Where do I sell my collection of Salt Pigs?

shipbroker

Am needing to de-clutter quickly, much has gone to Charity Shops and lots to local Freecycle groups. However, I have a collection of about 160 Salt pigs of all shapes and sizes collected over last ten years.With the number of them being so high it would become a full time job, and totally impractical to offer them on e-bay or similar.

Anyone have knowledge of sites /auctions where whole collections can be disposed of?? Local auction houses had no interest or advised stupid reserve prices...

geoff

soolin

shipbroker wrote: »

Am needing to de-clutter quickly, much has gone to Charity Shops and lots to local Freecycle groups. However, I have a collection of about 160 Salt pigs of all shapes and sizes collected over last ten years.With the number of them being so high it would become a full time job, and totally impractical to offer them on e-bay or similar.

Anyone have knowledge of sites /auctions where whole collections can be disposed of?? Local auction houses had no interest or advised stupid reserve prices...

geoff

I would have suggested a local auction house, but as they have already declined to sell them for the amount you think they are worth then I fear you may struggle to sell them.

You could try Facebook or Gumtree but I wasn't aware they had any real value.

jeffuk

You could try a bootfair, sell them as Strawberry Planters, .

theoretica

The problem is the only people who will want to buy 160 at once will be dealers wanting to make their own profit - and do you really want to pack and post? I would have said auction for whatever they will fetch, car boot sale individually or gumtree in lots of say 20 for other carbooters.

shipbroker

Thanks all comments.....dealers I have approached interested in an odd old or decorative one but not whole shebang.....obviously.....the purchase price of the whole probably exceeds £750 and an estimate from an auction house of £70 less expenses led me to starting this thread!

I may just have to find somewhere such as Antique Fairs to offload some, at further expense, otherwise it is round to Morrisons for more banana boxes.

geoff

19lottie82

shipbroker wrote: »

the purchase price of the whole probably exceeds £750 and an estimate from an auction house of £70 less expenses led me to starting this thread!

Unfortunately, purchase prices don't mean anything in regards to what they are "worth" now.

Something is only worth what someone is willing to pay for them, and from the sounds of it, that isn't as much as you hope.

soolin

shipbroker wrote: »

Thanks all comments.....dealers I have approached interested in an odd old or decorative one but not whole shebang.....obviously.....the purchase price of the whole probably exceeds £750 and an estimate from an auction house of £70 less expenses led me to starting this thread!

I may just have to find somewhere such as Antique Fairs to offload some, at further expense, otherwise it is round to Morrisons for more banana boxes.

geoff

I honestly think that these are not going to be worth selling at antique fairs, the cost of a stall alone will mean you selling at prices that a salt pig is unlikely to achieve.

I do deal in china and vintage items and buy a lot of mixed lots. Salt pigs are often put into lots to bulk them out, but tend to be the thing I end up taking to a charity shop as they are worth very little and I tend to keep my storage room for more profitable items.

shipbroker

19lottie82 wrote: »

Unfortunately, purchase prices don't mean anything in regards to what they are "worth" now.

Something is only worth what someone is willing to pay for them, and from the sounds of it, that isn't as much as you hope.

I don't disagree!....I wasn't expecting to make money anyway and they may end up,one way or another, in charity coffers.....they were planned for decorative purposes in a French farmhouse (which is where some of them originate)...that we never bought!

Anyway, if anyone does come up with any, even half-baked,ideas I would be pleased to hear of them!

geoff

RFW

shipbroker wrote: »

Anyway, if anyone does come up with any, even half-baked,ideas I would be pleased to hear of them!

Why not give Ebay a try? List them as collection only and put them on buy it now with best offer. Surely worth chancing a few pence to list them?

shipbroker

That may be likely result...have managed to hide them for time being so will resurrect potential sales avenues after August 1st when they will be exposed to human gaze again...

Thanks everyone.

geoff