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It’s definitely referencing Ed Hardy, but I don’t know if it’s an Ed Hardy piece or some kind of knock-off.
I’m interested in joining also. I can’t believe how much unlisted inventory I have floating around. I did 10 listings today and 11 yesterday in a big push… but before that I hadn’t done more than 1 or 2 all month. Accountability! Yes!
My sales always tank in November and December; my best months are almost always July and August. I think you hit the nail on the head when you said you’d had good sales in the second half of December because you were listing good new merchandise; in November and December, I’m always busy with family things and getting ready for the holidays at home, so my attention to eBay slips and my sales decline. In July and August, we’re all off for the summer, I’m hitting some of my favorite annual sales and finding good merchandise, and I’ve got loads of time to list.
In my experience, the fourth quarter doesn’t automatically mean good sales. Keeping your shop active and continuing to list good items is key.
I thought for sure you were going to link to the video of the Shropshire cheese warehouse disaster.
Thanks for your thoughts! I’ll see how high this one cup set goes and then decide from there.
Slightly off-topic, but: https://pigment.tokyo/article/detail?id=1
I’m not sure it’s likely that old tops would have been screwed on newer jars. It seems more likely that they all originally went together and that “1” is a jar size rather than a recycling code — and, arguably, 1990s would be ‘vintage’ anyway, right? 🙂
Do the lid abbreviations (“R”, “Y,” “B”, etc) seem to line up with the colors of the powders inside them?
I couldn’t find this exact item anywhere, but I wonder if it’s vintage pigments for porcelain painting?
There are solds as well. Super cool find.
I just want to add that listening to SL for all these years has been key in the development of my ability to deal with bad returns and aggravating buyers. Thanks, J&R!
This piece is an aquatint by artist Louis Oscar Griffith. Depending on the size, topic, etc., his aquatints seem to go between $75 and $1,000. Here’s a wiki about the artist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Oscar_Griffith’
I’m not sure I could or would want to do all she does. (Even if I were younger, better looking and as charming LOL). Yes, she does get higher prices, but what she does to get the higher prices IS work, even if she makes it look like fun. Of course, she may parlay it into a TV show or something down the line, like Jason of Thrifthunters. It will be interesting to see where she ends up…
There are not enough filters, fillers, and fluoxetine tablets in the world to make me as photogenic and pleasant as she is! Hahahaha! But I agree with you — she could definitely parlay it into TV (if TV is even considered superior to YouTube anymore; I’m not sure it really is.)
And, yes — absolutely. She’s putting in a ton of work to add value to her items. a TON.
Any signature or information anywhere?
It sort of has a “decor art” feeling to me, but that’s just a gut response.I watch Jocelyn/Crazy Lamp Lady, and I think there are some really interesting things about her profile and her experience. I occasionally learn something (I didn’t know anything about Aladdin lamps or alacite, for example) or see her pick up something of sort of objective interest and value but I feel like to a certain degree the sold prices she realizes for her auction items have less to do with their inherent value and more to do with their connection to *her*. She’s done a brilliant job of creating a fan base both through her thrifting channel and her original channel, which is about metal detecting, and I think — like Jay just said in the podcast — that she’s created a sort of QVC/home shopping experience connected to her personality/brand. People pay more for her items because they saw her pick the pieces up and talk about them, and talk to Sue about how cute they are, and because the buyers have warm feelings about her and feel connected to her personally.
I don’t say any of this as a slight against her — she is warm and friendly and funny and enthusiastic, and it’s great to be thrifting along with her while I’m doing the dishes or engaging in some other mundane task. She’s created a brand and a business that’s working well. My caveats, in terms of her shop versus mine, are these:
1. I don’t think the prices she gets for items reflect what I’m likely to get (unless the piece has strong appeal/value to begin with);
2. She has 60k+ subscribers, so it’s not simply a matter of any of us putting up videos and watching the sales come in. She’s worked hard to build that brand and that subscribership (I think she puts up a video almost every day right now) and I, for one, lack many of the qualities that make her so appealing!
Edited to add: Oh jeez, I just realized I said in many long paragraphs what Nancy already said concisely above!
