This place is a hidden gem! If you're in the area, you have to stop by and make sure you have a lot…read moreof time to see everything! It's like an antique mall. We arrived only an hour before they closed, and I only saw about 1/4 of the vendors areas before they announced the 15 minutes till close. I ended up walking through the rest of it as quickly as I can and I didn't get to see everything. The prices vary widely, which makes sense, since items are priced by different vendors. I ended up purchasing a vintage frame holder, and I can't wait to go back!

If you want to bring home a mask that may or may not be cursed -- this is your spot…read more This antique mall is wild. It definitely leans toward the grotesque which makes for an interesting browsing experience. Creepy dolls, haunted masks, odd surrealist art, a lot of funky religious pieces. In regards to art, the prices seemed to be on the higher end although there is quite a bit of variety (a few hundred here, a few thousand there). I mostly focused on the art but if you're interested in smaller things, I'm sure you can find cheaper items. I did question some of the pricing -- there was a small dinosaur painting for over 3K! We were told it came from a children's museum. Seemed a bit steep nonetheless. I personally prefer to dig around small antique shops and score treasures for a low price. However, this place is just fun to browse. It's like a museum of ugly and interesting objects. If you're looking for a unique date idea, you've found it. Parents -- I wore my baby in a carrier and we had my toddler in a small umbrella stroller. Worked out fine. There's enough room to navigate without little hands grabbing super expensive objects (just keep a close eye, obviously). After our visit, I read some of the older negative reviews (10 years ago) where folks with strollers were kicked out and not allowed in. I guess they realized how much that policy can hurt them. Glad to see them wise up and start to accommodate families.

Wonderful experience and easy process. Everyone my husband and I interacted with was very…read moreprofessional and super friendly. Would highly recommend!

Never use this company . It's a scam They take your property…read moreto sell in auctions online and never pay you for it or return the property when asked The owner doesn't return calls or emails . EVER . Beware

Every 1st Saturday of the month, Waddle Auctioneers brings this Public Car Auction to you!…read more Vehicles specially selected for their merit and dependability, usually only available to dealers! Amazing prices and quality not normally offered to the public!! Preview 1st Fridays from 8am - 7pm Live Auction 1st Saturdays from 10am - 2pm (Lot opens at 9am)

From the owner: We offer online multi-estate auctions! Waddle Auctioneers is a trusted auction company proudly…read moreserving Lago Vista, Texas, and surrounding Central Texas communities. We specialize in estate, farm, real estate, and personal property auctions, offering a seamless experience for both buyers and sellers. With decades of industry expertise, our team combines traditional auction methods with modern digital tools to deliver transparent, efficient, and profitable results. Whether you're downsizing, settling an estate, or liquidating assets, Waddle Auctioneers provides personalized service and expert guidance every step of the way. We understand the local market and tailor each auction to meet the unique needs of our clients. Our commitment to integrity, professionalism, and customer satisfaction sets us apart in the auction industry. We host both live and online auctions, making it easy for bidders to participate from anywhere. From antiques and collectibles to heavy equipment and real estate.

Amazing paper exhibit! We got to see an ordinal Gutenberg press and bible. We learned about the…read moreearly days of book printing and binding. To think that you'd buy a book as a stack of papers, and select an artist binder. The samples were like jewelry. Learning about how playwrights work with directors to try and recreate what's in their imagination was fascinating.

The Renner Project sells the highest-end vintage furnishings in town -- but you'll pay dearly for…read morethe privilege of purchasing anything there. (They also sell their pieces on 1stdibs.com, by far the highest-end online marketplace for vintage - featuring the collective pieces of hundreds of vintage shops in the U.S. alone - which is typically a sign that a store sells goods priced at the point of "if you have to ask...") This isn't the place to go if you're looking for something along the lines of mid-century Eames pieces; their focus is decidedly more eclectic, and by no means limited to mid-century. For the most part it's not even on the work of American designers: most of the "names" you'll see here are largely obscure outside of interior-designer or extreme design-geek circles (I fall into the latter category) and for the most part hail from Europe, along with a bit of Brazilian design. By "eclectic" I also mean extending beyond "vintage" into traditional-antique territory. To cite some examples: at present they have a '60s-era Brutalist sideboard from Belgium alongside a decidedly more classic Biedermeier cabinet from early 19th-century Germany. They also have a decidedly '70s-looking Lucite-and-steel desk, as well as a 19th-century oval dining table from France. While I appreciate the store's considerable diversity of pieces both from various eras as well as various countries, I'm giving it three stars for its price tags, which in many cases are at batsh*t-crazy levels -- most of all for works by unattributed designers. As a longtime collector, I'm broadly familiar with what pieces for most post-1930 periods and styles sell for, and in recent years I've purchased effectively identical works for literally 1/10th the prices seen here. To again cite some real-life comparisons: at present they have a completely nondescript teak dining table -- which I mean both figuratively and literally; the table has no description other than the variety of wood employed (and no mention of era, designer or country of origin) -- for $3,500 that one can find at auction for around $500 (if not less), along with a recently sold ash-burl console table for $3,880. I own a nearly identical one attributable to a well-known designer, Milo Baughman, that I purchased (also at auction) for $600. (In the vintage world, buying at auction is the rough equivalent of purchasing at wholesale prices, at least for mid-tier work bought at auction houses other than the likes of Wright and Rago, the two biggest U.S. specialists in 20th-century design. The best deals can typically be found at auction houses more off the beaten path.) Finally, the most ludicrously overpriced item currently available is an entirely ordinary Chesterfield sofa available for $8,900 (!!). A while back I bought one of similar age and condition for $1,000. (To be fair, I'm more adept than most at knowing where to source quality vintage furnishings at inexpensive prices, but still. Also, given that the majority of the pieces listed on their website have been sold, clearly they do ample business with interior designers for whom budget considerations are presumably minimal or nonexistent.) Curiously, this is one of the few vintage stores I can recall seeing where the pieces that *are* attributable to well-known designers are for the most part relatively reasonably priced, at least if you're buying at retail. A '60s-era Harvey Probber cabinet can be had for $2,400, and a mint-condition George Nelson chest and slatted bench combo is priced at $3,100. Again, one can find both at auction for less, but more like 30%-50% less versus 90%. In any event, The Renner Project is at the very least a great place to engage in some browsing of upscale modern vintage that you're very unlikely to encounter anywhere else in Austin.

At the end of June 2020, at a perfectly healthy 78, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Ovarian Cancer…read morewith 6 months to live. I chose Hospice. I live alone and have no (capable) family or friends to help me here. I knew I had all but a couple of months to make arrangements for my death. It took me until August to find an Estate/Auction Company who said they could help me sell everything by a sale in a building and on-line. I was also promised that at my death, the Company would come to my house and clean it out for me. I found the business on Estate Sales. Net. (Every other business told me they were booked, or that if the sale couldn't happen in my house, which it couldn't, because I rent in a gated community, then look elsewhere.) My house held all my life long collections of memorabilia, clothes, household items, furniture, jewelry, enough yarn and tools for an entire store. In other words, a lifetime of belongings and a 10 x 30 storeroom. I invited Alexandra to my house and met her at my storeroom to make sure she was still interested in handling the job. She was very positive and excited about taking on her idea of a fabulous sale. She told me she had four years' experience, was in the Army, had fought in downtown Afghanistan, and was a Pediatric Nurse. She added, she was divorced and lived in a million dollar house with two teenage boys. I confirmed with her that this job has to be completed before I pass away at the end of December....that I prefer the sale take place in October to capture the Halloween and Christmas shopping rush. I gave her an advance of $5,000 to help her secure a store, or warehouse, and enough to cover expenses. After that it was a bad dream. I had several red flags but she dragged out the process to the point where I was running out of time to secure anyone else. I had warnings but I took the chance to continue with her as per my commitment. Finally, one day before I was ready to give up on her, Sept. 30, she suddenly found a "venue" in which to sell my things. At that point I was getting more ill. Her brother came to my house with a moving company and picked up everything except my bedroom and living room necessities. It took them over one month to set up the sale in a vacant building. By this time, there was only one weekend available to sell everything. I was able with the help of a friend to go to the sale on the last day, Sunday, Oct. 4. The building was the Ironhouse across the street from a homeless shelter. Bad parking. Poor lighting in the building. Although many items had been sold, mostly the expensive items such as an Erte art object, fur and leather coats, valuable costume jewelry, miniature collectable items, etc. I could see I needed to pick up the remainder of the items as there were many valuable items still remaining, instead of donating them to Salvation Army. Jarrod, told me, the owner of the building agreed we could have the room for the rest of the week without charge and he needed more time to sell the items. I gave him three additional days and told him "not to low ball the sale." I had to wait two weeks before they gave me a tabulation of what they sold and how much they sold it for. I had no way to confirm that as the descriptions were obscure, such as "shirt." I knew by this time, they scammed me, and one could see the list was made hastily and was sophomoric. Jarrod paid me $3000.00 cash. In other words, it cost me $2000.00 to let them steal from me. In my humble opinion, the value I expected to receive was between $10,000 and $25,000. When I collected the remainder of the items, for some reason, Alexandra had cut off all the price tags. Why, I can only guess? This is the last thing I expected to happen to me at the end of my life. Most people have compassion for dying people. In this case, this company saw it as an opportunity to take advantage of an old sickly woman. I miss my things very much. As it turns out my cancer has stabilized for the moment, and here I am in a near empty house with nothing but a few sets of sweat pants/shirts, pajamas, and just the basics to live till my time comes. It could be another six months. Although I am grateful to GOD for every additional day HE has planned for me, I am a broken person, that at this stage of my life I was taken advantage of so. I was very nice to give this girl a chance to do a spectacular job, as she had promised, and this is how I was repaid. I am tormented by my bad decision to gamble on this Company and I lost. What makes me sad is this Company can rationalize this abuse and dishonesty and can sleep at night as all criminals can. I can do nothing but beat myself up for allowing such a thing to happen and honestly anticipate my demise with enthusiasm to rid myself of such a horrible way to end my life to which I am mentally punishing myself. Everything I worked for gone with nothing to show for it, except that I paid for that to happen, to add insult to injury.

Alexandra reneges on deals made, promises things she won't deliver on (good packing and timely…read moreshipping) and won't hesitate to call you a pain in the ass, as she did me, if you ask for clarification about something she said. She likes to sell but doesn't like to work at it. She blatantly mispacked several items including one rare piece where she all but refused to cooperate in resolution despite her assertions that she would while we were still negotiating. However, I did get a fantastic piece that she had no idea about because her "expert" passed it over! The estate owner was done no favors by her! On the other hand, my brief experience with her brother Jarrod was 180 degrees that of hers, but much too brief to change the review.

After a close friend passed, we were in the uncomfortable position of getting his house ready for…read moresale- decluttering & prepping a 76 yr old's home of 43 yrs to be sold. He was a merchandiser for gift shops so there was a lot of samples collected over the years that had piled up. It was a lot to handle. Doing the estate sale would have been easier (for us) before the sale of the home but in this case by the advice of the realtor it would show/sell better with furniture and it did, successfully. Estate sale came after house was sold, I interviewed several companies. Some people I spoke with about our situation said it was all the same but I'm here to tell you - it is not. Ask questions during the consults but trust me Blue Moon - Sarah's team worked with us & brought the best value of service. I've done garage sales myself but this was on a massive scale. I needed a team that would tackle this project with respect and get the best outcome. Sarah & her team were amazing- So efficient, organized, detailed, attended to all our odd merchandise, very professional, and just did a fantastic job! My heart was so relieved that we had chosen the right people for our beloved friend's belongings. Thank you so much Sarah! X

My company buys from estate sales all through the years and from every estate sale company out…read morethere. We have had many dealings with Alex the owner. Let me tell you she and her associates have always treated me in a fair, friendly and professional manner. She has the high quality standard that I prefer to deal with in my business transactions. She's been knowledgeable about the products I've inquired about and, when she didn't' know the answer she seemed to know just who to call to get an honest answer. I've attended sales from Austin to a new one in San Marcos and New Braunfels and it's always the same experience.I highly recommend her and Blue Moon whether you're buying or need to sell the contents of a house. Michael Carter

I highly recommend Austin Furniture Upholstery. I needed six dining chairs reupholstered and when I…read moremet with José, he pulled out four books of fabric samples. I never felt rushed as I went through them. I chose a fabric and José confirmed they were in stock. Then he surprised me and asked if I wanted them by Thanksgiving. Score! The cushions were done in time for the holiday. The padding was replaced and the finished product was beautiful. I feel like the price was reasonable, especially given the quality of the work.

I just got a chair an ottoman recovered by Jose and his staff. Man, I am blown away! Both were old…read moreand different eras, but figured some retro tweed would look good and tie them together. I took the fabric with me and Jose told me it would work great. *He has fabrics he can order, but I chose to bring my own. Pricing was very fair, and they were finished faster than I estimated. Extremely pleased! Thanks guys!

Don't trust these scammers. Paige Bristol of Lionsgate Auctions, New Beginnings Resale,…read moreUnprecedented Travel, Paige in Time Photography... and countless other failed businesses is a scammer. I won a no reserve auction from them and when I showed up to pick up my item they refused to give it to me because "it sold for too low". That's not how auctions work. As stated in their terms, its a legally binding contract once the auction ends. They charge non-paying winning bidders fees and go after their credit, but they don't hold themselves responsible for their own auctions.

I recently picked up a few things from an online auction from these folks. Both the woman I…read morechecked in with and guy helping move stuff around were fantastic! They were both very personable and the guy helped me fit all of the items into my car. 10/10 would recommend! :)

My husband bought my engagement ring here ten years ago. We are back in town and I stopped by to…read moresee if they could clean my ring which hasn't been done in ages. Irene was so kind, was able to take it back right away, and even checked it out for any loose stones. While I was waiting, I got the play with the "ring bar" which was a ton of different shapes and cuts of diamonds that were in a magnetic setting and could be swapped out with different bands. We aren't in the market for a new engagement rings, but for someone who wants to try different cuts and sizes of stones, it would be great!

With the help of Taylor, my now fiancé designed the most beautiful engagement ring for me! I can't…read morethank you enough for helping him- he has raved about how amazing you were and my ring is STUNNING! :) if you are looking for something unique and customized, this is the place!