Thirty five percent said they are holding yard sales, using pawn shops and taking on extra work.

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Plenty of people love to spend their time looking for treasures and unique items at flea markets and yard sales.

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Nowadays when my mom comes to visit during the summer, I love to take her out to the yard sales.

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In America, the land of the free market, they are the more expansive yard sales, where you wear your salesmanship as a badge of pride.

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Jan Cline had no idea, but the city of Salem has a clear law that states a person can only have three yard sales a year.

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It is monochrome, with an extremely subtle pattern, and does not have a mark translating as "valuable Ding bowl" stamped on the bottom, making it look like a bowl found in Pottery Barn (and more commonly found at yard sales).

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Kain, for example, has weighed in on lemonade stands a couple of times ( 1, 2) and directs readers to a similar case in which Salem, Oregon officials have gone after a woman who is having yard sales to pay for bone cancer treatment.

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