Ty! I have so many slides and original photos my dad took while in Vietnam among other places, he was a Pilot, and took a lot of cool shots, everyone kept telling me they weren't worth anything. I think they are very cool.
I bought some slides of the Pasadena Rose Bowl Parade from the 1950’s - you reminded me - need to list those. Any advice? On pricing or how to lot them up? Think I have 20 or so. Thanks
Where are you located? You mention somewhere that you were "near Disney" (presumably meaning a Disney park, vs Disney's studios in Burbank, CA). May have a LOT of stuff that may be of (pretty major) interest to you. What's the best way to communicate directly?
Thanks as well for watching. Yes we use Best Offer on almost everyone of our listings. Even if they are on sale we still will accept BO, and have figured that into our pricing structure.
Slides can be sold either way. We will go through them, and pull out the better slide that should sell individually, and they group the rest into a lot. Images of cars, gas stations, city scenes, military, transportation, and etc always sell well on their own.
Another great video, Don. One question: When you say you'll need to look up the prices on some items, are you just looking for similar items on eBay, or do you have other resources to check comps?
Many prices we do get off of eBay, but in some areas such as records we need to look else where. A few other items such as military, artwork, buttons, and tobacco we do look up on eBay as well as some other sites. Some items that sell very rarely such as once or twice a year may not have any current sales on eBay so, one would have to look else were for a current price. I hope this helps answer your questions,
Records for example you can check on eBay, Discogs, Popsike, and Manships. For Cigar Box labels Cigarlabelpriceguide is one of the better sites. They are update their website so they don't have as many photos as they usually do though. We've sold some cigar box labels at live auction houses in New York and Chicago as well, and those auction houses handle everything for us, including pricing, For military there's a whole bunch of sites. There are networks for most of the collectibles that you can join. We are members on many that allow you to post notices about items you have for sale eBay. This is double duty for us since we can advertise, and then also get pricing info if need be.
35mm Slides can have some very high value depending on the subject matter. We've sold one single slide for $600, and many other in the $200 plus range. Film negatives from larger formats, and glass plate negatives also sell very well.
Most vintage magazine sell on their own as a BIN with best offer. We always research them though, and if they aren't worth selling on their own we will list them as lot also as a BIN with Best Offer. That has always worked best for us.
Thank-You, I feel like I'm going through a sharp learning curve with trying to figure out how to price stuff so I get a good profit but still make sales.
The are valued by the content of the image in them. Train collectors love the early train slides, as do CA collectors, and etc. They can be printed as well in most cases, and the prints can be sold if the new owner retained the rights to them.
That's a tough questions to answer as any item could sell right away or take a long time. It really depends on many factors such as the title, the pictures, the item, the descriptions, and even the feedback of the seller. I never though worry how long anything takes to sell, since we've looked up pretty much every item we have, and they all should sell at some point. It may take changing the title, the picture or the price, but we try to only list items that have a track record of sales, or that we know should sell.
Ty! I have so many slides and original photos my dad took while in Vietnam among other places, he was a Pilot, and took a lot of cool shots, everyone kept telling me they weren't worth anything. I think they are very cool.
I bought some slides of the Pasadena Rose Bowl Parade from the 1950’s - you reminded me - need to list those. Any advice? On pricing or how to lot them up? Think I have 20 or so. Thanks
Hello, just happened upon, Just Starting this week, 20 Ebay listings. I've enjoyed so far
Glad to have on! We wish you the best of luck!
Hope you are still at it and doing awesome at it.
Lots of great info man, thank you! Great finds!
Have you ever done a video on surprise items you found in a collection or load? Stuff that didn’t belong in the load?
I LOVE EPHEMERA ! I LOVE BUYING PILES OF IT ! Lotta lotta re-sellers IGNORE paper ephemera. Good, I say ... leaves more for me.
A lot of stuff from MIchigan. Possibly from a "buying" trip there at some point? (MIch. is my home state.)
Always top notch spot on info. ! Everyone who is smart should become a Patreon !
Dang, I just threw out thousands of slides. THOUSANDS! 😖 I had no idea.
Where are you located? You mention somewhere that you were "near Disney" (presumably meaning a Disney park, vs Disney's studios in Burbank, CA). May have a LOT of stuff that may be of (pretty major) interest to you. What's the best way to communicate directly?
Great video! Any info on slides with Metal frames?
Hi Don, do you put “Best Offer” on your listings? Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks as well for watching. Yes we use Best Offer on almost everyone of our listings. Even if they are on sale we still will accept BO, and have figured that into our pricing structure.
Thanks! Had no idea about the slides. I thought the money was in selling the whole boxes of slides.
Slides can be sold either way. We will go through them, and pull out the better slide that should sell individually, and they group the rest into a lot. Images of cars, gas stations, city scenes, military, transportation, and etc always sell well on their own.
Love your content! Coleman lanterns have the dates on the bottom if you didn't know..Thanks for your help!
Thank you! Only some of them have dates on the bottom. I've run into many that don't.
Figured you knew.. you are a wealth of info have helped me tremendously with the paper end of the biz.. keep the great work coming!
Another great video, Don. One question: When you say you'll need to look up the prices on some items, are you just looking for similar items on eBay, or do you have other resources to check comps?
Many prices we do get off of eBay, but in some areas such as records we need to look else where. A few other items such as military, artwork, buttons, and tobacco we do look up on eBay as well as some other sites. Some items that sell very rarely such as once or twice a year may not have any current sales on eBay so, one would have to look else were for a current price. I hope this helps answer your questions,
Thanks, Don. Can you give some examples of the other resources for pricing besides eBay that you would use?
Records for example you can check on eBay, Discogs, Popsike, and Manships. For Cigar Box labels Cigarlabelpriceguide is one of the better sites. They are update their website so they don't have as many photos as they usually do though. We've sold some cigar box labels at live auction houses in New York and Chicago as well, and those auction houses handle everything for us, including pricing, For military there's a whole bunch of sites. There are networks for most of the collectibles that you can join. We are members on many that allow you to post notices about items you have for sale eBay. This is double duty for us since we can advertise, and then also get pricing info if need be.
Thanks, Don! This will give me a good start.
I never knew that sides were worth money I will have to look into what happened to the thousands that my great grandfather had.
35mm Slides can have some very high value depending on the subject matter. We've sold one single slide for $600, and many other in the $200 plus range. Film negatives from larger formats, and glass plate negatives also sell very well.
@@TheAuctionProfessor wow, who knew! Thx Don
Would you put the Seventeen magazines up on a auction or put one up with a BIN higher price and best offer?
Most vintage magazine sell on their own as a BIN with best offer. We always research them though, and if they aren't worth selling on their own we will list them as lot also as a BIN with Best Offer. That has always worked best for us.
Thank-You, I feel like I'm going through a sharp learning curve with trying to figure out how to price stuff so I get a good profit but still make sales.
Your welcome! Just like everything else it just takes time, and practice. Once you've done it for a while it will be a piece of cake.
Thanks for the video. Very informative.
Okay, you just made me sick. I threw out over 60 pounds of slides from the 40's to 60's. Hopefully they were not worth anything much. Whaaaaa
Really interesting listening to you talking about the slides. Why do you think they are so valuable?
The are valued by the content of the image in them. Train collectors love the early train slides, as do CA collectors, and etc. They can be printed as well in most cases, and the prints can be sold if the new owner retained the rights to them.
@@TheAuctionProfessor Hi Don. Could you tell us how the new owner would be able to get the rights to them please?
how many month's on average does it take to sell these items?
That's a tough questions to answer as any item could sell right away or take a long time. It really depends on many factors such as the title, the pictures, the item, the descriptions, and even the feedback of the seller. I never though worry how long anything takes to sell, since we've looked up pretty much every item we have, and they all should sell at some point. It may take changing the title, the picture or the price, but we try to only list items that have a track record of sales, or that we know should sell.
I miss Silver Springs!
You look hot here, Don. I love your Boho look.