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Articles like this Frequently leave out critical details. The guy who found the “Billy the Kid” tin type at the thrift store spent about 5 years and a bunch of money getting it verified. Yes, in the end it’s worth it, but are you (or me) willing to invest all kinds of time and money trying to get an item verified that turns out to have little value.
PBS had a program in which a collector bought a painting for about $22,000. For me that would be a huge gamble, but evidently he had some wealth. Again after years of research it was established that the painting was a Devinci, that had been removed from a book. They actually located the book and matched it up.
Both these individuals were being followed (and assisted) by TV crews. When a TV crew shows up at an expert’s door and asks his assistance in verifying an artifact, the doors tend to get opened. many experts were consulted.
The “Billy the Kid” was estimated to be worth $5,000,000 and the guy with the Devinci had just turned down and offer of $80,000,000 before the show aired. Yes that’s 5 Million and 80 Million dollars.
These stories are fun to read about and yes, they keep us on the chase. In the end we create our own luck. By the way The Mega Millions lottery is over $375 million dollars for tonight.
Have you bought your ticket?
What a perfect car to turn into a little racer… You could have the first “Fast and the Furious” scavenger mobile.. Get some Recaro seats and fancy wheels.. watch out.
By the way, there’s a good chance you’ll get another 100K miles out of it. Those cars just go and go and go.
Bummer on the records…
People have been known to leave wallets, cell phones and purses on the roof and drive away. It happens all the time.
The devil is in the details. As a rule, solds are the barometer. Asking prices don’t mean too much to me. Clarity asked all the right questions and they all affect price.
I had a first edition first print Breakfast and Tiffany’s (no dust jacket and some wear issues). The comps were all over the place. I was happy to accept an offer of $200 plus shipping.
The dust jacket made a big difference on price. I ended up selling to a guy who had the dust jacket and no book. He actually offered to sell me the dust jacket at first.
I had four books in German signed by Oskar Maria Graf. There really are no comps for signed copies, even on Ebay.DE. I’ve sold two so far to someone in Germany and he’ll probably get the other two from me eventually. I suspect he’s reselling them over there and making a pretty penny.
I’m Ok with not getting top dollar.
I’d price it high with best offer and let the buyers (and offers) come to you.
Yes a great vehicle. People are keeping those for years and literally putting hundreds of thousands of miles on them. You scored with that car.
I agree on the Tetris skills. I’ve come home from the auction with my car filled top to bottom. You look at the stuff on the sidewalk and then at your car. There’s no way this is all going to fit. The next thing you know there’s stuff on the floor and the passenger seat and you can barely see out the passenger window, but you’re rolling…. with a big smile on your face.
Life is good.
If you buy one with wheels and don’t use them. you can sell the wheels. It’s a nice way to offset the cost. Sometimes I wait until I’ve accumulated wheels and sell them as a lot.
Organized storage is a must.
Amazing, that article was written in October 2017.
It looks like Smartpost is not such a smart idea anymore. Most packages 7 X 7 x 7 or smaller should fit in a USPS Flat Rate padded envelope or a USPS medium flat rate box.
How long depends on you and how long it takes you to do research.
It will be an incredible grind. You will end up donating or discarding probably half of them, or more. Many will be long tail items.
Do you like old books? Do you have the room to store them?
If you’re willing to put in the time and deal with the learning curve, there’s money in them. If you find old dusty books boring and cumbersome, you should list the ones you already have and pass on the rest.
Good Luck
“As a society we’re working on convincing the SECOND generation in a row that they are a failure in life if they don’t go to college straight out of high school. That is insanity!”
I couldn’t agree more. College is not for everyone. It should be available to those that truly desire to go, but it shouldn’t to be pushed on society as a whole.
Back when I was a student, it was actually still possible to work your way through college. State Universities were reasonably priced and graduating college without loans, was very possible.
Nowadays, it is just the opposite. You’d better have a good reason to go and you’d better graduate too. The college loan companies have been given the greatest latitude is collecting the loans from Congress. About the only way to get out from under them, short of repayment, is to die. It wouldn’t be so bad, except the schools have taken advantage of the situation and raised tuition rates astronomically.
We have truly done a disservice to the generations of students who have been burdened by this debt.
I would encourage anyone looking to go to college to research research research. Find whatever grants or scholarships are available. Seriously consider going to a Junior college for the first two years. Many of them have agreements with four years universities to accept transfer credits. Then find a good in state college with reasonable tuition.
Keep the loans to a minimum and pay them off quickly.
I think the real issue is going to be search rankings. If we don’t offer free returns, how will it effect search rankings.
I agree Block him. If he willing to pull this stuff now, a return hassle is not out of the question.
