Thrift Haul: I Love Lamp!

It's my 2 week anniversary at Memory Lane Antiques, and so far I've sold 6 items totalling $111.05 (the uneven amount is on account of discounts provided to other vendors). That's my gross profit right now but I wasn't even expecting to make $100 in my first month.

On to the thrifts!

Goodwill

Found this lovely Kroehler end table for $10. Wood, handmade, and it has a center mount drawer bracket rather than tracks on the sides, which I love. It slides in and out with ease. 

These next items didn't even make it home. Went straight to the store afterwards.

4 Atomic Starburst highball glasses, $14

Sadler sugar and creamer set, $8

So that's how my booth looks now. 

Value Village

Bakelite worry beads. These need to be restrung.

Vintage Shillcraft rug in # 172 Pansies. I bought this because I'm obsessed with hooked rugs at the moment. Little did I know these things go for several hundreds of dollars on eBay.

Two lamps: one midcentury wood lamp w/ marble base made by Sunrise Lamps that I'll be selling and one porcelain lamp (that's actually light blue, but light blue never shows up, as my wall is also light blue) that I will probably keep

Goodwill again

Large oil painting with wood frame. Measurements are 33.5" x 27.5" so it's quite big. Signed LE. It's hanging in my foyer at the moment.

Not gonna lie, I spent more money on myself in the last few days than I have on stuff to sell. So, I better get on that. But I did sell a pair of J Brand jeans on Kijiji and these Amoeba whiskey tumblers on Ebay yesterday!

Happy Tuesday!

- J

April Tulips

The weekend is over and I only sold one thing from my booth. But that's ok! I wasn't expecting much in the first month and it was only my first week. I went in today to swap some items and rearrange what was there. According to market research, moving things around on a display shelf and taking things away for a week or two, will increase interest in buyers.

1) People like to see new stock; it keeps them coming back for more. It also foments desire in the indecisive buyer. Say they don't know if they want that plate set because it's a little overpriced. When it's gone, they feel a sense of loss, but when it comes back, they realize how much they wanted it in the first place and snap it up in case it goes away again.

2) Different placements appeal to different people. Putting a glass next to a picture frame one week might not do anything for a buyer but putting that glass next to a vase the next week might spark inspiration in a buyer who has a similar vase.

It's all mind games. Anyway, some minor changes I made.

Moved the enamel kettle and Hemingway up, brought in my midcentury Fred Press turquoise and gold "Trojan" carafe (top chelf) that I love, and also added some cuffs (bottom left)

Put the Cutler cherry blossom glasses on the middle shelf to catch people's eye. The black stands out. Also replaced the New Mexico mugs with the Pyrex lemonade pitcher.

Rearranged the blankets and swapped Mexican blankets. I call this red and pink one Valentine.

After grocery shopping, I picked up some tulips. Fresh flowers always brighten my day.

I brought back the pastel-hued Cutler glasses and repurposed the cracked blue one to make little vases.

Blixa's curious. She's probably wondering if she can eat them.

Pink goes on my desk with my Navajo wedding vases.

Green goes on the tray on the coffee table.

Broken blue goes in the kitchen, in case any further breakages necessitate a quick clean-up.

- J

B12: Shelf Life

Today, hubby and I put shelves up in my booth! We took down the tapestry and the letterpress drawer, and made room for so much more.