Last weekend I had the pleasure of travelling to Hartland, Ohio to the Hartville Marketplace and Flea Market. Together with Hartville Marketplace, we threw a “Rusty Treasures” event, inviting people from the area to bring in any items or collectibles they might want appraised. It was essentially an Antiques Road Show event, but in this case, I was the appraising […]
Resale or Retail?
The past five years have brought a tremendous new perspective to the resale shopping world. Frugal living has become a popular trend among many households and with the ever changing global environment, the “reduce, reuse, recycle” mantra has become more popular than ever. NARTS, (The Association of Resale Professionals) probably has the best perspective on […]
Baseball Bling
Every once in a while a really unique and interesting item pops up for sale in our virtual garage sale section of our website. A couple weeks ago we saw this awesome “Baseball Bling,” so we followed up with the seller and asked if we could share and feature this awesome work on our blog. […]
2013 Brimfield Antique Show Dates
Brimfield Sets 2013 Antique Show Dates! 2013 Dates: May 14th – 19th July 9th – 14th September 3rd – 8th An overview if it’s your first time and general information about Brimfield Antique Shows. (Fromt the Brimfield Website) “In general, just know that if you’re looking for an antique item and cannot find it at […]
Old World Living For A Brave New World
Old World Living Is Lifestyle for A Brave New World is a simply sustainable way to think, decide, and shop in a new world. In fact, it’s so old, that it actually seems novel. Surprisingly, roughly 85% of the world already lives what we would call an old world (old school!) lifestyle. From Italy to […]
Pawn Shop Fun Facts
A Pawnbroker, is an individual or business (Pawn Shop) that offeres secured loans to people with items of personal property they use as collateral. The word “pawn” is derived fromt he Latin ‘pignus’ for “pledge,” and the items having been pawned to the Broker are themselves called pledges or pawns (collateral). There are more than 12,000 […]