Hi Ryanne: I’ll miss the podcast (have listened since the beginning) but am glad the website and forums will continue. AND — the wonderful videos from Steve Schultz. Take care, be well, good brewing and roasting, and selling. JEFF SMITH – SE Michigan eBay: dealcellar
Steve – Sales continue to be slow, so those high priced stereos must really be helpful.
I had a few sales this week from items that one of my parents’ friends gave me. This guy, who is now retired, was a relatively high level engineering manager. He would buy multiple of things he wanted in case something broke or wore out. Two NWT suitcases sold very fast, one for $169 and the other for $69. Then, a nicely framed etching that he gave me several years ago sold for $97. All this was free. His things really made my week!
I’ve started looking through craigslist and FB marketplace based on your success. I’m trying to focus on looking for collections of things, like the Phillips 66 memorabilia I bought from a craigslist ad a few months back. Spent $80, so far have made about $160 after fees (so have cleared $80 in profit) and still have another $550 or so in items listed with a few things still to list. I’m liking that ROI and would love to repeat if possible 🙂
I love those stereos but don’t have the patience to mess with them myself.
This consignment challenge coin is for the 2-Star Admiral of the US Naval Special Warfare Command 2-Star Admiral, in charge of the Navy SEALS, etc. It is not named but still brought $280 plus shipping at auction. I started the auction at $265 which I thought was overpriced for it to test the waters.
Most small ephemera you run across is not worth a whole lot but when you can get so much of it for pennies and it’s so easy to list and ship, it’s a no-brainer. Part of a large lot a flea market dealer gave me, this Super Save Trading Stamps Booklet was from the long-gone Hamilton’s Market Grocery in Frederick, Maryland. It sold on a best offer for $8 plus First Class Package shipping that I made an additional $1 on. Not intentionally, but for some reason eBay calculated postage is a crap shoot for me. Sometimes too much and sometimes not enough. I do wish eBay would let us use the Standard Envelope with tracking for things like this to put more money in our pocket.
Here’s an interesting original signed and numbered etching by Don Swann of the Jamestown, Virginia historic church tower ruins. It was on the wall of a country thrift here in FL for $5 and sold for $31 plus shipping on a best offer.
As I’ve mentioned before, the Japanese self-defense force challenge coins can sell for more if you’re willing to sit on them for a while. This one is for the Commanding Officer of a Japanese destroyer, JS ASHIGARA, and sold for $74 plus shipping, going to Australia.
This is a WWI-era US Army Infantry Enlisted Collar Disk Insignia. Besides real age that can’t be faked, the metal composition, textured background on the face, and screw-fastener back help identify it. It was from a lot of insignia for which I paid about $6 each and this one sold for $29 plus shipping. It was about the most common insignia in the lot but sold first.
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