Here's one for you Sandy D

[LilyPily]

$4 Op Shop Vase Makes $75,000 At Auction

Never give up on the garage sales or op shops!

[Sandy D]

Awesome!!

I do not know vintage Asian very well and would have passed on this myself but good for this person.

Love to see these stories.

Like the man who bought the 2.99 oil painting in Ohio at a thrift store to only find he sold it at a flea market for 25.00 and the buyer runs it through Sothebys and it sold for 225k.

Thanks for the share.

[TGMT²]

Originally Posted by Sandy D

and would have passed on this myself

Same here, I'm not a "nick nack" specialist.

[Dmshark25]

Wow now that's a great find unbelievable, I usually go to neighborhood markets each weekend and stop at local yard sales, 2 weeks ago I found a gold bracelet very old and dirty looked like it would fit a young child , I polished up and it ended up being 18k gold and I got $340 cash for it. This was one of the best finds I ever made , felt like I hit the lotto, couldn't imagine finding something worth $70,000

[Dmshark25]

Oh yea thinking it was ⊗⊗⊗⊗ the bracelet was sold to me for $5 and happened to be real

[Sandy D]

I hit the community yard sales and 3-4 auctions a week along with several online auction houses.

I am picky what I buy but do not pass on large groups of items for cheap feedback builders and never pass on buying collections, estates etc.

The last house we bought the entire contents was the biggest winner for us. Lots of hidden gems inside.

The coin collection hidden in the basement cellar area was almost enough to pay for half of the entire purchase itself.

Keep your eyes open and always make sure you do not miss anything that makes you take a second look.

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by TGMT²

Same here, I'm not a "nick nack" specialist.

HeeHee. I like nick nacks.

I would give something like that a 2nd look.

Might not make Sothebys but would be great for Etsy

[JamesNorth101]

Wow, amazing profit margins there.

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by JamesNorth101

Wow, amazing profit margins there.

Dust catcher.

Hard to maintain and keep beautiful

[rsot]

Originally Posted by Sandy D

Like the man who bought the 2.99 oil painting in Ohio at a thrift store to only find he sold it at a flea market for 25.00 and the buyer runs it through Sothebys and it sold for 225k.

That kind of 'saddened' my morning a bit hah

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by rsot

That kind of 'saddened' my morning a bit hah

Why? Someone got lucky.

It was his turn.

Wheel of fortune goes around....

[yotano211]

Some people never land on the "big money" spin.

I love when people shout "big money, come on big money" on The wheel of fortune game show.

[rsot]

Originally Posted by GreenBean™

Why? Someone got lucky.

It was his turn.

Wheel of fortune goes around....

yotano nailed it - wheel of fortune goes around...some people land on bankrupt or lose a turn ...frequently :P

[Sandy D]

I love hitting the large flea markets.

There is always a gem hiding somewhere.

You just have to find it.

[yotano211]

Originally Posted by Sandy D

I love hitting the large flea markets.

There is always a gem hiding somewhere.

You just have to find it.

Oh man(woman), now with the summer time and 110F outside here in vegas the flea markets here are going to be empty. There's the "outdoor swapmeet" and opens every weekend so with the weather so hot, most people are going to be inside. Perfect time to stroll around and shop. Last year I made a killing on computer parts during the peek summer hotness.

Maybe you should think of coming this way, I think its about 24 acres of fleamarket. I'm sure you will make a killing here.

[Sandy D]

Originally Posted by yotano211

Oh man(woman), now with the summer time and 110F outside here in vegas the flea markets here are going to be empty. There's the "outdoor swapmeet" and opens every weekend so with the weather so hot, most people are going to be inside. Perfect time to stroll around and shop. Last year I made a killing on computer parts during the peek summer hotness.

Maybe you should think of coming this way, I think its about 24 acres of fleamarket. I'm sure you will make a killing here.

I watch a youtube video of a guy who is outside of Vegas and does these swap meets.

Peak summer flea markets here are also dead with no customers but vendors are required to be here if they want to keep their same spots.

Good buying time during this period.

I went to Canton Tx flea market many years ago. HUGE!!

Check out one of my fav markets.


Webster Flea Market/ Westside Website Flea Market.

https://www.google.com/search?q=webs...px%3B500%3B320

[yotano211]

Can you post the link of that video of the guy in vegas if you know it.

[GreenBean]

Flea Market Montgomery - Long Version - YouTube

Flea Market Montgomery - Long Version - YouTube

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by rsot

yotano nailed it - wheel of fortune goes around...some people land on bankrupt or lose a turn ...frequently :P

I mentioned Wheel of Fortune in the post before yotano. He expanded on my comment.
This is simply life

[yotano211]

Originally Posted by GreenBean™

I mentioned Wheel of Fortune in the post before yotano. He expanded on my comment.
This is simply life

sorry, i guess i pulled a rsot.

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by yotano211

sorry, i guess i pulled a rsot.

There is treatment

[rsot]

Originally Posted by yotano211

Maybe you should think of coming this way, I think its about 24 acres of fleamarket. I'm sure you will make a killing here.

24 acres wow