My mom and others have mentioned that they wish I posted updates about what things ended up selling for on eBay. Erin is pretty good at doing this, but me…not so much. So I’m going to try to remedy this.

The Golden Books I mentioned in one of the first entries did not end up being very fruitful moneymakers. In fact, the Bugs Bunny book is something I tried listing multiple times and it never sold. Not even for $10 bucks! At least I made most of my money back. I sold a lot of 7 of them for $32, and I think I bought all of them for $40. 

I sold a vintage Levi’s purse for $20, but I think I bought it for $13, so that’s not that great a deal. I sold 6 old Playboys for $10, which at most is a $4 profit, but I screwed up the shipping on them, so I probably lost money on those. I made $10 on the Disney books & $11 on the lot of vintage cards. So, not the greatest, but at least I made some a little bit of money: 

One of the best moneymakers (it’s all relative) was that “Feds ‘n’ Heads” issue of Playboy that I posted about a few weeks ago. It ended up selling for $16! 

I lost money on the freaky clown, but at least he’s out of my house now and is no longer spending his evenings haunting us while we’re sleeping. The best part is that the person who purchased the doll left me feedback that called him “beautiful”:  

Some other duds… Those Dutch art journals from that “European Delights” sale ended up being not very valuable, but I think I am going to try what Adam originally suggested, and pick out the ones featuring really famous artists, and try to sell those issues individually instead of in lots. The 45s I found at that same sale ended up being semi-dud-ish. I made more than my money back on just two of the Joan Manuel Serrat records, but the rest of them haven’t had any bidders. So, not exactly a dud but not really super profitable. I did buy a vintage Playboy “femlin” lowball glass at that same sale for $5 and sold it for $10, along with a vintage Monsanto/Disney postcard booklet for $.50 and sold it for $5. 

I’ll write another one of these updates sometime next week, after some of the weird “dirty” items sell, along with all of the stuffed treasures from last Friday. 

-Sarah