There is an awesome bonus to having an assistant... a lot of extra stuff gets done! Today I pulled some items out of a box that have been packed up for over a year. Vintage greeting cards, player piano rolls, books of stamps... all items that seemed like a good idea at the time but as soon as I got home and started doing a little research, they were pushed aside. I don't know anything about stamps! How should I put together lots of old greeting cards? Those piano rolls are gross!
Since sales have slowed a bit since Christmas and there hasn't been that much to ship, I handed the piles to Bijou and asked her to deal with them. As she started sorting, she asked a lot of questions. I answered and then changed my mind and changed my mind again and again. I am pretty sure she stopped listening to me. Her list and sort of the player piano rolls helped me get them all written up, 12 lots. While I was working on the piano rolls, Bijou was sorting and writing up the greeting cards into about 16 different auctions! Outstanding! Next week she is going to tackle the stamps! If it's stashed in a box, it's not selling!
I have a bunch of teal green glass insulators that have been on top of the buffet in my kitchen for probably 2 years! Recently I bought a bunch of baggies full of little Smurf figures, little plastic cowboys and indians and army men. I also have a huge stack of sheet music from the 19-teens and 1920's and baggies full of needlepoint yarn. These are all things that will probably sell very nicely but how in the world do I put the lots together? One Smurf or five? Should I group the yarn in lots by color or sell lots of mixed colors? What about all of those cowboys and indians... by the pound?
These are the questions that go through my head and completely block me. Bijou has motivated me to plow through these stumbling blocks and get-stuff-listed! And you know what? I have been selling like crazy! Thank you, Bijou!
Since sales have slowed a bit since Christmas and there hasn't been that much to ship, I handed the piles to Bijou and asked her to deal with them. As she started sorting, she asked a lot of questions. I answered and then changed my mind and changed my mind again and again. I am pretty sure she stopped listening to me. Her list and sort of the player piano rolls helped me get them all written up, 12 lots. While I was working on the piano rolls, Bijou was sorting and writing up the greeting cards into about 16 different auctions! Outstanding! Next week she is going to tackle the stamps! If it's stashed in a box, it's not selling!
I have a bunch of teal green glass insulators that have been on top of the buffet in my kitchen for probably 2 years! Recently I bought a bunch of baggies full of little Smurf figures, little plastic cowboys and indians and army men. I also have a huge stack of sheet music from the 19-teens and 1920's and baggies full of needlepoint yarn. These are all things that will probably sell very nicely but how in the world do I put the lots together? One Smurf or five? Should I group the yarn in lots by color or sell lots of mixed colors? What about all of those cowboys and indians... by the pound?
These are the questions that go through my head and completely block me. Bijou has motivated me to plow through these stumbling blocks and get-stuff-listed! And you know what? I have been selling like crazy! Thank you, Bijou!
Welcome back! Missed you at the last Barn Sale...we'll be having another one in April. I'm glad to hear that sales are good! And, Happy New Year to you! Patti (from Two Chicks Barn Sale)
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