estate sales

[paulgila]

we have been going to alot of estate sales in our area recently.you never know what you will find

& its interesting to snoop around in dead peoples houses.

this sale was near SDSU.

we are sufficiently "coffee'd-up" & ready to shop!

backyard ambience.

sometimes you can buy anything thats not nailed down,including plants & garden decor.i have actually dug plants up

at sales like this before.

this yard has a cool westward view(if you like freeways) of mission valley.

[paulgila]

some stealth photography from inside.

there were some nice pieces but the prices were outrageous.

weird "wallpaper" in the kitchen/dining room.

some coca-cola memorabilia. from the wear patterns they looked authentic.

each tray was 150usd.

[paulgila]

the previous occupants of the house,i assume.

we didnt buy anything.

the next sale said "60s & 70s furniture" in the ad.

finally the sun is coming out.

lots of interesting stuff but over-priced.

i hate sales where the seller knows what things are worth.

so time to move on.

[paulgila]

more "hipsters" making a bee-line for the sale means i am outta here!

landscaping shots on the way out.

[paulgila]

we stopped at a garage sale a few blocks away that was a waste of time except for this triple howea.

and this rare "pinus/grape" plant.

ok,i made that last part up.

the end.

[BS Man about Palms]

Yup, I don't stop at "Estate sales" much as they are traditionally overpriced...

Then again, I SHOULDN'T be stopping at them anyway!

(I keep hearing about my brother and mother trying to get my Dad to "purge" while he's still around. I heard 4 cars in storage lots and storage rentals in TWO states, one has not been a resident of for 15+ years?..)

See, now you know where I get it from.

[paulgila]

i enjoy estate sales more than the typical "garage sales" because you can go inside & see how people lived.

sometimes its interesting,sometimes creepy,but you can always go home & shower afterwards.

estate sales aren't usually more expensive per se,it was just the luck of the draw this time.

[metalfan]

Just an aside...

I haven't been to an estate sale since I was a child. But it was a doozy. This was in the mid-1960's in rural Texas when they still laid people out at home sometimes in smaller communities. Yep you guessed it...the sale was going on and the deceased was laid out in the 'parlor' in the casket. Almost like he was going to have the 'final say' on the prices, lol. I remember asking my mother if he was for sale. I had nightmares about that for years.

[paulgila]

some of the best ones i have been to were in rural ND,where people kept EVERYTHING.it was loaded onto flatbed trailers in the yard & auctioned off on the spot.

i have never seen one where the deceased is still present,however