Saturday, February 15, 2014
New goodness at auction on eBay this week!
I spent most of my time listing stuff straight to fixed price this week - shoes and flatware on eBay, and paper items on Etsy (those will get a post of their own in the near future!). I did throw up a few auctions too though!
Saturday, February 8, 2014
New goodness on eBay and Etsy this week!
Along with listing some auctions on eBay, I've also been adding some things straight to my Etsy shop, which I haven't shown off here on the blog yet - some fun stuff, if I do say so myself!
First off, here is what's new at auction on eBay:
First off, here is what's new at auction on eBay:
And, new on Etsy!
Monday, February 3, 2014
Antique Mall Booth Update - January 2014
Dismal. Dismal. Dismal. Between everyone being burnt out on shopping because of the holidays, and the terrible weather we have been having lately, this month was awful. As in I didn't make rent awful. :( I did, however, remember to snap a few photos the last time I was in!
I somehow missed getting a photo of the full back wall of the booth, which I wanted to show you because my Dad was in with me one day a couple weeks ago, measuring it. He is going to help me make a new, taller pegboard wall that will hide all of my neighbors stuff! I can't wait - I can definitely use more pegboard room!
I am also still on the hunt for new shelves - I found a small all wood shelf to replace my small white one, so I'm hoping to find one or two tall wood shelves (or at least shelves that look like wood) to go with it. I've been surfing for ideas on how to add some character to my shelves once I've got them - what do you all do to spice up your plain Jane antique mall shelving?
I'm a little torn as far as what I want the booth to be for in the long run - so far I've stocked it with a lot of smalls, but really the main reason I wanted a booth to begin with was to sell larger items that I find that would be too much of a pain to sell online. So, if I want to have room for some larger items, I will have to reduce the space I've got available for smalls... I'm still thinking about it, I'll keep you all posted...
Anyway, here is the very short breakdown of what I sold in January:
Candy Tin - $6.00
Farm Cookbook - $5.00
Kroehler Chair - $40.00
Total: $51.00
Total Commission / Credit Card Fees - $5.04
Total Profit (not including cost of items / time spent working) - $45.96
Rent is $72.00, so I had to cut them a check for $26.04. Here's hoping February is better!!
Saturday, February 1, 2014
New goodness at auction on eBay this week!
Listing all those Pratt posters took up a good chunk of my time this week, but I did manage to get a few auctions up as well!
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
1967 Pratt Posters Are Back In My Etsy Shop!!
I honestly thought I might never be able to type that post title - but I just did! After searching long and hard and hither and thither, since I found the last set back in 2011, I finally unearthed another set of the Prattonia 1967 yearbook posters from the Pratt Institute in New York. (If you weren't around back then when I got the first set, head on over and check out my post about it.) Instead of issuing a book style yearbook that year, they created a set of posters - a genius idea, if you ask me!
I sold the two posters illustrated by George Delmerico yesterday (George was the one who was so helpful and kind to me when I found the first set - sadly he passed away last year). The Take Tea And See one is the only one I kept for myself last time, I decided to keep a couple more this time which I will show off here in a minute. First I have to show you George's posters, even though they are sold:
I sold the two posters illustrated by George Delmerico yesterday (George was the one who was so helpful and kind to me when I found the first set - sadly he passed away last year). The Take Tea And See one is the only one I kept for myself last time, I decided to keep a couple more this time which I will show off here in a minute. First I have to show you George's posters, even though they are sold:
Are they not just perfect? Here is the poster of the yearbook staff, George Delmerico is the one in the back holding the bowler hat:
Another noteworthy contributor to the yearbook that year was the well known artist / photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. He is pictured in the lower right hand corner of this poster for the Graphic Art department:
One of the other posters in the set is a very surreal illustration he did, I don't think this is the one George showed me that Mapplethorpe did as a portrait of him, but it is similar in style for sure:
The two that I chose to keep for myself this time are ones I almost kept last time, but decided to list. I just couldn't let them go a second time!
Nurses handing out pills, and egg grenades. I mean come on, how could I not keep these?!? ;)
I think all the posters are great, of course, but I do have a few other favorites I will highlight here. I have over 40 of them listed in total, if you want to check out the whole collection, just head on over to my Etsy shop - I have a feeling, if this time is anything like last time, that they won't last long!
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