The Ebay Goldmine Thread

frivolous_fay

Look out for Terry Pratchett or JK Rowling first editions.

Tips:

Make sure they're definitely firsts
Make sure they're not book club editions
Don't bother with the newer Pratchetts... look for really old ones from the 80s

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/terry-pratchett/

Here's a nice little find, if you're lucky...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TERRY-PRATCHETT-Equal-Rites-Gollancz-1987-1-1-HB-DJ_W0QQitemZ160038737698QQihZ006QQcategoryZ20045QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Same goes with the earlier Harry Potter books - rare and more valuable than the newer ones!

Dead_Eye_Jones

bah I only got the paperback versions, but bought each as it came out. I do have the full sized illustrated Eric though. Think that was limited in the first place. Wonder what thay might get??!

frivolous_fay

I sold a hardback 2nd edition illustrated Eric a while back, think I got £30 for it. Picked it up in a charity shop for about £5. For some reason, the standard paperback copies of Eric seem to sell easily on ebay.

Here's a ropey copy of the one you have:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Eric-Terry-Pratchett-1990-1st-Ed-Pb-Illustrated_W0QQitemZ300032587129QQihZ020QQcategoryZ64201QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

For some reason there are hardly any valuable Pratchetts being sold on ebay right now... I suppose it's a seller's market!

tsharp

Search ebay for completed listings for New Naturalist books. Even the newer ones go for £100 for some reason! I bought one off ebay with the idea of relisting it, advertised as a 1977 1st edition. When i got it it was a 1989 reprint of the 1977 edition. Like an idiot, i had already posted positive feedback. Given the chance i would have put 'not as described'. It didn't cost much, but AFAIK it's pretty worthless on ebay atm.

grandslamgirl

Be on the look out for .................

Irish dancing dresses, I bought one from a charity shop for £20 and sold it for £80.

Boden ladies' clothes, larger sizes. £5 skirt size 18 went for £26

1970's lego sets. £8 paid for bathroom and kitchen sets complete with boxes, sold for £40 ish total

mennie

I have always done well with top end samples
eg caudalie, jo malone, miller harris etc all fetching £12+ and cost me nothing

kathfisch

I bought a Dora the Explorer DVD (one of those promo ones out of the newspaper) for 20p in a charity shop and sold it a few days ago... for £5.50 :eek: :rotfl: Not exactly a fortune but a pretty good mark-up!! Will be keeping an eye out for any more

tsharp

This is encouraging, I might make a list and keep it with me for my shopping trips...

pinkpinkfizz

I've been ebaying for a couple of years and always been surprised at the way things sell, Something you might expect to sell well sometimes barely gets a bid and other things that I wonder about even listing take off and make loads. However THE MOST i've sold something for was a set of pink leather baby reins (harness complete with pram attachments) These were about 20 years old and they sold for £57 :eek:

I did look at the buyers previous purchases after I'd sent them and discovered that the buyer had a adult baby fetish thing going on (adult nappies, Adult rompers & baby rubber pants, giant dummies) each to thier own, I say but I did feel strange knowing where they had gone.

tsharp

Ewww! Nevermind, exploit the pervs!