We had the pleasure of visiting some collector friends of ours today here in LA. Their names are Nick and Lynn and the pictures below are from their converted garage and upstairs apartment. Collectors are a wild and wonderful bunch of folks. They take pleasure in the buying and displaying of their favorite collections, and…
Category: antiques and collectibles
Work, Heat, A Visit and Air Conditioning
Today we were up bright and early – beating the heat – to work on items related to our estate business. We were able to be efficient and busy in the cool before the sun rose above the 14 story building across the street. This is so far the only real advantage of having that…
A Travel Day Up the Coast
We have just returned from Santa Barbara by way of Ojai. For those of you who don’t know, Ojai is 25 miles south of Santa Barbara and 12 miles east of Ventura. We spent part of the day organizing our storage bins in Ojai – a tough job that was helped by the sunny/breezy/not too…
Come One, Come All! Garage Sale Saturday
Hi folks, Well, tomorrow’s the day and the time is 9 am. The location is 713 North Doheny Drive, Beverly Hills, which is halfway down the hill between Sunset and Santa Monica Boulevards. We are having our big garage sale with tons of goodies. These include lots of kitchen ware, nice side tables, a big…
Garage Sale Preparation
I am preparing for a garage sale on Saturday. This is not just any garage sale but the remnants of the last five estates we’ve been handling. Remnants meaning all the extra stuff that comes with an estate after we’ve combed through it for the eBay items, the private collector items, and the antique mall…
Tired, but Happy
I am very tired. We’ve been working hard for the past three days on an estate in a multi-million dollar condo in a posh Wilshire-corridor building near Westwood. The home owner association dues are $4000/month if that gives you a clearer picture. Anyway, we’ve been rushing to get all the art, antiques and collectibles packed…
Handling Estates, the Unexpected Pleasures
We are handling an estate in the Wilshire District of Westwood for a very nice woman who has recently lost her husband. Her condo is in one of the prettiest buildings on the Wilshire corridor and has a view at night that is hard to beat. Today we worked with her, deciding which pieces of…
Ojai Today
We have spent the day in Ojai today, arriving early this morning to talk to a solar guy about what it would entail for us to put in a few panels so we could have electricity. We learned some encouraging information – government grants and low-interest loans for agricultural lands – and are going to…
Listing eBay Items: Settling into a Rhythm
Ray and I have been listing eBay items for the past several hours. It is pleasant enough work what with Neil Young singing in the background as we research, list and photograph the various items we’ve designated for today’s work. We are putting a range of items on from the two estates we’re handling. I…
20 Minutes a Day 