Fun Finds

I've really enjoyed just going out and finding a great piece. This weekend I had great experience, I felt like I was on the TV show Storage Wars. My husband and I went to the storage auction in Lewiston for the first time and just had a blast. We learned a few lessons. First, it's like on the show, they open up the unit and everyone looks from the outside. This can be a problem or a hidden bonus that you can't see from the outside. Second, make sure that you bring a good amount of money. We didn't thought it was going to be a yard sale setting not an auction so we didn't bring enough the first trip but went by a bank to the second set of units. The average unit this weekend went for $450. But to me was well worth it. Which makes me think, how far behind the people who owned the unit really are and was $450 worth it? To me $450 wasn't even worth a quarter of what some of it was worth. Lastly, have a great time and enjoy yourself. We sure had a great time. It was fun bidding and finding out what people did and didn't get in the units. Although we didn't get the units that we wanted it was still a blast and we plan on going again. Who knows what the next storage auction will bring.

We still didn't go home empty handed. Alex suggested that we go by the Salvation Army and see if we can find anything there. When we walked in I saw a wood piece and was pretty interested in it but when I picked it up it came a part but Alex said he could easy fix it. I took it to the front and asked if there was anything they could do about the price because it was broken. It was my lucky day. They took another $2.00 off, which made my total cost $10.50. I still didn't know what it was but I really liked it. I took a picture of piece and sent it to my mother and she told me that it was a suit rack. When I got home I got on Ebay to see if it was worth it. I was happy to see that my little find was well worth it! The average vintage suit rack in the condition that I have, identical to the one I have is $150.00 so I think I made a good investment. Good find for the weekend!