Rockabilly community - people living like it's 1951

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66. I had my whole house done in this style.

But when my husband passed away, the house was too big and empty. I sent 3 tractor trailer loads of this style furniture to an auction house. It is evidently very popular because I got far far more out of it than I paid for it at the time I got it.
I had the identical chrome and aqua colored kitchen table and chairs shown above. Also a rare 9 foot teak Adrian Pearsall sofa with matching chairs...I kept 1 of the chairs and the old record cabinet (still have LPs) and a few misc items.
The auctioneer later told me that when he advertised all I had with photos.....he had many people trying to buy my items before sell day. He also said other than rare coin sales, my sale had drawn one of the biggest and most competitive crowds of buyers he has ever had.
My items sold for so much, I actually called when I received my check in the mail.......because I thought they had added an extra couple of zeros on the amount.
I accumulated my midcentury modern furnishings when I was in the antique business. Lots of it out there for very very reasonable prices if you know the right places. On site estate auctions are good, small town auction houses and yard sales are great places to get 50's items cheap. You won't get buys in larger urban areas and I always shot for estate sales where the people had lived for years and years and years in the same house. My 9 foot sofa which sold for $2300.....I purchased at an estate sale....it was in a shed/barn wrapped in plastic with original barkcloth....I bought it for $50.