tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420871845813973733.post6664964690226128063..comments2023-10-18T10:41:52.475-04:00Comments on Nyack Backyard: Bearing Witness at Garage SalesJGHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16710652130966518173noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420871845813973733.post-86392681880170211282011-07-11T09:21:03.033-04:002011-07-11T09:21:03.033-04:00This was such a wonderful post and you are such a ...This was such a wonderful post and you are such a wonderful writer!! I was watching "Cash and Cari" the other day and Cari was doing a sale for an elderly woman who was moving to assisted living. I thought about how difficult it must've been for her to see a lifetime of memories go up for sale. She took it in stride and made a mint in the process!! What I wouldn't do for one more day of sitting with my great-grandmother in her tiny house filled with all of her little treasures!! : )<br /><br />~ Wendy<br />http://Crickleberrycottage.blogspot.com/Wendy McDonagh-Valentinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01960081613348728607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420871845813973733.post-10750873982169355502011-07-07T13:37:56.281-04:002011-07-07T13:37:56.281-04:00Thanks, Jim - I know what you mean. You can learn...Thanks, Jim - I know what you mean. You can learn a lot about your family by poking around in those boxes!<br /><br />Love that show, Home Tome. Especially the little stories that come attached to each item. Can't believe you had a Barbie camper! I would have traded my Easy Bake Oven for one of those.<br /><br />Joanne, a book huh? At one time I thought about doing a series of columns on the blog about the people I meet at garage sales, but I'm trying really hard right now to declutter and garage sale attendance would be a necessary part of the research, I think! <br /><br />Thanks, Malay-Kadazan - wondering if garage sales are popular over there? <br /><br />Stacey, That's great that you have a rotary phone that is still in use. Remember when push button phones first came out and you had to wait a long time for the series of clicks to end before pushing the next number? <br /><br />Lisa, it would have been fun to meet the soup kitchen/librarian woman, right? Even knowing these little bits and pieces enhances value, I think.JGHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16710652130966518173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420871845813973733.post-42975107277315874072011-07-06T22:14:53.590-04:002011-07-06T22:14:53.590-04:00We've gone to a couple of estate sales recentl...We've gone to a couple of estate sales recently, right in our own neighborhood. There are companies who handle these sales, and as such the people we interacted with had no personal connection to what was being sold. <br /><br />I did meet the caretaker for the lady whose things were being sold at the first sale, and learned that the house was a "soup kitchen for stray cats" and that the lady of the house was a city librarian.<br /><br />At the second house, the seller was so happy that we appreciated the sweet items that were being sold off.<br /><br />It's sad to say, but I think I would have like both of the ladies, just based on seeing the items they surrounded themselves with.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03932975112078606231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420871845813973733.post-67197307712427346572011-07-06T21:10:46.093-04:002011-07-06T21:10:46.093-04:00You need to come on down to DC and I'll show y...You need to come on down to DC and I'll show your kids a real working rotary phone. It's hanging in my kitchen and my kids get a kick out of showing their friends how to use it. The only drawback is the phone line - the internet comes over it so the phone line is now pretty fuzzy,Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058252428343107079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420871845813973733.post-23191386793823282952011-07-06T09:31:31.412-04:002011-07-06T09:31:31.412-04:00I really enjoy reading this post.I really enjoy reading this post.Malay-Kadazan girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09692400837667241873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420871845813973733.post-73614642489719979322011-07-06T08:20:56.314-04:002011-07-06T08:20:56.314-04:00That's what I love about garage sales, those s...That's what I love about garage sales, those stories in all that stuff. It's a great concept for a book series, don't you think? I have a small collection of old album covers, and will sometimes come across one to add to the mix from a garage sale.Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03972054718663959694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420871845813973733.post-91107958889775188462011-07-05T16:46:36.924-04:002011-07-05T16:46:36.924-04:00Two words: Antiques Roadshow.
I have my fantasies...Two words: Antiques Roadshow.<br /><br />I have my fantasies of scoring something super-crazy valuable at a garage sale, but yes, just picking up a few throwbacks is nice as well. <br /><br />I do wish I could get back that fabulous Barbie Camper we sold at our garage sale for about 25 cents back when I was 9...my mother claimed that it took up a lot of space and I didn't really play with it that much...<br /><br />I was devastated, but think of poor Barbie: relegated to tents! :)home tomehttp://www.thehometome.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420871845813973733.post-3952088797164502492011-07-05T14:42:30.898-04:002011-07-05T14:42:30.898-04:00I loved both of these garage sale postings. I rem...I loved both of these garage sale postings. I remember going up to my grandmother's attic as a boy and poking around in boxes and boxes of old stuff. Where is it now? Probably sold at a garage sale, but I guess that's OK.Jim Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11804047508412206706noreply@blogger.com