Also, as an update I found an online appraisal company that does appraisals starting around $11 bucks that I submitted pics of my vase to. I will let you know if they actually knew anything about the vase. If so it could be a valuable tool for determining the value. Their website is antique-appraise.com. Anyone ever used online appraisal companies before?

Hey thanks for the link, this will become a valuable asset to have when I get more antiques and vintage items. I lost some money by entrusting a few antique vendors around here. Gave me $30 for a vintage oriental trunk of some sort. Showed pictures to an upscale antique vendor and told me I could of easily gotten $120 for it.

Hi, and welcome

Ya I got a few I follow through the auctioneers sight that does not get posted to The Hart Beat. Mostly from Legacy Auction.

$375  I was trying to sell them as a whole for $1,750. I called every picture frame shop in town, nobody had room or could use them. I waited over a month to find a buyer. The lady I sold them to was going to piece them out individually on Ebay. She will probably make 20K over the next year or so.

Wow I guess frames are down on sales.

Maybe the difference from one week to the next has to do with just that....it's a different time of the month.
Paydays ?  Events going on in the area?  Number of yard sales going on? 

The flea market experiences the same kind of thing based on the above and who knows what other factors.

There may be a minimum amount you might earn each time and maybe you were spoiled by a couple of good weeks in the beginning.

One variable that always changes is THE GOODS you have. That can sure make a difference in revenue.

Goods would be out of this equation, as well as price. And maybe I was spoiled for the first two weeks. I had loads of traffic, which equaled to loads of things being bought. However I can not expect to sell much if my traffic dies down to 3 - 4 people and no one else. Two of which only come by to see what costume jewerly I have, they are the ones that buy that up all the time . Other two were pretty much looky loos. And that is what it has been for the past 3 weeks now. I only do them on Saturday.

But hopefully The Flea will do good for me. I am going up to that Flea Market tomorrow and check things out and talk with a few vendors. If anything I might find vendors to sell my merchandise to.

jross your neighborhood is pretty cool if they are letting you have garage sales every weekend. Most in my area limit you to one per year.

That is true, but when you live pretty much in the hood (cant wait to move out of here, lol) and everyone around you wants an item you marked down to $20, brand new being $350, resell value is like $80, and they still want you to come down on price, that really sucks. And the most sucky thing is most people stay away from my area. I know around the corner they limit you on how many yard sales you can have in a year. But they dont enforce it here.

Drew, the secret garage sales not suckign is tell a buddy he can sell stuff it he brings it by. Pick up a case of Coors, set out some beanbag toss games and a tv in the garage. Watch a game, play some bags and hang out drinking beers with a buddy.

I agree

Grrrrrr. The first two weekends I had plenty of traffic, making a few hundred a day. But lately, I am not getting any traffic, maybe 2 or 3 people. Been like this for the past 3 weeks now. I done more advertising this time around, signs everywhere in my neighborhood on busy intersections, stores, online classifieds (several different ones). It seems I have even less people for all that work. Had 3 people come by and look, no one has bought a single thing.

I need more traffic, so I guess, next weekend I am setting up at a local rummage sale. After that I am going to take a plunge into the Flea Markets. At least I will be getting more traffic. More traffic means more lookers, more buyers, more cash. Whew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry if it seems as if I am venting.