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I listed 30 items and 10 were from death piles.
It felt great to be finally listing again. I especially love when you list something and it sells within a few hours! I went to the bins Friday, as a treat. So yeah, more to list because I did crazy good there.
Good luck Amatino with finally winding down your huge project…I can only imagine how wonderful it’s going to feel when you are done!
I thought I would come back from my trip and list like a mad woman, but it hasn’t worked out that way. A combination of worse jet lag than usual, and spending the weekend in the ER with my mom complicated things. Life is what happens when you’re busy making plans!
I listed 10 items this week, on Etsy, all from death piles.
On a brighter note, we did manage to find the ONE thrift shop in Venice AND figure out that it opened at the odd hour of 4pm. I found a stack of vintage linens and he found a couple of cool shirts for him. Another happy moment (among many) was discovering a morning one-day flea market a block from our hotel room where I found yet more vintage linens, including several lovely vintage aprons. Very happy to bring back all this loot in my suitcase! I love scavenging while travelling!
I am checking in early, as I have a feeling I won’t be able to Monday, as I will already be travelling. None for me this week, too busy getting ready for the show on Sunday and my trip. Please put me down for zero for next week too.
Thanks!
I listed 15 items this week, 10 were from death piles.
ebay-10 items
etsy- 5 itemsMy focus this week was on a storage unit I had since closing my brick and mortar last year. Finally put the time into sorting, hauling, donating, organizing. Swept it out empty yesterday, after many hours of work and whew….it’s gone. Such a great feeling, and one less expense each month.
I plan to get more listing done this week, but won’t have the whole week to do it, as I am doing another show on Sunday. It’s called I See London, I see France Plucky Maiden Junkfest and it’s in a really cool setting at an old Amusement Park that sits on the banks of the river that runs through Portland. This show focuses on British and French vintage items so I have been sorting my inventory accordingly.
And…..Sunday night I take the red-eye to Michigan, and from there on to…Venice, where I will be all next week. I am so excited, I can’t sleep. It’s been on my Things-I-must-do-before-I-die list forever. Part of why I do this crazy lifestyle is so I can travel and boy do I feel blessed. I will try to check in next Monday with my listing numbers for this week.
Have a great week everyone!
I finally got back into listing at the end of last week. I had stuff to wind down the show to deal with, like bookkeeping, because for some odd reason people like to get paid. It’s the strangest thing. 🙂 It’s about 15-20 hours of bookkeeping so it always feels great to get it over and done with.
I listed 11 items, none from death piles.
Ebay- 6 items.
Etsy shop 1 – 5 items.I did treat myself to a trip to the bins last week and estate sale season has started in earnest so I went out both Friday and Saturday, and even went back to a cool one on Sunday to score more at half price. My most thrilling find was about a dozen vintage elf figures (at fifty cents each) that are so rare I am having a hard time researching some of them. I also found about 30 vintage Christmas ornaments and that made me happy.
Most importantly, I re-organized my storage unit that’s designated for my online shops front to back, top to bottom. A place for everything and everything in its place. You have no idea how happy that makes me!! 🙂
I will post pics from my show this week. Thanks Amatino for the help.
Sharyn, the freecycle event sounds like fun! I wish they did one in our town.
ChristineR, you are right, milk glass is very cyclical, as are a lot of staples. I found that in my brick & Mortar, as well as at my show. Items wax and wane, but always seem to come back sooner or later. It might be in 6 months or it might take a year or two. Here are some trends I noticed:
Waxing: Brass, copper, ironstone, pyrex, wood kitchen utensils, old cookbooks, milk glass, vintage tablecloths, wire and wicker baskets, cast iron.
Waning: most clear glass, most standard china (unless it’s something unusual and spectacular), silverplate, birds/birdcages/birdhouses, hammered aluminum.
This, of course, could change by our next show in October.
I took about 50 pictures, but I’m not sure how to post a few of them on here.
Hello, coming back up for air, after 12 hours yesterday of packing and loading a 26-ft Uhaul truck TWICE, moving it to storage, and cleaning the Grange. It was a very good, solid Spring vintage show, and while the weather was challenging a couple of the days, we mustered through and had a good event.
Our main feature as you walked in was vintage Farmhouse and it was the HOT seller of the show. Old formica tables, vintage weather mill and a cool cast iron old weathervane that sold before we even opened, old galvanized buckets, wicker baskets, beat up stools, wood rolling pins, roosters, old watering cans, old ladders and window frames, flour sack towels, chicken feeders, old kitchen utensils, pottery mixing bowls, signage, old quilts, old chenille bedspreads, old gardening tools, old ironstone pottery.
Quirky hot seller: Milk glass. There are shows we don’t sell any, this show it flew out.
My favorite two items that sold: Sometimes I pick up something because it would be a good prop, not thinking it might sell, although I always stick a price on it. I sold a little green step-bench, with paint splatters all over and it looked like a dog had chewed on one end. Paid $2, sold for $18. I also sold a cool old metal rusty shopping cart, with a curved front and beat up. It was a great display piece. Picked up at a barn sale for $10, sold for $65 to someone who’s going to put it in her garden and fill it with plants. Love that.
Today I was sore and exhausted. Pretty much a zombie, which is typical after a 10 day show. I plan to get back to listing tomorrow and back to my normal routine.
My show opens in 5 hours. None for me. Sorry for the terse reply, but tons left to do. Have a good week everyone.
Completely in show mode now so no listing last week. We load the 26 ft truck on Thursday and then start set up, so no listing this week either. I will start listing again after the 15th.
I have a black Town & Country minivan with the stow and go seats. Her name is Stella. She’s a beast. It’s astonishing what I can pack in her. Another feature I love is that I can open the side doors and the back hatch with my key fob or buttons by the rear view mirror. I took her on a 13-state picking trip a couple of summers ago and brought back over 1000 items in her, including 46 vintage hats.
Amatino,
Texas isn’t too far…haha. I have one customer who makes a special trip up from Arizona for the show and another who plans her trips to Oregon from Alaska around the show. They bring extra empty suitcases!
Thanks Amatino!
I rent a 101-year-old grange hall twice a year and fill it to the brim with treasures from about 40 dealers and local artists. It takes a team of us 5 days just to set it up, but I love the challenge and each time we do different vignettes so it’s never the same show twice.
It’s called Brookhaven Vintage Marketplace and our website is Brookhavenvintage.com for more details. It’s in the countryside a few miles outside of Beaverton, Oregon.
This year marks the 22nd year I have been putting on the show.
Item listed:
Ebay- 25
Amazon – 0
Etsy shop 1 -5
Etsy shop 2 -0Total items listed: 30
Items from death piles: 25Starting to gear up for my big antique show and the next three weeks will be concentrating on that…two weeks of prep and one week of the show. Not sure if I will even be doing any listing, but maybe in the wee hours of the evening I might be able to do a few. Hit a crazy good estate sale on Saturday and went back Sunday for half price. I will have loads to list, once I get back to having the time to do lots of it.
Ice_Queen, Hey there neighbor!
Good to know about the airport bins. I told a picking buddy about it yesterday and we agreed we need to go check it out! Thanks for the heads up! One of these times you make the drive we should get together for coffee and Scavenger chat…it would be fun! I’m sorry the Hillsboro bins haven’t panned out for you, but then we are all looking for slightly different things. My aim is to not only find things to sell online but at my antique shows, so I skew towards vintage stuff. I have another friend who hits the Milwaukie bins at least once a week and she finds the most amazing things, but then she’s investing a bit of time in doing so.
