I almost didn't list this vintage miniature cap gun. I found it in a toy box at an estate sale a few weeks ago and paid just a quarter for it. Quite a nice return on investment.
In doing a bit of online research, I found there is quite a community of miniature cap gun collectors and some of these little items can fetch quite a good price.
Just goes to show you, there's a market for most everything on eBay. Today I'm off to the thrifts to see what can I dig up next.
Here's a little tip for all you eBay sellers who use Macs and process your photos with iPhoto -- empty your trash.
I have been using my same un-updatable version of iPhoto 2.0 for about 5 years and lately it has gotten so sluggish that it would actually take hours to get my photos from my camera to my .mac photo host. I would regularly delete photos from my iPhoto library, but (naive me) they weren't really gone.
Lo and behold there was a little file at the bottom of the file menu inside iPhoto labeled trash. I clicked on it yesterday and there sat more than 10,000 photos -- virtually everything I had sold for the past 5 years. I briefly considered going through them to pick out a few favorite items that I could write about, but using the program was like old-fashioned water torture, so I just clicked Empty Trash.
Last night when I uploaded a few photos it was pretty much back to its old self -- I was able to do a few listings and still make it to the couch in time for "Project Runway."
I did something today as an eBay seller that I haven't done in a long time. I shopped my own house for stuff to sell -- just the way I started out 8 or 9 years ago. One reason for this is I'm homebound. My car is in the shop so my options are limited.
However, some thinning out really is in order -- everytime I opened the kitchen cupboards an avalanche occurred. I came away with several fancy baking pans I used once or twice, a British Aga kettle, a vintage electric kettle and a nearly new toaster with its original box as well as some dishes, glassware, some vintage flower frogs and the cutest little pair of art glass bluebirds.
I also pulled out a pile of stuff of not quite eBay quality that went into the yard sale box (no it still hasn't happened, but I'm closer). Check my listings and Happy shopping.
My kids went back to school today and the bidders seem to be back - coincidence? Yea Fall! My store also seems to be hopping -- that really goes in bursts, I can go for weeks without a single store item selling and then suddenly, for instance today, 7 items went.
Now I just need to replenish them. I made a quick run this morning while I still had wheels - my car has a transmission problem and is going to the shop -- I scored some vintage Atari games in their original boxes and the cutest Free People dress. The only problem is that it is black -- I have the worst time photographing black clothing, I can never catch any detail. Any tips?
