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Post your What Sold video in the forum>>[See the full post at: What Sells On eBay: Arrow quiver, North Face backpack, Brass candlestick, Record stand, McCoy bowl, Leather bomber jacket, Italian briefcase]
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Steve – From the one time I had a dog, I know that they will get you out of the house no matter the weather. With the wind, snow, and cold in your video, I know I would never want to take a walk in that cold or even be outside except to get in and out of the car. But, a dog needs his/her exercise.
My interesting sales from the week:
In October, I purchased a lot at auction that included mostly blue & green Fire King tableware (Delphite & Jadeite). I’ve already sold a listing or two from the lot. I had three sales this week totaling about $95 with a cost of about $4.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182893947023
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182894125862
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182894105131In August, I bought a lot from an online auction of rose colored Fiesta Ware. I took the service for 8 and was selling each place setting separately through a single listing. I had sold two settings at this point. One buyer came in a bought the remaining six for a total of $232. Each setting was a cost of $4, so $24 total. I had to ship it in two boxes, and the cost to ship was about $2 higher than what I charged. This happens because of how Ebay calculates shipping in multiple listings. It’s no big deal; I’m very happy with this sale
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182753934267This very neat, retro fabric was in my store for close to a year and a half. I had thought it was so cool and unique that I originally had it priced around $90 with best offer. When I was ending and re-listing stale items, I set the price lower and then put it on sale at about $60 or best offer, and I accepted $30. I just needed to let it go. I paid about a $1.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182948944369I’ve mentioned before that I sometimes buy a lot in an online auction for the minimum bid of $1 if I think I can get good money even for just one item. I bought a wooden crate with vintage tins for the minimum bid. I threw out all the tins, and sold the crate for $22.45:
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Another profitable week of sales last week. Here are some highlights…
I’ll start off with my big sale of the week. I went to an estate sale in town back in August. A guy’s mother passed away and he had to have the house cleaned out before he could sell it. I got the word about it and was able to come in and buy what I wanted the day before the sale. I cleaned house! I bought two carloads of stuff for $150. So each sellable item came to $2.83. This was an Audiometer that I found up in the attic. I had no idea what it was, but it looked really cool and had a feeling it was worth something. I cleaned it up really nice and after some research found out it was for hearing testing. Pretty cool. I listed it higher than what I thought it would sell for and almost immediately the best offers began pouring in. I almost took one but before I could, it sold for full price of $350!
Western Electric AudiometerAnother item from that same estate sale. I remember in one of Ryanne’s what sells videos, she sold a camping cabin guest book. I can’t remember what her’s looked like, but this one was made of wood and had entries dating back to the 1940s. It had a little bit of damage, so I only priced it at $40. It sold within about a couple weeks. Looking back, I kinda regret not pricing that one higher, but oh well.
Cabin Lodge Guest BookAt the Goodwill Outlets, I snagged up these practically brand new Scooby Doo bed sheets. They were neatly folded inside of a plastic bag so they didn’t get all dirty in the bins. I knew from past sales that bedsheets can potentially be profitable, especially cartoon characters. I listed them for $40 and took a best offer of $31. I paid .73 cents for them.
Scooby Doo Bed SheetsI got this antique set of store scales from a pile of items I bought in a lot at an auction in July. Each sellable item from that lot came to $5. I almost left them there because at first glance they didn’t seem old. I’m glad I brought them home though. I wanted to clean them up before I listed them, but too much stuff got in the way, so I listed them as is. It took a little while to sell but I ended up taking a best offer of $80. They were a pain to pack though!
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Last week’s faves:
Japanese Silk Scroll Art – I know nothing about this, other than I thought it was beautiful.
I think I paid a buck or two and took and offer of $125.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/332234651623Vintage Gym Locker Baskets – I bought a bunch of these (probably around 40) along with the rack a few years ago. The rack had been cut in half and was super heavy, so I decided to use it for storage and I’m selling the baskets in lots. I paid $40 for all of it and sold these for $85. Only a few lots left!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/232616312249Vintage Roller Derby Skates – Paid $5 at a yard sale and took a $40 offer.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/332507067548Vintage GE Fan – I see fans all the time and I love the look of them, but this took forever to sell, so I’m not sure if I’ll buy them again. Probably only if they are super cool. Paid $5 at and auction, sold for $60.
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I was inspired to make a what sold video. I got it done and tried to upload to vimeo (too big for a free account), trying to upload to youtube (it’s queued to be uploaded but that has been over an hour now)…I would love to share the video if it is possible to do. Any suggestions on how to best get this uploaded? (It is about 9-10 min long so is it too long?)
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Thanks for your informative video Steve! Some recent interesting sales of mine:
This vintage unmarked (other than hex head size) OEM Alfa Romeo tool-kit wrench was something that ended up in my tool box after it did not make it back into the tool-kit of an old Guilia Spider that I rebuilt and sold many years ago. Foreign car (and domestic, too, for that matter) tool-kit items can be good sellers for good money but it seems they are more often than not unmarked as to manufacturer so they are hard to research unless you have a clue to start with. This one sold within a couple days of listing for $60 plus shipping.
I have a hard time valuing college memorabilia because sold prices will be all over the map, from very low to very high. So for this vintage Marist College stein I priced it into what I thought was ridiculous territory at $73 plus shipping but it sold within about a week of listing so maybe it wasn’t so ridiculous. It was $1.50 at an indy thrift and had to be cleaned of a very thick smoke and grease residue. Possibly spent its life as a random piece of diner décor.
I am not very knowledgeable on folding pocket knives. I do know enough to never put one up for sale without some careful research even though they are so plentiful in general that many are worth little to nothing. This discontinued Spyderco Catcherman model fisherman’s folder came in a box lot of mostly junk I paid a couple bucks for at an auction. It had some overall wear and a bent tip. My initial impression that it was a $5 knife at most was proven incorrect when I saw that this model could sell for up to like $150 if NIB. I felt $75 plus shipping was about right for its condition and it only took a day to sell for that.
This unmarked circa 1959 West German rifle bayonet and scabbard was an eBay snipe at $25 from a low feedback seller who had it in a poorly titled listing. The seller had no idea how old it was, where it came from, or what rifle it fit, and the pictures were awful. All in all, it was perfect snipe bait. There are a number of common variations of this bayonet but this first model is comparatively rare. It took three days to sell for $160 plus shipping. In listing bayonets, care has to be taken to avoid violating eBay’s assault weapon parts and accessory prohibition.
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