Thrifting vs. Estate Sale Shopping | Better Stuff or Better Bargains?

We're in a place with bountiful opportunity to add to our collections! But which is the best place for us to score great vintage variety and get antiques for bargain prices? Welcome to our experiment, where we scout an estate sale ahead of their discount day, then hit the thrift stores and compare the bargains we find!

Where will we find the most interesting stuff? The estate sale features the remaining collections of an antique dealer, so we're in for some visual treats and interesting buys...an antique Prussian soldier humidor, sweet 1930s silhouettes and a cute 1940s Vallona Starr ceramics set seem buyable, but we have to be careful because prices on so many things here are way up there! Our strategy is to buy a few things now and come back for half-off day tomorrow.

But if the deals aren't great at the estate sale, will the thrift stores make up for it? Goodwill is a good surprise right off the bat, where two values on vintage Italian glass pop up right away, along with a cheap set of cute 1930s scotty coasters and more possibilities. The Arc thrift store boasts that it's the favorite in Spokane, Washington, and their willingness to take on a wide variety leads us to some sewing-related deals. UGM Thrift is my perennial favorite, and a classic Brush cow cookie jar makes my day!

Then it's back to discount day at the estate, where we let the half-off swarm go ahead of us in hopes that we'll get even better deals later in the day. It works! We end up with our favorite prize of the weekend, a terrific Philco radio that plays great at a price we can afford (finally) as the estate sellers 'cry uncle' and give the deals it takes to move a house full in a short timeframe.

In the end, our purchase prices (and expected profits) tip the balance slightly towards the thrift stores, but the estate sale is where we got the most fun stuff that we expect to sell fast. Call this one a draw?

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