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leforme44 posted an update Thursday, Nov 19, 2015, 3:26pm EST, 8 years, 5 months ago
Hey Shelly.. I have started putting the higher end pieces on Ruby Lane. At least when you make a sale there you can get a reasonable price for the item.
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leforme44 posted an update Sunday, Nov 15, 2015, 7:35pm EST, 8 years, 5 months ago
there isn't much selling on ebay unless you are a dealer that sells massive amounts of things, like packing supplies. It seems ebay has been taken over by the "mass market" sellers.
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leforme44 posted an update Tuesday, Jun 9, 2015, 10:41pm EDT, 8 years, 11 months ago
Hey all, don't know about anyone else but I can't sell anything on ebay no matter how much I cut my prices. I am thinking of just giving it up. It doesn't seem worth the effort anymore. I know my items are getting listed at the very end of the listings and that hurts sales a lot. I am not a power seller and at this rate I won't be. Here that Etsy is thinking about hooking up with Amazon. That could be good news.
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leforme44 posted an update Friday, May 1, 2015, 6:52pm EDT, 9 years ago
I am trying to clean out a lot of my stuff: I gave a ton of jewelry to the local hospice thrift store and I am clearing out some of the pottery etc. as well.
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leforme44 posted an update Friday, May 1, 2015, 6:51pm EDT, 9 years ago
well for what it's worth I am still around 🙂 I miss coming here and chatting with everyone.
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leforme44 posted an update Tuesday, Nov 25, 2014, 7:53pm EST, 9 years, 5 months ago
Hey all! I do check in once in a while. Seems like we have been abandoned for the most part. Not selling much on ebay, it's like I have become invisible.
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leforme44 posted an update Saturday, Mar 8, 2014, 8:41pm EST, 10 years, 2 months ago
Hey everyone 🙂 I don't come here too often anymore either. Just a lack of time.
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leforme44 posted an update Sunday, Dec 1, 2013, 9:11pm EST, 10 years, 5 months ago
we had a great turkey day too!
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leforme44 posted an update Tuesday, Nov 26, 2013, 7:39pm EST, 10 years, 5 months ago
well I am still here...sort of 🙂
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leforme44 posted an update Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013, 5:25pm EDT, 11 years ago
I am not positive, but I think those earrings might be Weiss. Seems I have had the butterfly pin that matched.
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leforme44 posted an update Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013, 5:24pm EDT, 11 years ago
Hello all! Haven't been here for a while. Sales are slow on ebay. Better on Ruby lane at least for now.
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leforme44 posted an update Monday, Mar 11, 2013, 6:50pm EDT, 11 years, 2 months ago
me too!
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leforme44 posted an update Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013, 12:45am EST, 11 years, 2 months ago
California has been so warm we didn't have much of a winter at all. We did see some snow the other day but it didn't stick.
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leforme44 posted an update Saturday, Feb 16, 2013, 10:39pm EST, 11 years, 2 months ago
Hey Bee! We just celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary. Who'd a thunk it???? LOL
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leforme44 posted an update Sunday, Feb 3, 2013, 2:58pm EST, 11 years, 3 months ago
Thank you so much!
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leforme44 posted an update Friday, Feb 1, 2013, 2:56pm EST, 11 years, 3 months ago
Hey all! I sent a small envelope to Canada and it cost me 7 dollars! I used to be able to ship for around 3.. as if ebay sales weren't slow enough now we have to contend with higher shipping prices.
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leforme44 posted an update Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012, 3:01pm EST, 11 years, 5 months ago
Leon: I am sorry to hear about your nephew. Please accept my condolences.
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leforme44 posted an update Tuesday, Nov 20, 2012, 10:50pm EST, 11 years, 5 months ago
doreen: no it wasn't me... sorry.
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leforme44 posted an update Monday, Oct 29, 2012, 12:33am EDT, 11 years, 6 months ago
Hey Doreen: I want to list it on Ruby lane but I don't know how to price it. With no idea who designed it, I am at a loss.
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leforme44 posted an update Friday, Oct 26, 2012, 11:27pm EDT, 11 years, 6 months ago
well thanks anyway!
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leforme44 posted an update Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012, 10:38pm EDT, 11 years, 6 months ago
here is the back of the pin; it is as pretty as the front 🙂
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leforme44 posted an update Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012, 9:46pm EDT, 11 years, 6 months ago
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leforme44 posted an update Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012, 9:39pm EDT, 11 years, 6 months ago
Does anyone have any idea who might have made this piece?
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leforme44 posted an update Friday, Sep 28, 2012, 1:26pm EDT, 11 years, 7 months ago
helen: I have a lady that has "purchased" 300$ worth of stuff from my RL site, and I bet I never get paid. I think she is certifiable.
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leforme44 posted an update Friday, Sep 28, 2012, 12:08am EDT, 11 years, 7 months ago
I think I would just send the NUHFO response. How insulting of them to want 50% off!
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leforme44 posted an update Wednesday, Sep 26, 2012, 10:40pm EDT, 11 years, 7 months ago
usually the winter is the best time for sales. I think on ebay I have sold like two or three items in the last 3 weeks.
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leforme44 posted an update Wednesday, Sep 26, 2012, 2:14pm EDT, 11 years, 7 months ago
wow, is it just me, or is nothing selling?????
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leforme44 posted an update Friday, Aug 31, 2012, 12:32am EDT, 11 years, 8 months ago
JO: glad your surgery went well. Having a painful knee can sure slow your life down.
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leforme44 posted an update Saturday, Aug 25, 2012, 12:51pm EDT, 11 years, 8 months ago
all the thrifts have gone sky high in their prices. I rarely go any more because of it. The Sno Line Hospice thrifts here charge antique mall prices for junk.
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leforme44 posted an update Monday, Aug 13, 2012, 8:41pm EDT, 11 years, 9 months ago
Gads, it was 107 here today...pant, pant...
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leforme44 posted an update Thursday, Aug 9, 2012, 10:59am EDT, 11 years, 9 months ago
morning! we are due for triple digit weather all week... yikes...
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leforme44 posted an update Monday, Jul 30, 2012, 1:37pm EDT, 11 years, 9 months ago
I don't know about anyone else but I am not selling squat on ebay.
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leforme44 posted an update Monday, Jul 30, 2012, 1:36pm EDT, 11 years, 9 months ago
Hey leon! we are sweltering here too. 99 today is forcast. I think these temps are why I like the fall so much.
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leforme44 posted an update Thursday, Jul 12, 2012, 6:40pm EDT, 11 years, 10 months ago
Yikes, it was 107 here today.
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leforme44 posted an update Thursday, Jul 12, 2012, 6:40pm EDT, 11 years, 10 months ago
I have a bunch of those plastic tags and I use those where I can (usually on jewelry), but where I can't I use the tamper proof tags.
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leforme44 posted an update Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012, 3:03pm EDT, 11 years, 10 months ago
Helen: you could get the tamper proof seals that are sold here on ebay. Put one of those on in a conspicious place and if they remove it, the backing will come off and they can't stick it back on the dress or the item.
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leforme44 posted an update Monday, Jul 9, 2012, 12:59pm EDT, 11 years, 10 months ago
well it is in the triple digits here too. I like summer but not when it is that hot. not to mention we are trying to get some yard work done and I really don't want the workers to get a heat stroke.
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leforme44 posted an update Sunday, Jul 8, 2012, 6:07pm EDT, 11 years, 10 months ago
Holy smokes where is everyone??
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leforme44 posted an update Saturday, Jun 30, 2012, 11:00pm EDT, 11 years, 10 months ago
ebay sales are pretty dead too. But the summer is normally a bad time for sales. Things should pick up in the winter.
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leforme44 posted an update Thursday, Jun 21, 2012, 2:36pm EDT, 11 years, 10 months ago
Hey doreen! Thanks for the kind words. I use a 3D scanner.
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leforme44 posted an update Monday, Jun 18, 2012, 4:13pm EDT, 11 years, 10 months ago
they are shells and are called operculum or something like that; I don't think I spelled it correctly.
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leforme44 posted an update Tuesday, Jun 5, 2012, 7:55pm EDT, 11 years, 11 months ago
Please feel free to purchase any item you feel you just can't live without LOL
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leforme44 posted an update Tuesday, Jun 5, 2012, 7:46pm EDT, 11 years, 11 months ago
Amber: thank you!~
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leforme44 posted an update Tuesday, Jun 5, 2012, 5:32pm EDT, 11 years, 11 months ago
It isn't all that hard to find. They use the technique in jewelry and in things like dresser sets.
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leforme44 posted an update Monday, Jun 4, 2012, 2:21pm EDT, 11 years, 11 months ago
it is a decorative engraving technique.
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leforme44 posted an update Monday, Jun 4, 2012, 12:02am EDT, 11 years, 11 months ago
Here is the link: http://www.rubylane.com/shop/fots
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leforme44 posted an update Friday, Jun 1, 2012, 1:48pm EDT, 11 years, 11 months ago
AMBER: yes I do.. .my store is the Droolery.
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leforme44 posted an update Monday, May 28, 2012, 12:10am EDT, 11 years, 11 months ago
They seem to do okay depending upon what you are offering; you don't sell as much as you do when you list things for auctions, but when you do make a sale it is a larger amount, because you would put your best items in your store.
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leforme44 posted an update Sunday, May 27, 2012, 2:43pm EDT, 11 years, 11 months ago
amber: no, you don't have to list a certain amount each month. You just start with a decent number and add as you go along. There are no quotas.
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leforme44 posted an update Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 11:15pm EDT, 11 years, 11 months ago
Oh great, RL is having server problems! Dang!
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leforme44 posted an update Sunday, May 20, 2012, 3:58pm EDT, 11 years, 11 months ago
England.
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leforme44 posted an update Thursday, May 17, 2012, 12:15am EDT, 11 years, 12 months ago
my husbands sense of humour.
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leforme44 posted an update Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 8:37pm EDT, 11 years, 12 months ago
Does anyone know what happened to BIT? Back In Times....and what is becca doing?
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leforme44 posted an update Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 1:53pm EDT, 12 years ago
can I vote for antiques roadshow?
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leforme44 posted an update Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 1:53pm EDT, 12 years ago
Dang, I have never watched any of those!
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leforme44 posted an update Monday, May 7, 2012, 11:33pm EDT, 12 years ago
did you get some type of tracking on the package?
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leforme44 posted an update Monday, May 7, 2012, 11:32pm EDT, 12 years ago
I think it is "want to know when I will receive the article"
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leforme44 posted an update Monday, May 7, 2012, 1:13am EDT, 12 years ago
well really you would only have 3 R's, since zero is a place notation, not a number.
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leforme44 posted an update Sunday, May 6, 2012, 6:25pm EDT, 12 years ago
zeros and "R's" ?? 3 numbers and 3 letters? I give up.
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leforme44 posted an update Saturday, May 5, 2012, 7:38pm EDT, 12 years ago
If I had an extra 4 hours a day I would exercise: at least that is what I tell myself, but I am known to be such a liar to my self that I doubt I would really do it.
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leforme44 posted an update Friday, May 4, 2012, 1:10am EDT, 12 years ago
the doctor said it was to prevent shingles.
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leforme44 posted an update Thursday, May 3, 2012, 2:58pm EDT, 12 years ago
my doctor made me get some shot to prevent shingles. I never had chicken pox so I wondered about that. Sounds like something I don't want to get either!
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leforme44 posted an update Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 10:43pm EDT, 12 years ago
I had a store on R. Plaza and never sold a thing from it. I do much better with Ruby Lane. At least you can make a bit more money when you sell something even if it has to sit there a while.
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leforme44 posted an update Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 12:36am EDT, 12 years ago
treehouse.
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leforme44 posted an update Friday, Apr 27, 2012, 12:23pm EDT, 12 years ago
they are hor dourves.
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leforme44 posted an update Thursday, Apr 26, 2012, 9:48pm EDT, 12 years ago
well if the friends important news was she was having an affair with my husband, then I would pack hemlock sandwiches; otherwise it would be Roast beef on rye and a salad.
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leforme44 posted an update Tuesday, Apr 24, 2012, 9:11pm EDT, 12 years ago
They are cut crystals with a real high lead content I think.
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leforme44 posted an update Monday, Apr 23, 2012, 2:02pm EDT, 12 years ago
gold for me 🙂
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leforme44 posted an update Sunday, Apr 22, 2012, 11:40pm EDT, 12 years ago
oh, one of those open ended questions? LOL
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leforme44 posted an update Sunday, Apr 22, 2012, 12:29pm EDT, 12 years ago
gold or silver what?
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leforme44 posted an update Saturday, Apr 21, 2012, 10:34pm EDT, 12 years ago
no I haven't asked over there yet.
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leforme44 posted an update Saturday, Apr 21, 2012, 5:24pm EDT, 12 years ago
here is a close up for ya glitz 🙂
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leforme44 posted an update Friday, Apr 20, 2012, 2:28pm EDT, 12 years ago
that clasp is original and I wondered about it, and was surprised to find it wasn't signed. I thought maybe Hobe?
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leforme44 posted an update Friday, Apr 20, 2012, 2:29am EDT, 12 years ago
I think they are fire polished
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leforme44 posted an update Thursday, Apr 19, 2012, 11:26pm EDT, 12 years ago
any ideas who might have made this set? All it has is the infamous Pat.Pend.
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leforme44 posted an update Thursday, Apr 19, 2012, 10:46pm EDT, 12 years ago
I have a whole box of Kincade xmas ornaments still in their original boxes... Maybe if I get them up real fast they will sell before the furor dies out.
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leforme44 posted an update Thursday, Apr 19, 2012, 3:49pm EDT, 12 years ago
Leon: I was wondering about the Kincaid stuff too. He painted all his paintings just up the road from us in Placerville. I didn't care for his work, it was too schmaltzy for me.. but I know that are people that just hyperventilate over his paintings.
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leforme44 posted an update Thursday, Apr 19, 2012, 3:47pm EDT, 12 years ago
yes, oil lamps 🙂 and some jewelry that I just can't let go of.
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leforme44 posted an update Wednesday, Apr 18, 2012, 6:27pm EDT, 12 years ago
Things no longer worth collecting or buying for resale: Hummel figurines once sold for hundreds of dollars apiece, but the generation that appreciated these little porcelain statues is now downsizing or dying off, dumping Hummels back into the market by the thousands.
Younger generations have little interest in buying them. Most used Hummels now sell for no more than $75 in shops, with prices likely to continue to fall as more Hummels reach the market.
Other cute little figurines have suffered a similar fate. Precious Moments figurines, sold as collectibles, now have very little monetary value.
Exception: Certain rare Hummels, such as those taller than 12 inches or those made before 1949, still can fetch four figures.
Anything made by the Franklin Mint. The company sells a wide selection of “limited edition” coins, plates, medals and other collectibles, but there’s little resale market for any of it. Anyone who wants a Franklin Mint product usually buys it from the company when it is being heavily advertised. Franklin Mint coins and medals typically can fetch their meltdown value when resold, which usually is a fraction of the amount that the company originally charged (though today’s high precious metals prices have lifted those resale values somewhat).
Other companies that make and heavily market collectible coins and plates include the Danbury Mint and Royal Copenhagen. Their products fare no better on the resale market.
Longaberger baskets—handcrafted wood baskets made by the Longaberger Company of Newark, Ohio— became a hot collectible in the 1990s, with some selling for upward of $100. The company then began issuing expensive limited-edition baskets as collectibles. The Longaberger basket resale market soon collapsed, and today you would be lucky to get more than $20 for most of them.
Limited-edition Barbie dolls have been declining significantly in value. As with most other “limited edition” toys, these were toys in name only— most were never played with, just set aside as investments, so they never became any rarer. Meanwhile, Mattel issued so many different limited-edition Barbies over the years that few collectors could collect them all, and most stopped trying.
Exception: Early Barbies dating from 1959 through the 1960s in top condition still can have considerable value. It’s the modern ones, originally sold at high prices as collectibles, that are likely to be worth less than initially paid.
Thomas Kinkade paintings and prints were produced in such huge quantities that they now have very limited resale value. If you paid retail prices for these paintings at a Thomas Kinkade Signature Gallery—there were more than 300 such galleries in the 1990s—you almost certainly will never recover most of the hundreds or thousands of dollars you paid. Scores of Kinkades are available on eBay, and most receive no bids.
Autographed sports memorabilia have declined sharply in value in the past decade. Collectors are disenchanted as it has become clear that many autographs are forgeries. Signed sports memorabilia now have value only if they come with proof of authenticity, such as verification from an authentication company such as PSA/DNA (www.psaCard.com) or James Spence Authentication (www.Spenceloa.com).
Helpful: If you ask an athlete to sign something for you, have a picture taken of you with the athlete as he/ she is doing the signing to verify authenticity.
Vintage metal lunch boxes became a major collectible in the late 1980s, and by the 1990s, some were selling for thousands of dollars. But today, few lunch boxes fetch more than $100, and most bring much less.
Exception: A lunch box still might have significant value if it features a picture of something that is collected in its own right. A 1950s Superman lunch box or a 1960s Star Trek lunch box might bring thousands, for example—but that’s because Superman or Star Trek collectors want them, not because lunch box collectors will pay that much.
Cookie jars became a hot collecting category after Andy Warhol’s cookie jar collection was auctioned for steep prices following his 1987 death. For a while, collectors were paying hundreds or occasionally thousands of dollars for cookie jars that weren’t even very old. Eventually people figured out that Warhol’s cookie jars were valuable only because Warhol owned them, not because cookie jars themselves have any great collectible value. Today, most formerly “collectible” cookie jars sell for less than $50, depending on design and condition. Very few sell for more.
China sets are declining rapidly in value. Many china sets from Royal Copenhagen, Royal Worcester, Lenox and Wedgwood sell at half the price of new china. Others bring $150 to $200 at estate sales, if they sell at all. Sets with flowery patterns, including Haviland china, are particularly unloved.
Collectible plates featuring pictures by artists such as Norman Rockwell or LeRoy Neiman typically are worth less than $5 per plate these days —and that’s if they date to before 1980 or so. Those produced within the past 30 years usually have no value.
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leforme44 posted an update Saturday, Apr 14, 2012, 11:43pm EDT, 12 years ago
well, the 320 is the scrap value of the silver. So if they bought it for resale they could still make money on it. But if they are collectors of les bernard jewelry then it would still be a good price.
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leforme44 posted an update Saturday, Apr 14, 2012, 9:35pm EDT, 12 years ago
so what do you think would be a fair or reasonable price?
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leforme44 posted an update Saturday, Apr 14, 2012, 8:18pm EDT, 12 years ago
glitz: one of the values I got on JC was 320-350.
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leforme44 posted an update Saturday, Apr 14, 2012, 4:46pm EDT, 12 years ago
a lorgnette: hand held glasses. It was worn on a chain or ribbon around the neck.
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leforme44 posted an update Saturday, Apr 14, 2012, 12:10am EDT, 12 years ago
I have been looking and I can't find anything either; do you think it qualifies as a runway necklace? though it is a necklace and a belt combined?
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leforme44 posted an update Friday, Apr 13, 2012, 11:52pm EDT, 12 years ago
I know it wasn't very much, but I bought it a long time ago and just dug it out. So I honestly don't remember but if it was more than ten dollars I would be surprised.
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leforme44 posted an update Friday, Apr 13, 2012, 10:46pm EDT, 12 years ago
just in sterling alone it is worth about 320 dollars...now I have to figure out how to price it.
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leforme44 posted an update Friday, Apr 13, 2012, 4:46pm EDT, 12 years ago
here is another shot: http://photos.imageevent.com/leforme/ebayphotos/websize/lionbelt4.jpg
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leforme44 posted an update Friday, Apr 13, 2012, 4:45pm EDT, 12 years ago
I could use some help on this piece please! It is signed Les Barnard...marked sterling, and weighs a lot! I need a ball park as to price, please. http://photos.imageevent.com/leforme/ebayphotos/lionbelt3.jpg
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leforme44 posted an update Thursday, Apr 12, 2012, 2:37pm EDT, 12 years, 1 month ago
faceting?
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leforme44 posted an update Wednesday, Apr 11, 2012, 2:18pm EDT, 12 years, 1 month ago
mel: I have made some sales but nothing to brag about that's for sure.
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leforme44 posted an update Wednesday, Apr 11, 2012, 2:17pm EDT, 12 years, 1 month ago
Sotheby's.
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leforme44 posted an update Tuesday, Apr 10, 2012, 11:34pm EDT, 12 years, 1 month ago
Ivory. everything goes with it.
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leforme44 posted an update Monday, Apr 9, 2012, 12:30pm EDT, 12 years, 1 month ago
well spit! I can't do this question cuz I HATE chocolate. Too sweet!!!!
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leforme44 posted an update Saturday, Apr 7, 2012, 6:59pm EDT, 12 years, 1 month ago
well I think pink would be a better color 🙂
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leforme44 posted an update Saturday, Apr 7, 2012, 5:11pm EDT, 12 years, 1 month ago
Pink!
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leforme44 posted an update Saturday, Apr 7, 2012, 2:13pm EDT, 12 years, 1 month ago
don't forget we are on Pacific time.
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leforme44 posted an update Saturday, Apr 7, 2012, 2:11pm EDT, 12 years, 1 month ago
the show started at 8 and there was an intermission. Then we went to dinner 🙂
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leforme44 posted an update Saturday, Apr 7, 2012, 2:12am EDT, 12 years, 1 month ago
Just got home from seeing CATS. It was superb! If you get a chance to see it, do!
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leforme44 posted an update Friday, Apr 6, 2012, 7:22pm EDT, 12 years, 1 month ago
Some of the modular homes are outstanding... they have about 2600SF in them and that is enough room for most people.
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leforme44 posted an update Friday, Apr 6, 2012, 6:11pm EDT, 12 years, 1 month ago
The mobile home.. especially if it were a double wide or a triple wide 🙂
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