 | Colors: This is the most important thing and it applies to
everything. When a color is out of style no one will buy it.
Colors that are not selling now include: Avocado green, orange, brown,
mauve, black, gray, burgundy, most pastels, white, cream and tan. |
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Insurance Issues: Our insurance company will not allow us to
take mattresses, sofa beds, infant's furniture or carseats, recliners,
sectionals or rocking chairs.
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| Ashtrays: No one uses them anymore. It doesn't matter who made
them. |
| Cedar/Love Chests: It is illegal today to sell a chest that does
not have an inside release mechanism so that children do not suffocate in
them. |
| Chairs: Chairs must have a seat height of at least 19 inches. |
| China: We do accept fine formal china that is microwave and
dishwasher safe. Bring in a few pieces that show the backstamp, and we
will tell you if we can handle it. |
| Clocks: There are so many built-in clocks today (in TV's,
microwaves, ovens, cell phones )that they have stopped selling. |
| Crystal: We only handle signed Waterford, Steuben and Baccarat
crystal. |
| Entertainment Centers - Because people have moved to flat screen
TV's, there is no longer a market for them |
| Fabrics: We don't take any. No quilts, draperies,
tableclothes, etc. |
| Flowers: We don't accept any dried flower arrangements. Also,
roses, tulips, and white flowers are not popular now. |
| Furniture: We have no market for brass beds; glass top tables; rocking
chairs; 1950's colonial furniture; sofa beds; sectionals; triple dressers;
Italian Provincial; French Provincial; Pickled Wood; Teak furniture (except outdoor); oak
furniture (except Mission); Bennington pine, Laquer (except antique); Mica,
Victorian, Formica, Jacobean, Chrome (except 1950's) or 1960's and early 70's
pecan . |
| Glass: There is no market for used everyday glass. Give
it to a charity. We also have no market for milk, cut, pressed,
carnival glass or punch bowls. |
| Ivory: Because of the endangered species act, we do not handle
it. |
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Mothballs: Any item that smells of mothballs will
be rejected.
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| Pewter: Pewter has a very high lead content and is a source of
lead poisoning. People with children or grandchildren will not
purchase it. |
| Pillows: People today are concerned about germs. We only
have a market for pillows with zippers, so that people can have them dry
cleaned. |
| Silver Plate: There is no market for tea sets, vegetable bowls or
flatware. We DO have a customers for heavy silver plate trays and sterling
silver. |
| Sofa: Because sofas are so inexpensive to purchase new
today, we no longer handle any of them |
| Toys: We only have a market for OLD collectable stuffed animals |
| Weapons: Today people do not want violent items in their homes.
Swords, hunting scenes and battle pictures do not have a market in this area.
And, bull fighting scenes or violence toward animals. |
