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Liquidating an Estate – Here’s A Helpful Article

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Many people faced with their loved ones estate assume that the valuable items are the most expensive, large collections, or even the medical equipment. This article from Worthpoint.com sheds some light on how to find a buyer for those off-the-wall collections, how to price medical equipment and how to dispose of that barn full of […]

California Pottery – Jean Manley

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  If you love California pottery we recently discovered several rare pieces from North Hollywood artist Jean Manley. The Jean Manley studio produced work during the 1940’s into the 1950’s creating sweet, whimsical pieces. I don’t know much more about the Jean Manley Studio, but these pieces have me interested in learning more about Jeans […]

Dating Vintage Items By Origin

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The other day I purchased an old fishing creel with the mark: “Made in British Hong Kong” I thought the creel was from the 1960’s but I wondered if the mark meant it was which made me wonder was that pre or post WWII. Off to find the answer – I found a great reference […]

Christmas in April?

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It’s no joke! We just purchased a lot of Bucilla Cross Stitch patterns for Christmas Stockings. These vintage “New Old Stock” kits are no longer available in the Bucilla catalog. Our patterns are still factory sealed, the kit contains everything you need to complete the stocking. Get started now so you’ll have them finished by […]

New FaceBook Group For Trading in the Nortwest

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Everyone LOVES a good Yard Sale!! Now there is an ONLINE Yard Sale group which is EVEN BETTER! It is open 24/7 and you can always find a little treasure you just must have!! Pacific Northwest FaceTrader is a new online Yard Sale group created for the Pacific Northwest Area. Help them  grow the group […]

What Are You Looking For?

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I just received an email from a potential buyer asking us to keep his email on file if we found WWII uniforms. We often run across them and are happy to contact him about any we find. What are you looking for? That one item to complete your collection – or anything of a certain […]

Bob Richter Talks About Flea Market Finds

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Here’s a great interview with Bob Richter from Market Warriors talking about flea market finds, refurbishing and decorating with them. Can’t see the video? Go directly to the page: live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/flea-markets-bob-richter/512ea792fe34445f46000212