There's nothing like an LA estate sale: How to find true treasures at the best price
LOS ANGELES — As Amy Solomon made her way to the royal blue entrance of a Hollywood home on a sunny Friday afternoon, a bevy of enthusiastic shoppers scurried past, clutching items ranging from flourishing fiddle leaf fig trees and snake plants to '80s-style garments and antique china. These were the goods they'd scored at an estate sale for late actress Audrey Marlyn Singer, who co-founded the nonprofit organization Actors Forum Theatre.
Solomon, 31, had just missed the rush of patrons who'd come early to get their hands on authentic Mart Stam dining room chairs — which typically cost upwards of $800 each but sold for roughly $250 due to wear and tear — and vintage pendant trumpet lights. But Solomon wasn't worried about missing out. She wanted to search for tchotchkes and other quirky items for her home in peace.
"It's such an environmentally friendly way to shop, which is important to me," says Solomon, a TV producer who runs a popular TikTok account called . In 2022, she went to more than 100 estate sales. "The curiosity of what you might find burns inside of me," she says. Among the seven items she bought for a total of $20 at Singer's sale were a Mickey and Minnie Mouse mug with Hebrew text for her sister, a book
