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Originally Posted by Patty55
Old tools can be worth serious money.
On ebay go into the completed listings, you can see the starting bid and what it actually sold for. I've found with ebay it's all about condition and researching the piece. I've sold china, but found it's better to break down the set, sometimes people need to replace just one piece, not the whole set, packing and shipping an entire set is a killer and the heavier it is the more likely it will break. Ebay shoppers need to know the manufacturer and pattern name. replacements.com can help research. Ebayers love a good story.
The neighbor across the street from me owned one of those "We buy/sell silver, coins and gold" places. I sold him sterling pieces that had dings.
I had never ending yard sales, sent stuff to a country auction type place (this was in upstate NY). IIRC the auction place only charged me 15%.
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We have not yet started on garage attic. I tell my Lovely Lady we need a garage sale a week, but she keeps putting it off. When we moved to this house, my Mother had just past, so we had to epty her house, took a lot with us. St, Vincent de Paul came and took excess furniture to people who needed it. The person taking it was good friend of ours and a Brother Knight. Thought Habit for Humanity would want building material, but they only want uopened boxes, I would take anything in their business.
Speaking of Mink Jacket, tried to give to my Mother's niece's only fit one who would not take it, so stayed in cellar, now gave to Realtor.