Bid With Me at a Country Auction! | My $200 Haul & Tips for Beginners
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ต.ค. 2024
- People always ask where I get my antiques and vintage for resale, so we thought we’d share the experience of bidding at auction! This small town Kentucky auction house in Dawson Springs is a regular haunt for me when I travel the Upper South and Midwest.
We let the cameras roll a bit to show the unvarnished experience, then my bidding begins. I’ll talk about the antique and vintage items I see, give some tips for beginning bidders and do a “haul video” of my selections as I win them! Since this video is about resale shopping at an auction, I talk more extensively about what I spend and what I later got for some of the items I’m buying and reselling.
I comb the auction for deals, ending up with everything from Hall’s Jewel Tea dinnerware to a Chevy Bel-Air clock. Crocks and churns come my way, and a vivid Viking Glass piece shows why it pays to buy stuff from places it doesn’t belong. In all, I spend $200 in hopes of selling the items for over $500!
Why did two identical items sell for different prices? Is that a good price on a wicker table? Why would I pay $45 for a pocket knife? As I bid, I try to inform, explaining what I see in the marketplace that makes me take one item over the next (and why I’m passing up great reselling opportunities on some larger and newer items).
Avon Cape Cod, 1930s car taillights, a scarce Chris-Craft boat emblem in a box lot and other goodies come our way. You’ll also get to see the things I don’t end up buying, including a good Boston crock jug! A list of other highlights follows below…
I hope my review of bidding at a country auction helps you learn more about antique and vintage items, inspires your own estate sale digging and educates you about how I pick for reselling! I’m happy to be sharing my real world vintage encounters with the online community, I love sharing our passion and hope we will all help each other with our antique education.
Here’s some more of what we see cross the auction desk:
Horse collar mirror, Christmas decor, Star Wars record boxes, miniature jugs, crocks by Louisville Stoneware and Monmouth, Autumn Leaf Aladdin teapot, metal churn, Case knives, old paint butcher block, American oak hall tree, Wagner and Lodge cast iron cookware, 1910s lamp table, old meal grinder, 30 gallon crock, tools, motorcycle plate, soda bottles, spurs, primitive pounder, quilt tops, three-wheeled bike, 1950s dolls, souvenir pillow cases, etc.
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That was fun. Thanks also to the cameraman who kept us informed. Good team work.
I liked that he spoke up, he's usually camera shy oddly enough!
If someone asked me out on a 1st date to a Saturday night auction, I would be in heaven. Dinner or drinks are awkward and sometimes very boring. Where are all the romantic auction lovers? 😂😂 Thanks for sharing George.
You're my kind of date then! I wouldn't say the setting was romantic lol
Cheryl Ross Agreed!
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That's where my dad made almost all of his long-term friendships. Hopefully he didn't take any dates there though since my mom didn't go to them. 😅
Thanks for bringing us along! Please do this again 🤩
I'm glad you liked it! If he gets a big variety of stuff sometime we'll try it again, will be a little more polished and prepared but it was fun
That was fun, I'm always amazed at how much you know...but, I'm also preplexed, camera man sounds just like you 💎
It's funny because we never really noticed that until hearing this video lol
That's exactly what I thought!
My husband is Swedish and I'm southern Ohioan- right on the river by eastern Kentucky and West Virginia, so I have somewhat of a dialect with all the old Appalachian phrases and idioms sprinkled in. Within a year of us starting to date he sounded nearly indistinguishable from my local dialect because we talked to each other so much. Several years later and I have yet to ever be mistaken for having a Swedish accent. 😅
The auction was so much fun! Thank you from Texas where gatherings are a BIG No-No again. Getting to shop with you is even more fun for me because it's on your dime! Stay safe George!
You are so welcome! The auction in Kentucky plans to open again July 11, they postponed their March auction until now
Great video George! ❤
Wow! That was great! I’ve never attended an auction. Thanks for the virtual experience!
I hope to show more in future they're fun
I actually kinda liked the scary doll. But she's not the kind I have collected in the past. Exciting event. The only auction I ever attended was an outdoor one in Iowa, when I was a kid.
Okay, I admit I kind of secretly did too
Thanks for taking us to the auction👍
Thanks for joining! It was fun
Enjoyed hearing from the invisible camera man! Thanks for taking us with you to the auction.
Yes! He's camera shy oddly enough. I'm glad you came along!
I just binged watched three videos, I am so grateful that you’re showing the prices I am learning so much from you.
Hi Victoria! I'm glad you're having fun watching, I have more coming out this Sunday and next week so we'll see you again soon
PS: I've been trying to do more with pricing, it's a 50/50 proposition but I'll talk more about it in haul videos soon
@@TheAntiqueNomad could you tell us how you formulate your resale prices?
Thanks again George ♡
Hi George. Just watched this video. I enjoyed it immensely. Fun way to spend the evening. 😊
It was for me too! I'm hopeful they'll resume soon.
Thanks for watching and see you Wednesday
Another great video! Thanks for taking us with you.
Thanks! I'm glad to have you join us, I love extending the antique and vintage community to the online world
I like the slower pace of this auction. I think I'd actually have the courage to bid ^_^
Yes it helps, one doesn't feel steamrolled like at some Auctions
George thanks for taking us to the auction. Living in Kentucky there are/were many of these Friday/Saturday night auctions throughout the state. This one is nice. The majority of others are just the junk from storage unit clean outs and just pure garbage.
This one used to be but the new owners are really keeping it mostly antique and vintage, and they said they are selling way better now that the low end stuff is gone
I love watching various perspectives on how they source and where you get your products. This was fun to see this type of auction. I am new to the reselling and youtube, and trying to learn as much as i can from others! Thank you!
melanie lightbeam thank you! I hope you'll watch my other videos and subscribe, I do a lot of different things and want to help the antique and vintage community grow
Loved the church pews they were setting on!
Me too! I'll be there Saturday for the first auction since March
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us! I love that you give a a little history behind items. And I love the fact that you’re in Kentucky! I’m a Kentucky gal!
Which part? KY is one of my main bases as I wander around the world of vintage!
The Antique Nomad Central Kentucky. I live about 15 minutes outside of Lexington in a small town called Paris. I’m right here in the heart of horse land!
I just stumbled across your videos the other day and I am thoroughly enjoying them. I would love to be able to do what you do! However, right now it would not be possible due to health conditions.I love that you have so much knowledge to share! Keep up the good work!
Sharon Hester I like that area very much!! I'm surprised there aren't more antique centers there but there's good stuff in the region
The Antique Nomad it’s weird that there are more antique businesses around here. I wish there were more. There are a few good ones in Lexington. Maybe I’ll run into you one day! That would be really cool!
This was a brilliant idea George, I thoroughly enjoyed it ty xxxx ty to camera man too
We're going to try again when he reopens, maybe the sound will be better and he has fun stuff on tap!
Still catching up on older vids. One thing I'd like to add is - before bidding on piece for your collection, make sure you inspect it carefully. I'm not saying it happens often but there are people who will dump their repros into an auction and once you buy it, it's impossible to return it once you find out it's not the real deal.
That's true! It's best to always preview beforehand
This was fun! Thanks George...I love auctions..my problem is..I want it all..lol
I remember being overwhelmed at how much cool stuff there was when I discovered antiques and vintage! It gets easier as you refine your collecting interests
George, I'd like to hear your discussion on why you don't just pull a trailer, so you can buy anything you like. Or maybe you do.
I have been known to rent one! However, it has to be a REAL deal to offset the extra costs...plus you have to have somewhere for it to go when you get where you're going! It's really easy to end up being a hoarder in this business if you aren't careful
@@TheAntiqueNomad Thank you, George. I've sensed, over the many evenings watching your VLOGS, the very informed discipline you've developed over the years. Have enjoyed your work very much and loved the sense of place you add to the story. Florida sure looks lovely!
Exciting! Haven't been to an auction in ages. Good video!
Thanks for watching! I enjoy auction shopping
Same for crocks in SC. Especially the salt glazed ones. They sell for ridiculous amounts of money
Absolutely true, you can't get near the prices elsewhere
I went to a estate auction of a auctioneer and his entire auction house over three auctions, somewhat reminds me of this, spent around $2500 all said and done, had some crazy rare stuff hiding all over the place, there they let you pick items at the end of the auction to put up that they never got to, I must have put up over 40 items/lots myself that were not , lowest bid was $5 plus 20% buyers premium so I picked better stuff. I went before the auction three plus hours ahead and brought a notepad and pen, wrote down every thing I could inspect to look up, and wrote down what I would pay maximum for each item/lot as some sold in lots. Doing this saved me some money, and when people tried to raise it too much I just stop bidding instantly on things making it so others stopped outbidding me just to do so, worried they would get stuck with things, so stuff got extra cheap at times for me.
That is an excellent method to avoid overpaying! What a great auction, I wish I would hit one like that about now.
That was super fun! I think you got some fantastic deals, too! I'd really like to find a country auction around here, like there used to be...😌
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Country auctions are a different kind of shopping for resale, I did do pretty well on what I bought there. I hope people get past the raw quality of the video and see the entertainment in the experience
@@TheAntiqueNomad The "raw" quality of the video added to the entertaining aspect of it. It made it more real. I miss the country auctions, like we used to have round here. There were a lot of really good finds in them, and most people didn't even know what some of the items were...made for good pickin's 😉
CONSTELLATION PEGASUS It's fun buying in rural places where people didn't move around or go to IKEA
@@TheAntiqueNomad Yes! They kept their quality items.
Thoroughly enjoyed auction George. Those young fellas doing good job. Must be family run auction. Hi to camera man. Saw his foot with sock and sandle. Australia 🦘🐨⭐️
Yes it seems to be extended family running it which is sweet! the camera Man only appears in m bits lol
I live in North Carolina. We have some AMAZING auctions. This auction looks alot like some of ours. What a steal on the chopping block!
That was a lot of fun!
It was for me too! Glad you enjoyed it
Hi George, that 1920 table I would of grabbed and drove home with on my head if I had too. 😂😂 I so miss going to auctions. Years ago there were so many and now it just estate sales which are nice but not like the rush of bidding and winning. I so wish Mass would open up, will know Monday, fingers crossed. Take care George.
I hope things lighten up for you there too! I should've bought it and done exactly that lol
That really large crock? Grandma had one of those on the farm and it kept the sauerkraut.
That's what the large ones seen to have been used for primarily... It's almost too heavy to lift empty so I imagine they left them in one place!
@@TheAntiqueNomad Another use they had was as the crock to brine for pickles. The lid allowed the cukes to be dumped in as they ripened in the garden, especially the large ones that "got away". As more cukes were added to the brine, the brine was adjusted with more salt if necessary.
Thoroughly enjoyed vid George and Mr Cameraman. Australia ✨🦘
It's always easier when I have someone to film me. I'm glad I can bring you fun things to see!
I like the red Avon dishes, they are pretty and done well. One of my granny's lived in a rural community and was the local Avon lady. I also like carnival glass and milk glass, recently purchased a carnival glass set still in the original box that is lime green color made by Indiana glass. Tyfs...💕🍽
Ginger Poteet I like the Avon glass too, such quality, Wheaton Glass in New Jersey did it all. My grandmothers friend was an Avon lady but unfortunately grandma died the year Avon came out with their Cape Cod glass so we didn’t get any of that
Ginger Poteet Same. I think it's beautiful. Crazy Lamp Lady says it doesn't sell for alot, so maybe this is a good time for those of us who just want to collect it for ourselves, to buy it when we find it.😊
Cary Ulmer this is true but also feel it is important to pick up items that we just like, serves a function or really enjoy, doesn't have to always be about the value 🌻😎 ....
You need to haul a trailer with you George! I love auctions. I wish I could go to a few in the US!
Rosemary What’s the closest auction to you?
I could probably go to a good one about an hour away. I'm doing alot of online auctions at the moment. They are fun and I talk to myself while I'm bidding or curse a bit when they out bid me! Lol
I have to try this very soon
Country auctions like this are fun because of the variety and the fact that enough sells at reseller-friendly prices to make it worthwhile.
Thanks, that was fun!
Thank you for coming along again, it’s nice to be able to do them
I like to slow options you got some nice stuff there good job you need to wagon to carry it all
Joyce Anderson my friends at the Packwood show (postponed) bring bikes and sell out every time
Crocks go for a lot at our country auctions in southern Illinois also!
I'm not surprised this is where they were made and are most loved
Loved this😻
Cool! It was a different idea, when they start again we'll go video
What great things you won George. Australia 🦘
I had a fun evening! Do you have such Auctions there?
Thank you!
You bet!
Both smart .. George and Mr Camera Man. Australia 🐨🦘
Mr. Camera Man has learned much vicariously by doing this, and he's a pretty smart guy to begin with
Being a product provider from overseas, how do you sell to flea market stall holders?
I responded to your other inquiries, I only buy and sell antiques and vintage but could help you if that's what you have
How much did the quilts sell for? I couldn't understand what the bid was ty
Yes, not the greatest audio there but I think they went in the $45-50 range. I liked them but I only pay $35-40 unless something is rather good and in good condition.
Please repeat what stuff is selling for the final purchase price.ty
Good idea! Tonight's video is a pre-auction preview as well as showing my adopted hometown so you can get an idea of what I think things are worth that will sell soon
Hi George.iwas wondering..this stuff at the auction..is that stuff that anyone can bring there to be auctioned off((forgive my poor English)
Your English is fine! The auctioneer will let anyone bring as long as it's old, it's theirs to sell and he can sell it for whatever he can
How much was the crock @ 26:14...I have the exact same one
I'm sorry I don't recall what it sold for but they're all going high these days
You look so handsome in this vid.
Gosh thanks!
What was the object that looked like a big orange tabby cat? The head looked unusual if it was a cat.
Hmm, I missed that somehow. Can you tell me the time stamp?
The Antique Nomad You can easily see it at 23:21. It's sitting off to the right, between the boy in the purple shirt & the woman with blond hair & is right beside the large crock that gets sold at 26:44. Never get to see the orange cat statue (?) sold, it's there for a long time then is just gone, so I assume you didn't film that sale, but I was curious as to what it was.
Cary Ulmer oh yes it’s actually a dog figure! I think went for $75
The Antique Nomad Thanks for letting me know 😊
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George, it's Shawn again, I think I need to email you again. Thx for showing us.
My pleasure!
That Jewel Tea is going cheaply.,,,
It did...I bought a lot of it!