...or maybe I should ask "Will you buy this?"
My recent run of low sales at the antique mall has made me a little more cautious about what I'm buying. And spending more time second guessing myself.
My usual buying pattern is spot something I like, check the price tag and if I think I can make money on, I buy. I don't do a lot of hemming and hawing, if I think it'll work, I buy it.
At auctions, I make a list of what I want, decide the absolute highest amount I'll bid... and then bid $10 - $20 more than that because I can be pigheaded about the "winning" part of the auction- it doesn't have anything to do with the actual items up for bid- I just want to be the winner.
I wasn't even going to go to estate sales yesterday- there weren't any in the paper that sounded all that promising- but then a nagging voice in the back of head said "if you don't go looking, you'll never find anything". This is the same crazy little voice that sometimes tells me "it's your JOB to go looking for stuff".
And look what I came up with in the first picture- a bunch of glass stuff- stuff that can (and does) break.
Some of it was broken when I bought it. A mistake?
This is ALREADY broken- but it's so purty.
And so is this. But it's purty, but another mistake?
And I think there might be a little something off about this creamer, too. Chips on the lip and the handle looks a little wanky. But it's so purty.
Now, these aren't purty...but I did think they're cool- great old packaging. But will anyone want to buy an old container of Boric Acid Crystals- sounds a little like something you might need a license to sell.
Not purty, either- but I love the spools that have the name pressed right into the wood- Corticelli is my favorite.
And hats with flowers- they are purty, and they're a no brainer- of course they were a good buy.
While I was second guessing my purchases, I did a big Etsy shop update- well, big for me anyway. You can find my listings here.
