Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Usually in the WWII Hot Finds I post listings that include the real gritty memorabilia that you usually think of with war. So while there is plenty of soldier gear on eBay sometimes you can miss some of the more interesting pieces that are a little unusual. Paper items like photographs, books, and mixed lots are also popular items that collectors chase down. I've got five examples below that are unique and worth a quick look. They all sold last week on eBay and went for a pretty good penny.
ITALIAN DAGGER, ITALIAN KNIFE, MVSN, FASCIST
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
The selling strategy on eBay that involves listing an item as buy-it-now or best offer is pretty clever when you think about it. Essentially, it lets the element of haggling come into the eBay marketplace and who doesn't love to do some horse swapping when it comes to your collection? In the case of the German items that I've featured below the best offer sealed the deal. So how much of a discount can you get the seller to give you? Well according to my math these five items sold for an average of 71% of the stated BIN price. The lowest any of them sold was for 60% of the asking price and the highest was 84%. So the next time you see the option to buy-it-now or best offer take my advice and ask for a 25% discount and more than likely you will have a deal. Click on these to see what they eventually sold for.
ITALIAN DAGGER, ITALIAN KNIFE, MVSN, FASCIST
Monday, September 12, 2011
It seems like one of the classic pieces of collectibles that will never go out of vogue is the flight jacket. A quick check of recent eBay auctions revealed two very different jackets that did well. You might be surprised to see how much the paratrooper jump pants went for after registering 12 bids.
ITALIAN DAGGER, ITALIAN KNIFE, MVSN, FASCIST
