Buy these masks if you see them! Goodwill & an auction Haul 

YES to bookcases loaded with treasure, YES to repurposing so our homes reflect our individual uniqueness, and YES to genuine humility Karen!! Go you

Hi Karen, I am Maltese and can tell you Mdina (EM-Deena) glass is beautiful handblown glass made directly in the small village of Mdina in Malta in the north of the island. They have been making glass since 1968 - really beautiful pieces- I have quite a few myself- good luck with it- a great find!

The saddle blanket is for a llama. Use the keyword “pointer” for your dog bookends.

One employee I spoke to at a Goodwill told me the reason that their prices have gotten so high on many items is because (the main reason), of all the resellers buying at their store. Said they can usually tell who the resellers are, always, always filming and always trying to look up prices for just about everything they pick up. So for the rest of us who are NOT resellers, don't even have a car, and look to buy items for ourselves because we can't afford most retail stores are finding it very hard to even buy items at thrift stores. It is really sad. And no, we don't even have a car to get to many neighborhoods on buses for yard sales. Occasionally there will be a yard sale that is not too far from a bus stop. However, weekend bus schedules are not very good (when most yard sales are held.) I remember when thrift store prices were very good (like Goodwill), but not anymore. (Pre- reseller days.)

Re Goodwill Goodwill sells free goods at a profit, but less than one eighth of that profit actually goes to the job-related programs they market as their primary pillar of charity work.

I love the crab cushion, l would have grabbed that

I just have to say the army shirt jacket with the flowers is too cute!

Your enthusiasm is so contagious, keep shining Karen! Peace

Horse blanket...gorgeous♥️🐱

The smaller lidded wooden box may have been a glove or hankie box that sits on top of a lady's dresser. Sometimes there are two, one on each side of the attached mirror.

Your masks are exquisitely painted. Far superior to most available, even at galleries. $50 min each - Asian traveler and collector.

Beautiful Scottish sweater! Love it that you pick up an item that is only “one”! Especially if it is beautiful! Lots of people only want one or live alone and only need one! I will buy one glass if it is lovely!

Malta is actually a small group of islands (archipelago) pretty close to the Italian island of Sicily. Lots of great old forts, temples and churches. It has been a key military port, in the Med, for hundreds of years.

Your hair looks beautiful!!! It’s funny listening to you say you don’t have a lot of knowledge. It’s so obvious in watching your videos that you are extremely knowledgeable. Your yearly income also shows that you know what you’re doing. I love watching your videos, I think, because it’s so nice to know there are nice people like you in the world.

Upcycling, repurposing - I am all for it. As a young adult we called our interior design "Early Salvation Army". lol We thrifted, refinished furniture, made our own drapes, etc. etc. and we bought things we needed new, like kitchen appliances. Lots of goodies today in your haul. Always interesting to watch your videos.

I am a master basketmaker. The first basket you showed is NOT a buttocks basket. Its common name is a melon basket, because of its round shape. BTW you absolutely stole the Zulu basket.

Oh, YES! I so understand why you’re keeping the beautiful vase! Fortunately, there are still a lot of book hounds out there who love ❤️ their books 📖 even if they just sit on their shelves and look pretty or for whatever reason are comforting to them. (Don’t we all keep certain things that are just “comforting” to us that have no other purpose and may not even be something inherited or precious for any other reason?) So yep, I figure there are more bookends available for resale, but still lots of book lovers looking for some nice ones. 👍

Karen, dear, YOU of all the SUPER-RESELLERS on YT, (yes, you are in that category…I bow down….wink wink 😉 ) KNOW what you’re doing. And you have a LOT of knowledge and kindly share it with your viewers. Thanks!

Sellers never know everything about everything. Selling is a daily learning process.

The large wooden bowl & the candle box! Love!

The brass nautical candle stick can also be hung like a sconce. I love your videos. You are so informative and fun. I agree, Goodwill is pricing themselves out of business. Many people in my area are donating to other non profit thrifts because of goodwills prices.

The Disney World Spirit Jersey is a great find! They are celebrating their 50 th year now and the merchandise sells out quickly. I hope you make a great profit ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Walt Disney World shirt is called a spirit jersey. To buy new prices start at $59. Great find!

I love that you rely on your eye for beauty and quality. Knowledge is power, yes, but your tastes set you apart from other reseller videos. 👍

Oh thank you for adding clothing in there. I learn so much from why you pick up certain pieces! I think that Jofit yellow would look soooo good on you! Thank you for such authentic content. Seems like you really care about what you post vs just wanting any content so you get a video up. Thank you, thank you! 💜💜💜

Always love when clothing is in a haul. Your knowledge of clothing is so extensive. Thank you!

I really enjoyed this mixed haul. You.found some wonderful items

at about the 20 min mark the wood box is a "dresser box". Many antique chests had them and they got separated from the chest of drawers

I love your auction finds and I agree whole-heartedly with not using so much Target items in our homes.

For items without a brand tag, and if the inner tag has an RN number, I have often researched the RN Textile Database, and have found the maker. Just a thought. (32:00)

LOVE the hair today pretty lady.. and the light pink on you, the hair & earrings frame your pretty face so nicely

I agree about the books! A winter's night with a book and hot drink is heaven! You always choose beautiful items, and its amazing you do this by yourself. Alot of work.

Karen, love, love, love, your videos. I notice what looked to be some large pottery bowls in the back ground that you didn’t mention. I’m looking for a large pottery bowl 15” in diameter, minimum 14”. I’ll be checking your store. By the way, you are so very knowledgeable, funny, and beautiful! Keep up the good work. I’m brand knew to eBay. Walked into GW and spotted 3 Robert Graham Shirts. One of them is absolutely more beautiful than others, XXL, I’ve looked on eBay and Poshmark an have not seen one even close. 100%silk, very ornate! Gonna price it very high and see what happens.

I LOVE, LOVE , LOVE the saddle blanket. What a beautiful pattern and colors! You have a great eye!

Hi Karen! Love your haul both from the auction and GW. I love to see what you picked up regardless if it’s name brand or recognized. You have such a keen eye for quality and beauty. Regards to you and Roger.

Hello from Germany :-) at minute 24.50 that is a candle-holder for the wall , when it hangs the heavy "stick" with the "ball" makes that the candle stays straight so that the wax will not drop :-) , the felt ? makes that the wallpaper is not damaged from the metall ....

Loved the variety of items in this video. As always, you got some really great stuff for resale. (I would keep the vase permanently!)

Melissa needs that crab pillow.

Beautiful masks! I love your taste in items you choose to resell. 👍🏼👍🏼

Ohhhhh, you bought some great items at the auction. Those perfume bottles are lovely. The bookends are great - I agree about them being a fantastic decor item. On the glass vase - (most black glass is the deep purple color) - not a true dense black. I really enjoy your content Karen. You are one of the very first You Tube resellers I began to follow 3 years ago - you keep me intrigued and entertained. Best wishes on continued success.

Wow Karen, first off I love how transparent you are about everything . This video was such a pleasure with its diversity . The pink poodle tooth brush holder is adorable , the Jofit yellow next to your face is gorgeous . Yellow is a great color for you. Oh and the saddle blanket is OMG beautiful !! I agree with your logic about goodwill and auction houses , it's clearly not working well and I am personally happy that you are so aware. I was looking at the shipping cost on some of your inserts and that too has become astronomical . I am always on the mend like Mellisa and being able to sit back and learn so much from the comfort of my home is perfect for this life long student . Thanks so much for sharing all this knowledge you still don't realize you possess .lol Have a beautiful week dear friend .

the saddle bag blanket reminds me of blankets from Kasakhstan. The Bride is given one on her wedding day. the bag would hold her household utensils, towels etc.

The pink poodle was for lipsticks back in the day from 50-60s. When women only had couple of lipsticks. My aunt had one.

Love all of the auction buys. You should do very well with them, and the GW buys were great too. You sure know your stuff!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep up the great work!!!!!!

I love selling bookends, too. So mid-century. Also, waiting for the item you want to come up for auction, ugh! Great haul, Karen, thanks for sharing!

The pottery at 23.05 reminds me of some Mexican pieces I picked up while on a cruise.

Karen, I have several pieces of Baldwin brass...actually I have two of the brass sconce you showed. I was told it is called a captain's sconce. Historically, it was hung on the wall and it has the ability to hang straight as the ship is moving. I love mine.

Thanks for the clothing haul!

You always find such great stuff. I’ve been collecting little wood boxes for years. I use them to organize my art and craft supplies. I like bookends, too.

Love your gray/white metal panels hanging on your wall!!! Also your earring are so fun!!!

The fisherman’s sweater would cost 350 new. Quality no poly is that piece of art.

Just have to say that you are amazing. Love watching your videos about the treasures you find, the info you offer on items, and online sales. You have a great eye! Kudos and many thanks 😎

Everything is beautiful and so so well priced. I wish I would have been there you and I would have been in a bidding!!

That saddle blanket looks like a handwoven Peruvian llama blanket to me, Great find

I love that you keep stuff for a while ....that's a good way of letting go of stuff that you love . At least you have already cherished it yourself ...in the mind it all makes sense it can go to a new home.

I'm South African and I didn't even know that Zulu baskets look like that , at least I learned something about my country .

YAY! 37 mins..😊 cant wait to watch whilst i drink my first cup of coffee..

Lots of mask collectors on ebay! You will do well with those colorful masks! But I am interested that your info about what items will sell for are not 10X the buy in price. I love your auction videos! That hinged table top box could be a glove box, I have bought them before and done well.

Another great video! I think that pink poodle might be for holding lipstick tubes on a vanity.

You might be surprised by the value of the cameos. I sold one on Ebay on auction last year and ended up getting around 150.00. Totally unexpected!

Yes to the mixed haul!! 👍🏻😃

The Poodle MIGHT be a Lip Stick Holder that sits on a Dressing Table.

Beautiful item's Karen, sounds like you had a great time! I love your hair too❤ Thank you and take care... xo...hello to Mellisa and Bear, hope that she is feeling better..💖🙏

I believe your lovely bowl (at time stamp 5:57) is an example of pit-fired redware. Pit-firing is probably the oldest firing method known to man, dating back to 29,000 BC. Pit-firing is not done in a kiln. The firing can be done in an actual hole or pit dug into the ground, or even in a galvanized trashcan. Traditionally, no glaze is used. This means that in pit-firing, the ash and smoke created by whatever you are burning to fuel your fire (wood, grass, sawdust, leaves, newspaper, even buffalo chips!) will have an impact on the surface pattern of black carbon on the natural clay colors of the piece.

Could the painted black vase be an Italian Bitossi? It's beautiful! I'm still on the hunt for a Bitossi piece. Congrats!

You find the best stuff! Hopefully the woman will wear something under it....LMBO! That was so funny!

Wonderful video! Thank you. I learn so much from you.

Karen, yes the red one is Balinese Wooden Mask from Barong Mytology🤩 The tiger one? I have no idea 🤭🤭

Minute mark 16: Karen, what you call Carriers, at the Auction House, are commonly called Ringmen (even when they’re women) and for a faster/larger auction there will usually be one that is known as the Lead (Lead Ringman), which is what I did at our local auction house for many years. The Lead will often be the one selecting the item sequence down on the floor, picking out the next item (or lot) and passing it off to the other Ringman. Often he’s letting the auctioneer know what it is (by lot or name) because the Auctioneer may not see it clearly when he’s up on the podium/Dias. A well choreographed team uses both voice calls and hand signal codes to relay bidder and lot numbers back to the Auctioneer and Clerk, so the sale info gets recorded properly for Buyer payment and later payouts to the Seller. The Lead picks the sequence based on a prior discussion with the auctioneer, experience knowing a particular auctioneers preference or by crowd response to a Hot Item”. The Lead is controlling the crew and the floor, so that the auctioneer can work the price and bids. When the crowd is very large, the lead will be right out among the bidders watching the auctioneer’s blind spots, encouraging/heckling bidders and accepting bids, using loud voice calls back to signal the auctioneer that he has a bidder on (sometimes multiple bidders), often raising one hand while pointing out the bidder with the other. When we’d clear an entire business of its inventory, a farm, a car dealership or the big monthly 12 hour long consignment auction, we’d have multiple auction crews running 2 Rings at once. Our monthly Auctions would average around 600 bidder registrations. Get to know the Leads at your local auctions, as well as the auctioneers. It is often the Lead who has the written bids in his pocket for regular bidders, who have to leave early or who are over at the second auction ring. You can’t be in 2 places at once, but a good Lead can get your bids in during your absence or keep you from sitting around for hours because that last, great item is not coming up and you don’t want to risk losing out. Think of the Auction Ring, like a 3 ring circus, with a lot of activity going on behind the screens.

Hi, Karen! Loved the mixed haul...but I think you broke "shoes in every haul tradition" lol 😂 keep it up! Love you videos!

Another awesome video! Love the stuff you picked up! Auctions are so fun!

I also have the poodle in white. They are lipstick holders.

Love it all 😍 Tfs your finds! Hugs, Dawn

The basket looks like an egg basket. For taking eggs to market...to the general store to sell or barter.

Wonderful video

Auctions are fun but you have to be careful not to get caught up in the emotion of the moment and bid too much!

Enjoyed the mix haul. Thank you!!!!

That pink poodle is a lipstick holder , I collect them , love you’re shoe by the way

Wow I love ❤ your jacket. Did you buy that at one of your bargain hunts? Love it.

Appreciate your haul of auction finds 👍

I enjoy your videos soo much

Another great 👍🏻 haul thanks for sharing!

Wowzer, you got some fabulous treasures at the auction! Congrats, Sweetie! Love your channel!

Enjoyed

Everything you won is gorgeous!!. Let's make up a story. Your vase was probably bought on the Island . During someone's honeymoon. ?

Love.your channel ,yes those mask is from Bali Indonesia.

That one basket you said the auction house stated they listed navajo basket is not a navajo basket. Just to let you know

I just got a small version of a mask like the one on the left. It says from Bolivia and souvenir for their Miss Bolivia Universo Claudia Tavel.

The pink poodle is a lip stick holder

Love Love Love the vase

Your redware bowl may be Raku pottery!

The bookends dog...looks a short haired pointer...they point with there body to "point" out there hunt

The poodle is for lipstick 🐩

I just got to tell ya you are getting more beautiful with age. I don’t know if it’s all the shopping/working you do, great genes or what, but just had to let you know. I also, really enjoy your channel, I love how your honest when you don’t know, but you go with your gut! You are just so fun to watch! Thank you for sharing!!!

I loved the mixed haul!

I think it is an egg basket 🤗

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The little pink poodle could be a lipstick holder.

beautiful scores.

Woah! Cool masks!