One Man’s Trash…

There are honestly few things I enjoy more than a good estate auction.

I’m 100% completely serious.

I LOVE them.  And when I saw that there was going to be an estate about 40 miles north of us today I got that tingly feeling and I just knew it was going to be a good sale.

And my, oh my, it was g-double 0-d GOOD.

In case you’ve never been to as estate auction it is when a person–living or dead–has all their belongings sold.  Very sad, yes.  In fact, I’m glad today’s was held in a large leased space because going to a person’s house and watching all their things being sold makes me cry every time.  But when it’s all their stuff in a large room?  Well, I can ignore that fact.

I remember one I went to back in 2007 at a beautiful old farmhouse.  They sold everything–chenille bedspreads, 1980s Tupperware, screened doors–you name it.  What got me the most was a pair of absolutely stunning family portraits in tiger oak frames.  It was a father, mother, and daughter (with an adorable page-boy haircut) standing in front of the farmhouse in the 1920s.  They went for $75 for the pair and the person who won them said she was going to resell just the frames…that *those* were the valuable parts.  When I heard that I cried like a baby.

But enough of that.

Today’s sale was great.  Lots of fantastic primitive old things…and lots of junk.  A perfect mix for great prices.  And the fact that it was 75 miles from Atlanta kept the prices lower too.  Here’s some pictures.

And the things I bought? Ohhhhh, I got just what I wanted. When I preview a sale I put an amount I will pay in my head and then when it comes time to bid, I don’t bid over that set amount. And usually I lose something because I’m stubborn like that. But today I got everything I wanted, including:

A leather ottoman. $15. {I would have bid $50}

A Persian runner. $17.50. {I would have paid $35}

And a toolbox from a Mr. J.W. Poteet from L&N Railroad {I have no idea who that is}. I have a thing for railroad stuff; I guess it’s because we live so close to the tracks ourselves. Here it is in my living room storing some of MM’s books. I’m in love.  It’s my favorite purchase since, I dare say, my Heywood-Wakefield table back in ’06!

My mom–who LOVES to bid on *everything* if you don’t watch her–bought a great shipping crate, a little lunch box for MM, and a baby carriage {for $7.50!} for a certain little girl in her life.  She lost a lot of stuff–had she won everything she bid on, well, she would have come home with a cabinet, a marble-top coffee table, a slot machine, a doctor’s bag, and multiple wooden bread bowls.  My dad was thankful she didn’t win that many.

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