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11/22/2017 at 8:48 pm in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Pan Am bags, hats, refrigerator dishes, lamp, egg scale, Polaroid, Angel chimes #26526
Here are some of my interesting sales from the week. I’m leaving out my highest sellers just because they weren’t all that interesting.
My sister gave me two LeapFrog systems and a lot of games. I broke them out into two different listings, and this lot included a LeapFrog with Writing, a case, and 17 games for $32. I found from the feedback that it was sold to a 2nd grade teacher:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182860541708This is a small sale of $9. I originally bought this Rutger’s nursing patch as part of a lab coat. When the coat sat there for about a year with very few views, I decided to take the patch off and throw out the coat. It sold in about a month.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182710697611Last month, I bought an auction lot for the minimum bid of $5 because of the vintage Barbie trunks, but it also came with about 10 dolls. The dolls quickly became a deathpile. Except for a select few, vintage dolls don’t seem to do well for me, and these need clean up and, in some cases, fixing. Then I read an article through Facebook (sorry, can’t find the original article) about items that you might not realize that people collect. Haunted dolls are one of them, and they mentioned that vintage dolls with messed up eyes that look scary also sell. Well, I had one of those. In my research, I saw the word “Halloween” in many of the listings, and I had missed that boat. I figured this would be a long tail item. Sold in about three days for $19. The Barbie trunks are still sitting there.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/18290271304311/22/2017 at 8:13 pm in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Pan Am bags, hats, refrigerator dishes, lamp, egg scale, Polaroid, Angel chimes #26516Just watched the video, and I’m so sorry about your poor kitty passing away. I don’t think that you had her even a year.
11/20/2017 at 4:43 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 335: Strategizing Out of Our Own Sweatshop #26113Another comment on the podcast:
I also started buying higher value items this year, and it has definitely helped. What I need to do for next year is to be willing to drop the cheap stuff and just donate it. I’ll buy an auction lot because a few items have a decent value, but I have to list all of it because I can’t seem to leave that money on the table even if it is only $10 (or less). But, it costs me in time and listing fees (because I’m now over the 1000 items in the mid-level store), and I need to let go! I’ve decided that February and March next year will be my time to purge and (hopefully) change my ways.
11/20/2017 at 4:33 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 335: Strategizing Out of Our Own Sweatshop #26112Comments on the podcast:
I have a much smaller store, but yet I have a reseller permit so that I don’t have to pay sales tax. It wasn’t difficult at all for me to get one in NJ. I can’t imagine that it would be difficult in VA if you have a registered business and a permit to collect sales tax. From the quick search I did, I think that is all you need in VA (but double-check that). Then you have to fill out a ST-10 form and submit that to your auction company.
https://www.tax.virginia.gov/sites/default/files/taxforms/exemption-certificates/any/st-10-any.pdfI find that lots are bid up higher at auctions this time of year through the beginning of the next year. I went to one last week, and I didn’t buy anything until a few hours later when the crowd started to thin out a bit. And, yes, there are people who look through your stuff after a lot has been sold. I think that some people go just to hang out and look at the stuff, so they want to check out what you’ve bought. It is annoying.
Congrats on getting to a feedback of 9000! That’s quite some accomplishment. I’m at about 480 in my tiny little store, and I’m just excited that the color of my star will change at 500!
So here are my numbers:
Week of Nov 12-18
* Total Items in Store: 1178
* Items Sold: 22
* Cost of Items Sold: $22.68 + $60 Commission
* Total Sales: $458.78
* Highest Price Sold: $120 Wool fabric (on commission); $55 Williams-Sonoma pasta bowl set (non-commission)
* Average Price Sold: $20.85
* Returns: 0
* Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $34.50
* Number of items listed this week: 57The cha-ching sound is similar to the sounds that slot machines make. They “condition” you to keep playing. As long as you understand that and don’t let it run your life, you should be OK. That said, the cha-ching makes me happy! I feel ripped off if a sale comes in but I didn’t hear it because I was somewhere noisy or wasn’t in the room or something.
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11/16/2017 at 7:38 am in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Hats, mailbox, 48 star flag, big boy pants, turntables, Jean jackets, Marilyn Monroe The Last Photos. #25719I talked your ears off last week because of the great sales I had had. This week, not so much, but I have two interesting items I’d like to mention.
Last week my kids were off school. My daughter had missed a field trip with her art history class to the MET (Metropolitan Museum of Art) in Manhattan, so I decided to take both kids there on Thursday (we live in NJ). After we had lunch, I connected with their Wifi, and I immediately heard a cha-ching. I had sold a ceramic candlestick holder in the shape of a boar that was a MET gift shop item. While we were in the MET. To someone who lived in Manhattan. About an hour or so later, I found the ceramic boar in the museum that the gift shop item was based on. Just a neat karma sort of thing that happened. I got it for free from one of my parent’s friends, sold for $33. Here is the link to the sold item followed by photos I took of the real thing at the MET:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182861968968
https://imgur.com/a/Q1Hi8Two months ago, I bought four lamps in an auction lot for the minimum bid of $5. I sold the third one last week for $39. It is a vintage glass & metal hurricane style lamp.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182768618070I glanced at solds, and the numbers vary quite a bit. I did see a few in the hundreds of dollars, in the general range where I want to put my price. I will need to do better research when I get to listing it. I thought I would throw it out there and see if someone had experience or a general idea.
Yes, you can see the quality in the blown glass and metal work, and the lamp will make a statement! Finding replacement beads (which appear to be a plastic or similar) shouldn’t be too difficult for the buyer.
I agree that this thing needs to be packed in two boxes. I think I have a box that will fit the base, and a box for the shade won’t be too difficult to find. Either I will find out what FedEx will charge to box it for me, or I’ll do it myself. Then, I’ll have to have a fixed price shipping cost that will get it to most of the US. I can add a note that residents of AL, HI, PR, and other countries can message me for a cost. This is my plan, but I still have some measuring and thinking to do.
This was from a rummage sale at a synagogue in August. I went the first day, saw it, but just bought a few things. I went a week later on the last day, and the lady working that room said “make me an offer”. So, I bought it for $5! I’ve been looking forward to and dreading this listing for a while. I at least want it out of my death pile!
The question is, what sort of crazy price should I put on it?
While I’m at it, I have this big-ass table lamp from the 40’s or 50’s. It stands close to 4 1/2 feet tall with a glass and metal base and a fabric shade 21″ in diameter. It’s in very good shape except that some of the decorative beads have come off and some of the metal has tarnished (or has a patina).
I won’t get to listing it probably until the beginning of next week. I’ve got lots of research to do including shipping options (and I’ll probably want to call it something different than big-ass lamp). But, what do folks think about pricing on this one?
I see some large vintage lamps on ebay, but, of course, nothing like this.
Here are some photos:
https://imgur.com/a/BcUnyOK, I updated it to $299 or best offer. I’m OK with that. I paid about $40 for them, so I would at least want something around the $175 price (unless it sits in my house for a year or two!).
I wish I had asked the sellers about what they meant by “Paris” art glass. If this design won some kind of award or something, that would help. Pickup was a little more hectic than normal, so I just left. I’ve bought from them a few times, so maybe I’ll see them again.
Thanks for the help!
Originally, I was going to price them at $399 or best offer, but, for some crazy reason, I threw in another $200. Perhaps I should take it out?
Nothing I see in the search (yours or mine) is close to the 28″ and 30″ heights.
I think I see a similarity comparing expressions and detail in the face.
Then I did a google search for “lynn haney santa in canoe”, and I think you guys have it right. I didn’t find an exact match, but some images were pretty close.
Lastly, did you look for tags in the clothing? Also, sometimes company names are under hair in the back of the head.
Need a closeup of the face
It looks like something you would get in Alaska. My bet is handmade.
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