Top Estate Sale Tips from 3 Pre-Loved Podcast Guests
Including the team at (the one-and-only!) EstateSales.Net
How do estate sales work? What do you need to know before you show up? And how do you even know if the finds are going to be good?
Over the years, I’ve interviewed 200+ vintage and secondhand fashion aficionados on Pre-Loved Podcast, and my guests are a wealth of knowledge on many subjects.
So, to answer all your estate sale questions, I curated and collected these tips from the pros — including the team at EstateSales.Net — so you, too, can scour the sales for the finds of your dreams. Enjoy! 💛
EstateSales.Net
Now, if you already know EstateSales.Net then YOU KNOW, but this is the place online to find estate sales in your area.
Here’s the lore: EstateSales.Net was started in Memphis in 2001 by the McQuade family. Dan McQuade loved going to estate sales to find old kitchen mixers to repair and fix up, and after going to so many excellent estate sales, he wanted to create a website to help more people find them! Over the last 20+ years, EstateSales.Net has grown into a national site, dedicated to making the estate sale industry as accessible as possible. Check out this episode for all the best estate sale tips, straight from the source:
Macy Eleni
You know her, you love her: Macy Eleni is a Thrift Queen 👑 and the author of Second Chances: The Ultimate Guide to Thrifting, Sustainable Style, and Expressing Your Most Authentic Self 📖
Not only does she find the best vintage Juicy Couture sweatsuits at estate sales in LA, she also shopped the estate sale of none-other-than Alex Trebek! 🤩
Her best tip? If you see one stylish thing in those online listing photos – there are more things hiding! Because an estate sale is one person’s collection, one good find tells you that person has so much more just like that.
Listen to Macy on Pre-Loved Podcast! 🎧
Heather Hurst aka Pigmami ( on Substack)
Heather is a Brooklyn-based personal stylist and content creator who started hosting vintage pop-ups when she lived in D.C. because she was finding so many good online estate sales finds during the pandemic.
Her best tip? Estate sales are a must for high-quality, solid furniture. Heather found a gorgeous Chinese cabinet, hand-painted in gold leaf, from the 1800s. For only $600. 😳 Sorry, West Elm! Tune in for the story on Pre-Loved Podcast here. 🎧
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