Friday, March 24, 2017
The United states category never lacks for good auctions to pick from for the newsletter. You can't go wrong with any of these today.
The big auctions continue in this block with a run down of the best German listings that are ending soon on eBay.
I enjoy seeing all the posters that came out of the war years. So you'll have to indulge me as I always make space to include some of the cool ones in the Hot Finds.
Pike helmets are almost a given for this WWI block. Considering how many daggers, knives and bayonets I seem to find each week it's no surprise that several good examples made their way into this last piece of the newsletter.
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
On eBay I spotted some neat looking bullion patches that are included in today's issue. You can also see some rusty M1 trigger guards which is one of those listings where I'm wondering do these get combined with the stocks I often see listed. Maybe it's like the Johnny Cash and you can sell a gun on eBay "one piece at a time".
There are plenty of good German auctions running this week and picking out about a dozen to feature was no work at all.
A stand out auction in this block is the Japanese army officers tunic. With 28 bids the auction is at $785 with two days remaining.
The final block of the newsletter features listings from the WWI category on eBay. There are a couple of nice knives and daggers in here that are getting good bids.
Friday, March 17, 2017
I think that holding the camera straight when you are photographing a flat object is pretty much a given rule. However, if you click on the theater made "dumbo" patch below you will see that's not always the case. My second example is the big lot below - even if you go through all the pictures you are not going to find any decent close ups that tell you what's really there. That's just leaving bids and money on the table.
Lighting is key to taking a good photo for eBay. Surprise! not all the lights in your house give off a pleasant natural tone. The German jacket below is a $500 auction but look at the picture and read the description (is it even 1 sentence long?) Another selling leaving bids and money behind.
This final WWII block mostly contains examples of what you are supposed to do right. Click on the Highland Officer grouping below and you will see a seller that took the time to mount and properly display all the items.
Many of the readers know that I like patches so for this WWI block I was quick to include the lot below that is selling for almost $300 but doesn't end until Sunday.