Sunday, December 16, 2012

Selling Space, Rocket , Sci-fi stuff.. on ebay

I have never had any space item NOT SELL!!!! This is in 7 years of selling on ebay! My most recent addition is this album of photos I picked up cheap at a junk market while at the beach this summer. It didnt look like much at first, but when I saw pictures of rockets I was interested. With a little research and help from friends we were able to determine these pictures were most likely of a post ww2 V-2 rocket. The US grabbed this technology after the war and tested it at White Sands and other places. There were American Military jeep pics, pictures of soldiers firing guns and rocket pics. Had to have this. Currently this item is up to $31 (started at 9.99) and has 12 watchers, it ends tomorrow!

As for space stuff. Older Star trek, star wars and older sci-fi in general is a good bet. I have sold some of all this stuff. Keep an eye out for older space themed books with old prints and illustrations in them also!

Selling lots of Postage Stamps as a Non-Expert on Ebay

It has been a while since I posted to this blog which is now in its 7th year! Tonight's post is on selling postage stamps. While I had an awesome stamp collection growing up (which is now my daughters) and at that time we sought out mint unhinged near perfect stamps, the ebay market is probably not the place to get top dollar for high quality stamps and I am not an expert on grading. However, for the casual seller, who occasionally runs into all kinds of things.. keep your eye out for lots of used stamps when you can find them cheaply at flea markets, tag sales etc. I just made had an auction for a bag of used stamps which started on auction for 1 cent sell for $41. A really nice profit on this item! People use stamps for all kinds of things including even scrapbooking these days. Take some pics, start the listing low, use the words HUGE LOT if they apply and start the bidding!