Garage Sale Finds

Ok, school is out the kids are home and summer is fully underway. This is a key time for any collector to get out there and snag some of those garage sale finds. It is amazing how many people will put a collectible antique out on a table for just a few dollars without ever knowing its true value. If your just getting started here is where you should be focusing your attention. You will find the best bargins early in the morning when the garage sale first opens so make sure to get a good nights sleep. If its at all possible try and hit up some of the advertised porch sales and estate sales in your area the day before when people are first setting them up.

I bought about $5000 dollars worth of pink and green depression glass from a lady that was just setting up for less than a thousand dollars. Needless to say I bought everything she had, she was so thrilled not to have to go to the trouble of actually having to set everything up that when I offered to buy the whole lot a day early she jumped at the chance. These types of situations don't happen often but when they do take advantage of them. Always remember when you our buying that just because you don't like an item doesnt mean its not highly collectible and valued by others. There have been many times where I hesitated and went against my gut feeling and not bought something only to get home and find out I missed out on a huge deal. So keep an open mind and you might just end up with the antiques and collectibles garage sale find of the century.