eBay Listings 3-30-08 end 4-6-08, Goodbye Mr Drowne, Return of Rietta Ranch

I would like to take a moment to write a few words of respect in Memory of Mr. Paul Drowne of Gardner MA who I recently learned had passed away two weeks ago. The book store buyout that I’ve referenced for the last 8 months came through Mr Drowne who I’d first met about 25 [...]

My eBay listings March 27, ending April 3rd.

Well this post is getting off a little late, and I’m just listing some of the items I won at County Auctions in Garner MA.
I ended up winning quite a bit at that auction, I’ll be listing the rest of the items very soon.
The neatest thing I won that I’m very excited about is an [...]

Spring Means More

The start of Spring in New England always means abundance for the collectibles and antique marketplace. This was evident upon my week ritual Tuesday inspection of County Auction House on Main St in Gardner MA. The last few weeks held slim pickins’ at this local auction house as is the case with most country [...]

Listings sent on Easter Evening March 23 ending March 30

It’s been a pretty busy week, I’ve got an eBook published, but it’s not the one I the one I’d planned on publishing! It’s titled “The Top Ten Ways to get the Best Money for Your Old Baseball Cards on eBay”. The reason I published this book first rather than the one I’d [...]

Getting Quality Products on a Regular Basis

Maintaining Your Supply Network
Maintaining a reliable source of suppliers is one of the hardest parts of running a profitable online auction business. If you can’t get a consistent source of genuine, low-cost goods, then it’s hard to break even – let alone make any money. If you have tried to search for [...]

eBay listings posted on March 19th,08 Fresh Finds, How I got them.

This post is actually up a bit earlier than the auctions themselves. The items in this blog will start tonight March 19th, 08 at about 8-9 pm Eastern Standard time.
At 99 cent starts!
I advocate the process of networking with other dealers and shop owners whenever possible, I refuse to see them as competition because [...]

Update on $200 book and Landmark book eBay auctions.

Well you have to take the good with the bad and if you read this post you know that I started a rare German book valued elsewhere on the web at $200. It sold for 99 cents! My starting bid. Does that mean I’ll be deterred from listing more auctions at 99 cent starts [...]

My eBay listings March 16th ending March 23rd

Much of my listing this week comes from the book store buyout again. I still have thousands of collectible books from that buy and will be listing many more of them on eBay in the near future.

I will be listing more books throughout the week but here are some of the books from that [...]

$200 Book at 99cents with only minutes to go.

Being an eBay seller with a no reserve/ low starting bid policy can be exciting as well as dangerous. For example, take a look at this auction for a rare German Book which includes authentic hand signed engravings by know German Artists, as of the time I’m writing this post, the book is [...]

eBay Auction Bidding War for Vintage Landmark Books

If you’ve read my previous post you’ll know I can be critical of eBay and when I think I have something to say I’ll be blunt. On the other hand, I’ve been selling on eBay for 9 years and can be one of it’s most ardent evangelists most of the time.
Let’s face it, the greatest [...]