| For many of you, vintage may be a way of life. For | | | | many companies as you can and contact those |
| others, you may be wondering where to find good | | | | companies. Most estate sale companies have email |
| vintage pieces. | | | | lists and they are more than happy to add your |
| For those who have always worn vintage or studied | | | | name to the list. The more customers they have, the |
| vintage and know the ins and outs of vintage, you | | | | more money they make. Email lists are great because |
| are set. For those who are curious about vintage, this | | | | they come directly to your in box (you don't have to |
| article may be perfect for you. Have you ever | | | | hunt them down) and they typically include a |
| wanted to wear or sell vintage, but just don't know | | | | description of items that will be sold at the sale. |
| where to get the good items? If you are lucky | | | | Address, times and dates are also given. Also, if you |
| enough to live in a larger metropolitan city, you | | | | have questions about the sale, you can hit reply and |
| should have no trouble sourcing vintage clothing and | | | | ask the seller your question. |
| or accessories. | | | | Once you have all of your sales written down, go to |
| First: I recommend going to Craigslist and finding your | | | | your sales. See what you can find. The first day is |
| city or the city nearest to you. In the search bar, | | | | when you will find the best items and the last day is |
| enter, "estate sale". See what results pop up. Also do | | | | when you will get the best deals. If you do find a |
| a search for, "vintage clothing", "vintage clothes" and | | | | sale on the first day and you like the items they are |
| "vintage dress(es)". Write all of the information down. | | | | selling, you must go back on the last day because |
| Second: If you city/town has a thrifty paper (all | | | | they will most likely have some things left and you |
| major cities do), either get the hard copy of the | | | | will really get a great deal on those items. |
| paper or search them online. If you search them | | | | If you don't live in a larger city, you can try thrift |
| online, you can just type in "estate sale" and see | | | | stores. Thrift stores can be a little more difficult |
| what comes up. | | | | because you have to dig and sift through items. You |
| Third: I would check your local newspaper. Look in | | | | may find some great things, but it might take a little |
| the classifieds section. If you look online, repeat step | | | | extra work and effort. |
| two as stated above. | | | | Garage sales are also a great place to source vintage |
| Fourth: Go to Google and perform a search for, | | | | items. Again, this may take a little extra effort and |
| "Estate sale companies in _"city name"__. Find as | | | | work, but the prices are usually very reasonable. |