Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Christmas Sells!

A few months ago I made a dumb statement that I was going to sell all my vintage Christmas. First off, if you saw how much I have you would LOL at that because it would take me forever to try and sell it all. Secondly, and who didn't know this would happen, as soon as the season rolled around of course I wanted to keep every single last elf and bell I owned. But it's so cute! But look how good it looks in that display! But what if I never find another one??? All my excuses 😉
I did however manage to sell quite a bit. In the spirit of Christmas I will be honest and tell you that what I did sell was all purchased this year with the intent to sell. So my own personal stash didn't really shrink at all (and it may have grown just a wee bit bigger, whoops) I thought I would share some of my sales with you all. 
These two nutcrackers (so not my thing) cost me $20 each. More than I like to fork over but they were made in Germany and I thought I could GET RICH selling them. Notsomuch. They did sell for a respectable $65.00 each, but not enough to fund a week  long cruise in the Bahamas like I was hoping. Damn! 
I found this little guy (girl?) on the same trip and paid .99. He/she sold for $20.00. Ooooh foxy lady (dude?)
You may remember the box of knee huggers I scored over the summer for $5. This right here is why I love eBay. The red set sold for $73.00, the blue for $36.00 and the pink for $35.00 umm KaChing!!
I mean, I love me a cute knee hugging elf as much as the next guy but no way would I pay that kinda dough for some!
These flocked red guys set me back .50 each (at an antique store!) they sold for $30.00. Here's the sad part of this story, the lady messages me and said 4 of them arrived damaged (broken ears and/or tails) Drats! I refunded her $15.00. She was fine with that and I still made a few bucks. (Next time I will ship those suckers in a box not a bag!)
This was antique feather tree garland. I bought a big bag of it at an estate sale for $3.00. I broke it into 3 different lots and each lot sold for $25.00. This one kind of shocked me. First off, that stuff shed like crazy. Tiny red pieces of garland everywhere! Second, I don't think it's all that great looking. Just basic red garland, but it was old, and people love old crap. So good for me I made $72.00 (before fees of course).
The only ornaments I sold. Paid $2 for this box and it sold for $49.99. Note to self, don't sell ornaments. PITA to ship. 

I tried to sell this at Junk Ranch and nobody even glanced at it! Why not? It's freakin adorable! Well someone in Cyber space thought so too and shelled out $15.00 for it (I paid .50).
Yes, I was kinda sad to see this go. My aluminum tree that I just hadtohave! I paid $60.00, used it one year, and decided it wasn't really my thang. But maybe I would use it again??  I decided I like money better than I like a box in my closet and sold it for $110.00.
These cute little stocking were purchased from some equally cute little old ladies having a garage sale. I paid .50 for all of them and they sold for $20.00. 
Well I hope you enjoyed my Christmas Sells! roundup! What have you sold lately?

12 comments:

  1. Argh! Those pink knee huggers are super fabulous!

    I have been selling all the kitschy stuff I just don't really ever get out of my boxes. I priced the only ornaments I amwilling to part with high because yea, PITA to ship (And lots of shipping supply costs).

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    1. Yes, kitschy is selling like crazy right now. I keep thinking I need to sell it all before it goes out of style. I have my fingers crossed that the dang ornaments make it in one piece!

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  2. You GO! I so love that you are willing to tell us what you paid! :) I just sold an aluminum tree at my booth for $75. I was very happy with that since I paid $15. I love Christmas so much, I say "Marry Christmas!" love rosie

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  3. I would love to find an aluminum tree for $15.00! $60.00 is a great profit and you didn't have to ship it, win, win! Thanks for stopping by my blog!

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  4. You found some awesome stuff! I don't think I would have been able to let some of that go. You know I sorted out a ton of mine and sold a lot of it at The Junk Ranch and now in my booths. I love my vintage, but I am also learning that I love money too. :) I am done selling on ebay until after the new year. *Your swap box mailed out today! Yeah!

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    1. You have such a great eye for displaying at all your venues, home, booth and shows. I don't know how you decide because all your stuff is freakin adorable! But money does come in handy, especially at this time of year!

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  5. Great job on selling things! You are stronger than I!
    Erica :)

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    1. Not really, I kept way more than I sold. I keep trying to downsize but ugh, vintage Christmas is my weakness!!!

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  6. Wow - there is some REALLY great stuff here. I've been selling just vintage Christmas for a few years now... and I sell that stuff year round... but this time of year, my etsy shop has been quite busy! I also took quite a bit to my antique booth, where I can't seem to keep it in stock.

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    1. I really miss having a booth, been thinking about doing it again but rent is so high here! Yours is fantastic btw

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  7. Sure is nice to find stuff and sell for a profit. Those elves were a total score!

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  8. Congrats on your Christmas sells! I took last year off from selling on eBay/etsy and then got lazy and didn't do it again this year. Hopefully next year!

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