One of my Best Sale was Found in the Recycle Bin

Been looking at some of my sales from the last 12 months and my favorite is also one that net me the best profit.

I found this daguerreotype in the recycle bin along with other stuff (see here).

It sold for $180 plus shipping.

Antique French Tinted Daguerreotype of a Beautiful Woman  Wearing Gold Jewelry by Pillas in Paris France

When your Buy Now Sells Too Fast...

I am talking about collectibles here, mainly unique one of a kind items. Not the super expensive rare, no. But the little collectibles that are unique, such as vintage photos. Where you have no "completed auctions" price and where Google is useless.

Well when you put them for sale, you need to fix a price. I usually set a price based on what I paid for and the potential interest of the item. Sometimes I make mistake (not expensive mistake, but still). And this one is a mistake.

Originally it was going to be an auction, but I picked the wrong choice, didn't catch it, and it sold almost instantly. Don't get me wrong, at the price I sold it for, I made a nice profit. BUT who knows, I could have done much better then this.

The photo was large, almost the size of a sheet. It was a beautiful subject: little girl with her kitty cat. A beautiful portrait hand colored too. My mistake.

It sold for $29.99

You know your BIN was too low when it sells almost the minute you put it online. Lesson learned! Has this happened to you?

Another Vintage Gay Interest Photo Sold on eBay

This real photo postcard was bought to flip. Paid less than $5 sold for $37.99. 5 bidders where fighting for this one. Vintage gay interest photos do well usually. This is one of the only items I still put on auction. Most of the time I have several bidders (there are some exception obviously, but I always make a profit on these).

Young Man In Athletic Shorts Fitness Weight Throw

Antique Cabinet Photo Little Girl With Big Eyes In Bird Nest

Cute is all I have to say. This pretty antique cabinet photo sold for 30$. I paid less than 10$ for it.

I do buy a lot of vintage and antique photos and I find it easy to turn a profit with these. I am getting better and better at spotting the "good" ones: interesting topic, popular and cute pictures. I buy in lots but I also buy single photos at auction when I am pretty sure I can flip them. This one was a flip. It wasn't part of a larger lot, I bought it because i knew I could sell it for more.

Old photos that sell well for me: gay interest, cute babies and kids, weird and bizarre topic. So next time you see a bunch of old dusty photos at yard sale, take a peek, you never know! Look for cuteness, kids with animals (dogs and cats do well), kids with antique toys and dolls, war photos, anything that can appeal to the gay crowd (shirtless guys, guys holding hands or close together. See this one, I sold it last year: Antique Photo of a Young Adonis Man Posing Shirtless ). Also picture depicting vintage cars can find a new home easily.

Cute photos do sell on ebay!

Antique Photo of a Young Adonis Man Posing Shirtless

This one was bought in an antique shop for $5. Found this in a big box of antique photo in a booth of a Montreal antique mall. I knew right away this one was going to be a killer, despite the condition that was far from perfect. I was right.

 This Vintage Gay Interest Photo of a Young Adonis Man Posing Shirtless sold for $57.44

Gay themed vintage ephemera sells well the market is strong. Picking vintage photography with this market in mind is working well for me.