[MR] SCA Estate sale

[James Sheridan]

On 2/6/2011 2:31 PM, James Sheridan wrote:

An update on my mega project.  Please pardon my delays; it's a huge 
task.  If anything below sounds foolish or a bad idea or ... let me 
know. I'm flying by the seat of my pants on this :)

As before, please contact me off-list. I'm sure people don't want this 
clogging up the Merry Rose.  I will supply a phone contact on request if 
anyone feels the need to reach out and touch someone.

> I have a large collection of garb, some camping equipment (good mundane
> tents, pennsic gear, etc.), many books on cooking, lampworking, mosaics,
> etc., large amounts of materials and tools for lampworking and
> silversmithing, and jewelry making.

I've managed to move out 99% of the garb, and have (with the kind help 
of a local lady) managed to organize at least a portion of the rest of 
the items.

My plan is, before the end of the weekend, have the items grouped into 
collections by "craft" (ie. sewing, jewelry making, leather working, 
lampworking) and have pictures and/or rough lists of what's present. 
I'll do my best to come up with a valuation on each group and then I'll 
take the best offer over the next week. If I over-value please feel free 
to smack me and say so. I'm guessing for half this, at least.

Of particular difficulty will be Cait's jewelry making supplies; beads, 
findings, stones, tools, etc..  I'm quite sure there is several thousand 
dollars of materials (at cost) but I'm quite willing to have it all go 
for quite a bit less, as long as IT ALL GOES :)  I think it's a heck of 
a deal for someone that either crafts a lot or has the time and 
inclination to sell the materials. I just can't afford the time anymore.

> I will do my best to get an ISBN list of the books but the rest is
> rather awkward to list, as you might imagine.

I've gone through 95% of the books and loaded them into a "shelf" on 
Goodreads.com.  What I propose is something like this:

Any books you might want, look at the "buy this book" link on goodreads 
and find the cheapest price for the book, used.  Round it using common 
sense and < $1 == $1.  I'd prefer to have them picked up vs shipped, but 
if I do I'll prefer larger "orders" so I have less hassle.  I'll ship as 
cheaply as I can if I have to, including finding someone local willing 
to schlep to a convenient event for you.  You arrange it, please.

Local people, it will be first come first served. If you're not local 
and want a fair number of these books, please contact me asap so we can 
figure out the details before I start dealing with 100 different people 
:)  If I could sell all ~170 to one person you can bet I'd do it.

There are at least a couple books that come back with used values that 
seem absurd to me at first glance. They might not be, but I can't tell 
without looking more.  If you want one that has a price that looks nuts, 
please feel free to find me any reference to a more sensible price.  I'm 
still packing and cleaning and such and just don't have the time to 
track them all down.

The list:

http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/4794952-jazper?shelf=cait-books

There are five others that goodreads can't find info on:

1. Tumble-Finishing for Handmade Jewelry
Judy Hoch
Marstal Smithy
It's just a chapbook style book that was included with a tumbler we 
bought (yes, it will be forsale too). I'm guessing $1.

2. Glass, Glassbeads and Glassmakers in Northern India
Jan Kocl and Torben Sode circa 1994
31 pg paperback with mostly color photos. $1

3. Tiffany Garden II
Jean Bishop and Julie Bishop-Day
How-to and patterns for making mosaic tables, stepping stones and 
bricks. $2 (has a $11.66 pricetag on it)

4. Enamels
Susan Benjamin, 1983
33 color plates, 100 b/w.  Says "The Smithsonian Illustrated Library of 
Antiques" on the cover. Hardcover.  No idea on value - make me an offer.

5. Perle Veneziane
Pauline B. Marascutto and Mario Stainer, 1991
Beautiful, large hardcover FULL of photos of Venetian glass beads. 
Written in Italian (ISBN 88-85080-45-6 not found by goodreads). No idea 
on value, but I'd say $25 or best offer sounds really good.

--
James
aka Brendan