Here an estate sale is considered an indoor with outdoor items perhaps. Almost everything in the house is for sale and tagged. Usually by someone in the estate sale business. Things are clean and as I said tagged. Usually large items will have a sign saying they will take bids on them - if applicable. Prices are firm until the last day and usually on that morning things are 25% off and later in the day maybe after 11 they go half price. on a big sale the place iscleared out before the 1/2 price goes into effect and then people are let back in. The prices range from the perceived value of the item. I've seen both ends of the spectrum. People line up well before the usual 8 am opening to get in. Most of our sales are run by two popular Estate sale agents and their crews. A tag sale might be in the empty house or just items already priced If you have a lot of stuff it might be well to contact an agent in your community. It might be worth it just to avoid the hassles and headaches and they are usually responsible for everything. One of the most disgusting "estate sales" I went to was run by the family and they had their bed ridden aged mother in the living room watching people go thru her stuff while the family sat around drinking coffee.

@martinca_gw sunset zone 24 I love those red toile chairs! Great find. @Sueb20 I've never heard of Table Talk Pies?! In cleaning out my parents house last fall, we found a very old picnic basket in one of the attics. None of us kids remember ever seeing it. I'm thinking my parents must have had it as newlyweds and not sure if it could have come from one of their families. It's not sitting atop the antique icebox in our greatroom.

Honestly, that looks like what just came from my in-laws' house. Three generations, huge house with tons of storage, including a two-story barn. Public areas were cluttered (for my taste) but liveable and neat as a pin. My MIL did not care one bit about our thoughts or feelings about getting rid of all that stuff after she was gone. We paid someone to do the organizing and the sale. And it was depressing to not know what our MIL wanted us to keep or to be able to hear the stories behind some of the things.

Good sleuthing Olychick. It’s apparently not unusual for estate sale people to throw in pieces from other estates when there is room. Usually it’s similar pieces but in this case i don’t believe it would be easy to find similar items of furniture (hence the colorful chairs and perhaps dishes, etc). My sister-in-law told me there were additional antique pieces added at her mother’s house for the estate sale a few months ago. With her permission of course. Let us know if you go and find out anything 3katz.