antiques

Joe Ley has been selling antiques in Louisville, Kentucky for 43 years, and he's seen his revenue drop 20% in the past year. He also has a bit of an issue with the way people shop for furniture these days: "Kids today are buying things made of pressed cardboard imported from Thailand instead of...

If you've been waiting for the market for Victorian furniture to weaken, now is your time to pounce. Antique prices are finally falling, reports the Wall Street Journal [or here if you don't have a subscription]. They point to a 19th century Chippendale-style desk that only sold for $14,000, but...

The most recent estate sale I went to with my friend Annie was like walking into a dollhouse full of "what Ever Happened to Baby Jane" lookalikes. The "sale matrons" running the show belonged to another era unto themselves. This was an authentic estate sale. We had hit our mark. The signs were...

Mike Presley responded to a recent walletpop post on thrift shops with one of my favorite kind of stories: From Thrift Shops and Yard Sales to eBay. Mike is 41 years old and has served in the Navy for 19 years. After work almost every day, he makes a thrift store stop. It's a habit that his father...

Pssst, Hey buddy, have I got a deal for you.Every once in a great while you might get an approach similar to that at your friendly neighborhood resale shop. That can be especially true if it's a shop you're not very familiar with. When a thrift store employee or operator brings out something from...