There are a lot of things to love about estate sales, but my personal favorite is seeing how someone else once lived. It’s like walking through a museum exhibition of a person’s life…except everything ...

If you love a good bargain, it can feel devastating to happen upon a great estate sale right as it's shutting down. Learn how to never miss a sale again.

Where can you find a butcher knife for $4, a sealskin fur coat for $125, a 1971 Hummel plate for $30 and a bottle of Windex for $2? An estate sale, of course. Advertisement Article continues below ...