Category Archives: Art & antiques
The case of the McGuire furniture
There is a time and a buyer for everything: witness the McGuire furniture saga. You may remember my humongo McGuire desk, the logjam in my early efforts to downsize during the summer. It took up an acre of physical space … Continue reading
Filed under Art & antiques, Downsizing, Envisioning a simpler life, Furniture, Selling stuff
Auction results. Feh!
The auction house sent me a preliminary statement from last week’s sale. My art deco sideboard sold for $650. The six place settings of lovely thoroughly modern looking 100-year-old china? $150. The antique clock? $350. Then the auction company takes … Continue reading
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The $ound of $ilence
It’s one thing to blog about downsizing; it’s something else to slog through it. The current plan is to put the house on the market in two weeks. So my silence is all about the mad da$h to get the … Continue reading
Filed under Art & antiques, Baby steps, Downsizing
Baby steps…
I’ve had this antique ceiling fixture in my garage for 15 years, waiting to find the someone who wanted it enough to pay for it. It’s survived a couple of yard sales and a stay at a consignment shop without a … Continue reading
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“Antiques aren’t drawing the prices they were a couple of years ago”
Today I called a local furniture consignment store to inquire about their selling a Victorian ladies chair that was my mother’s, as well as the aforementioned humongous McGuire executive desk. Here’s the chair: The gal said they’d have their appraiser … Continue reading
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