rjn wrote:
> nether...@hotmail.com incoherently inscribed:
>
> > 'Decorative collectibles' ...
>
> kipple
>
> > ... make up the largest Ebay category of
> > collectibles found at garage-sales, yard-sales, estate sales, etc.
>
> eBay is a great place to buy this crap, but very little
> of it is even worth the effort to list.
>
> > * Lenox e.g., figurines, ornaments, ...
>
> We have Lenox and Tiffany fine china we'd be willing
> to sell on eBay, but the market for it appears to be
> collapsing. The generations that preferred class to
> convenience are all shuffling off to assisted living.
>
A rough survey of Ebay auctions regarding what percentages of Lenox
and Tiffany Fine China actually sell (auctions receiving at least one-
bid):
* Around seventeen percent of all Lenox items received at least one-
bid.
* Around one-third of Tiffany Fine China peices received at least one-
bid.
Again, these are rough figures. How have specific Lenox, and Tiffany
Fine China sold on Ebay? I always check to see how the specific
item(s) I want to sell are selling (or not selling).
> > * Bradford Exchange "yes, the collector plates."
>
> First rule of collecting:
> Never collect anything sold as "collectible".
>
> Philip K. **** is dead.
> Kipple died with him.
>
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