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Post your What Sold video in the forum>>[See the full post at: What Sells On eBay: RF video modulator, Glass blocks, Trucker hat, NAPA cassette rack, Old Key lot, Reel tapes]
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@steve I think you left a little money on the table with those used Reel To Reels. I usually lot similar ones together in groups of 5 or 6 and sell for $30.00 bucks a pop. They go pretty quickly.
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Here are some items that sold earlier this year. As I work my way forward hitting highlights, this group includes some especially good sales:
I was at dinner with friends when one of them started ranting about trying unsuccessfully to sell something on eBay. When he said he had tried an auction and got a non-paying bidder at a $4,000 winning bid, my ears perked up since I’m willing to take consignments under the right conditions. We worked out a consignment deal for 18% of net after all fees and expenses were taken off the top. There was a bit of a learning curve for me since I don’t play golf. It took a while to sell and there was some buyer drama with a cancelled sale (before I shipped, fortunately) but I eventually cleared almost $600 on a $3499 sale. It’s a golf launch monitor, a Doppler radar packaged with software that records a number of data points in a golfer’s swing and shot to help them improve their game.
This book was in a free box at a yard sale. I had no idea about its value; I just grabbed the whole box. I almost tossed the book because it had a little water and binding damage but fortunately I researched it first. Even with the damage it sold for $175 with free shipping on a BIN. It is a fascinating read on the Atlanta child murders of 1979 – 1981. Although Wayne Williams was only convicted of the murders of two adults, police at the time blamed him for most of the 28 child murders that occurred and closed their files despite persistent criticism such as that found in this book. Atlanta authorities now admit the child murders are unsolved and the cases have recently been reopened.
This is a consignment challenge coin from the Commanding Officer of USS WASP, an amphibious assault ship. Commissioned in 1989, the ship is still in service and looks kind of like a small aircraft carrier. Its primary mission is delivering US Marines to shore by helicopter and air cushion landing craft. It can also accommodate vertical/short take-off and landing Harrier attack jets for close air support. It sold for $35 plus shipping.
As flea market dealers get more savvy about the value of things making deals harder to find, items like this one keep me going back to paw through piles of junk. Costing me a measly $3, it is a folk art painting on board done by a US soldier in England in the waning days of WWII. He was a country boy from West Virginia and probably never saw combat (his rank indicating a technical trade; he could have been anything from supply clerk to radio repairman) nor did he ever do anything noteworthy enough to show up in a Google search, but I was able to locate a photo of his gravestone and post that in the listing to confirm it was the real thing. It sold for $108 plus shipping on a best offer, going to a collector in France.
This consignment challenge coin had a couple things going for it – first its connection to Naval aviation, and second it is from the former US Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland. The base was established as a NATO base to house US forces operating as the Iceland Defense Force in 1951 under an agreement outside of NATO between the two countries. US forces departed in 2006 but the US is still responsible for Iceland’s defense, should it become necessary, under the agreement. Iceland has never had a standing army and has an interesting political history. I spent some time there in the ’90’s in both the dead of winter and in summer and I can attest to its beauty and fascination in the latter season. The coin sold for $44 plus shipping.
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