Ultimate THRIFT SHOPPING Experience at Hoarded ESTATE SALE

We prowl a hoarder estate sale in Seattle, Washington-our first order of business being to dig deep for things people collect that we can flip for a profit! This place is insanely full, so we're left alone to dig deep and find some great deals...Putz Christmas houses, holiday jewelry and fun vintage toys, a tooled bag, an old logo sports cushion...and that's just the pre-sale!
Suddenly, we're drafted to help, as the reality that this place can barely be made ready for the public to come shop in time becomes evident. Next thing we know, we're helping sort and separate and make paths through piles in this jam-packed estate, where there's so many vintage goodies from clothing to collectibles that we can't even empty the overflowing drawers! We unearth everything from an antique French marble clock to a valuable MCM mid-century pool table in the process, along with piles of Christmas and Coca-Cola collectibles, toy trains, 3-D cut paper pictures and Byrd glassware...but can we make this crazy hoard safe and accessible in time?
We come back at half-price day to show the answer, and shop some more! We show and tell about how we price and how it sold, then get to shop the hoard one last time as we show the amazing results! We find a great little end table, show giant gaps where furniture and boxes once were floor to ceiling, and talk about what makes a hoard like this disappear!
Here's a small list of the large variety of some of the other inventory at this overflowing estate sale we find:
Vintage kitchen stool, Coke Santas and Polar Bears, Dept. 56 Christmas, landscape painting, 1940s bedroom set, nutcrackers, vintage Corelle, chandeliers, unopened Disney VHS tapes, 1970s board games, vintage china and flatware, 1930s Florentine pitcher, Fenton Silver Crest and Hobnail milk glass, costume jewelry, Barbie dolls, chalkware plaque, 1970s armchairs, vintage hats, Coke cooler, vintage stereo equipment, 1980s dresses, early video game, Baby Tender Love, Coke clock, Moss Rose porcelain ware, Wade Turtle, Shirley Temple pitcher, silverplate candelabra, collector spoons and cases, tape cases, 1960s Thermos, jewelry stand, Bacchus cologne, 1980s sweaters, Viking Glass pedestal dishes, 1960s swag lamp, Enesco North Pole Village buildings, Empoli butterfly stem chalice, vintage gloves, Enesco 1960s man figurine, Coke trays, Texaco airplane, 1970s wood owl plaque, vintage vinyl records, Police Woman doll, Coke shakers, phone address log, battery operated train engine, vintage scenic lamp, vintage chicken casserole dish, etc.
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[@chrystal743]

I just love listening to you talk! I leave your channel on all of the time in the background and while I'm sleeping. Thankful for you!

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

Wow, thank you! I’ll try to keep you awake long enough to hear the good stuff lol

[@nemophilistnay]

George, you’re so stinkin cute, trying on the hats and hamming it up in the mirrors! 😆😍 That’s part of what keeps us coming back. Love your humanity.

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

I'm glad you aren't all tired of it because I can't stop!

[@nemophilistnay]

@@TheAntiqueNomad nope! Keep it up!

[@makdee2369]

I love this kind of video, where there is a community that helps hoarding situations.

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

It's a lot of work, but it takes a community to get it done. Glad you enjoyed this!

[@twistoffate4791]

Your Wade turtle was sooooo cute. Someone had to say it. It's irresistible & I am glad your family member will get it so it can be enjoyed!! Unlike all those other piles & piles & piles of stuff!!

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

I'm glad I could rescue a few things from the piles before they were lost or damaged in the crush! A lot of what was there was not my stuff to buy and sell, but a lot went to other resellers who do

[@jacquelynkirby1442]

Yay geo. You go?.!

[@jacquelynkirby1442]

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[@jacquelynkirby1442]

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[@jacquelynkirby1442]

Love ya,!!

[@janetpogue4970]

Wow, its full of stuff! I hope it turns out to be an antique dealers dream. 🎉

[@wandajuul5150]

So fun to see my friend Mari-Lynn on your video.

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

Mari-Lynn is a truly great person in my book!

[@janelchambers6791]

Wow that was impressive, glad you found some buys

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

Thanks 👍 it was a real humdinger!

[@julielumsden5184]

I could take all day in that house there is so much to look at and I’m not a reseller I just love looking at antique and vintage.

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

Me too! My channel is not intended for resellers alone, I’m from the collecting world and I am all about helping people learn more about these great old things!

[@Stephanie-eh3pl]

Wow, what fun to see all the amazing items. Glad I came along. Blessings Always

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

Me too!! Blessings to you too

[@Flojoe6274]

Quayle-ism's! I still remember his paraphrase of the United Negro College Fund motto. He re-stated it as, "To lose one's mind is a terrible thing."

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

Lol! I didn't hear that one back in the day. I just remember him "correcting'" the grade school student who properly spelled tomato by insisting it was "tomatoe"...I've thought of him every time I've seen a superfluous e added to a word ever since.

[@twistoffate4791]

@@TheAntiqueNomad lol!! I had almost forgotten about that incident until you mentioned it.

[@janetpogue4970]

Jeffrey has a collect og the those little card houses. He showed his home decorated for this past Xmas 🎄

[@persiphonehellecat]

I couldn't have left without that black mesh hat and the pink Queen one - at least.

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

I would've bought both, but once I found out they wanted me to help them with the sale, I focused on things I thought would be crushed or broken in the melee...I figured I should leave most for the shoppers coming to the sale in all fairness. Because the hats were in a neat stack, I knew they'd be okay, and they did sell!

[@stevensaysdone786]

Hi George, that lamp with the black scrollwork design was beautiful/cool......you were so kind not to take the light out of the room. This video gave me anxiety though with all the piles of stuff, it's definitely a lesson in hoarding (I already downsized a year ago).....don't want to go there again. Love your show and thanks, Stevie

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

I'm proud of you! I've been around hoards before and it inspired me to also downsize early. I really liked the lamp but it went to another buyer after the room had largely sold down, which was the right thing to do, but darn!

[@erinnkemp]

Thanks George! 👍👍

[@MC-qb1jg]

Wow George the hats were really cool.

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

There were some good ones! They all sold, of course

[@tonimiller8045]

Loved Mr coffee lol...welcome bk lol

[@george.carrasco]

Great video George! Thanks for sharing!

[@luvnalaska44]

What an amazing hoard! Lovely to see people rescuing it for resale. How fun!

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

It really is! I'm glad it can help them and please their collectors

[@jesstallfeather]

Omg! I would be so overwhelmed having to look through all those stashes lol The organizers definitely needed your help! Enjoyed the video and your picking.

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

I really enjoy working with them

[@george.carrasco]

Loved the landscape oil painting by the entrance, also the swag lamp was cool. Great video George! Thanks for sharing!

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

I'm glad to do so! Yes, the slag lamp was cool, it sold to a family who were going to use it

[@SuzMBooth]

Wow is right!

[@kathyp2880]

I love watching ;you have so much fun with the vintage hats!

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

I know they’re not becoming on me so somehow it makes it more fun!

[@Deborah4Antiques]

I think Travolta is better looking now than in Kotter. "Quailisms's" I've always had a huge issue with deciding a word should be reworked for marketing. I'm surprised they had those wonderful old hats, doesn't seem to go with ALL the Dept 56! You're a Joy in my world! 💖

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

Thank you! I appreciate that. I do think he aged better, he seemed too old for that role back then frankly. I hate hate HATE that dated 1980s artifice of adding e's to the end of everything, when I see it I always pronounce them with a long e so they sound as silly as they are! No wonder kids can't spell when they're subjected to fake marketing names growing up

[@joannas9601]

Love you saying "pool sticks".

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

So silly! I know they're cues, I sometimes can't find the words on the fly

[@tshockmom69]

Oh my the styrofoam made me cringe! Lol

[@DynamiteDaynaD]

All I can say is wow

[@bonniejolliffe9858]

Hi George! The cut out pictures are called paper toll... I used to do them too. Amazing sale!

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

Thank you! I knew they had a name but I couldn't recall what it was. I kept thinking of Quilling, but that's rolling paper and displaying it on edge to create shapes

[@pattimercer9357]

Tole.

[@cecoya]

Some great stuff there. Love the Viking pieces you got that pink was beautiful. Have a great day

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

Thank you! You too!

[@dtruetheeness]

The 3D layered laquered cut paper pieces are called Paper Tole. My aunt made them.

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

Thank you! I couldn't recall when I filmed this

[@AdvMedic2010]

They pool table is awesome!

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

It was amazing! I’m so glad so much sold so it could be seen, it’s a really good one

[@Brabronacus]

I agree. I would have been happy to purchase that for my home. The whole family would have loved it. I loved the swag lamp too.

[@janetpogue4970]

I am wating for you special on 4/24, 8:00 😅. I haven't seen this one yet. 😊

[@seaside2001]

The hats are so you George. lol The piles of stuff in that house. Just looking at the mounds of stuff makes me anxious.

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

Some people love a hoarder sale, some can't take it! I understand the claustrophobic feeling, I suffer from a little of that myself

[@seaside2001]

@@TheAntiqueNomad It is just so hard for me to zone in on things I might like with that level of clutter.

[@misswildlife7905]

George..I would have loved to help you that day. One thing I would have done right off the bat, would have been to remove everything off the stove. As you're going through, I could envision that all they would need are some set up tables against the walls to alleviate the intensity. I am sure there was a limit to how many they could have had in at one time safely. This type of home requires at least 2 sales 3wks apart. The only alternative is that someone does a buyout of a certain brand. The dups, if at all possible should have been put under tables or just left in the boxes. It helps make room for the unique pieces. This must have been the place you went to after you saw me that day. I will send you an email about this video.😁

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

Hello! I don't know that my filming did justice to how truly packed this place was! There were literally no places for any tables to be set, the house at the beginning was floor to ceiling with boxes and exactly one path from the bedroom to the bath to the kitchen to the side door, that was it! You couldn't even walk from upstairs to downstairs until the day before the sale because the staircase was loaded too...in fact, the downstairs was completely impassable and things had to go in stacks on top of the furniture that couldn't be seen. It was truly one of the worst hoarded houses I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot!

[@misswildlife7905]

@@TheAntiqueNomad Oh yes, I have been in those that you had to pirouette for fear of stepping on something. Too bad there was an attorney deadline; more $$$ could have been made. Kudos to you for helping out Mari-Lynn.

[@maggiecousineau1877]

I loved the pink viking pieces. I got a chuckle out of your modeling the hats. What a mess.

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

Lol yes to all that!

[@lenaray6257]

Oh what fun Santa must live there

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

He visited a lot!

[@rainesbobo]

I'm in Seattle and I need all those barbies and that swag lamp!! LOL

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

The lamp sold, I'm sure there were some Barbies left though! You might want to join the CompleteEstateSalesNW.com email list

[@dlday7821]

We have the red birds in various items. I didn’t know about the flash coloring in the 80s. The glasses are worn. Thanks George. Hope there are hats for you to try on for us 😂❤

[@dlday7821]

What a great sale!!

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

Very cool, they really pop with the flashing

[@lindamcnamara7803]

You all have your work cut out for you. So much stuff. You cracked me up talking about Police Woman, I remember.

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

Oh it was a job! We were pleased so much went at the public sale, and a few dealers did some buyouts post-sale I heard so the house was surprisingly empty (at least some rooms) at the end

[@leeandrew8987]

Just come across your KZbin channel mate new sub shout from england

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

Thanks for subbing!

[@SuzMBooth]

Lots of money I suspect, that's why there is so much stuff. And you used to be able to buy it on TV too.

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

I think the shut in order more mentality was at work in this one

[@janetpogue4970]

My gosh, now I have seen a some minutes of this, they may have need to limit buyers to 7or 8 at a time. 😂 the fire dept would limit the occupancy!

[@tumbleweed7283]

🎉 WOW🎉🥳

[@ajwrites57]

That one would have really been fun!

[@cynthiasanner661]

As I watch this video, I’m hyperventilating! OMG! I wouldn’t know where to start shopping!

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

There was sure a ton of stuff!

[@shannon_w.]

I have that little wooden owl 🦉

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

Me too!

[@pammywhammy3521]

Wow I wouldn't of known where to start! Interesting too see! 😊❤

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

Right?! It was pretty overwhelming! Definitely something to behold though

[@OriginalNethead]

Oooh hoard! 09:00 What he toothpicks cause the picture to white out like that? (could live forever without ever hearing that styrofoam noise again!) Oh for the chance to dig in those dressers; I've found more literal gold that way.... Silver too. No one knew it was even there.

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

That white out was so annoying! It was a dark room to film in but the video did NOT look like that when I processed it, somehow when KZbin played it back it went all snowy and that was undesired and unexpected. I think it was because the flashlight on my camera phone turned on in the dark and the YT processor didn't know how to adjust apparently, it was not evident in the playback when we edited...so now I know something to avoid in future. No gold in those dressers, but I did find some pretty good costume jewelry which I've been having fun listing on eBay! You are right that those are worth digging, I found $15000 worth of gold jewelry in the dresser at an estate I prepared in Florida last year.

[@greeneyedmimibostian3013]

You look great in the pink hat !! I wish I could go through this one

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

I know I don't wear hats well, so putting them on whenever I see them is my own personal inside joke lol

[@CONSTELLATION_PEGASUS]

Good evening, George! How is everything in Mexico? Whew! I would've been tempted to run if I had opened the door on that one😵‍💫🤣 I'm not sure I'd even go 30 years as being vintage. I prefer half the age of a true antique as vintage, so 50 years works best for me. I liked the Looney Tunes game, but it would have to be complete for me to want it. There was a doily there that caught my eye. Doilies get quite a lot of use here. I like those Putz houses you got. That would've definitely been an adventure handling that pile! Thanks for the tour...where one could walk to see the "sights" 😂

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

Hi there! Things are great but it's our last day and too many things to do for me to get to chat in the premiere as I normally do. I think of vintage generationally, so at least 30 years for me...otherwise things don't have enough time to be popular, then thrift store level, then rediscovered. By 50 years, they are truly seasoned and the market gets strong for collectors, as you say! It was an adventure, not necessarily a lot of what I buy but it did seem to please a lot of other collectors and resellers. Whew!

[@CONSTELLATION_PEGASUS]

@@TheAntiqueNomad Depending on where you will be returning to, when you leave Mexico, you are likely going to be coming back to some seriously frigid weather. We are supposed to have 10F degrees here in AL this weekend, and it's going to be colder the further north you are. I don't follow the chat, so I didn't even know you weren't in the chat. I always take the video full screen, so I never see the chat. My focus is on what you're saying and showing. Yeah, the early '70s are about as current as I'll go when looking at something to consider purchasing. I have a few...probably three, I think...of the beverage sets that are from the '70s, but most are all earlier than that. It was fantastic that so much sold from the house! I'm sure it was quite a relief for the people selling it, too.

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

I hear that it's awfully cold! I am not in a rush to return lol. I do generally stop at the 1970s in my buying, although with the 1980s now being (gasp) 40 years back, I'm starting to look at them as well! I don't really know that I'll ever be much interested in things made after 1995, once our brand names were given to Chinese factories to make, I lose interest...of course, when they're 50 years old, I'll be 80, so I won't need to care!

[@CONSTELLATION_PEGASUS]

@@TheAntiqueNomad This weekend is supposed to be absolutely frigid. From what I've seen of the weather, the cold is supposed to dip even into FL. The thing I like about the 1980s is the music. The Art Deco revival thing that happened in the '80s doesn't interest me at all. There's real Art Deco...then there's...that... Once the things made after 1995 reach 50 years old, I'll be residing in my urn, so I know I won't care about them 🤣

[@dawnhaynes7784]

I really enjoy this so much stuff would loved to have been there thanks George

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

Glad you enjoyed it! There's nothing like shopping a deeply piled hoard, overwhelming for some folks but sure fun for me

[@cynthiasanner661]

George, when will you be back in the Clearwater area? Where is your booth located? Thanks!!

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

I’m headed there after New years. My booths are In St Pete at Vintage Modern on Central Ave and Andrea’s on ML King at 24th Ave north

[@karenchasenvintage2029]

George🎉🎉🎉

[@rosenovotny8173]

You blinded us by the light geez!!!!!!!!!!!! Your camera geez!!!!!!!!

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

I felt bad about that, I knew the flashlight came on in that dark room but the crazy thing is when I processed the video, it was not blown out like that! Only when I saw it play on KZbin did it do that, so a new lesson...override the flashlight and don't assume what you submit to KZbin is what you get!

[@kandacenoelle5265]

I think with the duplicates still in boxes that the owner was probably buying the items for gifts.

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

I'd like to think so...but they were never gifted...

[@dawnmorning]

I have same purse from my grandma! Value?

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

$20-25 for that one

[@AliceGoesNomad]

💖

[@TheSongwritingCat]

The amount of stuff in this house gave me anxiety

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

It is not a good place for cats! Or the anxious. I mean that quite seriously, these hoards are pretty intense if you have ADHD as well, it's a lot to absorb. Also not good if you have allergies (although this one was pretty clean for a hoard)

[@deniseclark6123]

They could use Cuiosity Inc. to help. Denise

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

Alex has certainly seen his share of hoards! I don't think we could get him to come down from Edmonton for this though

[@deniseclark6123]

Hi George, I'm from Kelowna B.C. and have watched both of you guys and learned so much. Thanks, enjoy your holiday in Mexico, Denise

[@hard-truthsbetter-than-swe6543]

Looks like these people blown their money in the 80's on fad "collectables" vs quality antiques. Sad really.

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

Well it's not what I prefer either, there wasn't a lot I care to deal in there. Clearly the home owner was overwhelming herself with things she never used because she took some comfort in having things arrive in the mail. Having said that, people are still eating up the Dept. 56 Christmas stuff, literally EVERY piece of it in that sale sold...I think because it was sold in higher-end stores originally and is perceived as having value. People love Christmas stuff, so it really never has plunged to garage sale prices...and if it hasn't by now, my guess is it won't. One of those "North Pole Village" houses sold on eBay this month for as much as I'll get for ALL the things I bought!

[@hard-truthsbetter-than-swe6543]

@@TheAntiqueNomad Its like what you said about the barbies and same goes for dept 56 and thats some sleeper can be found in them. Also the time was prime to sell xmas dept 56. I missed part in video on dept 56. Some of it is hand painted. I sold a dept 56 ornament in the hay day of it for 200. Its nothing to shake a stick at,but lots of it is worth very little to. Its ht and miss. :)

[@laurajohnson6036]

Yeah you really helped alleviate the clutter.all you did was cherry pick though a bunch of newer junk

[@timhazeltine3256]

One kine pilau comment. George is one akamai professional; he knows what he is doing.

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

@laurajohnson6036 I mainly focused on things I felt would've gotten broken or destroyed in that pile; once I was asked to help with the sale, I didn't feel right taking a bunch of stuff that people coming to shop might want. I could've bought a ton if I resold those other kinds of things...because I don't do newer collectibles it's "junk" to me too, but it's new in box "junk" and the resellers who cleaned out a ton of it were certainly happy with their buys. Those two Enesco Christmas houses alone were worth more on eBay than the total of everything I "cherry picked"...there are entire channels on KZbin dedicated to people reselling what us antique and vintage people turn down