About a year ago, I put my sales/trade models into one large tub, all wrapped and ready to travel, instead of keeping them on shelves and having to find and pack them when I was heading to an event. I made a spread sheet to keep track of everything, and while that still needs some tweaking, it has made things easier when I have people over (like for Happy Trails or my student and her family popping in) or when I am going to a show. I just bring out my sales tub, unwrap, and display!
In a week and a half, I am heading to Muncie, Indiana for a swap meet. And with already having had my own small live show this month plus inviting the kids over last Friday who took a few pieces, I discovered that I needed to add to my sales pieces as well as update that spread sheet.
The new assortment of things for sale or trade.
I find that my collection is "tiered" in my mind, ranging from things I would never sell (childhood carpet herd pieces, gifts from my children) to things that I have bought at antique shops specifically to get into the hands of collectors. In between are those things that I might like having personally but am happy to part with for a fair price, or duplicates that I got because I was upgrading or making a conga of variations. Those tiers make it easier to organize and decide what might be offered for sale and what remains in my collection.
Having said that, the sales tub contents are very fluid, so what actually goes to Muncie may be very different than from what's on the table at the moment!
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