Was that you, Diggemmup?

[clovis97]

Was that you, Dig? Picking my flea market? Today?

I walked by the main cash register of this indoor flea market where we have booths, and every inch of the checkout counter was covered in vintage glass and old pottery.

"Oh...nice piece of jadeite!" I said to the buyer. "Did you find that in here?"

"Yeah, and for four bucks" he said.

We chatted a bit, and the dude started going on and on about glassware and pottery, which I really know nothing about.

"This is an unusual piece of Fenton. And this here is a color called deep rose. And that piece there, I'll get a C-note for that, any day of the week."

I couldn't help but think of you, Dig, the whole time we were talking.

So, was it you? Picking art glass and pottery at my flea market in Indiana?

 

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[diggummup]

It wasn't me. I was too busy to go picking this weekend. Until today that is! I wonder if it was Brian "bazinga"? He used to come on here a lot. He's in Indiana and glass is his specialty. He's a younger guy around 30 or so. I am however, still trying to figure out where to go on vacation. Somewhere off the beaten path where I can incorporate metal detecting (for relics), and estate/garage sales/flea markets and such. Indiana is on the short list.

 

[clovis97]

We would love to have you in Indiana, Dig.

I 'spect (as we say here) that buying here is different than it is in FL. The large majority of estates are settled by onsite auctions. In reality, estate tag sales are growing in popularity, but are still a drop in the bucket when compared to auctions. As well, some of the tag sales are set up by default, mostly because they are too small to have an auction. Tons of estates get carted off to area auction barns, especially the small estates. These are never advertised more than "we are selling a small estate from the north side of Indy".

If you go to both estatesales.net and auctionzip.com, use zip code 46201 for Indianapolis, you'll see what I mean.

BTW, the glass/pottery guy was about 50-55, and his cart was F-U-L-L.

If you ever make it up this way, let me know. I'd love to meet you.

 

[jerseyben]

Digs, you are welcome here in Jersey. MD season will be upon us here in another month or so.