Maybe it will improve. Here's the link to their web presence

http://www.thrifting-with-the-boys.com/

It's easy to buy
It's hard to sell

Was it on a PBS station?

I have Comcast (miserable) basic cable and don't have a great range of stations.

It's on my comcast, but maybe not on yours.

Their web site gives a good taste of it, tho, PR.

For starters, who expects to find anything at a yard sale in the middle of the day? If you don't hit it when it first opens, there's rarely anything left to get. Then they go to a retail antique shop to find things to resell and complain the prices are too high. Well . . . duh . . . it's retail. We won't be tuning in again.

Sometimes I have scored big (and cheap) as someone was just beginning to pack stuff away...

The people were setting up late, though. The stuff hadn't been exposed to the usual suspects. Got a painting for $10 that I ended up selling for $5,000. It was a real shocker since I'd never heard of or seen the artist.

I found one original painting and one print that were jammed into a large box of frames (probably 50-60) from an auction for $1... worth about $200...

....sold most when she was packing or unpacking her wares at art shows.

Still a loser. Won't bother again.

sometimes I bring precise knowledge to the table, but not always... That's with buying stuff all the time, I own a vintage, antique and thrift store...

Some of the best finds have been when I bought something that looked quality...

I saw some quality looking Americana, shelled a quick .75 cent and left in about 2 min.

Got home and found they were EXPENSIVE Goebel Masonic pieces



I found a cool looking turn of the century lamp... bought for $5 and found it was created by a prominent American architect and hero of the Titanic: Edward Kent http://archive.wgrz.com/news/article/165242/1/Prominent-Buffalo-Titanic-Victim-Remembered-In-Film

But yeah, you still have to be able to develop an eye that recognizes quality even when it is a bit hidden...

That's one of the best parts of this job.

I also love to return things to people who have a family connection. An old autograph book, a photo of grandpa's town band, etc. That's very rewarding.

they cost me .75

This morning I had the opposite experience. I paid $5 for something I thought had a real presidential signature on it and it turn out to be an old reproduction. Oh well . . .

I had a bookshelf fall apart as I was unloading it today..