posted on December 4, 2007 06:41:01 PM
Remember that large cache of celebrity Christmas cards from mid-century? This invitation, in that pile, just sold for $261.77, which is big money in these parts. I had no hope of its getting more than $10 or so. I'm really going to miss these cards when they're finally all gone. . . .
posted on December 4, 2007 06:53:23 PM
Did you read your buyer's "me" page - looks like he has dedicated his life to the Disneyland Hotel.
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posted on December 4, 2007 08:13:47 PM
Thanks, people. Neglus, I never look at the "Me" pages. This one was very interesting, and no wonder he wanted it.
posted on December 4, 2007 08:56:18 PM
Stayed once in the Disneyland Hotel with my ex, had lots more fun staying in close-by bargain motels with our son on subsequent trips...
posted on December 4, 2007 10:53:21 PM
Congrats, Roadsmith, on the great sale...AND, again, on the wonderful cache of goodies! Yours is the stuff eBay sellers dreams are made of!
posted on December 4, 2007 11:10:48 PM
WOW! Great Sale!
That is what I love about EBay...there is always the possibility of a 'runaway treasure' which is usually something that you would never have dreamed of doing so well.
A few years ago we had a few Postcards and amongst them was what I felt was a pretty ordinary one of the Blast Furnace of a Steel Mill in Eastern Canada....it went for about $60.00. The buyer was so excited and told us that it was worth so much because it showed that the steel was actually processed in that town because it was a 'action shot'.
posted on December 5, 2007 08:01:41 AM
otteropp: Selling a few postcards years ago, from a family stash, I learned that RPPCs of manufacturers and other such facilities were in heavy demand. Homely, ugly cards, but showed info that was valuable.
I just don't know when I'll ever find a treasure trove like these celebrity cards again. It is so much fun to list and sell them, and I fear I've been spoiled.
I hope my talking about some of the winners here doesn't sound too much like bragging? I don't mean to brag; I mean to show my astonishment to fellow sellers. . . .
One buyer of perhaps 20 cards so far is an antiques dealer in Ottawa, Ontario; he's displaying the cards in his shop window and says his customers enjoy them.
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posted on December 5, 2007 09:37:42 AM
Yes, thank you for keeping us up on what they are bringing. It is that 'holy grail' we all search for and are happy when one of us finds it.
posted on December 5, 2007 10:06:01 AM
ebabe: I can estimate that it's perhaps 3500 to 4000; I'm keeping exact records for each group I sell, but I don't have time right now to add it all up. Oddly, the first four items I happened to choose to sell, last summer, were among the very best sales--the Jerry Lewis/Dean Martin card for $920, the Academy Awards tickets for $400. Maybe my hunches were paying off? I've never had a card go for more than 200-300 since then, and usually they're much less, ranging from $6 for really homely ones, on up, usually $20 to $50.
I have tried hard not to flood the market, listing only about 10 each time, and sometimes fewer, but, gee, it's hard to restrain myself.
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posted on December 5, 2007 10:17:27 AM
You go girl!!!! That's fantastic. That just goes to show you that it's good to buy lots. Gives me hope for a lot of old jazz 78's I got for $10 over a year ago. I got well over 100 of them but I'm sure most are a dime a dozen - but I can hope for some real winners.
posted on December 6, 2007 11:42:48 AM
Roadsmith..I have enjoyed watching the cards and will be sorry when all are gone. You have done great on them...Congratulations and maybe there is a sleeper in the others that will be the biggy!!
