What I See Trending on Etsy: 10 Items to Sell in 2026

I’ve been selling on Etsy off and on for over 10 years, putting in a few hours/week. The past five years or so, I’ve been more diligent and have maintained at least 25 items in my shop at all times.

Things changed last year though when I ran an experiment. I kept my shop filled with 100 items and maintained that level, week after week. The results were amazing: just over $5000 in 2025 in sales with about 5-6 hours of work/week!

As a result, I’ve gathered a good amount of “insider info” that will be shared today, i.e., ten categories of items that sell well over and over again on Etsy: ironstone, textiles, flower frogs, ephemera, jewelry, perfume, Christmas decorations, religious items, sewing notions, and advertising crocks.

NOTE: As you read through this article, keep in mind that appropriate shipping was charged, though not reflected in the sold prices for each item that reflects their value.

Table of Contents

1. Small Ironstone
2. Textiles
3. Flower Frogs
4. Ephemera
5. Jewelry
6. Perfume
7. Christmas Decorations
8. Religious Items
9. Sewing Notions
10. Advertising Crocks

Something else to keep in mind that some of these items can sell fairly well from an antique booth too, among those that I sell from my upstate NY rural shop:

• Small ironstone
• Textiles: vintage aprons & hand towels
• Flower frogs
• Ephemera: cheaply priced prints, postcards, cooking pamphlets
• Jewelry: costume and fine
• Perfume: NOPE
• Christmas: Gurley candles, cheaply priced ornaments, 1950’s ceramics
• Religious: NOPE
• Sewing: scissors and cheaply priced buttons
• Crockery w/typography

(1) Small Ironstone

I discovered a few years ago just how well small pieces of ironstone sell on Etsy. I focus on smalls because they are SO much easier to ship since they are far less breakable.

A. Ironstone Creamer

• c. 1870’s
• Signed “T. Goodfellow,” a UK pottery
• 5 3/4″ high
• Condition: 3 small chips
• Sold: $28

B. Ironstone Jar

• c. 1840-50’s
• Purchased in the UK
• 3 7/8″ diameter
• Condition: Overal crazing and 2 chips on the lid
• Sold: $34

Antique Ironstone Soap Dish

• c. 1880’s
• Unsigned, likely English
• 4 1/4″ high x 5″ wide x 4″ deep
• Sold: $65

Find more Ironstone for sale in my Etsy Shop

Other Pieces of Ironstone to Look For

Butter pats, relish dishes, ladles, trinket dishes, cake stands, and unusal pieces

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(2) Textiles

I experienced a lot of sadness when I finally admitted to myself several years ago that textiles no longer sold well from my antique booth. But what a tremendous joy it was to learn that they sell very well on Etsy!

As with most items, I only offer extremely good condition linens–nothing stained or raggedy. I was especially surprised to learn that souvenir linen towels have quite a following and sell well, usually for $12 each.

(10 Linen Napkins w/Green Decoration

• c.1940’s
• European (Czechoslovakia label)
• 13.5″ square
• Condition: New Old Stock w/label
• Sold: $35

Souvenir Linen Towel: New England Covered Bridges

• c.1970’s
• Steven’s Linen Assoc., Webster, MA
• 17″ x 30″
• Condition: New Old Stock w/label
• Sold: $10

Pair of Linen Towels

• c. 1920’s
• Made in Moravia, Czechoslovakia
• 21″ x 31″ each
• Condition: New Old Stock w/label
• Sold: $23

Blue & Red Colorful Feed Sack

• c.1930’s
• USA
• 36″ x 43″ (1 yd)
• Condition: Excellent
• Sold: $34

Find more Textiles in my Etsy Shop

Other Textiles to Look For

Colorful tablecloths, crosstitch samplers, and quilted squares (both vintage examples and antique). Sometimes I buy tatty old quilts and cut them up, selling the squares with little or no damage for tidy sums.

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(3) Flower Frogs

I sell ordinary pin-type and glass flower frogs from my antique booth, but anything beautiful and/or interesting goes right in my Etsy shop. Not one has failed to sell in ten years!

Vintage Cowan Ceramic Flower Frog

• c. 1912-31
• Ohio, Cowan Pottery
• 3 3/8″ diameter x 1 1/4″ high
• Condition: Tiny ding under glaze on the bottom
• Sold: $24

Vintage Set of 5 Tiny Pin-Type Flower Frogs

• c. 1960-70’s
• These 5 came in a set of 20, and this is the the fourth and final set to sell.
• 5/8″ diameter
• Condition: Excellent
• Sold: $25-32/each set

Urn-Shaped Silver Plated Flower Frog

• c. before 2007
• Purchased in the UK in 2025
• Marked “EPSN, Made in England”
• 3.5″ high
• Condition: Very Good+
• Sold: $23

Find more Flower Frogs for sale in my Etsy Shop

Other Flower Frogs to Look For

Figural flower frogs, like birds and other animals are particularly desireable, as are the elusive “hair pin” type.

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(4) Ephemera

Not too long ago I wrote an article about handwritten recipe journals and began selling them on Etsy with great success.

From there I began testing similar ephemera, like scrapbooks and other types of journals, which have all sold like hotcakes.

Vintage Scrapbook

• c.1920’s
• USA
• Magazine cut-outs & handwritten questions and answers
• 90 pp, 8″ x 10″ x 1.5″
• Condition: Good, some loose pages, browning, and small tears
• Sold: $66

French Vocabulary Cards in Original Box

• c.1950’s
• 500 cards, 1.5″ x 3.5″
• Condition: Excellent
• Sold: $33

Vintage Recipe Cards

• c. before 2007
• 100 handwritten & typed recipe cards
• Cards: 3″ x 5″, Acrylic Box: 7 1/4″ W x 7 3/4″ D x 6″ H
• Condition: Very good
• Sold: $59

Find more Ephemera for sale in my Etsy Shop

Other Ephemera to Look For

Greeting cards, vintage envelopes (cancelled), and school notebooks

PRO TIP: When listing ephemera for sale on Etsy, I typically include the notion that pieces can be used in altered art, mixed media, scrapbooking, and junk journal projects, and I use those terms for tags.

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(5) Jewelry

It can be tricky to determine what sort of vintage and antique jewelry sells best on Etsy. My best advice is to jump in and test it out, using the information below as a guide.

Fine Jewelry

10K Gold-Filled Watch

• c.1940’s
• Bulova, Switzerland & USA
• Condition: Very good+ (working), light surface scratching from use
• Sold: $28

Freshwater Pearls w/14K Gold Clasp

• c. before 2007
• 18″
• Condition: Excellent
• Sold: $75

Amethyst Cross Set In Sterling Silver

• c. before 2007
• Chain: 28″, Cross: 1 3/4″ x 1 1/8″
• Condition: Excellent
• Sold: $33

Find more Fine Jewelry for sale in my Etsy Shop

What Else to Look For

Men’s gold-filled rings, gold-filled collar pins, sterling silver charm bracelets

Costume Jewelry

Tied Fly Tie Bar

• c.1940’s
• Anson brand
• 2 3/4″
• Condition: Very good, faint surface wear
• Sold: $22

Prong-Set Rhinestone Butterfly Brooch

• c.1970’s
• 2″ x 2 1/4″
• Condition: Excellent
• Sold: $24

MCM Lucite Cocktail Ring

• c.1960’s
• Size: 7.5
• USA
• Condition: Very good
• Sold: $44

MCM Faux Tortoise Shell (Mobile Style) Pendant Necklace

• c.1960’s
• Pendant: 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″
• Chain: 18″ long
• Condition: Very good
• Sold: $35

Find more Costume Jewelry for sale in my Etsy Shop

What Else to Look For

Push-button type presentation boxes and MCM brooches

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(6) Perfume

I know vintage perfume is surprising category for many to consider. You might think, “Who wants old perfume that’s probably gone bad??”

In fact, loads of people look for the perfume “they remember” from their childhood; it may be a scent their mother or grandmother wore. Since companies reconstitute perfumes all the time, often substituting chemicals for botanical oils, there’s quite a market for old perfume.

Keep in mind that at the moment, in 2026, an item need only have been made prior to 2007 in order to be considered old vintage.

PRO TIP: Rarer perfumes tend to sell better for me on eBay. I know, I know, this is an Etsy article. I just want you to be aware that with Etsy’s smaller following, you might have better luck selling obscure or highly valuable examples on eBay.

Oleander (NIB)

• c. before 2007
• Lily Bermuda Perfumery
• 2 oz/60 ml (full)
• Condition: New In Box
• Sold: $79

Evening in Paris

• c.1940’s
• Made in France
• 1 7/8″ high, .073 oz.
• Condition: Good, missing label, 85% full
• Sold: $22

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Burberry Perfume

• c. Before 2007
• Made in France
• 1 oz/30 ml
• Condition: 80% full
• Sold: $55

What Else to Look For

Estee Lauder Youth Dew and Cody L’Aimant. Accessories like perfume atomizers and chatelaine bottles. Particularly old and attractive empty bottles have also sold, but not as well as filled or partially filled ones.

Find more Perfume for sale in my Etsy Shop

(7) Christmas Decorations

Christmas collectibles will never go out of style! Nostalgia for our childhood Christmas decorations compel many people to search for replicas of the ornaments, stockings, and even mantel decor that bring back all the warm and fuzzy feelings.

Multi-Colored Mercury Glass Garland

• c. 1940’s
• Made in Japan
• 90″ long, beads: 5/8″ diameter
• Condition: Very good+, retains cardboard circles on each end
• Sold: $37

Needlepoint Stocking w/Santa Claus

• c. 1980’s
• Made in USA
• 17″
• Condition: Excellent
• Sold: $28

Set of 9 Pink Shiny Brite Glass Ornaments

• c. 1950’s
• Made in USA
• 2 1/4″ diameter
• Very good condition w/some signs of age
• Sold: $35

Angel Tree Topper

• c.1960’s-70’s
• West Germany
• 11.5″
• Condition: Very good+, wax face and hands in good condition
• Sold: $74

What Else to Look For

Putz house, intricate plastic ornaments, and Christmas tree pins

Find more Christmas for sale in my Etsy Shop

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(8) Religious Items

I’ve only recently (within the last year) begun to experiment selling religious items. Since they don’t sell particularly well from my antique booth, I had assumed they wouldn’t on Etsy either.

I was wrong!

Though I’ve sold rosary for several years, I’d never attempted much else. What a wonderful surprise to find that all sorts of religious (particularly Catholic) antiques sell nicely.

Sterling Silver & Crystal Bead Rosary

• c.1960’s
• Crucifix: 1.5″ long
• Condition: Very good+
• Sold: $24

Pocket St. Michael Embossed Metal Icon

• c.1950’s
• 1 1/2″ x 2 3/16″
• Condition: Excellent
• Sold: $19

French Ormolu Diptych Frame

• c.1930’s
• Features Jesus (left) and Mary (right) in gold frames
• 6.5″ high x 8.75″ wide
• Condition: Excellent
• Sold: $75

Find more Religious Items for sale in my Etsy Shop

What Else to Look For

Religious medals, jewelry, and books, for example, miniature or leather bound bibles.

(9) Sewing Notions

Many sellers, to their detriment, overlook vintage and antique sewing notions, believing there’s no money to be made selling them. I’m here to prove them wrong. Not only are there a large number of collectors, but many sewers enjoy actually using them.

Green Velvet Leaf-Shaped Needle Book

• c. 1910’s
• 3″ x 3 1/2″ x 3/8″
• Condition: Good with some wear
• Sold: $24

Purple Velvet Flower-Shaped Pin Cushion

• c. 1960’s
• 2.5″ x 4″ x .5″
• Condition: Very good
• Sold: $28

West German Sewing Kit w/Petitepoint Decoration

• c. 1950’s-60’s
• 2 3/8 x 3 5/8 x 3/4″
• Condition: Very good
• Sold: $32

Find more Sewing Notions for sale in my Etsy Shop

What Else to Look For

Fancy measuring tapes, sterling silver thimbles, and interesting buttons.

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(10) Advertising Crocks

Dundee Marmalade crocks have been extremely popular with collectors and decorators for years. But other vintage and antique advertising crocks have also caught their attention.

English Potted Meat Crock

• c.1890’s
• UK
• 1 1/2″ high X 3 1/4″ diameter
• Condition: Good+ w/4 small chips on base & a brown spot
• Sold: $42

French La Reine des Cremes Pot

• c.1800’s
• France
• 2 1/4″ high X 1 1/2″ diameter
• Condition of base: excellent
• Condition of lid (not shown): very large chip
• Sold: $57

Antique Preserves Crock

• c. 1920’s
• Boston, MA
• 5 1/4″ high x 4 5/8″ base diameter
• Condition: Very good with chip on lid and 2″ hairline on back of crock
• Sold: $78

Find more Crockery for sale in my Etsy Shop

What Else to Look For

Mustard containers, cheese crocks, and dairy crockery.

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Final Thoughts

Were any of these categories new to you? Are there any you might give a try in 2026?

I hope I’ve provided some inspiration with this tried and true list of vintage and antiques that sell well for me on the regular. I’d love to hear about your experiences!

Bye for now,

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