Amazing Estate Sale Finds

We love going to estate sales, we try to find one each weekend. Sometime they are a complete bust but sometimes you really find some gems (sometimes literally). I’ve found beautiful silk scarves, vintage hats and brooches and even a fur coat. Each time we attend an estate sale it’s a strange feeling knowing that someone has recently passed away and we are perusing through their possessions. We don’t know these people, however I’m content in the knowledge that we are breathing new life into the things that they had loved during their lifetime.

This weekend we attended an estate sale in Alexandria, VA and it was a surreal experience. You can usually get a sense of the people whose things are you browsing through, simply by their style of furniture, paintings on the wall, their clothes and books. This time it was a different feeling for us. We felt an instant connection with the people who owned these items. Their taste in furniture, books, music, decor and such were so similar to our own, that it was quite eerie. There were at least 8 large bookcases FULL of books in the living room. So many of the titles were in our own collection of books and most were of interest to us. There were books about each state that we’ve lived and most of the countries that we’ve visited. We got the distinct feeling that we would really have liked these people.

Here are some of the amazing finds we found at this fantastic estate sale.

I could write (and just might) a blog post for each and every volume, they are truly amazing and I can’t wait to have the full set.

These two beautiful scarves were $2 each!!!

We picked up this bag of 77 vintage postcards for $4….for the whole bag. There are postcards from so many of the places we’ve traveled including ~ Tijuana, Mexcio; Dinan, France; Vienna, Austria; San Francisco, CA; Paris, France; Monaco, Mont St. Michel, Brittany, France and so many more.