This past Friday, I took a group of people out garage sailing. Normally I go treasure hunting with my family, but I had offered my services to raise money for a charity, and thus scheduled four solid hours of garage sailing with a group of eager treasure hunters. This was an interesting experience for me because I typically go to garage sales […]
Father’s Day
For all the father’s out there, yesterday was a particularly great day. A day to be with your family, and especially, your kids. I woke up early yesterday thinking about what I’d like to do with my son that day. I decided it was the perfect day to give him the bicycle I had recently […]
Garage Sale Tips
10 Tips for an Epic Family Garage Sale 1) Get Organized Section a room or area in your home to be filled with the items you wish to sell Be sure to obtain a permit from your municipality if required 2) Source your inventory Categorize your items for display purposes, and create an inventory list […]
Lessons learned from another garage sale
I feel a bit like a broken record. No matter how much I talk about advertising and promoting garage sales, people still don’t seem to heed my advice. A friend of mine had a garage sale this weekend, and even though I’ve given him pointers throughout the whole process, he didn’t follow through on the signage. […]
The lessons learned at Denver Comic Con
This weekend, Denver hosted one of the top five comic cons in the United States. My art gallery set up a booth at the event where we sold Marvel super hero art, animation cels and artwork from the nationally recognized artist Fabio Napoleoni. It was our first time at this particular convention, and I thought it would be a great idea to have a booth in order to […]
Learning by doing
Last weekend I was in New Jersey helping a nice family put on their first a garage sale. We’ve been in contact for the last month, getting things prepared and going over all types of tips and tricks. I think it’s safe to say that they learned a lot from their first sale, but I […]