Wednesday, May 23, 2007
RANDOM ESTATE SALE BLOGGING-with pictures!
east side victorian!
the listing sunday said 3 open house sales today. i drove past one. eh, newer home in awesome old neighborhood. maybe if i have time. 2nd a condo. nope, fine the other(by the way, all sales in a 6 block radius. i thought i had found the one to go to. sanfalipos. a restaurant. the owner and chef, sally pappas and her daughter were killed in a car accident last year. i found a parking space across the street and there was another OPEN HOUSE ESTATE SALE sign. what? open door. 2 people come out with bags, I AM GOING THERE! well, no open rooms on 1st floor, climb to 2nd. nope, only the attic. up again. well, this was gonna be hard to glean anything. lady had picked up this red thing wondering what it was. i picked it up. pepper grinder. mod. simple. take. anything? books suck, go to front. crappy xmas shit ooh, deco painted plate! take that. go back, so little that looks acceptable. what did i miss trying to find it? ahhh, ok, silver platters! those have promise. ok, take the aluminum fancy covered pot and candy dish. could be ebayable. oh, take that picnic basket, good for hauling art and shit.
so, not much stuff, might be profitable. but, i got to go into that house! 2nd floor, they had used fake plasterboards with a pattern, very victorian. and the wood. shame the 2nd floor front room the woodwork was painted. nice stained glass windows. had to peek around corner to see one. drove around taking pictures.thursday-WAWAtosa!
