Sunday, January 24, 2010
For this blog post I wanted to see what were the Top-5 items from the WWII collectibles Category on eBay last week. Its really amazing to see the variety that these items represent. The top selling item was an Italian dagger that had almost nothing for a description and even was misspelled! The ringer in the group was the WW2 Ace collection that contains tons of memorabilia from a Naval aviator. One interesting thing about this top selling list is that only one item saw much competitive bidding. Most of the items led in with a high minimum bid and one was a buy-it-now purchase.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
If you read the headlines you'll know that pundits are calling for a slow recovery from the current economic slump during 2010. For those of you who are die hard collectors you might be curious to know if there was a genuine recession in the hobby as well. Well in this post I am going to show you some graphs that might just answer that question. I invite you to use the comment box below to share what your opinions are regarding this data. Each blip on the 1 year and 2 year charts represent a week (7 days).
Total Listings in the WWII Original Period Items Category 30 Days Ending Dec 31
Total Listings in the WWII Original Period Items Category - 2009 Total
Total Listings in the WWII Original Period Items Category - 2 Year Total
Total Sales in the WWII Original Period Items Category 30 Days Ending Dec 31
Total Sales in the WWII Original Period Items Category - 2009 Total
Total Sales in the WWII Original Period Items Category - 2 Year Total
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
The end of 2009 in the German subcategory of WWII collectibles finished with a nice mix of items finding new homes in spirited bidding. The two top selling items really turned into bidding wars that are interesting to look at. The German rifle scope was a long 10-day auction that saw 9 different bidders get into the game. Once the bidding eclipsed $3k there were only a pair of bidders still swinging away. In fact during the last few hours of the auction these two slugged back and forth trading almost thirty bids between them until the last ten minutes when the high bidder looked comfortably in the lead. But as often happens on eBay a new bidder snipped in with 59 seconds to go and stole the prize. In the bidding for the Luftwaffe jacket again it came down to two bidders who were willing to push over $3k. However, this time there was no sniper waiting in the bushes and the winning bidder took the prize. However, you can tell he was nervous because he placed three insurance bids (raising his max) in the span of three minutes towards the end.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
The last week of 2009 saw some pretty good patches & insignia selling in the WWII category of eBay. The best of the group was the German Collection featured below. The bidding for this grew very serious in the last 45 minutes of the auction. During that span of time 4 different bidders placed bids that drove the bidding up another $1,000+. In the end it was a silent sniper that came in with a knock-out punch with 5 seconds to go that won the day. Click the links to see how these other listings did.
