The Estate Sale Chronicles

The holidays are a time for tradition.  Often, traditions are passed down from one generation to another:  a menu, a recipe, a certain old m...

I love looking through old magazines.    At a recent estate sale, I found a copy of the November 1933 Better Homes and Gardens .   I can...

(To read "The War Diary, Part One," click here:   http://estatesalechronicles.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-war-diary.html  ) I'v...

I often see war-related items at estate sales.   Recently I found a battered small notebook that served as the diary of a serviceman from ...

I always look for old books when I go to estate sales.   I have a habit of feeling sorry for the old book that no one else seems to want, an...

I like finding really useful things at estate sales.   And since I enjoy cooking, few things are more useful to me than the colorful vinta...

One of the best things about going to an estate sale is that I never know what I'm going to find.  At most sales, I can count on finding...