Men’s Luxury Items, Military Memorabilia

Our upcoming estate sale is a great one for the guys! A three-day sale July 26-28, this estate sale in Onion Creek is the home of a former flight surgeon, an Air Force veteran with great taste.

We’ve got a nice sampling of exhibition guns, a humidor, Texas University Press books, and a small amount of Air Force ephemera, and  memorabilia.

Military mementos

For the outside, we’ve got a great tooled leather golf bag from Mexico, a smoker, a turkey fryer, a Carolina rocker, a weber grill and patio furniture.

This sale has a lot of great stuff for everyone, but this is one has plenty for the guys to check out.

See more pictures on Smug Mug.

Address will be posted next week. More details and photos coming soon.

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Luxury You Can Live With: Estate Sale, Coming End of July

Gorgeous block print.

Guys, I’ll be back soon and ready for action! We’ve got another sale right around the corner. Whoa, let a girl catch her breath. ;)

Our upcoming estate sale is termed “Luxury You Can Live With.”

This luxurious estate sales has some offerings you won’t find at just any estate sale.

Folks, this sale is about quality. From a former Yves Saint Laurent employee, with great taste and the money to buy it!

Designer kitchen appliances galore!

We’ve got a cook’s kitchen the size of my guest bedroom(!),jewelry, fine home furnishings, and a splash of high end couture. To name a few, we’ve got this super cool leopard print ottoman, a full sized wooden wall carving, marble dining set, leather furniture, an Eastlake office chair, antique furniture, pewter, and tribal offerings.

Come get this stuff for a song, compared to brand new. Make your friends jealous! (They’ll think you got a raise at work!) Everything is in excellent condition.

This is a three-day sale coming on the weekend of July 26. Can’t wait to see y’all!! I’ll be the one speaking Italian. ;-) Ciao for now.

Check out pics on Smug Mug and Pinterest. We’ll be adding more as we get through all the stuff.

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Upcoming Sale in Onion Creek, Summer in the OC.

Scene overlooking Onion Creek, a high quality home for our next estate sale.

Upcoming in a just a couple of weeks, right on the heels of my return from vacation, we’ve got a great estate sale in Onion Creek.

Another fantastic estate sale as usual.

Folks, this sale is about quality. From a former Yves Saint Laurent employee, we’ve got a cook’s kitchen, jewelry, fine home furnishings, and a splash of high end couture.

It’s always great to have quality appliances. It makes cooking so much easier! Come get them for a song, compared to brand new. Still in excellent condition we have gadgets from brand names like KitchenAid and Cuisinart and more.

In this lovely home we will have many offerings.

Our clients have moved and downsized to allow us to offer their remaining furnishings for sale.

More details coming soon!

 

 

 

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Years and Years of Vintage and Antiques

I’ve been conducting estate sales for a long while now, and wanted to share some favorites from over the years.

Who doesn't love Wonder Woman?

These may have had a different meaning back in the day, but they are still pretty awesome!

Can't you just picture a man smoking his pipe in here while the wife gets ready for bridge?

I've seen some unbelievable artwork over the years.

It’s been a wild ride so far. And I’m looking forward to more when I get back! See y’all in July!!

 

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Regina Henderson of Sunny Day Real Estate: An AO Business Profile

Regina Henderson of Sunny Day Real Estate sold one of our recent estate sale homes.

 

 

Here at Amber Ostrich Estate Sales, we have many shoppers who are business owners and come to our estate sales to buy for their businesses.

This shopper profile is the first in an installation of a new blog series about our shoppers who are also business owners.

Selling a home turned Regina Henderson into a brand new estate sale shopper. Henderson is the realtor who sold the home on Texas Avenue, one of our recent estate sales.

Home on Texas Ave. Sold by Regina Henderson of Sunny Day Real Estate.

Henderson understands the value of reviving treasures from the past. For years while she raised children, she put her career on hold. Then last year she dusted off her realtor’s license and began selling houses again.

Henderson is no stranger to real estate though. Working for her  family’s business, she and husband owned rental properties and some of her family has gone into similar business. She sells homes and her son, Reed Henderson, brokers the sale.

“Our whole family loves real estate,” she said.

Her other son is a web designer and her daughter is an acupuncturist. They all share office space in a refurbished home at 45th and Duval.

Henderson said that family is what drew her to real estate, especially for clients who may need estate sales at the end of life.

“I like working with older sellers,” she said. It’s wrapping up a life phase.”

Henderson said she had never shopped at an estate sale until the Amber Ostrich Estate sale we hosted for her property listing on Texas Avenue. Regina bought two bracelets and she’s now hooked on estate sales.

In a nod to Amber Ostrich, she said she had worked with another estate sale company during a previous sale and knew that she would need a different company this time around. A personal recommendation and positive Yelp reviews helped her find Amber Ostrich.

You can find Regina Henderson at Sunny Day Real Estate.

 

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Next Up! Onion Creek, Cook’s Kitchen in July

Next up, a cook's kitchen estate sale in July.

Well folks, I’m having a blast in Italy, but can’t keep estate sales off my mind. Right before I left town, I picked up our next Amber Ostrich Estate Sale to be held in July.

This one is a fantastic estate sale as usual. We’ve got a gorgeous home overlooking the scenic Onion Creek.

In the foodie age, it’s always great to have high end appliances when trying out all those crazy recipes you find on Pinterest. Come get them for a song, compared to brand new. Still in excellent condition we have high end gadgets from brand names like KitchenAid and Cuisinart etc.

In this fine home we have many quality offerings.

Our clients have moved and downsized to allow us to offer their fine furnishings for sale.

This sale also includes costume jewelry and couture. Our client worked for Yves Saint Laurent.

We also have some xxx in this sale. ;)

More details coming soon!

 

 

 

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Bloomers and Frocks: An AO Business Profile

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Rebekka Adams, owner of Bloomers and Frocks, stands next to a vintage Don Loper, currently being sold on Etsy.

Here at Amber Ostrich Estate Sales, we have many shoppers who are business owners and come to our estate sales to buy for their businesses.

This shopper profile is part of an installation of a blog series about our shoppers who are also business owners.

Rebekka Adams fell in love with vintage at an early age.

At 12, Adams watched her grandfather tinker with old televisions and helped her grandma sell costume jewelry in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Laughing she said, “That’s what I did every summer. I hustled with my grandparents at flea markets.”

Fond memories of childhood have turned Adams into an online entrepreneur. After a job loss, she turned back to what she knew, vintage and hustling. She opened up her Etsy store, Bloomers and Frocks.

While attending a wedding in New York last winter, she came across a bargain. An estate sale being held by a grandmother and granddaughter, she watched a potential young saleswoman, much like her childhood self, haul her grandmother’s vintage clothing down from the attic.

“I said, I’ll take it all,” when they offered the bargain price of 25 cents for each item.

She shipped 10 boxes back to Texas, stocked her inventory and hasn’t stopped since.

A storeroom filled with vintage items await you at her Etsy store. Items are stored in Austin, but stocked from estate sales around the country.

You can see her website here: Bloomers and Frocks website

And her Etsy shop here: Bloomers and Frocks on Etsy

The Don Loper showed above is here: Don Loper Dress

 

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Heading to Italy, Back for More Estate Sales in July!

A few years ago I fell in love with Italy and since have made yearly trips to visit. With its wineries, rustic charm, and friendly folks, I just can’t get enough. Next week, I’ll be heading to Italy for a brief summer vacation.

I’ve been studying Italian and although I’m still not fluent, the language barrier gets a little easier every time.

When I first visited Italy, I went on a tour, enjoying it quite immensely with a friendly guide. On my last visit, it hit me! I could be that friendly guide! And while I’m not giving up my day job by any means, I went ahead and set up a tour for this visit. I’ll be taking some friends along on tour.

Roccat Winery

 

You can follow along my travel adventures for most of June here on my other website Deb In Italy.

Have no fear, I’ll be back (this time) for more estate sale fun in July! We’ll be hosting our next sale in Onion Creek with a to-die-for cook’s kitchen.

Ciao for now!

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Deb’s Faves from the Time Capsule House

Every estate sale has its charm. This one was that it had all the amazing NOS (new old stock) items. Our client had so many items that had never been opened, brand new vintage items still in the box! It was astounding.

There were two items that made my faves list immediately and they are worth mentioning again here because these were such unique pieces. Bought by a lovely local, vintage dealer, Betty Crafter, these two sofas went to a good home. She also wrote a blog post on her finds at this sale, worth checking out. She got some of the best stuff!

Here they are in their new home (for now):

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Vintage sofa with fiberglass bubble back.

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Vintage sofa with fiberglass bubble back.

Next up, the Spirograph! Do you remember this? Not only was this one of my favorite finds in this sale, it caught the eye of many shoppers. It went early on the first day and people came in looking for it the rest of the weekend.

Another fave, was this vintage hair dryer. It had never been opened! When I found it, I pulled it out of the box and it was pristine! Still in the plastic and not a speck of dust on it.

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Vintage hair dryer

And finally, you know me, there’s no monkeying around when it comes to vintage. HA!

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Monkey in the middle....

See ya at the next estate sale. Coming sooooon.

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All Killer, No Filler #VINTAGE: 40 Plus Years of Collections

Hey folks! Right on the heels of our last amazing estate sale here in Austin, we’ve got another simply stunning sale! Estate sale held May 17-19.

This sale is in East Travis Heights, think old-school Austinites who loved to collect! We’ve got tons of new-in-box vintage items. But the most unique and interesting pieces are furniture made from fiberglass boat materials!

Our estate owner was in the fiberglass boat manufacturing business, and made these two sofas with boat fiberglass bubble backs. There is a brown sofa and a three-piece turquoise sectional as shown in the photos. Handmade in the 1950’s by our client, one of a kind only here in Austin.

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Turquoise sofa with fiberglass bubble back.

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Bubble back sofa, made from fiberglass boating materials.

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Front of the brown fiberglass boat sofa.

Like I said earlier, we’ve also tons of new-in-box items. Think old infomercials, kitchen gadgets, games, toys, etc. Brand names include: Oster, Mirromatic, Corningware, Sterno, and Sunbeam.

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Tons of new-in-box items like this one! A Mirro Watta Pizzaria. Never used.

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#Vintage Spirograph.

We’ve also got vintage and antique linens, sewing items, vintage craft kits and crafted items, collectible Hawaiiana, vintage purses and hats, and some vinyl.

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Vintage hand-crafted owl refrigerator magnets.

But that’s not all! We’ve also got vintage Longhorns, over 150 cookbooks, vintage Houston Oilers, and a collection of 8-tracks.

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#Vintage Bevo!

This is going to be a great estate sale for re-sellers/dealers. All items will be modestly priced, ready to sell!

You can see more photos here on Smug Mug. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Check out my Pinterest boards. And don’t forget to sign up for our email list. Never spammy. Always given a heads up on our upcoming estate sales.


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