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I buy almost all of my inventory online, mostly from sellers who list tens of thousands of auctions every week. Every so often in my bargain hunting I come something random and cool which is outside my areas of expertise. If the price is low enough and a little Terapeak research seems promising, I’ll throw a bid out just for the heck of it. Over the last year, I have accumulated a few bins worth of stuff this way and added this vintage Marilyn Monroe lobby card to my piles this week. $5 on top of my other purchases that week from the same seller is basically pennies, and it never hurts to have some extra stuff on hand to list just in case.
What did you find out in the wild this week?
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I have an interesting find this week. I haven’t actually bought one yet, but plan to soon and I’m bidding. I was cruising on Ebay for a niche that I like to buy in and discovered this incredible modern impressionist artist running .99 actions. I went to following him on Insta and there he was live doing a painting. He’s young, talented and promoting himself on social media and through these inexpensive auctions. https://www.ebay.com/str/jtrujillopaintings21
I’m no art expert but I know what I like and I can tell if something is well done. I like certain of his works better than others (the ones with more fine details and without people.) This guy already has quite a following and someone is already flipping his small works over on Mercari for $75. He’ll keep churning stuff out so I don’t plan to get rich but just may get what I like and display a couple here. @Jay and @Ryanne you might like to check out his rural works and coffee / food still life works.
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Thanks for the heads up on Jose Trujillo’s painting auctions! Some of them have really ended at bargain prices. But if I find one that’s my taste, I will want to keep it. Both because I like his style and it’s cool to see a creative person supporting their art by selling it themselves through eBay.
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I haven’t been scavenging much at all this year due to my commission selling off my neighbor’s stuff so that he can downsize and move. This past Sunday, I pulled out this fur coat from his wife’s closet (she passed away in January).
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185631335822
I wouldn’t ever buy or wear one myself, but I will sell them used.
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Hi Sharyn
I’ve been away over the last couple of years. I’m starting to get back into selling and was wondering what you charge for your consignment listings? I’m going to do a few Lego sets for my niece and I’m not charging her anything. But I figured if I wanted to sell for others I would need to charge something. Thanks, Donna
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@djett83 – I don’t care for consignments, and I don’t look for them. However, when they come to me and they make sense, I will agree to it. The deal is that the owner must not be emotionally attached to their stuff, and all they care is that they get something for it. In this particular case, my neighbor’s wife was a “low grade” hoarder, and he is using the money for his charities. He is a friend as well as his wife before she passed.
My commission is simply 50% after eBay fees are taken out. If he had lots of real valuable stuff, I’d consider a lower commission. However, much of it is $15 to $30, and I won’t list much less than $15. I will reject anything less than $10-$12.
I’m a casual eBay seller since I started my “day job” about 2 1/2 years ago. If I was doing this seriously and trying to make a decent salary out of it, I would reject more of the lower value items and pay a higher commission for valuable items like the fur coat I mentioned in my post above.
If you are more serious about consignment, someone on the forum here started a You Tube channel and a Facebook group called Consignment Chats. I’m sure there is better info in there. Their videos come up in my Facebook feed, but I haven’t watch them.
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Thanks Sharyn
I’m like you I really don’t want to do consignments that much but as we go along I’ve been asked to do some. I usually tell them I’m too busy with my own stuff but was curious what you charged. I know what you mean about people being attached to their stuff so when you tell them what you think you can get they’re sometimes insulted. I probably won’t end up doing any consignments other than for my niece. She’s mid 30s and finally decided she could part with some of her lego kits. So I told her to put them together one last time and take a picture so I could use that in the listing. She’s being deployed for 4 months so hopefully I’ll have some money for her by the time she gets back. Thanks so much for the info. Good luck on your sales.
Donna
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Those of you especially in the Northeast and New England will say “ho hum” to my joy at finding a low-priced real antique at a flea market or yard sale, but I find it’s not so common in Florida and pretty exciting for me nowadays. My favorite find at the flea market last week was a 19th Century miniature brass ship’s cannon inscribed “Relic of Royal George Sunk 1782 raised 1840” for $20. HMS Royal George was a 1st Rate 100-gun Royal Navy ship of the line, launched in 1754 and saw service in the Seven Years War and the American Revolution. The ship was intentionally rolled on its side to conduct work on the hull while anchored in harbor in England but ended up foundering with the loss of over 800 lives. It was salvaged for its guns and other gear over time and eventually raised and blown up to clear the harbor. A local cottage industry arose making souvenirs from pieces of the wreck, and this is one of them. I’m still deciding on a price at which to list it. A larger version sold at auction in England in 2021 for £500, including buyers’ premium, and one slightly smaller than this one sold recently on eBay UK for £275. I will pay for UK site placement when I list it.
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@temudgin I sold a brass miniature capstan from the Royal George to a collector some years back. The capstan was cast from brass left over from the stock used for the frames for a lighthouse in Anglesey. Paid £375 at auction in Exeter (the regulars joined in the bidding when they saw me taking an interest!) and sold for £800 to a collector who had a whole room allotted to his RG stuff, including a table made from the oak.
You got a real steal there!
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