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I think these days most people keep the china packed away whether they have small children or not. That's why nobody wants to buy it.
Brown Eyes:
Hey Friends,
I'm jumping in to this thread... maybe for the first time? For selling things like china and silverware, etc. I would recommend maybe looking beyond estate sale people and try to find a good local gallery or auction house. Most regions have at least one or two good auction houses, and you may get better results. Or... even have an antique dealer look at what you have.
Also, that's very cool K! I didn't know your Mom was an artist.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Brown Eyes on September 04, 2018, 10:28:45 pm ---Hey Friends,
I'm jumping in to this thread... maybe for the first time? For selling things like china and silverware, etc. I would recommend maybe looking beyond estate sale people and try to find a good local gallery or auction house. Most regions have at least one or two good auction houses, and you may get better results. Or... even have an antique dealer look at what you have.
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Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't think anyplace would be excited about china and silverware because so many people have them. I talked at length to a guy who runs an antique consignment shop and he can't even find a place for his own silverware.
--- Quote ---Also, that's very cool K! I didn't know your Mom was an artist.
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Thanks, A! If you'd asked her, she'd have told you she was an advertising copywriter, but she had studied both advertising and art in school and for an amateur painter she was very good.
I have to go into work, but later I'll try to remember to post a couple of her photos.
So glad you've decided to visit, A! :D
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on September 01, 2018, 01:18:21 pm ---R.'s mother fell yesterday and couldn't get herself back up. She wasn't wearing her Medic Alert bracelet so she just had to lie on the floor until R.'s sister came for her usual daily check-up. Now, she's in the hospital. I had to give R. a stern talking-to because he was going on about his problems with his mom, his inability to make a decision about moving her out of the house, and going through a mental inventory of her belongings and what they would fetch. I tried to refocus him back onto his mom and sister. I don't know if it worked but he did go over and visit her in the hospital yesterday evening.
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On Labor Day, I went to the hospital with R. to visit his mother. He had warned me that she "might be gone" before I could arrive, but we went anyway. I was so surprised to find her with good color in her cheeks and talking, although not very clearly. We visited for about 30 minutes with 3 other relatives in the room and I could see that it agitated her when we all talked amongst ourselves. The family talked in one corner about arrangements and logistics while I talked with Mary. We came back after having a late lunch and it was much easier, just the 2 of us with Mary. I got R. to reminisce about growing up in that neighborhood and I could see that she was listening closely. When we left, I told Mary that R. would be back to "regale you with more stories about Littleton" and she gave a happy smile!
So, late that night, Mary died peacefully. Once again, I predicted wrongly. I thought she would recover and be around for many months, perhaps even years.
serious crayons:
Wow, how nice that you were able to lift her spirits on her last day. :)
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