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Collecting antiques has quickly become a past-time of thousands of people throughout the country. If one thing rings true, it’s that people love to go out and hunt for treasures that they never thought in a million years that they would find. People want the bargain of the century and they want to get it on beautiful pieces that are good enough to also be sitting in a museum somewhere. This is why Washington residents have taken to estate sales, auctions and thrift stores for their important finds. They know where to hunt for the best and they always put their knowledge to good use.

Shopping for antiques in a thrift store is an excellent way of getting a new piece that someone else might not have realized was so valuable. There is also a good chance that you can get it at a heavy discount, since the thrift store might not even know that it’s something special. Aside from shopping at estate auctions, this is the best way to acquire new treasures, hands down. Estate auctions are also great places because while you might end up being in a bidding war with other people over some items, there are often many other great items which your fellow bidders may neglect to see the beauty of and you can snatch them for almost nothing.