Dr. Shrink Vintage software - Early Psychology Software

I mentioned an early psychological analysis program in my previous post but couldnt find that I posted a picture of it on my blog so I found it for you to document this for you. Early psychological analysis programs were very popular in the first generation internet user crowds and you should keep an eye out for them for reselling on ebay! I love this one! check out the pic!

Vintage Software Look for realy RPG (role playing games)...

I added a few auctions this past week. While bidding in general seems to be down from the economy vintage role playing game software packages seem to still attract bidders. I was at the local flea market, hunting through boxes of "2 for a dollar" items and came across a complete program with box called Wizardry 1 (see the pic). Its an early 80s software game which was an early pioneer in the role playing game market. Ive seen this particular game sell for good money in the past and I already have a bid and numerous watchers on it. While I was there I passed on another partial software package including some early guides for a game called Ultima 3. It would have been only 50cents but it wasnt complete. However I came home and researched it and it appears people still collect these guides so I went back the next week to the flea market and amazingly it was still there burried deep in a box! I have added a picture of this one also. Generally speaking anything with Wizards, Dragons and from the 80s should do well and you should keep an eye out for this type stuff. I think in another section of my blog I posted about an early psychology program called Dr Shrink or something. Look for those too.

Changing your mind about selling things

I think it happens to most people who sell on ebay. They wind up selling some things they wish they held on to or perhaps change their mind when they see how nice something is after taking pictures. Recently this happened to me. I posted a y2k gold pendant Ive had for a while. It was 2.5 grams of fine gold (.999) and I figured it would get some active bidding and net me a cool hundred bucks. When I posted it, after a few days of not hits at all to the auction at 99 cents, I decided I wanted to keep the item and took it down. It is not really a good thing to do often and Ebay frowns on it. In reading the description I left out an important detail I should have added so I chose the selection "error in listing" when I pulled it down. While the hits probably would have pickde up and it might have sold for a good price, I just decided it was an unusual piece that I wanted to keep and wear since I really dont have any necklaces. Now to hunt for chain! Here are some pics of this cool item.

Selling Old Banknotes on Ebay

I was reading a post on one of the Ebay boards this evening regarding paper currency and remembered I sold these Bank of New England Banknotes a while back. I live in Connecticut and these were aquired when someone was hired to clean out an old bank vault or bank storage area in he Haddam/East Haddam area. They are from the late 1800s. Please excuse the poor picture quality. These were taken early on in our Ebay career before we really did a good job with pictures. Most older banknotes do well. People look for what is called vignettes (illustrations) on the notes as well as looking for quality and or banks/places of interest.

How to post Vintage Playing cards for Sale on Ebay

In a recent collectibles board post , someone was asking about selling playing cards on Ebay. Ive sold quite a few decks of cards (and purchased some too). Collectors want to see scans of better decks of cards with enough detail to get a look at condition, pictures and graphics on the cards etc. Here you will see some examples from a deck of older playing cards from Canada. Even though the scans are good, I did mess up here! I didnt post a nice close up of the ACE OF SPADES. The Ace of Spades usually has identifying information that collectors look for , so always post a picture of it!