Tuesday, May 10, 2011
If you want to see an amazingly done listing then you need to click on the Flight Jacket grouping. The pictures, description and clean look of the listing are among the best I've seen and it showed in the final value. Its not often that an auction is knocking on the door of $10k. Another interesting thing I saw in one of these listings was some interesting back and forth with questions from sellers. How often do you think that potential bidders ask the seller to close down the auction and sell it offline? In the case of the Airborne Jacket the seller said "no" and I think he made the right decision!
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
A different look on WWII memorabilia on eBay is to look and see which auctions sparked some flat out bidding wars. All of these auctions had a minimum bid of less than $100. They also brought in more than 50 bids in very competitive auctions. 'Seasoned collectors will have no problem guessing which one of these items soared all the way from $99 to a final bid of $6800 .
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
One of my favorite quick blog themes is to post Top-5 lists from different categories or genres of collecting in the hobby. Today I'm serving up a Top-5 for USA auctions that sold recently on eBay. Each of these listings was a competitive auction that sold for more than $1,000+ on eBay.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Each area of collecting in WWII memorabilia has its strengths. The Russians have their medals, the Japanese have their blades, and the Americans have their Flight Jackets. Among the top 10 selling items from last week in the United States subcategory of eBay WWII half of them were jackets or uniforms featured below. As a group they all sold in competitive auctions and sold for over a thousand dollars. Having watched the category for some time now I think this was an extraordinary week for these pieces.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
The USA subcategory is the biggest in the WWII category on eBay and there are plenty of well-heeled bidders there spending money. I pulled these auctions together which represent the top selling listings over the last couple of weeks. The list is dominated by uniforms but perhaps the most interesting one is the special forces lot.
