Multiple times during the day at work, I’ll take mini-breaks to check out the latest news on MSN.com. Today I noticed an article on the front page called “Intriguing and Bizarre Items Sold at Estate Sales” . I was so excited because not only was American Pickers featured in the latest edition of the Entrepreneur magazine I get each month, but estate sales were being brought up on a popular news site! Estate sales and used stuff sometimes get a bad rap from those that have never been to an estate sale or have never noticed the quality of old stuff, so I’m always thrilled when there’s a chance to show that junkin’ is fun, socially acceptable, and provides a chance to find quality stuff!
Boy, was I disappointed when I read the MSN Article. Click here to see the article. I’m not knockin’ the person who put the slideshow together; Maybe the estate sales in Washington, D.C. are just not as quality as they are here in good ‘ole Arkansas, but I couldn’t help but post a comment to let the world know that the slideshow was not representative of every estate sale. You know I’m serious when I take the time to sign up and get a username so I can post a comment. 🙂
And then I realized I haven’t made a for-real blog post in forever, so I decided that although I have Antique Show newspaper ads and 5 billboard images to design and a million more things to do, I’d stop and smell the roses and do what I really enjoy: Talkin’ junk.
My favorite things that I’ve found lately are these set of 5 Handgemalt angels from one of June’s estate sales. From my research, Handgemalt is a Dresden name. I absolutely love them so I’m keeping them for my collection.
At the same Estate Sale by June, I found the two plant racks below. I plan to come up with clever ways to use them in my booths!
I also found the cute blue and yellow flowered tumblers below at June’s sale. I hit the jackpot that day!
Petite Roche Estate Sales’ latest sale was a lot of fun too, with lots of old girly things! The butterfly handkerchiefs and the perfume bottle in their original boxes were just a couple of cute things I found! I snagged the adorable Hadley cats in the bottom right from a recent Roy Dudley estate sale.
I also picked up this green-speckled planter from Petite Roche Estate Sale. I apparently held my camera crooked when I took the photo, so I apologize for it being wonkered. 🙂 I basically bought it because I don’t know what company made it. What intrigued me most is that it has a mold number on the bottom like Camark, but it doesn’t look like any Camark piece I’ve ever seen before. It’s most likely Haegar or something less collectible than Camark, but I figured I wouldn’t know for sure unless I bought it and kept it until something like it shows up on eBay. 🙂
Last, but not least, I have this fun Shabby Chic chest of drawers that I’ve had drowned in inventory at Do Drop In in Beebe for a while. Mom and I recently overhauled that booth (it’s still not where I want it to be after working on it for 8+ hours) and I brought it home. I’m not sure which booth it’s going to yet, but it makes a good place to put inventory for the moment. I got it at an auction last year.
That’s it for now, but who knows what I’ll find this weekend!
Haven’t seen any sales by June lately. Has she retired? Sure hope not. Enjpy your site!!
Thank you! I don’t think June has retired, but I have trouble keeping up with her sales because no one from her staff calls me about them and I have trouble reaching her with the phone number I have for her. I’ll try to be more proactive by checking the paper each week. Usually if I can go to one of her sales, she’ll give me details about her next sale. Her sales are pretty much always really good, so I miss going to them too!