Vivian's Blog

I am sure by now most of you know that Michael and I are Certified Appraisers.  Because I am so busy with the Estate Sales, I don't have time to do many appraisals, but Michael probably does more Personal Property appraisals than anyone else in the area.  He is currently doing an appraisal of the contents of the Chambers House for the Bea ...

  Just for fun, let's talk about another television show, the Picker Sisters.  Has anyone seen this one?  It is on Lifetime, but the schedule seems to be sporadic.  They just seem to pop up now and then. This features two young women, Tracy Hutson and Tanya McQueen, who travel the country looking for "goodies" that they purcha ...

We are in the midst of an estate sale in Austin TX.  Like many things, estate sales are a little different in Austin. We had a nice crowd and as always had a lot of fun.  It was a great sale and I am looking forward to tomorrow. Just for fun I did a little research on the Internet, checking out the web sites of other Estate Sale Manag ...

More changes to report. We have recently expanded my FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) section of the website. If you click on FAQs on the menu you will be taken to the FAQs page where there are now two sections.  One is for Estate Sale clients or prospective clients and the other is for the Estate Sale customers.  As we get other ques ...

I am often asked "Who does your website?".  I am very proud of our website and am only too aware of its value and the importance to my business.  It is one of my most important tools.  At first I had someone I knew in Beaumont who had made a couple of websites build my first one.  Unfortunately, it was not very effective. Page ...

Well, I watched another episode of Cash & Cari on HGTV.  I'm afraid that my opinion took another hit.  Let me add to my previous review of the show. For the show's principal, Cari Cucksey, this was a high end sale.  She kept talking about the great antiques and how nice a sale it was.  Looking at the estate, I thought it was ...

I don't have time to watch much TV, but Michael records things for me and let's me know when there is something I need to see. Recently he finally got me to watch two reality tv shows, "Cash & Cari, Treasure Hunter" and "Big Brian: The Fortune Seller".  Both of the shows are entertaining to an extent but overall, I am not sure they make a pos ...

Many of the people who come to our sales are looking for antiques and collectibles.  I would venture to say that most of the people who line up to be first through the door are looking for things to add to their collections or looking for another treasure to add to their houseful of antiques.  It is fun to hear their little expression ...

Just in case you missed it, we have a new feature.  We are selecting a choice item from some of our estate sales and are offering it as an auction item.  We started that a few weeks ago with a Ladies Rolex Watch and it was a lot of fun.  High bid reached $4501.  We aren't doing it for every auction, but will try to do it often ...

Hello, everyone!  Check this photo out I took early Sunday morning of one of my signs on this corner at Pecan Place.    This sign was originally placed at the liquor store on the corner of Gladys & Major last Thursday pointing to my sale on Manion.  Somehow it magically appeared on this corner on Friday pointing to a sale on Ros ...

We will be offering a new email list.  This one is for our Spanish speaking friends.  The email will go out in Spainish.  To join, go to the home page.  There is a Join Our Mailing List box on the right near the top of the page.  Select the Spanish list, add your email address, and click on "Subscribe".  Or just Chasqu ...

Michael just installed a new blogging component to my website.  It is very powerful and so easy to use.  He has transferred all of the old blogs and comments to the new system so all of my old messages and your comments are still there.  I hope to be able to spend a little more time blogging information for you and I also hope that ...

Well, the new web site is finally up and running.  We have been working hard for quite some time to get it finished. The general design is the same but the whole system "behind the scene" is all new.  It is a whole new web site system that is far advanced over the usual HTML code like the old one. There are all kinds of possibilities fo ...

Well, I have the blog back up and running. We will move the old blog and comments over from the old site before long.  There were only a few.  We had to shut that one down due to some security issues with that program.  This one is super and won't have those type of issues. Lots of news to tell you about - coming soon!!!! ...