Catching The Rain

eBay bonanza!

Much to the annoyance of the Other Half, I seemed to spend every spare minute last week doing a mass listing on eBay. Having bought many more vintage photos at auction than I could possibly want (or afford), it was time for a clearout of the surplus stuff, the ones that came in big collections but will probably never see the light of day and can’t even justify the space in a cardboard box, let alone on a shelf!

The first batch,41 lots of various stereoviews are already online and will all finish on Sunday evening. I reckon I have to take about £5 per lot to be in profit (including paying for my time), but as the total is already over £100 it’s looking good. Next week will be a collection of illustrative postcards of Scottish scenes (Tuck’s Oilettes etc) which came with a few albums of photos I bought very cheaply, and then it will be selling off the least interesting bits of the magic lantern slide collection, which will be some hand-coloured illustrated ones, plus a commercial set of 40 slides of Norway.

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2 Comments to eBay bonanza!

1. James, Rumour has it that you also have a fulltime job as a webmaster, but personally I doubt that. I like your ebay listings, which are very stylish, and do you know, I’ve started to watch the bids clocking up with a sort of voyeuristic pleasure. How sad, I should be listing not lurking! Anyhow, one question – do you include in your cost caluclations the many hours you spend researching the location of the slide or biog of the photographer??
Mark on October 2nd, 2006

2. It’s Friday lunchtime, just over 2 days to go, and the combined total stands at £144. One item has 14 watchers, and I’ve got bids on just about everything. Looking promising But a distatrous day yesterday means I’ll be really pushed to get all teh postcards listed for this week.
James on October 6th, 2006

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