A good month. Gross Sales were over 3 grand. But last year November was closer to 4 grand and I sold 20 more items. Still, I'll take it. Last year I had a ton of Kurt Aldler Jockey blown glass ornaments that sold super well. Nothing as great as that this year. But still, I sold quite a bit including some very old listings.
I'm trying to be much more selective with my sourcing. I have bought about 600$ worth of stuff this month which blows me away because I tried to not source due to many financial set backs. Things add up fast.
This past week-end including Friday was packed with some extra special auctions and estate sales. The semi annual doll sale was on Friday and I did not spend a lot. About half of my usual take. There was not a lot of things that interested me. And what did I had (there is always one) have my eye on some nut case lady kept bidding against me and would not relinquish. I'm not proud of myself, but I intentionally bid her up. I had no intention of paying 80$ or 90$ but I new she would go higher. So the 6 dolls probably cost her close to 600$ bucks. She was one of the deep pockets there. Maybe the only one. There was another lady who would not let go of the Madame Alexander International Dolls. There were at least 8 sets of at least 6 dolls each. People who take them all are not only mean and do not show bidding my idea of bidding etiquette. They are real slow sellers - most of them. All dolls are typically slow sellers.
Here is one of the rooms in the Primitive House Estate Sale. Just packed full of items that are usually in an Architectural Salvage House. There was so much that I felt overwhelmed when I walked in. Thankfully I arrived about 1 pm and the house was not packed with people. I bought about 50 worth of things with the intent of returning the next day on 50% off. I got there right when it opened and it was packed!! I saw two other resellers there that I recognized from the auction house. 3 items I wanted were already gone (an Indian book, a blow glass Santa, suede hats, a very beat up leather messenger bag and a small bybee jug). But the other items I wanted were there plus I was able to snag a few more.
The second house was out in the county-ish area and nestled across from a huge Public Park. I would love to own this house and bought a lottery ticket just in case. It's on the market for a million bucks. It's very old and I overheard that it was once a grocery store. It is on the historic registry so there is not much you can do to renovate it. the kitchen is so tiny. But it has a carriage house that could possibly be converted into a kitchen dining area. Perhaps a walkway would be allowed. All in all, I fell in love. I did not buy much here, a load of biographies - the library room was to die for. I wish I had the frame of mind to take a picture of it. This is the upstairs living room complete with a piano. How is one to get that down without a crane? There is a second piano in the downstairs living area/Library.
These are a few of the items I picked up at the Primitive Estate Sale on one of the most famous streets in Lou'ville.
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