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Posts in category "Sale wrap-up"

Finding Puppies at a Yard Sale

You walk up to the sale on a Saturday morning and process the layout. Housewares and tools near the garage…furniture and a couple rugs by the left hedges…a pair of nice planters by the porch steps… but all you can zero in on is it. That ugly brass genie bottle, the grandmotherish tray that’s more... Read more »
By didurkes,
February 23, 2011 at 9:15 am
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My Weekend Estate Sale Haul

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I’m pretty dang happy with the little things I found Saturday at a few sales.  With a hot $20 in my pocket, I went to two estate sales, well actually three but one was such a pig sty I walked right out.  I bought some cheery, some useful household items to help get through this... Read more »
By didurkes,
January 16, 2011 at 4:37 pm
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The Gift of Thrift: Do You Give Secondhand Presents?

What about giving gifts you found at a thrift store or picked up at a yard sale this summer?  Are you comfortable with it?  Or do you subscribe to the theory: How can it be a present if it’s used?  Ten or so years ago, I wouldn’t have thought to give a secondhand gift, but... Read more »
By didurkes,
November 18, 2010 at 9:13 am
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Free Market: Saturday at the White Rose Flea Market

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A lot of people know about the White Rose Catholic Worker Flea Market on Devon Avenue. Many of them were smart to go there before it started to pour on Saturday morning.  And then there was the brave group who huddled with me under the tarp roof when it really came down. If you’ve never... Read more »
By didurkes,
November 15, 2010 at 12:51 pm
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Shriney Things from the Rogers Park Sale

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Did the rain keep you from a yard sale yesterday?  I managed to wrap up the Unusual Treasures sale just as it started to come down.  This sale lived up to its advertised promise, I think everybody who shopped there would agree.  Small and interesting.  Among my favorites: Women’s clothing from ParisReligious art from WisconsinThe... Read more »
By didurkes,
October 24, 2010 at 10:40 am
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When Artists Have a Yard Sale

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On Saturday, I stopped by the artist’s building sale on W. Fulton Street in Garfield Park. The sale was set up in the courtyard/parking lot between buildings, and behind it was a great old garden with a mini-kiwi tree and some cool found object ornamentation. In hindsight, wish I’d taken photos of it, too. The... Read more »
By didurkes,
October 10, 2010 at 10:22 am
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Report from the World's Longest Yard Sale

photo from worldslongestyardsaleproject.blogspot.com How could we call ourselves warriors without checking on the WLYS 2010? It took place over four days this August, covering 650 miles of highway from Michigan to Alabama.  This year I followed two bloggers, Georgiepeachez and Beth, as they made their way through the fair grounds, pole barns and picnic tables... Read more »
By didurkes,
October 4, 2010 at 8:10 am
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Art Deco, Tramp Art and Farmhouse Chic at the Antique Mall

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Monday: I’m waiting for my friend John to send a note on how his garage sale went on Saturday. I helped him price the things he had neatly arranged on tables behind his Lakeview two flat. Stuff like a rusty cow trough, old ball jars and the homeliest set of dishes I’ve ever seen. Each... Read more »
By didurkes,
September 20, 2010 at 10:02 am
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My Accidental Yard Sale Finds

I didn’t plan to go to any sales this weekend. Instead, on the calendar was a major cleaning blitz followed by a birthday party for the kiddie pool crowd. Sunday was going to be devoted to prep for the Vintage Bazaar–I have a booth there, so please come and see me next Sunday! But you... Read more »
By didurkes,
August 16, 2010 at 9:33 am
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A Chef Has a Sale

We arrived exactly seven minutes after the sale started to join five women who seemed to find exactly what they wanted. Cookie sheets, spring form pans and heavy white restaurant ware were stacked in piles on top of the long butcher block counter, which sold for $125 first thing. The sale took place in the... Read more »
By didurkes,
January 6, 2010 at 1:05 pm
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