ESTATE SALE TRENDS PART ONE

Some collectibles have dropped in value

Believe it or not, but there are trends within the estate and tag sale culture. Frequent shoppers realize when certain buying or selling tendencies emerge and know how to act on them.

One such trend involves the depreciation of particular collectibles.

Beanie Babies

The Beanie Baby mania ended in 1999. For a few years, there were retired dolls, dubbed valuable and hard to find, mostly with a high asking price. But now Beanie Babies are mostly sold in heaps, well below the insane asking prices. 

Thomas Kinkade Paintings

Kinkade’s famous oil paintings were once prized. But the incessant reproduction and licensing of his goods put the artist and his work into a commercial limbo. To many stores began to sell “Thomas Kinkades,” and before you know it, the value dropped. Now you can hardly tell the difference.

At Full of Surprizes, we are aware of these rising and falling trends. We understand how to correctly tag and market a particular item so that it is properly liquidated. If you need to hold an estate sale in Long Island New York, we can help.

Visit our website or call (516)-315-3102 for more information!

Tiffany Skylight Discovered

Hidden by Plasterboard at famed Carlton Hotel in Manhattan

These are the kinds of things that happen in New York. Amongst a bustling renovation of the notorious Carlton Hotel, a beautiful stain glass skylight was unearthed. A symbol of the Art Nouveau movement, it turns out the work was designed by legendary glass maker Louis Tiffany and is said to be valued at over a million dollars.

Louis Tiffany

His father was a historic jeweler Charles Tiffany of Tiffany & Co. Where Sr. exceled at jewelry design, the younger Tiffany did at glass making, establishing his own shop in Queens in 1878. There, his popularity grew as he honed his use of opalescent glass and unique coloring in lamps, stain glass, mosaics, and ceramics. His work can be found in the White House, churches, and museums across the country.

Just as this timeless work of art was stumbled upon, many other treasures also await discovery at any of the great Long Island estate sales by Full of Surprizes. Visit our website or call (516)-315-3102 for more information! 

Lloyd Harbor Estate Sales

Items you may find at a Lloyd Harbor NY estate sale

Lloyd Harbor, New York of Suffolk County is not just a historically rich Long Island village, it is a historically rich American village. When an estate sale is held in Lloyd Harbor here are some common antiques you will probably run into.

Nautical Goods

The town, including Caumsett State Park, encompasses a peninsula. Just as it is not rare to see boats sail past and around the area, it is not rare to stumble upon a boating antiquity at an estate or tag sale.

Revolutionary Relic

Lloyd Harbor definitely felt the affects of the United States Revolution. The town was famously divided throughout the war. If you collect items from the Revolution, an estate sale in Lloyd Harbor is a good place to look.

Antique Jewelry

Long Island is known for its estate period. At the turn of the twentieth century, large mansions began to line the Island's north shore. Lloyd Harbor was no exception. Ornate jewelry accompanied the immense wealth flowing through the area. Exchanging hands over the years, priceless pieces can always be found at a Lloyd Harbor estate sale.

Full of Surprizes, is Long Island's leading estate and tag sale specialists. If the above-mentioned items appeal to you, stop by our next Lloyd Harbor estate sale and try your luck.

Visit our website or call (516)-315-3102 for more information!

Who You'll See at Estate Sales

In Roslyn and other parts of Long Island NY

The people who frequent estate and tag sales in Long Island are a lot like the items they purchase; diverse. Estate sales are great events that draw a variety of individuals. Here are the types of folks you'll most likely run into at one.

New Homeowners

Young couples, bachelors, even a group of college kids moving into a house for  the semester; all with one goal at an estate sale. Add items – furniture, dishes, etc – into their presumably empty houses.

Dealers and Antique Collectors

You can't miss these visitors. They are the one's taking their time, carefully inspecting the items that may hold some sort exceptional vintage worth. Another way of identifying antique dealers is that they are often the first ones arriving at a tag sale and they are the most determined to purchase the finer, higher quality items. This can range from fine antiques, jewelry, art, Quality furnishings (antique, traditional or contemporary), Mid century furnishings and decorative objects and even vintage musical instruments. Just in this last week we sold the 1956 Fender Telecaster in the picture above for more than $14,000. The best Antique Collectors can spot a true antique with just a glance.

Other Long Island Residents

Yes, an estate sale is beneficial to the buyer, but don't forget that they also benefit the seller. When you buy something at an estate sale, your helping the seller – in this situation, your fellow Long Island neighbor – accomplish a goal.

Full of Surprizes, embraces all who visit the estate and tag sales we hold. It means just as much to us as it does to the seller that you are helping out with the liquidation of the estate.

Visit our website or call (516)-315-3102 for more information on upcoming sales!