone now, turned into condo's I think but remains alive in my memory. There are lots of places still around town but this place was special in the sense that it was dark and dusty and had those spectacular old wooden floors, big large windows that spewed in rays of sunshine in which the dust bunnies dances. The booths full of old discarded junk. The top floor was furniture. That dark goth style large wood monstrosities that use to be the staple of the turn of the century Victorian Homes.
If only I had money at the time, which I did not and was why I was entertaining my skeptical and bored daughter by dragging her to Antique Malls.
If only I had realized that one could make a career out of knowing things. Because it ain't easy when you are my age (old decrepit Baby Boomer) but I try.
I have invested about 60 bucks in a plethora of books ranging from Occupied Japanese Porcelain to Breyer Horses. As an investment and to sell. Ha ha. Lady Head Vases I have up for about 150$ I thumb through them and soak up info. One can pick up a lot of information by pictures and just recognizing the value in things.
My sales have vastly improved this week. Three days left and I have sold 11 items, 10 paid for (the important part).
Off to track down a lost Wedgewood Plate and pack up two items.
Keep on keeping on, never give up, go what you love regardless of the barriers and the slow times.
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