Monthly Archives: October 2011

Business incubators are a great environment to generate positive growth for start-up companies and cut overhead costs for mid-stage start-ups. Here is an interesting video article on a new incubator in DC at R Street NW run by Carter Ferrington. http://www.voanews.com/english/video-audio/money-in-motion/...

Some of the traditional colors for those 1950’s bathrooms are pink, green and blue. They give a good clue to what might or might not have been done to a home over the years. See for a real gem....

Furniture and decorator accessory hunting at estate sales are a lot of fun and lead to some great deals on very fine furnishings. Here’s some guidance to check out. 1. Be At Least An Hour Early: When it comes to an estate sale, the early bird gets the worm, well more specifically, they get whatever […]...

I am convinced that if we talked about death more, if it wasn’t such an off limits subject, it wouldn’t be so scary or hard to face. Having lost my parents at such a young age, theirs (60 and 58 respectively) and mine (35) and serving as the executor of their estate, I implore you […]...

Bakelite is a lightweight plastic, and invented in the 1900s. Its use in jewelry became very popular in the 1930s around the time of the Depression, when the financial position of many Americans meant that women were looking for accessories that they could buy cheaply to dress up their outfits. Bakelite jewelry fit the bill […]...

An almost required stop at any estate sale is the vintage and fine jewelry showcases. Gender is not a determinant, men and women will stand in line to buy some fine, odd or funky jewelry reminiscent of an earlier period. Some people look only for fine gold and silver items, some like the Victorian era, […]...

Vicki Nelson was leaving an estate sale with an opera score for her son when the Santa Clarita woman decided to give him a call. “Oh yeah, they had a whole bunch,” she told the opera student, who demanded his mother go back for the rest. She paid $15 for the entire lot. “When I […]...

Four Sales was mentioned in this nice article from ApartmentTherapy.com. From an article by Catrin Morris on September 14, 2010. Estate sales have always intimidated me. I assumed they were the exclusive domain of antique dealers and collectors—a world of prohibitively pricey Spode china and gilt framed artwork. So last weekend I decided to educa...

As you might imagine, estate sale and auction operators find all kinds of things. There are good ways to give customers more bang for their buck, and those that are not so good. Recently, there have been reports of a number of companies that have found old military ordinance. Here are 2 examples: MAYFLOWER, Ark. […]...

Estate sales and auctioneers find strange and odd items all the time. I thought it might be interesting to track some of those odd items as they come up. These “strange items” come in all forms – jewelry, artwork, antique tools, collectibles, and more. Just the other day we found a World War II communications […]...