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A very dear, long time friend of mine loves to go to estate sales. Me, not so much. Most of her time is taken up with running her very successful company in the medical field. On the occasions that we can get together, I generally fix a nice lunch and she will pick a promising weekend estate sale for both of us to search for interesting ‘stuff’. Most of these sales hold little to no interest for me other than the pleasure of watching a good friend relaxing & enjoying herself.
I am bringing up this topic because this sale was full of genuine Asian antiques, good art, and old furniture. Most everything (except for the creepy dolls) was chosen with good taste and an educated ‘eye’. I truly wished that all of you inveterate estate sale attendees on the forum could have joined us. Someone in the household had collected decent 18th century Chinese export ware, interesting examples of nineteenth century porcelain in the Chinese taste, and oriental furnishings. I also saw bronzes, Chinese paintings, rugs, and old silver. Everything I saw was priced, in my opinion, at full retail price so I didn’t buy anything. The interesting thing about these local three day sales is that on the 2nd day everything is 40% off and on the 3rd day all items are 60% off.
I'm surprised Greeno wasn't there first in line and buying it all up after sleeping in his van out front the night before.
Sounds nice. More fun going to estate sales than buying online. Greater experience with the traveling to the destination and viewing the estate then coming home with the treasures.
I like day 3 with 60 percent off. Wonder if anything is ever left. I would say nope.
Here are a few examples of what I saw and the un-discounted pricing.
18th century Chinese export Helmut shaped cream pitcher $650.00 (similar example below)
Set of four framed Chinese probably 20th century framed blue & white porcelain plaques. Looked hand painted and about 12” by 24” in size. Skillfully done landscape designs. $6500.00
19th century censor with robin’s egg glaze, 4” in diameter, flat base & straight sides, on the sold shelf waiting for pickup. Still had price sticker for $450.00
Sounds like the estate sale company knew something about asian antiques. Many in my area are fairly undereducated in that regard.
Estate sales sound like fun and great opportunities. I would have grabbed the pitcher. Unfortunately we don't have estate sales here, though I probably wouldn't have the guts to camp outside or fight with other visitors for the best pieces. Two weeks ago I visited one of the largest flea markets in Germany. Hundreds of sellers but no Chinese porcelain at all. Just clothes, books, household trash of the 1980s. There was a tiny bit of European Art Deco and we bought a silver plated lidded fish plate for decoration. At €40 probably the most expensive piece of the whole flea market.
Birgit
@shinigami I wonder if Europeans are generally more knowledgeable about Asian antiques? Most Americans know nothing about it and even many antique dealers here have very limited knowledge of it. Even though I've only been at this a few years I find I have an advantage in most shops and at sales now because of what I've learned so far. Speaking of acquiring more knowledge, I randomly visited an obscure bookshop I hadn't been back to in over ten years and walked out with 11 fantastic books on Asian antiques for under $100. One of my best finds to date.
@william Sounds like Antique shop prices for the first day, sounds a fine time out and about, priceless fun.
I generally don’t go to these sales that often, but this was an exceptional one. I think the last time I attended one with so many items that were interesting, genuine antiques was about 20 years ago. Now there are apps for your phone that organize estate sales around your location and also have pictures of the good items. This particular sale had over 300 photos of the merchandise. That’s how we knew it was filled with Asian antiques. Like John mentioned previously, most people are not familiar with quality Asian items. Locally, dealers tend to overprice Asian antiques since they don’t handle a lot of them.
If you had been there Sunday, you could have gotten that pitcher for $260.00 since the last day of the sale was 60% off.
@william I'm really envious!
@johnshoe I think Britain or the Netherlands have good knowledge because they traded with Chinese porcelain in their history. Germany is a bad place for Chinese antiques. Antique shops have almost nothing, sometimes the odd Republic teapot but mostly overpriced PROC vases. Flea markets are always disappointing. The stuff just isn't in the country. Much of my collection was bought in other countries.
Birgit
@johnshoe So true!
Not sure I saw the sale or not, but I think I did, but it conflicted with another sale.
When are they going to allow human cloning?😜
@greeno107 Tim when you come to Colorado next week save me a place in line. Lol
@greeno107 Don't forget, you do have a "clone" here in Austin! I'd be happy to take a look if you spot something interesting, schedule permitting of course.
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