What’s Selling in Vintage & Antiques [November 2017 Income Report]
Hi there! How was your weekend? As I mentioned in my Wednesday newsletter, Friday was busy, busy, busy. I restocked both my craft and my antique booths. But I did take a break in-between for lunch with my sweet friend Nancy.
Then on Saturday, my sweet husband and I drove up to Manchester, VT to take an historic inn tour that was fab-u-lous. So much fun! Even though I don’t write about our adventures as much any more, I will be posting about this one, soon, I promise.
Today it’s time for November’s income report. I’ll be letting you know what’s selling in vintage and antiques via my antique shop and eBay. [Note: My craft booth report will likely come in January, that’s when I receive my check.]
Antique Booth
A small Pyrex-style covered jar sold for $10.00 (cost: 50¢).
A hobnail, milk glass pitcher sold for $15.00 (cost: $2.00).
A milk glass jar (far left) sold for $4.00 (cost: 50¢).
A pink glass rooster sold for $10.00 (cost: $1.00).
A Disney wooden Pinochio Christmas ornament sold for $8.00 (cost: $1.00). You can read about collecting Christmas decorations here.
A Fisher Price school house with several accessories (little people, desks, a bus, and playground equipment) sold for $30.00 (cost: $3.00).
A Bozo the Clown Little Golden Book © 1961, 1969, “B” edition sold for $2.00 (cost: 25¢). You can read about collecting Little Golden Books here.
An Abraham Lincoln coffee table book sold for $8.00 (cost: $1.00).
A huge wine bottle sold for $10.00 (cost: $1.00).
The largest flower frog on the top sold for $10.00 (cost: $1.00). You can read more about collecting flower frogs here, and about decorating with flower frogs here.
A Tetley Tea tin sold for $5.00 (cost: free, a trash pile rescue).
A Schuler Restaurant crock sold for $10.00 (cost: $1.00).
A small oil on board painting of a sailboat sold for $15.00 (cost: $2.00). You can take a peek at my personal art collection here.
A metal Cismont Manor Farm sign sold for $39.00 (cost: $10.00).
A pair of aqua skis sold for $42.00 (cost: $3.00).
A baker’s rack that I made-over a while back sold for $59.00 (cost: $3.00). I sold it at a $20.00 discount to a sweet friend at church 🙂
Not shown:
Red wooden sleigh $15.00
Mini souvenir mirror $3.00
(3) Books $2-6.00 each
Small crock $6.00
eBay
A Gillette razor with case and brush sold for the Buy It Now (BIN) price of $38.99 (cost: $2.00).
A Skoal (tobacco) advertising pocket knife, manufactured by Schrade, sold at auction for $20.55 (starting auction price of $11.27) (cost: $1.00).
A Copenhagen (tobacco) advertising pocket knife, manufactured by Schrade, sold at auction for $25.00. (starting auction price of $9.87) (cost: $1.00).
A New-With-Tags (NWT) Harbor Bay flannel shirt sold at the starting auction price of $9.87 (cost: $4.00). I had bought the shirt (at Goodwill) for my sweet son, but it was too large.
A mercury glass garland sold for the BIN price of $11.99 (cost: 50¢). Get help pricing vintage Christmas with my price guide.
A set of seven gold-toned dock hooks sold for the fixed price of $22.99 after they failed to sell at auction (cost: 50¢).
A set of brass alphabet and numerical stencils sold for the starting auction price of $11.87 (cost: $1.00).
A set of Trixie Belden books sold for the starting auction price of $9.96 (cost: $1.00/3).
Eight packages of vintage Christmas bulbs sold for the auction starting price of $11.70 (cost: 50¢).
Two packages of flame-type bulbs sold for the BIN price of $11.99 (cost: 50¢).
Four packages of Christmas bulbs sold at auction for $12.00 (starting price of $9.99) (cost: 50¢).
Three antique enamel French decanter labels sold for the starting auction price of $19.78 (cost: $3.00).
So that’s it for my November sales. It looks like a slow month, but my sales at the Shaker Craft Fair have been very brisk (approximately $600 for November), but I don’t get a full accounting or an actual check until the beginning of January. I’ll do a separate income report on the craft fair in January some time.
During November I focus so much time and energy constantly restocking my craft booth that my eBay sales suffered somewhat, and November was a terrible month at the Gristmill. I’m happy I more than made my rent.
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I don’t sell anything, but I love these posts – it’s fascinating to see what things sell for (a number of them I would happily pay your asking price, lol)
I so glad you enjoy them, Patty–and thanks for letting me know! (Glad to hear my prices are at or around market value, too.)
Ir’s safe to love your sold treasures; I can’t get them, can I?Never seen a little Pyrex like that red and white; close enough to milk glass for me! I collect the T Belden’s in paperback; loved her as a kid! I would have a little flower arrangement in that crock and the Tetley Tea tin soo fast your head would spin! Glad your Quaker stall is doing so well!
Ha ha, Kathy–love away!! Great ideas for those containers, BTW 🙂
Very interesting the things that sell and for what prices. A number of items that you buy to sell would never occur to me to be sellers. I wish I could take you thrifting with me!
Maybe someday we can organize an “event” and all get together to go vintage shopping. Wouldn’t that be fun?!!
Love your sales stories, especially the enamel decanter tags and the Cismont Manor Farm sign. It is the name of a renowned family farm in Keswick, VA established many years ago by the late Kenny and Sallie Busch Wheeler, who trained and showed horses and mentored riders in equestrian sports to many championships and awards. The sign might have been from the temporary stalls they occupied at a horse show, where prominent owners/trainers identify where their horses (and clients’ horses) are stabled. (Their son, Kenny Jr. continues the farm’s operation in VA.)
Thanks SO much for sharing about Cismont Manor Farm, Leslie–it all make so much sense to me now. I live right near Saratoga (and the race track) so the sign somehow made it from horse stall there to a garage or estate sale that I attended. Very interesting…
I love to read your reports as to what is selling each month. Wish I could get some of the prices you do! My November sales were save due to a dresser I sold.
Glad you enjoy my reports, Melissa, and am glad to hear November was a good month for you 🙂
Well I think you did great! Sounds like you’re super busy! Hope you get to relax and enjoy the holiday:( xo Kathleen|Our Hopeful Home
Yes, and you, too, Kathleen!!
Thanks for sharing your wonderful vintage treasures at Vintage Charm!
Nice post! It’s always interesting to see what is selling in different parts of the Country. I find some similarities with what I’m selling here in Gloucester, MA. For example I have pretty good luck with hardware, such as the hooks you posted.
The pocket knives and shaving pieces do well too. And of course being in the Country’s oldest Fishing port, the painting would do well here.
Have a nice New Year and keep picking!
Just now catching up on your emails. Lol! Happy New Year! I love your sold items from your Nov sales but my favorite were the Trixie Beldin books! I loved those growing up! Brought back sweet memories. Here’s to a wonderful prosperous 2018! Jeri