1. Harper’s Bazaars: Three different issues for 145$ (40, 45, 60 – eBay). All were from the 50s and 60s. I was wondering if any of the vintage magazines I listed would sell, and then three of them did in a month. Each netted me good feedback as well.
2. Jovan musk oil: On eBay for 65$. The second of two bottles I found.
3. 2010 MacBook Pro for repair: On eBay for 180$. This was the one I found in the McGill Ghetto on moving day.
4. Sheaffer desk pen, 14k nib: On eBay for 50$.
5. Vintage Sharp calculator: On eBay for 15$.
6. Vintage 1970s US Military recruitment poster: On eBay for 25$. I finally sold one of the posters I found in the fall. Only around 20 more left! They’re not moving as fast as I had hoped, but I’m sure they’ll sell eventually.
7. Microsoft Surface RT, for parts / repair: On eBay for 75$. I couldn’t get the Wifi to work, but otherwise it was in fine condition. Found in Outremont.
8. Arts & Crafts era brass bookend: On eBay for 50$. I love this era of design, which took place in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
9. Legend of the Legendary Heroes (anime DVD): On eBay for 45$. Only four DVDs remain from that collection I found about a year and a half ago.
10. Parker 51 fountain pen with silver cap: On eBay for 30$. This pen was in pretty rough shape overall, but still had some good parts that were of interest to a collector.
11. Vintage ink eraser: On eBay for 25$.
12. Expo 67 Restaurants: On eBay for 30$. This had been listed for so long that I can’t even find pictures of it on my computer. I’m a “list it and forget it” kind of guy, though I do revise the price when I think I’m asking too much, or if I’m just sick of having the item lie around the house.
13. Wilkinson razor blades: On eBay for 20$.
14. Mount Eisenhower RPPC: On eBay for 10$. Part of the postcard collection I found last year.
15. Pfaff sewing machine needles: On eBay for 20$.
16. WWII bail-out bag: On eBay for 115$. I’ve had this for a while, and most of the time I thought it wasn’t worth much. Recently though I decided to do more research and found that it was relatively valuable, and definitely worth listing on eBay. Apparently this would have been used on the Canadian Universal Carrier during WWII. This was part of that Montreal West haul where some guy chastised me for looking through his trash. I ended up leaving behind a few bags unopened, but here’s hoping I got all the best stuff anyways.
17. Glass chandelier crystals: On eBay for 30$.
18. Arne Johansen Danish modernist jewelry set: On eBay for 500$. This set took a long time to sell, but it’s finally gone. I just kept lowering the price bit by bit until someone… bit. Part of a great jewelry haul I came across in NDG.
19. New Wayfarer Ray-Bans: On eBay for 90$.
20. Serengeti sunglasses: On eBay for 75$.
21. National Liberation Front (WWII Greece) White Book: On eBay for 45$. Another item that took forever to sell. I think I had it listed for around three years.
22. Old McGill yearbook: On eBay for 47$. One of three McGill yearbooks I found a few weeks back.
23. Commodore calculator, for parts / repair: On eBay for 20$.
24. Brutalist peacock brooch: On Etsy for 90$. Another piece from that previously mentioned jewelry haul. It was hallmarked as sterling silver, and also stamped with a makers mark I couldn’t identify. This was a really cool (and large, about 3″ long) brooch and I wasn’t going to let it go for cheap.
25. Other jewelry: On Etsy for 40$ (30, 10).
26. JBL L-86 speakers: On Kijiji for 150$. These sold the day after being listed. They needed some work, but JBL is a good brand and someone was more than willing to take on the project of fixing them.
27. Vintage Japanese steel Shogun bike: On Kijiji for 40$. Another project. I could have gotten a lot more for this if I had any bike skills, but I really don’t have any. I don’t have any particular interest in knowing anything outside of how to change a flat tire. Gotta pick your battles.
28. YSL Champagne: To a local buyer for 100$. It had never been opened.
29. Yard sale: 720$. This was my best yard sale ever! It was a really nice day and my friend’s house is in a pretty good spot. Since then I’ve had two much less successful sales, which I think were partly due to mediocre weather and the shutting down of St Laurent to traffic.
Total: 2757$, 10602$ so far in 2017. If every month was this profitable I’d be doing pretty well!
Great month. Woot! Wishing you many more like this one. And such a wide variety of items sold. You’re doing great. Colour me proud, and happy. 🙂
Wish I could do as well as you, my best find recently was a 45 piece Mallorca retro Noritake dinner set , new in box, which I kept, in Sydney.Belonged to an old geologist who went onto a nursing home so a neighbour told.
Read this ad from Craigslist Montréal.
Old Ralph Lauren POLO Clothing (Montreal) cacher cette annonce
Hi, I am looking for older Ralph lauren clothing. Mens or womens, in any size and condition, just no shirts with the small horse on it (too common).
If youd like to make some closet space and get paid a fair price for your old Polo sweaters, jackets, rugbys, hats, scarves and vests message me and I will get back to you promptly.
Thanks for reading!
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There’s going to be a Ken Burns series about Vietnam shown soon on PBS. That might prompt more interest in your 1970 recruit posters.
There might be some interest in your posters from U.S. military museums like Pritzker (in Chicago) and First Division at Cantigny (outside Chicago). They often have small acquisition budgets for items they need for exhibits and to expand their collections. You might contact them directly, since they aren’t always searching Ebay.