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| miss wilma |
Posted - Jan 22 2008 : 10:37:53 PM
Yesterday I was selling and un packing all at the same time today after we got it out of boxes and kinda half way put away and made pictures I got on the phone and computer and sold sold sold, so tomorrow I will be be packing it right back up, now wouldnt you say I do have a busy life poor sterl has had to resort to bologna and hamburgersfor the past two days
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| miss wilma |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 07:16:40 AM
Jeannie thats the way I look at it if I keep it its going to be good then if I decide to sell I have something worth selling, I dot have my house jammed pack with antiques but what I do have is good, I have always bought good mdse and have never had a problem selling it , but I am the worst at selling yard sale things I guess I just dont know how, Last summer 4TH OF July I had a huge orchard sale with 6 other of my friends We did it for 4 days and sold over 10,000 between all of us, my antique things sold good but just every day stuff didnt, I am going to do it again this year, Another thing about it a lot of people came that didnt know about us being here, so I mow have new customers for the shop, I f you want to know how I do it let me know I am going to do it again this year
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| miss wilma |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 07:03:08 AM
will do so today Judy Thank you
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| junkjunkie |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 06:06:03 AM
Miss Wilma- Let me know how much shipping and handling is for Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 for the tulip pitcher. Thank you! Judy
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 05:35:25 AM
Miss Wilma - sure do agree with all you said. Whenever I have "splurged", in my mind, on something I love, I have never regretted it. It's the real "goodies" that you love to live with. A good basket, a good quilt, a good person......quality never goes out of style. Love hearing your stories!
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| miss wilma |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 7:42:44 PM
Jeannie , I still havent had time to go on ebay, just keep looking for the good ones I do get cheaper baskets but if I really like one I dont care to pay a good price for it , I have around 60 0r more old baskets anything else goes in the goodwill box, A good basket is like a good quilt you either have a common one or a top dollar one I found out that the top quality ones will always sell,I gotta tellyou this, afew years ago the ky quilt society did a lot of buying around this area , well I had been in this shop over in Green co and looked at some quilts I thought they were to high and passed on them, so sometime later I was telling one of my buyers about them and they wanted to see them so I took her over there, all the quilts was pulled out , the lady proceded to tell big stories about them how she had some big buyers just dying to come buy them, now mind you I had done heard that tale from her before and for some time I just kept quite well after awhile I got tired of listening to those lies so I just hauled off and said MAM you are looking at one of the biggest quilt buyers in the state of KY, iT really ticks me off when they have to lie to sell their things, If your merchandise is good enough it will sell its self, I dont advise any one to buy what they cant afford but if you can buy the best do so in the sense that you ever want to resale it,Just buy at the best price you can, I had rather have one item that I can make a hundred on as to have 10 items trying to make 10 dollars each, Most times when I buy I know where I can sell itor if it doesnt sell very fast I can be happy to keep it for awhile,yes it is much better at home with out all the expense all it cost me here is a little electric and water hope you can come see me sometime all my baskets arent that expensive
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| miss wilma |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 7:04:15 PM
Rhonda did you see my chicken rock , I ownned it years ago and sold it but always regretted it, now I am so happy to have it back, I did really get some good things , I always try to get my investment back first then I feel like I can keep what I want to, I do have a bad sickness I am a book nut Inthis deal I got a lot of KY books so I guess they will have to stay here, Do you go to the Nashville show?
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| miss wilma |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 6:57:13 PM
Rebecca, I will put it in the box for you and send one that I would use my self, I like agood smoothone that is well seasoned, Will be in the sewing house tomorrow and will find you some goodies
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 5:50:52 PM
Miss Wilma - you have found the perfect balance. The dealers come to you - low overhead and high profit. That is a good thing for everyone.
I do not know where Susan will be, but if you see the name Tippecanoe Trader, that is her. She always has a story behind everything she has, and boy I have learned a lot from her. A great gal. She does shows in Savannah, Charleston, and several in Florida each year. Her shop in Dillard is also called Tippecanoe Trader.
Go ahead and bid on the Ebay baskets - I have not had a bid on a basket that did not come back to me and say I have been outbid!!!! But I keep me eyes out all the time, everywhere, and sometimes they come to me.
Let me know how much you sell my basket for!!!! :) Kiddin ya.
Jeannie
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| abbasgurl |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 5:41:20 PM
Oh my Miss Wilma! I have just been looking at allllll the things you are buying & selling recently. Beautiful, in that grubby, homely way we love. Wish I could be down there to see everything in person! Even if you don't get to keep everything, it must be GREAT fun to get a look at all of it!
Rhonda
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| miss wilma |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 5:24:42 PM
I will go on and see if I can find them but I promise I wont bid against you,Do you know where Susan s booth is there, does she do Ruth Rochells show in Tn Ther e are a lot of the shows I would do but I sell to a lot of the girls out there on the primitive trail and it wouldnt be right to set up beside them and sell the same thing for less money, So I have found that I can wholesale here and keep a steady line of dealors
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 2:33:43 PM
Miss Wilma - hickory - oh darn, I wish I could get it right now! By the way, I looked on Ebay today, and there were two similar in looks, one from Tennessee, and both were going for around 56.00 and the bidding was not ended. I know they are treasures, for sure. I use my old baskets every day.....I have several really old ones, and they are put to use!
If you are going to the Nashville Show, look for my friend Susan Mick (has a shop in Dillard, and a home in Otto, NC.) She tells me that location is everything at that show. She travels all over the S.E. and shows and buys. I love to hear her stories, just as I love to hear yours!
You keep me posted if yo do not sell that little thing!
Farmgirl Sister # 31
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| Rebekka Mae |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 2:10:48 PM
Wilma-
Just pop a nice smooth one in my next box, whenever that is;) Mine is splintering and it is time to upgrade but the new ones are soooo cheaply made.
Warmly, Rebekka
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Virginia Woolf |
| miss wilma |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 2:01:47 PM
Thats fine, it is hickory and good,I think you did great to find one for 90.00, Some areas things are better prices than others, Nc is a good place to buy them, I have several from there, also they made good baskets,If I priced a basket to the people here they probably would have a heart attack,
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 11:40:09 AM
Miss Wilma - well I just paid 90.00 for one in North Carolina at my friend's primitive shop...., and I am having a quilt finished for 425.00, so I guess I better pass on it right now. Budget won't allow it! Thank you for letting me know! It is beautiful and looks worth it, because it looks like split oak, and made in a wonderful way.
I have a knack for picking the stuff that goes beyond my budget!
Farmgirl Sister # 31
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
| miss wilma |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 10:54:57 AM
Rebecca all of them are good If you trust my judgement it will be 8.00 and they are old
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| Rebekka Mae |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 10:35:10 AM
Miss Wilma- Of the rolling pins is there one in good condition to use? If so how much would it be;) Good Morning, Rebekka
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| miss wilma |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 10:24:57 AM
Jeannie it is an old one and small they are more expensive it is 125.
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 09:11:07 AM
Okay - I hope she does not buy it but if it is sold, you have an idea of something I would like, if you have others similar. Thank you! I would love a basket, and it would be easy to send. Will go perusing through your photos again.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
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| miss wilma |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 07:36:45 AM
I have just had a girl email me about it if she doesnt take it I will let you know I have LOTS of baskets
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 07:25:56 AM
Miss Wilma - I saw a wonderufl little basket in your photos sitting next to your SOLD Prince Albert Can! Have you sold that basket yet? I love small baskets that are "real".....hand-made in other words, not like the ones you find at Michael's or someplace.
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| miss wilma |
Posted - Jan 23 2008 : 9:57:49 PM
Jessie when our road was gravel years ago we didnt like our magistrate because he was a political crook and Sterl told him if he brought the grader in here he would shoot the tires off of it, You better believe he didnt fool around with these mountain folks It didnt matter to us because nobody lived back in here but us so Sterl did his own grading
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| kydeere40744 |
Posted - Jan 23 2008 : 9:46:01 PM
haha - and GPS units don't even have that road on there! I tested mine out and it went nuts and said that it couldn't find the address. Now that is when you are way back in the country!
~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~
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| miss wilma |
Posted - Jan 23 2008 : 9:42:53 PM
Jeannie tell me what you like and I will find you something, I cant believe my self how fast this has sold,but every one that knew her would have died for what she had, I feel honored that I got to buy when there were buyers much closer than I am, Yes I do have a a good following of dealors. I will be going down to the big show with some friends, it is a good show to do and I have done it several times but the unloading is a pill, so I have it pretty good my dealors stop going down and come up from the south I have one coming from Mo.They like to come here because I not only let them come here I take them all around to different places, We have some days planned and some great places to go done lined out, The funny thing I have no signs, and live in the boonies
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| New England |
Posted - Jan 23 2008 : 8:14:38 PM
Well Wilma, looks like Gilbert Sterling Rd. is the place to shop!!!! I can just picture trucks coming down that road loaded to the brim - standing room only in the shop and the coffee pot in third gear!!!! But don't forget about Sterl, he needs cornbread and turnips!!!! You and I have good men - but you have to keep them well fed - ha!! take care and don't get run down. Hannah
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - Jan 23 2008 : 11:33:49 AM
I heave heard of that show in Nashville - my friend who sells antiques in Dillard, Georgia goes to that show and can't say enough good things. So you are selling to dealers mostly? If you see something sot ofr small and unasked for, let me know. I would absolutely love to have something from this treasure from Miss Wilma.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
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