Vintage Books
You’ll find games offered at most higher class auction houses especially deceased sales and complete household clearances of properties that have passed through several generations of the same family.
Games often sell inexpensively at flea markets and collectors’ fairs usually from dealers lacking intention or energy to check contents and possible resale value. You’ll often find sellers offloading them in bulk at these itinerant events where many want to go home cash in hand and don’t want unsold stock cluttering their garage or spare bedroom.
Be very careful when buying games as you’ll rarely find them intact, they are more often heavily depleted, and most auctioneers won’t say or know if items are missing.
Here’s a great tip: get a catalogue before the auction or print it from the Internet, check potential resale value on eBay’s Advanced Search Engine and determine exactly how much to bid before obtaining items to resell later on eBay
On viewing day cross check the contents of lots against your own listings and avoid any with several missing pieces or heavy damage, subject to the following exception.
Games with light damage or missing just a few pieces are worth buying and sold as ‘spare parts’ to collectors wishing to replace parts missing from games they already own. Alternatively, you could buy partly complete games to make up a full set of your own to resell on eBay.
It’s also a good idea to ask auction staff to let you check out the contents of games they will soon be selling. This benefits them as much as you and if you do it as close to auction start as possible it’s unlikely other bidders will know the game is intact, and consequently they will probably bid low, leaving lots of profit for you.
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Cloud Control – Vintage Books
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VINTAGE COLORING BOOK “ALL ABOUT INDIANS” $4.95 |
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70′S VINTAGE GUIDE BOOK LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN CHATTANOOGA TN $8.42 |
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Vintage 1954 Childrens Tiny Coloring Book Pied Piper Tale Mice Story Singer $14.90 |
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VINTAGE CERAMIC SNOOPY BOOK END $39.99 |
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Vintage Book Oriental Rugs A complete Guide $15.00 |
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All American 921 21-1/2-Quart Pressure Cooker/Canner $199.99 This heavy-duty pressure cooker’s large capacity is probably best utilized for canning (though it would also be great for a number of cooking tasks). A pressure cooker is generally recommended when canning vegetables and nonacid fruit, since the high heat that can be generated will kill more bacteria than a regular hot water bath. Made from cast aluminum, with sturdy screws to seal the lid to the … |
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Fred and Friends Unzipped-Bag-Shaped Hand-Blown Glass Bowl $15.76 Add a hint of playful flair to any setting with help from this eye-catching bowl. A fun way to display candies, mixed nuts, chocolates, and other by-the-handful treats, the unique vessel–cleverly shaped like an unzipped disposable plastic bag–makes an unexpected and appealing contemporary accent at home or at the office. The petite bowl also serves as an organized way to store and display everyd… |
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Presto 1755 16-Quart Aluminum Pressure Cooker/Canner $109.99 The USDA recommends pressure canning as the only safe method for low-acid foods such as vegetables, meats, and poultry. The Presto 16-quart pressure canner is more than adequate for any home canning needs. It’s a professional-quality tool, made of heavy-duty aluminum, with stay-cool handles and a strong-lock steel lid. An accompanying rack fits down into the pot to keep jars up off the bottom, so … |
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21 $6.50 ADELE 21… |
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Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band $9.47 BEATLES THE SGT. PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND (ED… |