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For those who have arrived since the days of the (almost) weekly "Triumphant Tuesday" threads, these were a thread where members showed their auctions that had kicked in the preceeding week on Ebay.
This is not only an opportunity to brag, but it is also an opportunity to identify trends and items that may otherwise be overlooked in the hunt for saleable stock. It has intermittently been a valuable assett to here and its users. A while back Lanetz introduced a "Triumphant Whatever Day You Want It To Be" thread, which became an ongoing thread rather than a weekly thread, and became a great resource/entertainment.
So, here is an attempt to resurrect the Triumphant Tuesday thread as an ongoing thread for the new year.
So please, feel welcome to list those auctions that really kicked, that show trends occurring on Ebay or those that just have you bamboozled as to why they attracted so much attention.
Cheers, Kevin
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I had 3 runs on this week.
American Railroad Instruction Manuals: This Illinois Central RR Suburban Electric Train
Manual jumped from $14.50 in the last minute - the Electric train items seemed to attract the most interest.
Postcards: I listed a predominately Australian postcard collection this week - This was high price - 1908 American Great White Fleet memorabilia is currently quite strong, with about half a dozen buyers being very competitive on what they don't have.
Stereoviews: I picked up a small collection of Jenolan Caves Stereoviews, and hoped that Australian interest would compete with American Cave Interest - they did so on this one, well beyond my best expectation, although the other views got very little competition.
And finally, a single item, not a huge sale but noteable because it is substantially incomplete - I have regularly stated that an item does not have to be "good quality" to succeed on Ebay, it simply needs to be unusual and not regularly available. I paid $10 at an ephemera fair.
Cheers, Kevin
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The only Nice 'Un I have had this year is a 1908 Sears Heating catalog that went for $180.
Based on sales this week, I think I can safely say that vintage 1930s recipe and food advertising booklets are NOT hot on ebay. In fact, unless there are some great snipes, I would call the market frigid.
siiiighhhh, perhaps next week.....
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Thanks for resurrecting this!
Now that I am getting back to selling regularly, I'll look forward to checking this out!
I hope I'll have something to report once in awhile!
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Yes Kevin, thanks for starting this thread back up.
I love reading it! I just started listing again this week so hopefully I'll have a triumph to report soon!
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I was super pleased with this lure
Highest sale I've had in a long time.
~~arkay
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I remember the Triumphant Tuesday threads...I loved reading them all!...
ABSOLUTELY NO insult intended to ANYONE, but personally, I have always felt a bit uncomfortable touting my sales with the inclusion of the price I paid for the item...I realize that folks pay what they want to for an item, BUT, I don't know that I'd feel right having a buyer who, for arguments sake, paid $100 for something that I picked up for $1 at a yard sale...I realize that it's business and that markup is a fact, but it make me feel uneasy...
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Once again several "runs" on this week, and this week got some great results for me.
On Monday I had on some Australian car part manufacturer's trade magazines that sold very strongly - the being the highest price - and probably irrelevant to anyone viewing here.
I then had on the first (and I believe best) run of American Railroad Brochures that came from an Australian deceased estate collection. This was the high price and, although the buyer tells me that the last one on Ebay made $820, I am still delighted with the result. I suspect that there are times when serious buyers are not prepared to spend big dollars on foreign soil, so that may have held my price back - or it may just be a case of the market having levelled (someone should be along shortly to say that it is because I do not take PayPal )..... Back on topic, the "Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway", or "Milwaukee Road" as it became, has been VERY hot on Ebay of recent times. In December when I was selling railway menu's I saw that Milwaukee Road menu's from the 1950's were making over $300 each. A railroad to watch for.
I had a run of Massey Ferguson / Ferguson farm machinery manuals and brochures that sold okay, but nothing noteable for this thread - brochures did not show the heat they were showing mid year last year.
Last night I had a run of toy catalogues and brochures that came from the estate of someone who had owned a general store - he was not a collector and these were mixed in with all sorts of brochures in a box that was probably kept on or near the counter, and all the paperwork was put when it was finished with - some was almost untouched, and some was well used and/or written all over. The noteable results chronologically to when they finished were (the first 3 are more specialist Australian and were listed in AU dollars) :
1958 Cyclops Pedal Car and Toys Catalogue
1952 Cyclops Pedal Car and Toys Catalogue - a much less substantial item.
1950's Boomaroo Tin Toy Truck & Earthmoving Catalogue - all of 8 pages!
1958 Original Matchbox Die Cast Toy Car Catalog - the first booklet form catalogue they produced.
1960 or 1961 Original Matchbox Die Cast Toy Car Catalog
A satisfactory week!
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ABSOLUTELY NO insult intended to ANYONE, but personally, I have always felt a bit uncomfortable touting my sales with the inclusion of the price I paid for the item...I realize that folks pay what they want to for an item, BUT, I don't know that I'd feel right having a buyer who, for arguments sake, paid $100 for something that I picked up for $1 at a yard sale...I realize that it's business and that markup is a fact, but it make me feel uneasy...
I have always had mixed thoughts about this. I do mention it when I think it has a relevance - per example, when pointing out that it is possible to buy retail to resell on Ebay witrh good profit, I will point out that I picked up the item at a shop for $XX retail. If this helps a few people to get the confidence to cast their eye in areas they wouldn't normally have considered viable, this may help some people to do better for themselves. In the case above (2nd post), where it was a seriously incomplete item, I felt it appropriate to point out that it was not a discarded item, but that I had put my money where my mouth is. There is a chance that the buyer would be surprised to know I paid that much.
I think that anyone that posts what they paid for an item they have linked to, has to accept the chance that the buyer will be alerted by someone else on the board - and that is a factor I always allow for if I consider putting the price I paid onto such a post. But I also think that when an item has an outright sale listing price of, say, $8.00, that even if the item kicks to $300, the buyer should be aware that the starting price most likely reflected a "suitable" profit for the seller (I am not talking about the practice of listing new $3000 computers for 99 cents with this, but I think most buyers recognise that a "genuine" starting price will reflect a profit if the seller is likely to be dealing).
Kind Regards, Kevin
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Kevin-
WOW!!!!!
Satisfactory, indeed!
Thank you for being so generous with your time and information...I always learn something from you!
Mine are pathetic by comparison, but I'm glad to be listing again:
paid $9
paid $10
paid 50 cents
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For the first time in a long time, I have something that I don't mind sharing. It is not my item but one that was consigned to me by my youngest brother.
There is a story behind it. It seems that my oldest brother found it for $10 at a yard sale and called my other brother to see if he was interested (he collects 16mm projectors and films). He asked my brother to pick it up for him. On Christmas morning I was checking an eBay bid and my youngest brother asks if I will check the prices on something that turned out to be this projector. He had not yet picked it up from my older brother and he immediately went and handed him the $10 he owed him! He put the projector in my car later that day and my older brother was never the wiser.
The high bidder has not yet paid but he made contact soon after the auction ended so I anticipate a problem with payment.