I don't think I should blog about the books...

Sales dried up as soon as I did! I swear, there is simply no rhyme nor reason to sales there. It's a mystery. Maybe it's the phases of the moon - I sure don't want to make any predictions at this point.

We went to a great estate sale this afternoon. 3 teapots, a small footed glass dish chased with silver in a thistle design, a letter holder in the shape of a peacock on a marble block (looks a lot nicer than it sounds, honestly!), a glass llama figurine, a small porcelain clock, a lovely Japanese hand painted creamer and sugar, and a set of depression glass salt and pepper shakers. Plus a few odds and ends for the house, not really meant for resale (too new!). Tomorrow I'll try to take a couple of photos and throw them up here. Some of the items will definitely go into the store. Others we'll put aside for the shows, since we've been making the store more of a specialist destination.

We are definitely using this hot summer season to do our "stocking up" for the winter selling season ahead. We plan to be doing shows most weekends, so having a variety of inventory from which to pull for various shows will give us some peace of mind. I definitely prefer estate sales to any other type of venue for finding items: pieces are almost always very well cared for, though you still have to do the "feel" test for chips and keep your eyes open for condition issues.