What Sells On eBay: Shoes, Boots, Blow Mold Wreath, Woolrich coat, Sankyo Digital Clock, Record Players

[Ryanne]

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[Sharyn]

Thanks for doing this each week, Steve. I’m still surprised at how much those blow molds go for!

I didn’t have anything real exciting sell, although the number of sales was higher. Here are a few:

I’ve had this collection of Boy Scout merit badge books from the 50-60s listed for about two years. I am surprised that it took so long. Paid about $1, sold for $17.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/183765763451

I don’t know why my parents’ friend bought so many pants from Tommy Bahamma and then never wore them. Got this for free, sold for $25.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/183947699358

Another free item from a different friend of my parents. It sold within an hour of listing, so maybe I underpriced it? Others (but not the same model) sold around the same price. An older Casio data calculator for $10:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/183972605559

Same friend as the calculator, Riedel wine tumblers sold for $25.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/183900025035

My parents’ friends continue to put food on our table!

[Temudgin]

Thanks! Not sure what happened….

[Sharyn]

Usually, if you edit right after posting, it will disappear. You have to give it a minute, and then do editing.

[Temudgin]

Yup, that’s what I did. Thanks for the tip.

[Sharyn]

Pasting this in for Temudgin. Apparently, it didn’t take.

Temudgin wrote:

Good stuff Steve. Yeah, the blow molds are amazing. When I lived in Norfolk VA there was a local factory that would open their warehouse to retail sales during the holidays. I don’t recall how much they went for but we would buy a couple Santas or whatnot without a second thought and just about give them away at garage sales the next year so they could not have been much more than $10 – $20.

Great to see you could still get a decent price for those models even with random contents. Nice tea kettle too; I also do well with vintage Wear-Ever though it can sit for a while sometimes.

The doggies are NOT ignoring Midge when she’s got something interesting….

Vintage spray paint is an interesting collecting area. It’s not insane, so cans might take a while to sell, but there’s definitely a market. I always list used cans as-is for display only; non-tested and non-functional. This ‘60s off-brand can of silver was a garage sale find for a $1 and took a couple months to sell for $15.00 plus shipping. I ship these USPS Parcel Select Ground with the square-on-point limited quantity marking on the box since aerosol paint is hazmat.
https://imgur.com/oujKjcQ
I thought some hipster would snap up this Duckster golf resort rope hat right away when I paid $2.12 for it at a thrift shop but I was wrong. It took over three years to sell at $18 plus shipping. I think my taste in clothing items is lousy. I have much better luck with items pulled out of the donation box that some other family member bought for themselves.
https://imgur.com/RecAAMJ
This Tube Radio Fundamentals college textbook from the US Naval Academy circa 1942 was fifty cents at a church book sale and went for $20 plus shipping after about six months despite poor condition and being heavily written-in throughout. I’ve always loved books but I try to stay away from buying them for resale in general because I tend to select volumes that apparently I alone find interesting. They usually turn out to be very long tail. I have done well over the years with vintage technical books about radio, though, so in this subject area I will make an exception.
https://imgur.com/Gyu6Iph
These two pair of vintage men’s embroidered nylon dress socks were $1 a pair at a small rural indoor flea market (the “antique mall” sign on the building was not really accurate) and sold within several weeks of listing to Ireland for $28 plus $13 shipping.
https://imgur.com/eY7xJFe
This piece of vintage La Mirada California pottery in the style of a Springerle cookie mold was a rare good deal at Goodwill for $4.23. It sold for $40 plus shipping within a month of listing and went back to California.
https://imgur.com/eZJBHA4
Here’s another challenge coin on consignment from my retired friend. This one sold for $84 plus shipping in about a month.
https://imgur.com/ZV0tQU9

[Doublythumbs]

Awesome record player sales, Steven! Do you take extra measures to secure those fold up players as you would a normal record player, or are they pretty much shipping ready as-is?

I had a fantastic week of sales last week. Including this lot of ten brass elephant bells. I’ve never heard of such a thing until I researched them after finding them in a box lot. They sound really neat when they ring. Fancy ones will sell for a lot of money, but I thought I would push my luck with $100. They sat for probably a couple of years until I finally got a best offer of $70. Good enough for me. They only cost me .22 cents.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/302748486847

These vintage Nutone range exhaust fan brochures were included in a pile of ephemera I got at an auction. I thought the graphics were fun so I put them up for $15. I paid $39 for the box lot (each sellable item came to $1.56) and so far I made back about $375 with a few more pieces to sell.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/303028771387

Another ephemera box lot contained piles of old WW2 letters and other paper items collected from a soldier stationed in Okinawa. This map, and another one similar but different, were marked ‘SECRET’ so I thought it had to be special. I was going to price them both at $80, but thought I’d try an auction just to be sure I wasn’t losing any money. They ended up selling for $100 each!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/303288398266

This little cardboard ring box nearly got put in the garage sale pile, but I thought I’d try eBay anyway since it had an old local store name on it. I listed it for $20 and took a $15 BO. Vintage ring and jewelry boxes are something I’ve learned to resell as they can do quite well sometimes.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/303221038746

I picked this contemporary 7-in-1 board game up at an auction for free when another buyer said he didn’t want it. It was really nice with just a little bit of wear. Past solds indicated that others have done well, so I listed it for $150. It took awhile but I finally got full price for it!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/303047837891

[Steven S]

Every pack job is a little different but the record players in a case are easier to package than turntables.
I usually tape down the tonearm and stabilizer arm as well as the platter to keep it from rotating.

[mprw77]

Great finds on those hats.

A lot of drop shippers to Taiwan and Japan have alerts for those items (tractor, denim, etc). When one pops up that is priced too low, they snatch it immediately. I have been putting some of those up for auction at the price I was going to list for to see what happens. If it doesn’t sell at that price, will lower a few bucks and list it as good til cancelled. It is really hard to know what the market will do for some of those hats. I just sold two for $124 and $100 in the last few weeks that I thought were in the 50 dollar range.

Also, steve, thanks for the videos. I recently found a technics RS 95 Tape player that was sooo heavy, I took a chance on it for $5. A few you tube videos and the things was serviced and sold this week for $650 best offer. Not sure I would have gone for it without your knowledge.

Cheers.

[Steven S]

Great find on an odd money maker. Not many would even bother with a Cassette deck like that, even for $5.

[falconeddie]

Cheers Steve
Thanks for your great information filled VLOG. I have a question, do you have a video that shows how you wrap the cords on electrical items. I have tried it and so far they don’t come out like yours do looking very crisp. I’ve been using twist ties but the wrap looks more professional
Thanks

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