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What estate sale items do you never get tired of selling?
Part of the excitement of working for an estate sale company is the discovery of the unique, the unusual and the valuable. While it is always fun to find the unexpected, most of our business consists of sell- ing everyday household items like dishes. It may sound funny but I really
Mid Century designer furniture is a category that certainly never gets old for me. We’ve had furniture pieces in our estate sales designed by the likes of Charles and Ray Eames, Hans Wagner, and George Mulhauser. Not only do they create lots of inter- est in our sales, but I’m continually impressed with the level of creativity
like dishes. My mom had a set of dishes
for every occasion and I have inherited her appreciation of fine kitchenware. Most
it took to take some- thing as everyday as a chair and make it stand out like a piece of art.
estates have a set of fine china (or two or three). Some have been barely used and are still complete, while others are chipped and worn from hundreds of family dinners. I always wonder what stories these dishes could tell. Kitchenware is unique because there is a gadget for every possible kitchen task (avocado slicer), a dish for every possible meal (fish platter) and we have seen them all in one sale or another.
Antique hand sewn quilts also invoke a high level of appreciation in me. At least half of our estate sales contain quilts crafted nearly a century ago, meticulously sewn by hand. The sheer amount of time spent to produce just one quilt makes it hard to write them off as blasé. Each one shows off its own unique qualities and the incred- ible craftsmanship of its creator.
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