Friday, May 05, 2006
RANDOM ESTATE SALE POST
OOOOOHH!!! Lake Shore Drive! lake side mansion!!! NO! CASTLE! mini castle. so. the house was quite back from the street. you walked up[ a narrow driveway. first crossing next to a deep gully(next door has a bridge for their driveway-i think i was next door for a partial sale, only the library area). very big trees. chestnuts! on the right about 100ft in was a carriage house. and 200 feet past that, the mansion. and another 200 or so back the lake. rather 'narrow' lot. go to 'front' door. which is way on the right. BIG front door. big hall, go to left fist, the HUGE HUGE kitchen. walls must have been removed. look at objects. ooh, old cans on shelf. oh my, a 30's can of tomatoes, UNOPENED. ooh, a corn can. INDIAN on label. 1/2 off of $10? yeah, i will pay that. if that's my only purchase, that ain't bad.
next go to basement. nothing, OOH! that's BIG boiler. ooh, that picnic basket would be good to haul my prints. $4? yeah, doable. go up to 3rd floor. nothing. what is this a B&B with 2 bedrooms? 2nd floor. more rooms. crappy clothes. OOOH,cool cupola bump out. nothing to buy on that floor. take the main staircase down. WOW, huge leaded glass windows. in hall a huge BAD repro painting of gainsborough's blue boy. pass by dinningroom. hmm, kinda small considering. although nice 1700's chipendale bench. living room. oh, a fake neuske(sp) rooster. broken comb, so $2($4). take that. go right again past the player grand piano and towards the lake a little entry way and then a HUGE chapel(office). hmm, what was this house? nothing in here oh wait books. clacy, no, OOH set of 1909 books(a collection of childen's lit) ILLUSTRATED. hmm, how much? $35? hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, BAH! art nouveou. YOU MUST!!! god, they are heavy. i think there was at least 10.
so i was a BAD girl and spent $29. but but but those books are an INVESTMENT!!!
OOOOOHH!!! Lake Shore Drive! lake side mansion!!! NO! CASTLE! mini castle. so. the house was quite back from the street. you walked up[ a narrow driveway. first crossing next to a deep gully(next door has a bridge for their driveway-i think i was next door for a partial sale, only the library area). very big trees. chestnuts! on the right about 100ft in was a carriage house. and 200 feet past that, the mansion. and another 200 or so back the lake. rather 'narrow' lot. go to 'front' door. which is way on the right. BIG front door. big hall, go to left fist, the HUGE HUGE kitchen. walls must have been removed. look at objects. ooh, old cans on shelf. oh my, a 30's can of tomatoes, UNOPENED. ooh, a corn can. INDIAN on label. 1/2 off of $10? yeah, i will pay that. if that's my only purchase, that ain't bad.
next go to basement. nothing, OOH! that's BIG boiler. ooh, that picnic basket would be good to haul my prints. $4? yeah, doable. go up to 3rd floor. nothing. what is this a B&B with 2 bedrooms? 2nd floor. more rooms. crappy clothes. OOOH,cool cupola bump out. nothing to buy on that floor. take the main staircase down. WOW, huge leaded glass windows. in hall a huge BAD repro painting of gainsborough's blue boy. pass by dinningroom. hmm, kinda small considering. although nice 1700's chipendale bench. living room. oh, a fake neuske(sp) rooster. broken comb, so $2($4). take that. go right again past the player grand piano and towards the lake a little entry way and then a HUGE chapel(office). hmm, what was this house? nothing in here oh wait books. clacy, no, OOH set of 1909 books(a collection of childen's lit) ILLUSTRATED. hmm, how much? $35? hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, BAH! art nouveou. YOU MUST!!! god, they are heavy. i think there was at least 10.
so i was a BAD girl and spent $29. but but but those books are an INVESTMENT!!!
