posted on August 11, 2002 07:38:54 AM new
I have a few, but one going right now...
The Hubby stopped at the Salvation Army last week on his lunch break. He found a fantastic copy of "Breakthrough" by The New Colony Six. We looked it up on Ebay and the last one sold for $510.00 and the condition was a bit worse than ours!
We started the bidding at $9.90 a night ago, it is now at $54.00 and still has 8+ days to go!
We paid .40 cents!!
Last week we took an old 1980's Boom Box from our closet and put it up for $10.00, it sold for $124.00 and I had someone begging me to sell it to them at any price after! I did not sell it to him, I honored the bidder, but what a temptation!
posted on August 11, 2002 09:12:37 PM new
Are you saying we can't take Jack at his word? Nay, he will be here after he lists all of his 200 auctions, but I am sure that will take awhile.
posted on August 11, 2002 10:07:46 PM new
I CAN'T BELEIEVE THE OUTPOURING OF (INQUIRING) RESPONSES,,,,,,,YOU ALL ALREADY KNOW BUT YOU ARE DYING TO SEE IT IN PRINT........HERE GOES,,,,,,AND I WON'T EVEN HAVE TO GIVE E BAY A BUCK EXTRA FOR BOLD...200 CASES OF,,,,,SEX TOYS. HAHAHAHAHAHA. I IMMEDIATELY LOADED THEM UP AND DROVE THE WHOLE LOT TO HOLLYWOOD,,,,FOUND THE SEX SHOPS AND SOLD IT ALL TO ONE STORE. HAHAHAHAHA. $$$$$$$$$. THIS SURE BROUGHT MANY OUT OF THE WOODWORK......HAHAHAHAA. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS AND GALS ARE,,,,,SICKO'S.......HAHAHAHAH.
YOU REALLY NEVER KNOW WHAT LURKS BEHIND THE DOORS OF THESE UNPAID RENT STORAGE UNITS......AND THE BEAT ,,,,HAHAHAH,,,,,,GOES ON,,,,,,,,
posted on August 12, 2002 10:06:12 AM new
I wonder if Jack's purchases have anything to do with inflatable adult devices (like Bud on Married with Childern)....So tell us about it Jack
I guess we know the answer now...
[ edited by bear1949 on Aug 12, 2002 10:34 AM ]
posted on August 12, 2002 01:51:05 PM new
Most memorable PURCHASE was a large box of about 500 old postcards - mostly early 20th century. I had no clue as to the value, but knew it would be a good deal at $9. I sold about half of them for $250 - and still have the rest to sell.
Most memborable SALE - & my husbands favorite story to tell - was a BINKY'S NIP CAP - (glass baby bottle cap). My sister bought about a dozen of them in the mid-70s ... gave me a few ... and I sold one for about $260.
posted on August 13, 2002 10:22:11 AM new
Well, I trade Olympic pins and sell them on Ebay. I was at a pin swap in Salt Lake City before the games and someone wanted a Strawberry shake Olympic Pin I had (They made pins out of famous food items, don't ask me why). After everyone tried to get the pin from me (I was asking $20 for it), I finally traded it for 4 pins. An FBI badge pin, and 3 nice Police pins. The Police pins sold for $40 each, and the FBI pin sold for $123.40. My favorite purchase for myself was a 1984 Dated Team pin from Trinidad and Tobaggo. I had wanted one for 16 years. When I saw it, it was at $7 with 6 days to go. I bid $125 for it, and got it for $8.50.
posted on August 13, 2002 10:40:02 AM new
A box of "junk" at an estate auction. Wife saw some yard signs in the box and wanted it. Won the bid for the box at $13. Inside box were 9 tubes, the kind you mail posters or blueprints in, inside the tubes were Ferry Seed Company posters from the 20's and 30's in near mint condition. Sold 8 of the posters on eBay for just under $10,000 total, one went for $4500.
posted on August 13, 2002 09:31:00 PM new
Here is a letter from a Lady we sold an old cookbook to:
Oh my goodness, when I saw the hand written recipe, I cried, it belonged to my
grandmother..Loreto Louise OBrien Rhoades...she went to the Shaw House for
teas...when she passed away in 1986 I inherited her recipe boxes, so I went to
those treasures, and saw more of her recipes written on that stationary. a
litlle history of her: she was born in 1892, graduated from Yates High School
in 1910 as valedectorain, went on to Harris womens college in st louis, married
my grandfather in 1916. They had 9 children, were far from poor, when my
grandfather died in 1948 she went back to teaching, and authored 2 books The
Wife of Yesteryear, and the Narrow Gate, she was a prominent artist, and passed
away in 1986 at the age of 95...I am so grateful Ibid on this...may God bless
you
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Title of item: SHAW HOUSE COOK BOOK St. Louis Missouri 1963
posted on August 13, 2002 11:32:55 PM new
I found 10 John Denver videos of "The Christmat Gift" or maybe "A Christmas Gift" at a local thrift store all new and sealed in a $1 box about 3 years ago.
I bought them all and when I listed the first one I was very surprised when it brought $112.
I sold the other 9 for $50+ each and wish I could find another great deal like that. Of course, that was when people really did get into bidding wars and you could have a lot of fun with selling on Ebay! (It also turned out to be about a month before the annual John Denver memorial day they hold in Colorado -- I just didn't know it at the time and everyone wanted a copy to take with them).
posted on August 14, 2002 11:55:02 AM new
Ok, I know I'm going to catch "flack" for this one. I bought a plaster hula girl statue at goodwill for $7.00. She was 2 feet tall and had some chips on the base. I listed her for $9.99. There was 4 days left and she had 1 bid. Someone emailed me and offered $350.00 for her. I debated, but then thought "it takes 2 people to make a auction go wild," so I sold her for $350.00
posted on August 14, 2002 12:21:52 PM new
We found a deck of cards kicking around the store, they were dumped in with a box of books. They sold for over $1800.00
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Reality is a serious condition brought on by a lack of alcohol in the system
posted on August 18, 2002 06:29:18 PM new
HERE GOES,,,,,,HEY JACK,,,,DID YOU SEE THE CASKET? NO......WHY ME? WHT DO THEY TELL ME THESE THINGS?......SURE ENOUGH I FOUND THE VENDOR. THERE IT WAS SET UP OM SOME MILK CRATES,,,,,I WALK RIGHT OVER OPEN THE HOOD AND CHECK IT OUT....PEOPLE LOOK IN ASTONISHMENT???? ME,,THIS GUY WALKS RIGHT UP AND TOUCHES IT AND CHECKS IT OUT....THE MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED FROM A DISTANCE AT IT AND ASKED HOW MUCH NEVER GOING NEAR. HE YELLS OUT $800.00 OF COURSE THEY JUST WALK ON,,,,,WELL NOT I ,,,,,HOW MUCH,,,,,I SOMEWHAT KNOW THE GUY TOO,,,JUST ME AS A BUYER AND HE AS A SELLER,I HAVE BOUGHT THINGS FROM HIM BEFORE......$800.00......NO WAY,,,,AT A SWAP MEET!!!,,,WELL HALLOWEEN IS COMING,,,,,,,SO WHAT.....ONE NIGHT OF,,,,,WELL YOU KNOW,,,,,,,I TELL HIM $200.00....HE SAYS.....$500.00......I WALK,,,,NO PROBLEM,,,,,,3 HOURS LATER,,,,,$250.00.....GIVE ME 3......NOPE,,,$250......TOPS....WE HAGGLE.....YES!!!!!!!! $250.00.......I SLAM DOWN THE HOOD AND YELL OUT IT'S MINE.....PEOPLE THINK I AM SOME KIND OF NUT........HAHAHAHA. I 'LL BE BACK WHEN THE SWAP IS OPEN TO DRIVE IN,,,,,,,I TELL ALL MY FRIENDS WHO KNOW ME,,,,,,JACK YER NUTS,,,,,,AHAHA..MAYBE NUTS,,,BUT NOT STUPID,,,,,,,I GET IT.......THEY LOAD IT,,,,,,MANY OF THESE VENDOR FRIENDS I TOLD WERE SOME WHAT BACK OFFISH ON ME ON THE BUY....A CASKET!!!!! JACK , YOU HAVE SOME REAL PROBLEMS,,,,,HAHAHAHA. JUST WAIT...I DRIVE IT AROUND ON THE STREET IN THE COLLEGE SWAP MEET,,,,,,SOME WANT TO SEE IT,,,,,,,,I OPEN THE BACK DOOR,,THERE IT IS,,,,PEOPLE DRIVING BY,,,,HOW MUCH??? $1000.00......LET'S SEE IN SIDE,,,IT'S A REPO,,,,,,I CALLED THE DEAD BEAT BUYER 5 TIMES.........NO REPLY..........THIS CASKET IS BRAND SPANKING NEW FOLKS. NICE INTERIOR......NOW HERE COMES THE HUMOR......HOW LOW CAN YOU GO,,,6 FEET TO THE BEST OF MY RECOLLECTION......SOME WANTED IT ON LAYAWAY,,,,,,THE LAST STOP. SOME YELLED OUT,,,SAVE IT FOR ME JACK...HAHAHA....YEAH RIGHT,,,,,,,,JUMP IN TAKE IT FOR A TEST RIDE,,,,NOW MY SALES PITCH COMES IN ,,,,,LOW MILES,,,,,LID OPENS AND CLOSES REAL NICE,,,,,COOL INTERIOR,,,,16 GUAGE STEEL,,REALLY HEAVY METAL....IT'S A 12 STEP.....6 ON ONE SIDE AND SIX ON THE OTHER SIDE. I COULD GO ON WITH HOW FUNNY ME AND THE PEOPLE MADE OF THIS,,,,,,
WELL,,,,,,WHO WOULD EVER THINK I WOULD BUY THIS,,,,,BUT! THERE IS A GUY RIGHT HERE IN MY COMPLEX THAT HAS A CASKET STORE,,,,,YUP,,,,I HAVE HELPED HIM MANY TIMES DELIVER TO CEMETARIES. IT IS A DYING BUSINESS. SOMEONE HAS TO DO IT. HE DOES QUITE WELL........HAD I OF NEVER KNOWN OF DAVES SIDE BUSINESS,,,,,NEVER...BUT......(OH,,,,,,BY THE WAY,,,,A WOMAN WANTED MY NUMBER RIGHT THERE AS THERE HAD IN FACT BEEN THIS MISFORTUNE TO A FRIEND....SERIOUS NEED OF THIS CASKET,,,,DELIVERY SITE,OREGON,SORRY,,,,BUT THEY DO SHIP THEM) I AM NOT LETTING THIS REQUEST SIDELINE ME FROM MY ORIGINAL THOUGHTS,,,,,HE CAN AND I AM SURE SELL THIS FOR AROUND $1500.00 IF NOT MORE....IT'S JUST A FACT OF LIFE....FROM KNOWING HIM THIS IS MORE THAN LIKELY A $3-4 THOUSAND DOLLAR. "ITEM". YOU ASKED FOR IT ALL I CAN SAY..I JUST TELL IT LIKE IT IS..
