Category Archives: Features

Vintage Styles: Using Vintage Clothing in Today’s Fashion

Here at AO Estate Sales, we see a lot of vintage clothing. It’s one of the more fun parts about the job. We had an estate sale last fall where the estate owner had saved what seemed like all of … Continue reading

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Mid-Year Reflection On Estate Sales in Austin

Some people like to wait until the end of the year to reflect back, but somehow, this seems a good time for me as we enter into the summer, which is typically my busiest estate sale season of the year. … Continue reading

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The Brady House Sale: Amber Ostrich Estate Sale Detective/Shopper Buys It Using AO Photos and Luck

The Austin real estate market is so hot. For houses that are highly desirable, you really have to do some serious detective work. Today, I have a story about a home sale that was all facilitated through the Amber Ostrich … Continue reading

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Estate Sale Shopper Falls in Love with House, Becomes New Owner!

It was a typical Saturday afternoon for Maureen Milligan of Austin, Texas. She was driving down Burnet hitting up her regular weekend haunts when she came across an Amber Ostrich estate sale sign. At first she didn’t want to stop, having … Continue reading

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Flood Clean Up in Onion Creek

A BIG thank you to all who helped. The night before Halloween, we had torrential rains in Austin. Most of you know that, but Onion Creek was one area that took a lot of water.  Many homes and cars were … Continue reading

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Having an Estate Sale Means Your Treasures Will Go To Loving Homes

One of the more difficult parts of running an estate sale company is to share in all the emotions my clients experience,  with the process of selling their treasures. For many clients, we are handling a lifetime of memories, and … Continue reading

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Loyal TJ Fan: I Was the First Customer at Trader Joe’s!

We are already setting up our next estate sale (coming in Tarrytown soon) but in between I HAVE to share with you all my experience being the first customer at the new Trader Joe’s in Austin! On my phone, I … Continue reading

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Vintage Tupperware: Remember the Tupperware Party Games?

We’ve got so much vintage Tupperware at our upcoming estate sale in Pflugerville that I couldn’t help but reminisce about the Tupperware parties I went to as a kid with my mom!   I called up my mom’s friend, Marge, … Continue reading

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How To Sell On Craigslist

As the owner of an estate sale company, it may come as no surprise to you that I am well-versed in selling on Craigslist. I’ve been selling online for years and I am definitely no stranger to Craigslist. I know … Continue reading

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Favorite “Pinspirations” (Ideas found on Pinterest)

AO has been on Pinterest for a while now, initially I just wanted to see what all the hoo ha was about. But now I really do love it. Pinterest is great for the estate sale shopper because of all … Continue reading

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