posted on June 21, 2007 10:52:56 AM
The barn sale's tomorrow. I found these wrapped in newspaper dated 1967. Is there anything here I can retire on? How to price these for a yard sale? The salad bowl (?) is about 10 wide and 6 or 7 high. The compote, if it's a compote, it's the one on the stem, is about 8 tall and it appears to have some coloring from age, not quite clear glass but not exactly yellow either. The last one pictured has three little feet, visible thru the top. Thanks!
posted on June 21, 2007 11:12:54 AM
The compote looks like Indiana Glass to me in the diamond pattern, the last two pics look like EAPG Early American Pattern Glass, can't place the first bowl but it is very pretty. Clear glass doesn't seem to do very well in barn/yard sales in my area (central Maine) but may do better in other areas of the country. If I were to put them into my own yard sale, I'd likely only get a few bucks each. Of course I tend to give things away at my sales because I never want to have to drag them out and look at them again. You may get more on the bowl in your first picture, but I'm sure someone out there will know exactly what that one is.
Good luck with your barn sale - I need to have one myself but just don't have the energy to put up with all the dealers that come around at 5:30 in the a.m.
posted on June 21, 2007 11:33:47 AM
Thanks! I'm starting at 6a.m. because it's going to be 107 degrees by noon tomorrow. No worries about early birds, my driveway is several miles of dirt and the dogs will be out to greet the early birds until 6 on the dot. The last time we did this some brave soul actually ignored the sign and opened the gate. We found him and his wife cowering in their SUV with a very peeved Anatolian Shepherd sitting on the hood. Most of the stuff is cowboy and ranch related, but I found some other things to throw in too. The auction quality things will go to an old west auction, this is mostly leftovers but still lots of old Navajo saddle blankets, vintage boots, tack, saddles, guns and gunleather, lassos etc. It's always fun and my barn is an almost bottomless pit of stuff. We serve breakfast and beer to all comers so it's a big party to boot.
posted on June 21, 2007 12:24:45 PM
Sorry Profe but what you have shown is failry common and usually does not bring much anywhere. You might get 3 for the salad bowl and a dollar each for the others.
posted on June 22, 2007 09:36:08 AM
We go out of our way for barn sales and it sounds like yours will be a blast. You don't live in Florida do you?
Love the dog story.
posted on June 22, 2007 11:23:44 AM
Well, the serious buyers have been and bought and gone and now I'm sitting in the barn with the laptop while the chiselers roam around trying to beat me out of quarter on a two dollar item. I got six bucks for the salad bowl and 4 each for the little bowls and 8 dollars for the compote by the way. Best story of the day so far:
I've had this saddle in the living room for years now. It was brand new about 15 years ago, and a guy traded it to me for a horse he just had to have. It's a Crates roping saddle made in Chattanooga TN. I tried it once and didn't like it but it's real pretty with steerhead conchos and such like so I stuck it on this old fancy cast iron saddle tree I have and put it by the fireplace. Made sure I oiled it once a year at least and there it sat. So She Who Must Be Obeyed says "you ought to sell that saddle since it just sits there and you won't give it to the kids and it's in the way and I'm tired of wiping the dust off of it all the time". So I put it in the barn.
So a neighbor asks what I want for it. I tell him he can have it for a thousand if he pays cash, no trades. A new one will set you back 1300 and won't be as nice. As he's getting ready to pay, some collector says I'll give you 1200 for it. I was about to say it was sold when my neighbor pipes up and says "He already sold it to me for 1300". So the collector says "fine, I'll give YOU 1500 for it!!" So the neighbor made the fastest 200 bucks I've ever seen and I got 300 more than I'd bargained for.
Now I think I'll go offer these cheapskates a round of beers and see if I can loosen them up a bit.
posted on June 22, 2007 02:08:39 PM
which also makes me think of my DH. We yard sale a lot and he doesn't like to pay the asking price for anything. Even if they come down just a little it makes him happy.
If they don't - some times he'll walk away from it. Even though sometimes I'm over there next to him kicking him and saying "pay it -just PAY IT!"
We bought two twin (King) adjustable Tempur-pedic beds last weekend. Seller wanted $275. for both. He offered $200 and they finally settled for $225. Crazy.
posted on June 23, 2007 12:58:56 AM
Congrats on the sales Profe. Can I send you a couple of boxes of glassware for your next barn sale? At the prices you get, I could pay you a 50% commission and still come out ahead, lol.
. When your ship comes in.... make sure you are willing to unload it. .
posted on June 23, 2007 07:08:56 AM
thanks, but there were quite a few pieces that didn't sell...back in the barn for next summer I guess. Once a year is all I've got time for.
How to price these for a yard sale? The salad bowl (?) is about 10 wide and 6 or 7 high. The compote, if it's a compote, it's the one on the stem, is about 8 tall and it appears to have some coloring from age, not quite clear glass but not exactly yellow either. The last one pictured has three little feet, visible thru the top. Thanks!
