Estate Sale Advice Needed

[AZRaptor]

be first in line and be tight lipped about what your there for

Loose lips looses kettles! 

I went to my first estate sale the other day. It had tons of stuff and lots of people in line with bags. I have a hard time just ignoring peoples questions of what I'm looking for, so I just gave a generic answer of "patio stuff" to the woman who asked me and then headed straight to the Webers when I got in. They were the first items out the door of the sale.

Are there usually price tags on things or do you have to ask?

Usually, but apparently they forgot to put the actual stickers on the Webers, so I stood there until a worker walked by and asked them to track down a cost for me.

[SmokenJoe]

Many years of ESing  ...  part of Antiques & Collectibles business.  In this region of the country, if it's NOT marked then either the agents missed it OR a buyer took the tag to mark it as sold (to them).  I'm lucky though, most of the pickers and dealers (always the first in line with the baskets and sold stickers) don't give a Damino for kettles (they just don't sell in their venue).  Sooooo, I'm in luck.  Just got a Brownie for $40, but could have waited till Saturday (the half price day for this ES agent) and got it for $20.  She's was way too pretty and I was way too busy to wait and "take my chances".