Thursday, February 16, 2006
so, i've been up since 3am, again. i had a dream that it was the 1960's and woke up because of it, then couldn't get back to sleep. the whole point of this blog is to have something else to do, to keep me occupied during sleepless nights.
i already wrote about finding the altar table, yesterday. i have a booth in a local antique mall where i'll be able to sell it. i've been dealing through antique malls and flea markets most of my adult life. i wish there were some way to make it profitable enough to do it full time. i've had really good luck at it, most of the things i've sold out of this booth have been either out of the trash or out of abandoned buildings. it's amazing what people will buy, i always have to laugh at the purchases. but then, i buy things and think, "well, of course no one else wanted this because it's too weird". i've sold ALOT already and have alot more to go. i lust after empty rooms in this house, something that i know will probably never happen.
but i do see a reduction in the clutter.
i had one weird event connected with the booth, recently. i found a painting of a nude woman across the river in a covington junk shop. it was filthy with tobacco residue and had been written on in magic marker but it was only $15. it was about 3x4 feet, in acrylics. not a bad painting but not good, either. looked like student work. anyway, i bought it, brought it home and cleaned it and repainted the areas where it had been written on. it turned out pretty good. so, i took it to the booth and put $65. on it. to make a long story short, someone stole it. a 3x4 painting. the only way i can think for it to get out of the mall would be for someone to switch the tag with another item or for a dealer to take it out with their items. like i said, this was NOT a great piece of art. and someone went ot all the trouble of stealing it. i guess because it was a nude? people amaze me.
i already wrote about finding the altar table, yesterday. i have a booth in a local antique mall where i'll be able to sell it. i've been dealing through antique malls and flea markets most of my adult life. i wish there were some way to make it profitable enough to do it full time. i've had really good luck at it, most of the things i've sold out of this booth have been either out of the trash or out of abandoned buildings. it's amazing what people will buy, i always have to laugh at the purchases. but then, i buy things and think, "well, of course no one else wanted this because it's too weird". i've sold ALOT already and have alot more to go. i lust after empty rooms in this house, something that i know will probably never happen.
but i do see a reduction in the clutter.
i had one weird event connected with the booth, recently. i found a painting of a nude woman across the river in a covington junk shop. it was filthy with tobacco residue and had been written on in magic marker but it was only $15. it was about 3x4 feet, in acrylics. not a bad painting but not good, either. looked like student work. anyway, i bought it, brought it home and cleaned it and repainted the areas where it had been written on. it turned out pretty good. so, i took it to the booth and put $65. on it. to make a long story short, someone stole it. a 3x4 painting. the only way i can think for it to get out of the mall would be for someone to switch the tag with another item or for a dealer to take it out with their items. like i said, this was NOT a great piece of art. and someone went ot all the trouble of stealing it. i guess because it was a nude? people amaze me.
# posted by rae121452 : 2/16/2006 06:33:00 AM
