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Estate sale – Tonawanda, New York – FABULOUS

pam kueber - Updated: December 29, 2013

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Snaps to reader Jackie who alerted us to this estate sale in Tonawanda, New York. Oh my, this is the kind of sale that we all DREAM of. I am having palpitations. Palpitations, I tell you! Enjoy this fantastic video!

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  1. Kory Carroll says

    Oh My!
    If I could only get there. At 1:46 there is 2 sets of Plastic Pineapple Pitchers w/ Glasses. I have them in Green & Orange, and would KILL for it in Yellow! They are Beautiful!!!

  2. Jocelyn says

    I was just screaming with every reveal! The sectional! The pixies! The hats! The shoes! The vintage everything! What a wonderful collection. It is a good thing we all don’t live in the same town…there would be a melee at this house for sure!

  3. Susie says

    This just makes me hurt! I wish I could be lucky enough to find a sale like this some day, but I know that will never happen!

  4. Pencils says

    I saw NY and got excited. Except it’s near Buffalo, all the way on the other side of the state, hundreds and hundreds of miles away. Wah! Oh well. I want those pineapple things on the bar. Guess it’s eBay time!

  5. CindyD says

    I CAN’T GET THERE – and I so-o-o want to! I love the floor – black and white linoleum patterns. Great way to start the weekend – thanks for posting this!

  6. Happy Daze says

    Looks like a good sale, but I’m still recovering from the one I went to last weekend. Same owner since 1938…picked up some really cool stuff for my 1940 house.

    I love estate sales, but I always feel a tinge of sadness watching all of the stuff one person collected get divided up among various people. It’s especially sad when I know the house will probably be demolished in a few weeks after the sale. The estate sale becomes the last happy gathering that will ever occur in the house.

  8. TappanTrailerTami says

    Amazing! Seeing that vid makes me feel better about my own packratty tendencies (all good stuff of course). LOVE the curvy sectional, the silverware, the linens, the bar stools, the pole lamps, the corner tables, the glassware, the credenza (or was it a stereo?)……oh my!

    Pat D – you lucky duck, be sure to give us all a full report!

  9. Susan says

    I’m originally from Buffalo, NY and lived next door to Tonawanda in Kenmore. Now I’m in Florida and it almost impossible to finds mid century here. However…palpitations!!! I’ll be visiting Buffalo this summer and hope to find estate sales. Thanks for sharing this!!