What Sells On eBay: Old shoes, record changer, Portable 8-Track, Heathkit, Cabinet photo, McCoy Owl

[Ryanne]

Love Steve’s Portable 8-Track player sale. I didn’t even know those existed! Post your What Sold video in the forum>>[See the full post at: What Sells On eBay: Old shoes, record changer, Portable 8-Track, Heathkit, Cabinet photo, McCoy Owl]

[The Thrift Raider]

Nice sales, Steve. Love getting sales when you got the item for free. I’ve done ok this month for not being able to list very much. I’m dying to get to my death pile this weekend. I’m also starting to want to thrift a bit, sometimes thrift stores will get NIB stuff after Christmas. I should have my December video up next week, but as a preview, I sold a VHS for a nice profit and a vintage Marvel shirt.

[ChristineR]

Had a few nice vintage sales.
This came from an absolutely amazing dog collector estate sale. The prices were quite high but had I not had death piles I would have bought way more items. I wasn’t able to go back on half price day unfortunately. Took about a year to sell I think. Paid $15 because I know pipes are trendy and people love dogs Bulldog Pipe Holder

Paid $15 or $20 for this petite painting at an estate sale and took a best offer of $50 Small Swan Painting

I buy everything Harry Potter I find because those books will be loved and discovered for generations. Paid $3.99 at GW Harry Potter Lunchbox with Thermos

This last item is an RA item I’ve been doing well with. For some reason Williams Sonoma does not stock these well and I think they are kind of underpriced new. I paid $24 less a 15% event discount in November right when they came to the store. Williams Sonoma Hard Placemats Zero feedback so likely sold due to Pinterest link or Google picking that up.

Happy New Year trash elves.

[Doublythumbs]

Oh my gosh, your cat weaving all around your dog’s legs was hilarious. And I saw that exact owl cookie jar at an auction last Thursday. I remember because I told Steph it reminded me of that old singing owl Merrie Melodies cartoon. I had an awesome week of sales! Here are some highlights…

So I bought a box lot at an auction last spring for $100. I paid up on it because there was an old cast iron mechanical bank that I wanted, but each sellable piece in the box came to about $7. Inside the lot was this somewhat ordinary looking pottery trinket dish. It damn nearly went into the yard sale pile except it had a name etched into the bottom… Pewabic Detroit. I looked it up on a whim and apparently it’s a well-known pottery house in Michigan. Their pieces are all over the map in terms of sold prices, so I put it up on auction. It had almost 30 watchers before the end and it sold for $86. I was shocked to say the least. I’ll be keeping my eyes open for that name from now on.
Pewabic Pottery Trinket Dish

I mentioned earlier that I came across a plethora of clock and watch repair tools and parts at an auction. I should have bought everything there because this stuff is worth quite a bit as I found out afterwards. Here’s an example. This is a clock mainspring winding tool used for replacing mainsprings. Not much to it. Just some metal handles and some specialized bits. But it sold for $50. I’ve seen others sell for close to $100, but mine wasn’t complete and there was some damage. It sold the day I listed it, along with a bunch of the tools I listed that same day. Each sellable piece from that lot only cost me .66 cents. If everything sells for what I listed it for, I’ll make close to a grand!
Clock Main Spring Winder Tool

I always keep my eyes open for older video games. It does take some knowledge as to what is rare and desirable and what was overproduced and already owned by every collector. I ran across a guy’s small collection of PS1 games at a yard sale two summers ago. There was some good stuff and not so good stuff, but I offered $5 for it all. This game is called Medievil. I remember when it came out. It’s one of those games that didn’t acquire a following until later. I priced it for $60 and it sold for full price.
PS1 Medievil Video Game

Here’s my big sale of the week. This large pottery vase was part of a lot at an auction that I paid $5 for. It was done by a local artist in my city who actually teaches pottery at our local art gallery now. Even though he’s not a well known artist, I listed it somewhat high at $130 because it was unique and it came with paperwork from the exhibit from where it was originally sold. It didn’t take long for a best offer of $105 to arrive. I immediately took it. I really didn’t think I would get that much for it. Tracking says it arrived yesterday and I haven’t heard anything yet about damage during shipping so I’m assuming it arrived in one piece.
Pottery Vase by Local Artist

[The Thrift Raider]

Doublythumbs, good eye on that Medievil game! I always keep my eye out for PS1 games since I used to play them a lot. I have a demo of it for sale with a lot of other demos like Spyro. Some people collect the demos as well as the full games so hopefully it’ll eventually sell.

[Steve List]

Thanks for the video Steve. I have a bankers box full of old cabinet cards buried someplace in my death pile. I always thought, since they are mainly of people that they would be yard sale items for a couple of bucks each. Now I’m going to reaccess that thought and list them on eBay instead.

[Steven S]

I forgot to mention that it sold to a buyer in Germany, maybe Europe is where the market is.

[Idahoarder]

I haven’t posted any of my sold items in quite a while, but here are a few of my favorites from last week.

Vintage Santa Poster – This guy was pretty rough around the edges (literally), but super cool and I just love him. The buyer wanted it quick for use at a party, so he paid over $30 in shipping to get it on time. I paid 39 cents at a thrift store (rolled up in the wrapping paper bin), and it sold for $65!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/232552685545

Smokey Bear Poster – Paid $1 for this at an otherwise terrible yard sale, and sold for $55.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/232103332279

Tina Turner Poster – Posters continue to be one of my very favorite things to sell. I don’t find them too often, but I always grab them if they are cool and they sell regularly. Got this one at a yard sale for $2 and it sold for $60.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/232561178895

Miniature Tinkerbell Tea Set – I purchased this at a yard sale for $5. It was missing a piece, but still sold for $49.99.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/232070084504

[ChristineR]

I did well with a similar Santa poster. I’m finding that I really like selling ephemora.

[Beverly – Far Out and Fabulous]

Thanks EVERYONE for sharing your sales, it’s so helpful to open my eyes to things I would not have looked at twice. I am always updating my BOLO list from what you share.
And Steve. THAT CAT IS SO CUTE!!! And I love the look on the dogs’ faces, it’s like … “what is this thing?!?!?! They are so sweet and gentle, love it.

Sales have slowed for me this last week. I haven’t been listing anything new, and isn’t that the best part about doing this … I can take a break if I freakin feel like it!!!
I’m starting to take pics and get some new things listed now. I’ve got to build back up my inventory, I’m down to 540 items from about 650 at the beginning of December.

Here’s a few interesting things I sold:

Scarf/Wrap from Niger, paid $5 at a yard sale, sold for $26.99: https://www.ebay.com/itm/112663413562

Shanghai Museum Silk Scarf, paid $4 at an estate sale, sol for $29.99 to same person as the Niger wrap: https://www.ebay.com/itm/112663415585

Ellwood Nut Bowl, but since it was unmarked and I’d only paid $1 and had it for awhile, lowered the price and it sold for $14.99: https://www.ebay.com/itm/112680120300

I’ve been selling Christmas decorations I haven’t used for awhile, had 4 sets of these, sold each for $19.99, not bad since I paid $16.00: https://www.ebay.com/itm/112651347889

Also selling off my Department 56 New England Christmas village, originally purchased in 1986. I wouldn’t buy these at sales unless super cheap, lots out there, but the New England village buildings seem to sell, getting my money back at least.
These each sold for $24.99: https://www.ebay.com/itm/112678352666
https://www.ebay.com/itm/112633109086
The accessories don’t seem to sell for much at all, $9.99: https://www.ebay.com/itm/112678382464
Snow Children for $6.99: https://www.ebay.com/itm/112633121580
Fences and Lightposts for $19.99: https://www.ebay.com/itm/112633130325

Got great feedback on the USC Trojan Marching Band record and pamphlets I told you about last time: https://www.ebay.com/itm/112648279702
I love the feeling that I’m getting things to the right people: “Looked great in a frame, perfect xmas gift for a former USC marching band member” FIGHT ON!!!

[Steven S]

That’s how I think too, if I don’t feel like listing much, take a break!

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