| Sandy D | 04-21-2014 10:57 PM |
Re: new craft/handmade auction site
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Originally Posted by rsot
(Post 546901)
Mid Modern Century items - legwork to find them :)
| Come on Rsot. You have to get off the chair and be out and about looking.
I go to no less then 4 auctions per week and by online using proxibid for auction items I can buy and have delivered to my door.
It takes money to make money but you have to get out of your house once in a while and dig.
I find something mid modern every single day I am out going to flea markets, yard sales, thrift stores or going to an auction.
Most people do not know what they have or what it is called.
Even auctioneers cannot separate mid modern from just calling it a lamp that is shaped like bomb.
Just a month ago I bought a coffee table at a local community yard sale.
Made by Heywood Wakefield. The lady said it was her Grandmothers and is old, she wanted 100.00 for it. I told her I will take it if you can help me a bit on the price. She said 75.00 is the lowest I will go.
Without digging into the price I grabbed it knowing I could double my money.
Once I put it into the van I got on my phone and found it is valued at between 400-500.
Lasted less then 2 hours on craigslist once I listed it for 500.00 and was offered 400.00 for it and sold it.
I find lamps, end stands, chairs, wall clocks, hanging lamps etc many times a month when I am out.
Nothing more fun then a picker out digging for something like a treasure.
The Monday morning flea market I hit every single week always has something mid modern in several booths. Some have it prices too high to make any money and some dont. | 
